I hate bras and don't wear one around the house when I'm just wearing a tshirt and sweat or jeans but I do wear one with nicer clothes and with a tshirt when I go somewhere if I can't just wear a sweater over it. I have about 8 or 9 bras but I usually only wear one, because it's the most comfortable. I have a very padded one I wear with lower cut things so I have a bit of cleavage because it pushes what I do have up and closer together creating an illusion of more than whats there, I have a "bullet bra" that I wear with certain retro outfits, a strapless bra that I wear with things that would show the straps, and I even have a longline bra that I wear with certain pretty clingy dresses along with a panty girdle which flattens my lower abdomen and the longline bra takes over where the panty girdle ends and so I don't have a muffin top there. I'm not overweight or anything so there isn't much to tuck in there, and it's not uncomfortable just snug, and it makes those dresses look so much better on me, even though they aren't tight feeling, just clingly.
As for panties being a scam and not lasting long, like a previous poster said, well I don't know where you're buying your panties but I have some I've had for five or six years. I have my favorites which are the most comfortable, and I have certain ones for my period because of the way they fit and I wear pads, not tampons. I even have some that are just because they are pretty, but I rarely wear them. I can't wear thongs though, my daughters buy almost exclusively thongs, but that would drive me insane. The goal of underwear is to stay out of my crack!
For the girl who said she never wears underwear at all, what do you do on your period? Even if you use tampons, don't you need something there in case it leaks? That way it won't get on your clothes.
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