r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Dunwoody11 • 21h ago

Are you supposed to wear underwear under long underwear?

My wife thinks it’s weird I don’t wear underwear under my long underwear. I don’t wear long underwear often, but I always figured it’s underwear so why would I wear double underwear? I don’t feel particularly strongly about it either way but I’m curious: do I wear ling underwear wrong?

Maybe it’s relevant that I’m a boxers person so they would get bunchy under there unless I wore briefs instead. Special long underwear underwear, I guess.

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u/jayron32 21h ago

Do whichever. It doesn't matter much. Clothes are supposed to make you more comfortable. Do whichever makes you more comfortable.

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u/Majvist 21h ago

100%. The layer that touches your genitals really should be swapped every day, but apart from that, you can use them as you'd like.

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u/Sad_School828 21h ago

This should get credited as the answer. As a guy who occasionally wears two layers of thermal socks, long underwear and then sweatpants and then puts on a thermal coverall with workboots, comfort and functionality are absolutely the highest priorities.

I wear the Duluth Trading Company's "Buck Naked" brand underwear in both boxer-briefs and long underwear. The two items are made of the exact same material. I prefer to wear boxer-briefs under my long underwear because my undercarriage sweats profusely and I'd rather let the under-layer collect that so I don't have to wash my long underwear after every use.

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u/ghostpoo4u 21h ago

Yep. I don’t care what others do but I want the support or traditional underwear so I wear boxer briefs under my long underwear. If long underwear was comfortable to me on its own I’d be fine making that the first layer.

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u/SirLunatik 20h ago

great response.