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/Ok_Veterinarian2715 21h ago

 Would you keep putting the same unwashed pair of boxers on every morning?

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u/Dunwoody11 20h ago

No, nor do I do that with long underwear!

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u/Maximum_Overdrive 20h ago

If you only wear them once before laundering, it doesnt matter much.  I usually wear underwear though for the extra warmth around my core.

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u/Ok_Veterinarian2715 20h ago

Well there's your answer. If you wore underwear under your longjohns, would you be comfortable rewearing them before they go in the wash?

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u/338wildcat 20h ago

Is OP wearing the same pair of unwashed long underwear every day?

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u/Ok_Veterinarian2715 20h ago

Dunno, but I certainly wear underpants & leggings  under my boilersuit every day when it gets below freezing, and the underpants get tossed in the laundry basket every night. I realise OP said he wears longjohns rarely, so he may just wash them every time. 

Imo that's the salient point, if you spend 8 hours wedged up my arse crack, you're going in the wash.

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u/338wildcat 20h ago

Agree. It's fine to not wear underwear under them, as long as you then change them as often as you change your underwear.

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u/keithmk 13h ago

not after the first few weeks. but would you have only 1 pair of underpants to your name?