I washed underwear this morning so
that led to some serious contemplation. There was a time in my life when all of
my underwear looked the same. Underwear is possibly panties in your vernacular.
I grew up with the word underwear or possibly underpants, but never panties.
Until I was in fourth grade I did not
change my underpants every day. I am not sure how long a pair was worn, but I suspect
there were family rules for such. My mother only washed on Mondays with the wringer
washer. Consequently x number of pair lasted for a week. However, in fourth
grade our teacher had us mark on a chart if we had on clean underpants, if we
had taken a bath on Wed. nights, brushed our teeth, washed our face, or combed
our hair. My family only took a bath on Saturday night. We did all use separate
water even though the hot water had to be heated on the stove before being
carried upstairs and poured into the bathtub where there was cold running
water. Generally a bath meant less than an inch of water in the tub. School was
important to me and getting good marks in everything mattered. I do not
remember just how hard I had to talk to get my family to buy enough underpants
for me to go the entire week. But I suspect this was no small decision. That
additional bath per week also had to have been an effort to get done as it
required a certain amount of work and water was precious at my house.
Now I have so many underpants of
several types and colors. Oh, my fourth grade girlfriend had underpants that
had the days of the week on them. How my heart envied her, but that was not to
be for me as just plain white was the norm.
Recently I bought another package of
underpants only to find that they were the full sized affair which fits at my
waistline. I knew I did not want bikini style, but had no clue that what I really
like are hipsters. The purchase was a good monetary deal, of course, as it even
had an extra pair in there. So I will wear these giant things until their
demise. My childhood rules live on, the underpants must be worn out before they
go away.
Paula
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