under the covers
I've discovered what might be the absolute best thing about being single again. For the first time in 2 and half years, I don't have to worry about or even think about what I look like when I get ready for bed. No more cute or sexy pajamas. No more freshly shaved legs. I might just wear my hair in double braids or not brush it all. Don't want to wash off that smeared eyeliner or glow of sweat from the gym? Who cares! Got a glob of zit cream on my chin? No problem! It's liberating.
I once had somewhat of an affinity for ugly. ratty, too big or too small pjs. I had floral long-johns from seventh grade, a favorite ice show t-shirt, and my mom's hot pink thirtysomething sweathshirt in the rotation. When J's appearance in my bedroom became a somewhat regular event, I suddenly had a crisis over what to wear to bed. The Christmas jammies with sledding snowmen on them seemed inappropriate, even if my sister does have matching ones. So it became little shorts and tank tops, sometimes flannel pants in the winter, but all in a (somewhat misguided and probably horribly unsuccesful) effort to look attractive while sleeping.
Now that no one is seeing me in my jammies, I found myself reaching for whatever was most comfortable. Problem is, most everything I used to love got tossed out when I moved from IC to Ames, deemed to be "inappropriate adult sleepwear". But I have to share my great discovery--unwilling to spend a lot of money but in need of something to put on my ass, I bought a 4-pack of men's boxer briefs. They are the best thing since sliced bread! Decidedly unattractive (too short so they cut my thighs at their widest part, too high in the rise, and the pouch on the front bunches all funny), the are the most comfortable thing I have ever slept in! Most women's underwear of a similar cut has a seam right up the middle of the crotch, which will dig right into those sensitive regions. But not these! They have two back seams on the butt so no irritating center seam. They're 100% cotton, so soft and breathable. And I got pretty colors too!
So my sister thought it was weird that I was going on and on about men's underwear. But she's still wearing those snowman jammies, so who is she to talk?
I once had somewhat of an affinity for ugly. ratty, too big or too small pjs. I had floral long-johns from seventh grade, a favorite ice show t-shirt, and my mom's hot pink thirtysomething sweathshirt in the rotation. When J's appearance in my bedroom became a somewhat regular event, I suddenly had a crisis over what to wear to bed. The Christmas jammies with sledding snowmen on them seemed inappropriate, even if my sister does have matching ones. So it became little shorts and tank tops, sometimes flannel pants in the winter, but all in a (somewhat misguided and probably horribly unsuccesful) effort to look attractive while sleeping.
Now that no one is seeing me in my jammies, I found myself reaching for whatever was most comfortable. Problem is, most everything I used to love got tossed out when I moved from IC to Ames, deemed to be "inappropriate adult sleepwear". But I have to share my great discovery--unwilling to spend a lot of money but in need of something to put on my ass, I bought a 4-pack of men's boxer briefs. They are the best thing since sliced bread! Decidedly unattractive (too short so they cut my thighs at their widest part, too high in the rise, and the pouch on the front bunches all funny), the are the most comfortable thing I have ever slept in! Most women's underwear of a similar cut has a seam right up the middle of the crotch, which will dig right into those sensitive regions. But not these! They have two back seams on the butt so no irritating center seam. They're 100% cotton, so soft and breathable. And I got pretty colors too!
So my sister thought it was weird that I was going on and on about men's underwear. But she's still wearing those snowman jammies, so who is she to talk?