Men in the bra & knickers section

beks101 · 26-07-2015 04:33PM

Tedesco33 wrote: »

Why would people give dirty looks to a man in the lingerie department?

Because it's a bit bloody annoying, to be out buying your lingerie and there's a stream of chaps hanging around looking massively awkward and uncomfortable and getting in the way and in turn making you self-conscious through their own obvious discomfort.

It's the same in women's changing rooms - any time I'm in TopShop there's a stream of bored-looking men hanging around outside, watching women go in and out with their items, sometimes staring (no doubt out of absolute sheer bone-gnawing boredom), sometimes shuffling around looking like they'd rather be at their own funeral than there, and yet they'll sit there for HOURS if needs be while the missus puts on a fashion show.

I'd never shoot dirty looks at the poor bloody idiots, but I get why it can be a hindrance to women. You're not exactly shopping for groceries like, you're trying to find a specific bra in a specific size or maybe a bunch of lacy underwear or perhaps a pair of spanx, a bit more privacy is appreciated.

eternal · 26-07-2015 04:36PM

I agree. I see little point in dragging along a man while I shop. Sure what interest would he have in it? None is the answer.

Smidge · 26-07-2015 04:39PM

Zavier Important Twill wrote: »

I think it's a great sign of immaturity if you are self conscious of walking through the underwear department of a store. It's only underwear for goodness sake.

Only someone wears saggy grey, elastic gone keks or Dunnes Store's "old reliables" would ever say "It's only underwear for goodness sake "

Underwear can have incredible power (insert VERY big grinning smiley here! !!)

ToddyDoody · 26-07-2015 04:59PM

I wonder would they allow a man into the dressing room with a pair of women's knickers or a bra to try on. I'd imagine some would, some wouldn't. I further wonder how often men of various persuasions have done this, given the times we live in.

Ruu · 26-07-2015 05:03PM

Hold one of the purple numbers up to your chest and ask for an opinion to the next gawker.

efb · 26-07-2015 05:08PM

Penny's have a lingerie department?
€2 knickers and bra combo, one size fits all, 100% Lycra, made in Childistan for 20c.

NO REFUNDS

efb · 26-07-2015 05:09PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

I wonder would they allow a man into the dressing room with a pair of women's knickers or a bra to try on. I'd imagine some would, some wouldn't. I further wonder how often men of various persuasions have done this, given the times we live in.

How you gonna get all your junk in the trunks?

ToddyDoody · 26-07-2015 05:10PM

efb wrote: »

How you gonna get all your junk in the trunks?

Touchè poster.

blueser · 26-07-2015 05:15PM

eternal wrote: »

I agree. I see little point in dragging along a man while I shop. Sure what interest would he have in it? None is the answer.

Oh, I dunno!

branie2 · 26-07-2015 05:47PM

No mention of it in the Catholic Scandal?

justchecked · 26-07-2015 05:48PM

If anyone asks, just tell them to call you Caitlyn.

Collie D · 26-07-2015 09:05PM

efb wrote: »

Penny's have a lingerie department?
€2 knickers and bra combo, one size fits all, 100% Lycra, made in Childistan for 20c.

NO REFUNDS

I wouldn't like to shop anywhere that did refunds or returns on underwear

Collie D · 26-07-2015 09:06PM

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Well as long as your not actively **** then your ok, dunnes will kick you out for that sh1t.

Passive **** all right?

gerrybbadd · 26-07-2015 09:07PM

Just keep your hands out of your pockets, you'll be grand

DeadHand · 26-07-2015 09:20PM

beks101 wrote: »

Because it's a bit bloody annoying, to be out buying your lingerie and there's a stream of chaps hanging around looking massively awkward and uncomfortable and getting in the way and in turn making you self-conscious through their own obvious discomfort.

It's the same in women's changing rooms - any time I'm in TopShop there's a stream of bored-looking men hanging around outside, watching women go in and out with their items, sometimes staring (no doubt out of absolute sheer bone-gnawing boredom), sometimes shuffling around looking like they'd rather be at their own funeral than there, and yet they'll sit there for HOURS if needs be while the missus puts on a fashion show.

I'd never shoot dirty looks at the poor bloody idiots, but I get why it can be a hindrance to women. You're not exactly shopping for groceries like, you're trying to find a specific bra in a specific size or maybe a bunch of lacy underwear or perhaps a pair of spanx, a bit more privacy is appreciated.

Agreed.

Men should be banned from public places.

Aineoil · 26-07-2015 09:32PM

A Fr Ted moment?

efb · 26-07-2015 10:13PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Apart from the trenchcoat and fake arms, no there isn't really.

Wait a minute, he's got fake hands!

branie2 · 26-07-2015 10:20PM

I'd imagine it would be just as embarrassing for pre-pubescent boys if they were there.

Aglomerado · 27-07-2015 01:34PM

It's your own stupid fault for messin' with the bras.

Mint Aero · 27-07-2015 01:48PM

Gesticulate you're not a perv OP by going red and and pretending to look for an exit sign.

Potatoeman · 27-07-2015 01:59PM

Those werent dirty looks they were checking out your sugarlumps.

27-07-2015 02:12PM

I never register men in the lingerie department. I just never notice, the place could be crawling with them and I wouldn't note it. They're only people.

If I'm there, then I'm there sorting out my own stuff, not wondering why anyone else is there. I don't believe women really want 'privacy' on a public shop floor, especially if the guys are just bored and zoned out waiting for their partners anyway.

the_monkey · 27-07-2015 02:18PM

fact that this thread even EXISTS shows just how backward and prude Ireland still is..

27-07-2015 02:21PM

the_monkey wrote: »

fact that this thread even EXISTS shows just how backward and prude Ireland still is..

One self conscious man doesn't make Ireland backwards or prudish. I always wonder why this is the knee jerk answer to every slight embarrassment.

Ireland is a very forward thinking and liberal country. Marriage includes everyone, the CC has a very limited influence on society in general these days, and people live a variety of lifestyles without comment or inhibition for the most part. I'd say it's one of the most open and inclusive countries in the West.

Medusa22 · 27-07-2015 02:44PM

I never really pay attention to other people when I'm in the lingerie department, too busy hunting for my bra size to be looking at what other people are doing. Though sometimes when I pick up something skimpy I wonder if the girl next to me is thinking ''what are you picking up that thong for, fat cow'', so embarrassed men turning red and looking like they want the earth to swallow them up don't really register on my radar.

Thankfully I have a female partner who likes to shop quickly, like I do, so we can go shopping together and I don't have to drag her around and have her complain.

When I was going out with my ex-boyfriends though I usually went shopping with friends or by myself, I didn't want to inflict that on them as much as I didn't want to inflict it upon myself. Though having said that, some of my ex boyfriends insisted upon coming along and then rolled their eyes and looked bored the entire time, I can never understand why they insisted upon coming in the first place. Perhaps it is because they wanted to look like a good boyfriend or so they could play the martyr.

27-07-2015 02:46PM

I hate shopping with anyone else. Takes five times longer to get half as much done, and I don't need second opinions anyway.

Which is where I probably go wrong :P

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 27-07-2015 02:47PM

I'd hope nobody would actually care. My partner comes shopping with me sometimes and has to spend a good portion of his day trawling around through shoe departments and the lingerie section. There've been times I've been in hospital and sent him pj/underwear/tampon shopping and he doesn't seem bothered by it so I doubt the women are hounding him out of the women's dept. it's no big deal

dub_skav · 27-07-2015 02:48PM

Candie wrote: »

I hate shopping with anyone else. Takes five times longer to get half as much done, and I don't need second opinions anyway.

Which is where I probably go wrong :P

I'd say the maths is just too much for anybody else to manage

27-07-2015 02:52PM

dub_skav wrote: »

I'd say the maths is just too much for anybody else to manage

Life is a polynomial equation.

lertsnim · 27-07-2015 02:56PM

beks101 wrote: »

Because it's a bit bloody annoying, to be out buying your lingerie and there's a stream of chaps hanging around looking massively awkward and uncomfortable and getting in the way and in turn making you self-conscious through their own obvious discomfort.

It's the same in women's changing rooms - any time I'm in TopShop there's a stream of bored-looking men hanging around outside, watching women go in and out with their items, sometimes staring (no doubt out of absolute sheer bone-gnawing boredom), sometimes shuffling around looking like they'd rather be at their own funeral than there, and yet they'll sit there for HOURS if needs be while the missus puts on a fashion show.

I'd never shoot dirty looks at the poor bloody idiots, but I get why it can be a hindrance to women. You're not exactly shopping for groceries like, you're trying to find a specific bra in a specific size or maybe a bunch of lacy underwear or perhaps a pair of spanx, a bit more privacy is appreciated.

How prudish. You are buying clothing, that's all.

Men in the bra & knickers section

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