Doing something today I’ve never done before . . . wearing femme knickers under my work trousers in the office.
Why? Well I’m under a huge amount of stress at the mo – work, divorce (not from Dee) under way and a very painful five-year-plus estrangement from my daughter – and today, as I got dressed, it seemed like one way of alleviating all that, if only temporarily.
It’s like a secret badge of honour. Just something that only I know that somehow brings me comfort. I don’t know how better to explain it.
They are a Primark brand, called ‘Secret Possessions’. Rather fitting . . .
I’ve got a few pairs of femme knickers myself – all satin, in gold, silver, black and a very bright melon pink. The impetus for me buying mine was actually my first (and so far only) overseas holiday, a trip to the States back in 2002. I was going to be on my own while away on this, so decided to do something a little bit daring, and wear girlie knickers all the time I was away. Although I got them such a long time ago now, I still have them (they’ve proven very durable), and still wear them a fair bit, although the experience of doing so has unfortunately become pretty mundane now. I get what you say about how wearing your knickers brings you comfort – the first pieces of women’s attire I ever bought were a couple of pairs of satin pyjamas that I always found comforting to wear: slipping into one of them at the end of a stressful day was one of the easiest ways I knew of to get in touch with my “softer side” – it still is!