Low Rise Jeans Question

[SadieKate]

Extra-vert, thanks for saying that. I, too, have visions of landfills of nothing but diapers and pantyliners.

[snapdragen]

Extra-vert, thanks for saying that. I, too, have visions of landfills of nothing but diapers and pantyliners.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Extra-vert, thanks for saying that. I, too, have visions of landfills of nothing but diapers and pantyliners.

I think there are way more fast food containers and coffee cups in landfills than pantiliners. And you'd need a month of pantiliners to equal just one disposable diaper. What about all that petroleum based chamois butter gooping up the landfills? (just kidding)
What about all the panties that have to be tossed after only a year of wear? (my panties last for many years, and with panyliners I don't have to launder them after every single wearing- thus saving more water, electricity, soap use, etc)
It always horrifies me when I hear about women who launder their jeans after just one wearing. I wear mine about 10 times before I wash them. Under normal conditions, I usually wear a shirt several times too, and socks twice! Needless to say, I don't need to do a lot of laundering. We don't change our sheets excessively either.
I may use a pantyliner every day, but I save tons of natural resourses by not using paper napkins or paper towels much. I am very conscious of the things I do use. Personally, I would draw the line at the medieval practice of using rags instead of tampons and then laundering them....

People have long compared energy/resource/environmental savings differences between using cloth napkins, dishtowels for drying hands, hankerchiefs instead of tissues, and thier accompanying increase in laundering, as opposed to using paper products that don't need laundering. There are of course pros and cons to each choice. i try to reach a thoughtful balance.
I do hope everyone here recycles ALL their household paper (not just newspapers) like we do- our home offices paper, paper milk, egg & OJ cartons, empty rolls of TP, cardboard boxes, cat food bags, ground coffee bags, toothpaste boxes, cereal boxes, junk mail, etc. etc.

[Cassandra_Cain]

I think there are way more fast food containers and coffee cups in landfills than pantiliners. And you'd need a month of pantiliners to equal just one disposable diaper. What about all that petroleum based chamois butter gooping up the landfills? (just kidding)
What about all the panties that have to be tossed after only a year of wear? (my panties last for many years, and with panyliners I don't have to launder them after every single wearing- thus saving more water, electricity, soap use, etc)
It always horrifies me when I hear about women who launder their jeans after just one wearing. I wear mine about 10 times before I wash them. Under normal conditions, I usually wear a shirt several times too, and socks twice! Needless to say, I don't need to do a lot of laundering. We don't change our sheets excessively either.
I may use a pantyliner every day, but I save tons of natural resourses by not using paper napkins or paper towels much. I am very conscious of the things I do use. Personally, I would draw the line at the medieval practice of using rags instead of tampons and then laundering them....

People have long compared energy/resource/environmental savings differences between using cloth napkins, dishtowels for drying hands, hankerchiefs instead of tissues, and thier accompanying increase in laundering, as opposed to using paper products that don't need laundering. There are of course pros and cons to each choice. i try to reach a thoughtful balance.
I do hope everyone here recycles ALL their household paper (not just newspapers) like we do- our home offices paper, paper milk, egg & OJ cartons, empty rolls of TP, cardboard boxes, cat food bags, ground coffee bags, toothpaste boxes, cereal boxes, junk mail, etc. etc.

Me too Lisa!

I absolutely do not wash clothes upon a single wearing (except undies!). It seems, to me anyway, very wasteful not to mention that it wears out your clothes much faster. How jeans or a blouse can be considered dirty and in need of washing after wearing them, say to work, is beyond me.

[Dianyla]

A friendlier alternative to a pantyliner is a carefully folded up little wad of toilet paper, which can be easily flushed and discarded whenever you visit the toilet. Plus, you can have a new fresh liner every few hours if you like, just make a new one every time you go. I got the idea when this product went off the market.

Or, an even better no-waste solution is to just wear your menstrual cup 24x7, menstruating or not. I do this when I'm travelling and trekking and it significantly reduces panty goopage.

[chickwhorips]

i like vikki's low rise underwear, they also have ultra lowrise underwear too.

i've found more and more underwear companies are making low rise underwear and usually lable it as so on their package.

i'm also with shellyj on the t-string. love them! i love wearing the really little underwear. my favorites are the wicked weasel knickers. (and if you look back in their contributer's archive page for 2004-finial i'm on there. my two second claim to fame on a bikini contest)

[CyclChyk]

(and if you look back in their contributer's archive page for 2004-finial i'm on there. my two second claim to fame on a bikini contest)[/SIZE]

CWR - you go wit' yo badddd self!!

On another note, I for one am a firm believer of thongs (god now that song is in my head), but DAMN those skimpy things on your web link make me think commando might be more comfortable!!!

[GLC1968]

I'm definitely a fan of the thong...for all pants and skirts. I don't 'do' panty lines just like I don't 'do' visible bra straps.


Gap Body also makes low rise bikinis and thongs. The pairs I own have lasted way longer than my VS stuff (bras, too) and all my undergarments go in the washer and dryer.

[chickwhorips]

CWR - you go wit' yo badddd self!!

On another note, I for one am a firm believer of thongs (god now that song is in my head), but DAMN those skimpy things on your web link make me think commando might be more comfortable!!!

actually they are pretty comfy.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

A friendlier alternative to a pantyliner is a carefully folded up little wad of toilet paper, which can be easily flushed and discarded whenever you visit the toilet. Plus, you can have a new fresh liner every few hours if you like, just make a new one every time you go. I got the idea when this product went off the market.

Or, an even better no-waste solution is to just wear your menstrual cup 24x7, menstruating or not. I do this when I'm travelling and trekking and it significantly reduces panty goopage.

Well, to each their own. I've used wads of toilet paper for insurance when I was nervously expecting my period and had no pads on hand, but they stuck to me and then left tissue bits all over me and I didn't like that much. Most toilet tissue shreds too much, and I wouldn't want to have to carry my own supply of wads with me everywhere. Wouldn't like having to peel sticky tissue pieces off every time I pee- I pee OFTEN. As to menstrual cups...I used a diaphram for contraception for MANY years and am fairly content now to not have to stick rubbery cups up there anymore. I'm sincerely glad you have found methods that suit you, though!
I like my one-a-day pantiliners. I ride bike almost every day and for me they double as both panty savers and riding chamois- duo purpose.