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True Dough

(17,303 posts)
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:16 PM Jul 2017

"But they're my nipples!"

My wife, bless her heart, sometimes washes my clothes. Now, I'm a modern man who washes his own clothes quite often. I have been, however, forbidden from washing her clothes. Ever again. A number of her garments have mysteriously shrunk on my watch. Don't ask me how it happens. All of my stuff can be sorted into colors and whites, all of it can into the wash and all of it can go into the dryer.

Now, my wife prefers to hang things on the clothesline. She loves that. I don't care for that at all. It leaves my clothes stiff, my nice cotton t-shirts, in particular, develop an abrasive feeling after hanging on the line. So when I put one on and engage in exercise like a run, my nipples get chafed.

Ergo the title of this thread. I think my wife is about to be relieved of washing any of my clothes. Ever. We'll be in the same boat.

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"But they're my nipples!" (Original Post) True Dough Jul 2017 OP
You could just cut out circles of cloth over where your nipples are. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #1
Or just cut out holes to expose my nipples True Dough Jul 2017 #5
That's what I had in mind. A new fashion statement *and* no chafing! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #6
Whenever I wash and dry whites... First Speaker Jul 2017 #2
Well, stop peeing in the washer.. pangaia Jul 2017 #8
Band-Aids jayschool2013 Jul 2017 #3
Ripping them off isn't appealing True Dough Jul 2017 #4
Ouch jayschool2013 Jul 2017 #7
They do have the little round ones. Lochloosa Jul 2017 #9
Or pasties. With tassels. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #10
Like so? True Dough Jul 2017 #15
Exactly! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #16
Serious answer here.... hang the clothes on the line to dry THEN alittlelark Jul 2017 #11
This might be the solution True Dough Jul 2017 #13
undershirts. or man bra. pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #12
Man bra? True Dough Jul 2017 #14
A "Mansierre"! AwakeAtLast Jul 2017 #18
Maybe you need this product ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2017 #17
Is that Japanese? True Dough Jul 2017 #19

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
2. Whenever I wash and dry whites...
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:26 PM
Jul 2017

...they always mysteriously turn out not-so-white...no matter how I do them, and I've tried all sorts of ways. Thankfully, I've never been married--any wife of mine would have killed me fairly soon into our marriage. Best of luck to you two...maybe your way is best...

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
11. Serious answer here.... hang the clothes on the line to dry THEN
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 10:42 PM
Jul 2017

stick them in the dryer on 'air dry' for 5 minutes. They smell like outside, feel like the dryer and u save A LOT of electricity !!!

True Dough

(17,303 posts)
14. Man bra?
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 11:48 PM
Jul 2017

Never!

Undershirt during the workout just adds to the sweat!

And that's providing my wife would never put either of those items on the clothes line either, otherwise they would both be chafing me as well.

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