Connie, I used to be very fond of Hanes. Problem is, I can't wear anything sleek over them - for some reason, they bunch and ride up on my hips in my old age.

And I do like sleek things.

Silk undies, eh. I have some. They're not all that comfortable, weirdly.

VS had silk undies when I worked there, back in 95. No longer. It was pretty, but silk doesn't stretch, so it tended to bag a bit.

Not so cute. But I also snagged several silk chemises, which I still have, and they just get softer and softer.

Deb, I have a few of those, and they are very nice. But most of my stuff these days is the Hanes - I'm with connie on the nylon.

I am with Erin on the silk. Chemises and camis, yep. Knickers, NSM.

Well, the microfiber is a blend of a few fabrics, I believe. I really can't do knickers without lycra in them these days. Just not comfortable.

I had a pair of purple silk palazzo pants from Express that I bought in sale in 95. I don't have them anymore, but, god, I loved them. They felt amazing.

I love microfiber. It's so soft and comfortable.

We interrupt this discussion of underwear to bring you this IM conversation about me.

Spectral Bovine: Why don't girls like me?
Merinda618: Aww, baby.
Spectral Bovine: How many times have I asked you this question?
Merinda618: So many times.
Merinda618: I think I say, every time, (and if I don't, I should start) "They DO like you. Go get them."
Spectral Bovine: Liar.
Merinda618: No. Really.
Merinda618: Are you feeling girl-deprived?
Spectral Bovine: Yes.
Merinda618: Hmm.
Merinda618: I think it's time to ask out girls, then.
Merinda618: You're amazing and funny and smart.
Merinda618: Go. GOOO.
Merinda618: Go team!
Spectral Bovine: Bah.
Merinda618: No.
Merinda618: Not Bah.
Merinda618: HOT.
Spectral Bovine: I'm going to be single forever and then the parents are going to force a wife on me and I won't know what to do with her.
Merinda618: Well, let's break that down.
Merinda618: I'm going to be single forever.
Merinda618: Untrue.
Merinda618: You can't see forever, though you ARE God, to me.
Merinda618: The parents are going to force a wife on you?
Merinda618: Maybe, Sunil. Maybe.
[excised random bit about a girl I was in love with but am thankfully over]
Merinda618: You'll know what to do with the women.
Merinda618: Don't worry about that part.
Spectral Bovine: I'm going to mess it up.
Merinda618: No.
Merinda618: See, the cool thing about the stuff.
Merinda618: "The stuff" being an all-encompassing word for sex and whatnot.
Merinda618: Is that when you're in it, you CANNOT mess it up.
Merinda618: Unless you, like, walk out halfway through and go buy a coffee.
Merinda618: Distractedly.
Merinda618: Waving her off like a traffic cop.
Merinda618: And she's all "Where are you going?"
Merinda618: And you're like, "I have to see a man about a coffee."
Merinda618: And she's like, "Wait. I'm a girl in your bed!" And you're like, "STAY RIGHT THERE. Burb."
Merinda618: Because it's sexy to use AIM shortcuts in bed.
Merinda618: Remember this. Jot it down.
Spectral Bovine: I don't even mean that stuff. For that stuff, I'll be all, "The hell? This isn't how they did it on Cinemax."
Merinda618: Hee.
Spectral Bovine: I mean the regular relationship stuff.
Merinda618: Oh, Jesus, Sunil.
Spectral Bovine: Being a decent human being.
Merinda618: I don't know how to do that, either.
Merinda618: Oh, please.
Merinda618: What isn't decent about you?
Spectral Bovine: My indecent thoughts.
Merinda618: Except for your obsession with DOING GOOD and GIVING TO OTHERS. I fucking hate those things about you.
Merinda618: What are your indecent thoughts?
Merinda618: Do they involve mayhem?
Merinda618: Or just SEXY mayhem?
Spectral Bovine: No, they involve unbuttoned shirts and dangerously exposed breasts.
Merinda618: Well, you're in your early twenties. You live in a city full of coeds. You haven't made out in a while. And you're alive and breathing.
Merinda618: So, you know, you are forgiven. I swear it.
Merinda618: Angie and I once discussed.
Merinda618: How it would be important that she or I or someone we knew would be cool devirginized you and Joshua. Because then whomever that person was could truly make sure they broke the stupid "sex is bad, why am I thinking about girls, aaaaagh" thing.
Merinda618: And how it would just be a public service thing, not an actual weird thing. Though that would be quite weird.
Merinda618: But anyway.
Merinda618: Relationships.

Yes, me too! I have two pair of VS microfiber seamless light control top thongs and they are Magic Underwear.

I can't find them anymore and it pisses me off.

so I looked at the undies on VS. I decided that I wasn't all that interested in knowing exactly how waxed these strangers were.