Men only buy pants for 17 years of their lives

[Nina~ 431]

Let's talk pants. When we heard that blokes only buy pants for 17 years of our lives, we had visions of having to live into retirement in this same pair of dodgy y-fronts.

Luckily for us (and everyone who ever has the misfortune to see us getting undressed) we'd misunderstood the findings of this critical piece of 'research'.

A study by department store Debenhams found that up to the age of 19, the chances are your mother will buy your underwear - and by the time you reach 36-years-old your wife or girlfriend will have taken over pant buying duties.

This leaves just 17 years where men are responsible for picking out their pants.

In that time we are said to select our y-fronts or boxers based on whether they're likely to impress prospective partners - which could explain why, despite our secret longing to, we don't still wear our Transformer pants.

A spokesperson for Debenhams said it was odd that almost all men delegated pant buying to mothers or partners. He added that he would be keen to know what light a Freudian analysis would shed on this trait. Because that's what you want when buying pants isn't it, a Freudian analysis?

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[Nagishkaw 510]

This might solve the mystery of why old men wear their pants up to their chests.

[MrsCat 6]

This might solve the mystery of why old men wear their pants up to their chests.

LOL - the men's spines shrink as the age, so the old pair of pants get hiked higher.

[Peikko 1,575]

This is the UK use of pants

[mawilson 2,133]

This study is pants.

[Niels Bohr 72]

My wife has 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 pair of pants. I have 10 pairs.

Edited November 11, 2009 by Niels Bohr

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I hereby declare my support for pants.

[Peikko 1,575]

The study might not be very accurate, it was commissioned by Debenhams...

[Nessa 23]

what about orphans or unmarried men?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I wear my wife's.

[trillium13 84]

My wife has 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 pair of pants. I have 10 pairs.

I have approximately that many also. She's not alone.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

My husband does not let me buy his clothes. He wouldn't let his mother pick them either. I don't think you can buy zunfthose here, so mostly it is a non-issue, as far as pants are concerned. He just stocks up whenever we are in Germany. I'm not sure which of us has more pants.

Edited November 12, 2009 by Wacken