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kittylester Tue 21-Oct-25 09:26:55

Just getting dressed for a day out with DGS5 and discovered my knickers didn't fit. After a few tries I looked at them properly. They belong to DGD4 who is 12 and very slim.

I am 76 and not very slim!

Aveline Tue 21-Oct-25 09:30:20

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TerriBull Tue 21-Oct-25 09:36:34

Same! a few years ago, gd's black knickers, same as mine......somewhat smaller, well a lot smaller. Shock! how the hell did I grow out of my knickers over nightshock A nano second of horror came over me until the truth dawned. Phewgrin

GrannyGravy13 Tue 21-Oct-25 09:39:57

When our youngest son was around 6 he decided he wanted to wear boxer shorts like Daddy

Role on a dark winter morning, DH was heading off to work earlier than usual, I was woken up to him cursing and literally jumping round the bedroom with his foot caught in DS’s teddy print boxers. I couldn’t help him for laughing.

Grannybags Tue 21-Oct-25 09:43:18

Ha ha that's funny kittylester

Mine are feeling a bit snug this morning but unfortunately they are mine!

J52 Tue 21-Oct-25 10:25:51

I once wore DH’s Levi’s all day, I had no idea why the crotch area was very uncomfortable.

Allira Tue 21-Oct-25 11:01:22

Hope you didn't fall over trying to pull them up, kittylester
😲
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ExDancer Tue 21-Oct-25 11:13:35

I once spent a morning at work with one leg through the waist and the hole the leg should have been in round my waist. Couldn't understand how my waist had expanded so much during the night.

Blossoming Tue 21-Oct-25 11:37:50

You have brightened my morning Kitty grin

SpanielCuddler Tue 21-Oct-25 14:05:21

My DH struggled to get his legs in his underpants one morning this week, whilst getting ready in semi darkness.
He then realised he was trying to put on my black cropped tshirt that I wear under a pinafore! It had ended up in his underwear drawer.

Bukkie Tue 21-Oct-25 15:55:12

A kind person in the queue behind me in a shop once told me I had my dress on inside out.

grannyactivist Tue 21-Oct-25 15:55:20

In a similar vein, my three year old grandson came to stay for the week yesterday and at bedtime almost needed to be cut out of the top he was wearing (it was almost a toss up between that or chopping his nose off) - turns out it’s to fit a 9-24 months old!! 🥴

pably15 Tue 21-Oct-25 16:09:00

we were at daughter and s i l for a week, babysitting, one little dress in particular always felt tight on gd, but it was the correct size,,had buttons down the back, next time her mum dressed her in the same dress, I noticed the buttons were supposed to be down the front, I was struggling to get her little arms in the dress..,,

Lyndie Tue 21-Oct-25 20:18:26

Thank you everyone for making me laugh out loud.

Deedaa Tue 21-Oct-25 20:29:46

When my son was a few months old his three year old sister squeezed herself into one of his babygros and ran off down the road. Years later our neighbours still remembered the vision!

CanadianGran Tue 21-Oct-25 20:40:45

One morning at work I realized there was a lump inside the leg of my trousers. Thank goodness I went to the washroom to investigate... It was a pair of undies that had been caught up during washing and drying.

Imagine if they fell out on their own shock!

Bellanonna Tue 21-Oct-25 21:05:56

Gosh I needed these laugh out loud moments. Brilliant!

skunkhair63 Tue 21-Oct-25 21:10:09

When our 2 DD's were aged about 8 & 10, they liked to paint ex-DH's fingernails with nail varnish, draw on his face with face paints, hang clothes-pegs in his hair (usually while he was watching the telly, and not taking much notice!). He was very tolerant.
One Monday morning at his workplace (he was a Senior Manager), someone pointed out that he had pink fingernails! He'd completely forgotten that weekends shenanigans!

Grammaretto Wed 22-Oct-25 02:18:05

DS3 was small for his age but when aged about 12 asked if he could have underpants that didn't have a Mothercare label. He was being teased in the high school changing room.
To be fair to myself I think Mothercare was
experimenting with an older child
range in those days.

Aldom Wed 22-Oct-25 04:54:32

Thank you ladies for your knicker stories. I'm living through the stress of moving house. Up again at 4am, surrounded by boxes and so much to do. You've given me some much needed light relief. grin

Sadgrandma Wed 22-Oct-25 05:39:55

The first time I babysat my DGD I received a text message from my DD afterwards asking how I had managed to put her nappy on back to front!

GoodAfternoonTea Wed 22-Oct-25 07:17:59

My daughter had a rattle which was a large see through plastic ball with several small coloured balls that rattled inside. It was on a plastic stick with a suction pad on the end. If you stuck it to the side of the bath she could play with it. However, DH, decided to suction it onto his forehead and run around the room shouting: I am a dalek, much to daughter's joy. Sadly, when he took the suction pad off, it left a big round red circle in the middle of his forehead. He had to walk around for days till it wore off.

Babs03 Wed 22-Oct-25 07:47:00

I recall being mortified when a nursery nurse reported to me that my three year old had told her that it was her daddy’s birthday and he got some new underpants because his old ones were dirty and full of holes.
She was very amused.

TwinLolly Wed 22-Oct-25 15:40:45

I love these 🤣

Mum's knickers decided to give up during a Scottish Country dancing demonstration. They dropped around her ankles so she danced out of them and continued!blush

Quizzer Wed 22-Oct-25 15:41:47

For some reason, for years my DH would pass any of his socks that had shrunk to our sons. Unfortunately they were all taller than him and had bigger feet than he did. I don’t think we ever got him out of the habit!!