What did garments prevent you from doing?

[_Drifting]

For a while, garments stopped me asking questions about what I'd been through in the Temple. I suspect that was them working their magic.

[Guest]

I just thought of one more thing garments prevented me from: Hygiene.

Back in the day when I was TBM I don't know how many times I would come home from a hard day at work and be getting undressed and asking myself:

"Jeez, why am I always so sweaty? Why do I smell like ass at the end of the day when I get undressed?"

The answer is simple. If you encase 75% of your body in a sheath of non-breathable Polyester/Rayon/Nylon synthetic you will sweat and the sweat will be trapped and basically marinate your body making you nice and ripe by the end of the day. Eventually I figured out there was cotton garments and life was easier, and then I figured out the church was a sham, and life got even easier because I ditched the "g's" and started rocking boxer shorts.

Since tossing the g's I found boxer shorts and plenty of gold bond helps like a miracle in the hygeine department. I just assumed the odor factor was a fact of life and there was no way around it, not so.

Why is the church charging so much money for them? There's no way the cotton boxer bottoms or shirts are costing them 4 dollars each, they must make and sell millions of them a year easily. Out of 14 million members, how many are endowed? You get a new set every several years, and each new set is what 10-14 pairs each?

Got a little Fruit of the Loom industry going, except your clientele are obligated to buy from the only vendor, and absolutely no part of making (or the facilities used for it) or selling the garment is taxed. Never occurred to me until now but they must actually be profiting a lot from people being obligated to keep their temple covenants?

There's always the chance that it does actually cost them $4 each article of clothing to make even without paying taxes on anything, if it's run extremely inefficiently (seeing how the church operates everything else it does this is doubtful in my opinion).

Anyone know how garments are made exactly anyways? I assume they make the garments and stitch them all in one place. I always figured it was made, brought to a temple to have the stitching, and dedicated by a priesthood holder. Knowing the church now i wouldn't be surprised if they just make and ship out the crap from one place and act like there's something inherently special and sacred about them.

[_zeezrom]

The rite of passage was a big deal to me at the age of 19. I also remember thinking I would finally start being protected from temptation.

[_Tchild]

Garments didn't impede me much, but they did make me very uncomfortable in situations where they might be exposed.

Summertime activities almost always required rolling up the g bottoms (this was the early 90's, when wearing long shorts to the knees made you look like a frumpy 50 year old geezer). So, every summer day you ran the risk of suddenly being mortified that your garment bottoms were protruding far below your shorts after they unraveled.

Actually, it wasn't all that different from sh@tting yourself: you discover in horror your public humiliation. You ran to the nearest public restroom to hide your shame.

[_Fence Sitter]

I'll tell you what garments prevent me from doing. They prevent me from enjoying my wife's beautiful and voluptuous figure. Garments are not sexy. I respect my wife and I respect that she remains TBM, but man, garments kill me in the romance dept.

Garments destroy the spontaneity of sex. What's so sexy about being in the throws of passion and lifting up my wife's skirt to be greeted by a essentially a pair of white spandex bicycle shorts instead of some sexy underwear? Nothing gets the juices flowing like biking shorts.

"Hey honey that is an amazing and sexy bra you are wearing! I am getting turned on just looking at it. I don't know what's sexier. The bra, or the GD white t-shirt your are wearing the bra on top of."

garments de-feminize the female figure. Even my wife complains that she can't wear shorts or tanks tops in the summer because of her garments. God how I would love to see her in shorts and a tank top.

I love my wife to death and I only have eyes for her. As superficial or pig-headed as it may sound, garments are a buzz kill when it comes to sexuality and the feminine figure.

+1

Absolutely the way I feel when I see my wife in garments.

[Guest]

Retracted Comment, God bless the Mormons and the other Christians here that dislike Atheists!

[_Madison54]

Before I went through the temple, my favorite place to shop was Victoria's Secret and I have a thing for loving to match my bra with panties. That all went out the window when I had to start wearing garments (what a huge difference that was).

The first thing I did when I discarded my garments was to rush back to my favorite place and spend a few hundred dollars on wonderful, beautiful, feminine matching bras and underwear.....and I've never looked back and never felt more free.

This has been a fun thread to read through and I can relate to so many of the comments.

I hated going to the doctor and always went through the "should I wear them or not?"....same with going to the hospital to have my kids and the aftermath in the hospital.

And....what a bitch it was to deal with those crazy nursing garments!!!

They definitely kept me from wearing different styles of clothing that I love to wear (tank tops, shorts, sundresses, etc.) and it's nice to have those in my wardrobe again.

[_zeezrom]

You know, I don't ask for a lot. Men should be allowed to wear shorter shorts. Not 80's short. Just medium short, like these D&G men shown below. Sadly, these shorts are not garment approved. Men must stick with shorts that look saggy and sad.

[_Harold Lee]

Wow those are some good looking shorts.

I'm straight and was looking at the shorts, just saying definitely need to get a few pairs. Still wearing garment-covering shorts.