Under there.

Laundry day at the Thorne-Darwin household.

I am going to be a little naughty today...mostly because I am going to mention my unmentionables.

Second Life is a wonderful place for undergarments - it always fits perfectly, never stretches out, the underwires of bras never come loose to stab you, you never get holes in your favorites, and you will never run out of clean ones. However, if we are ever in a car accident in Second Life, our mothers will be terribly angry at us. We will not be wearing the clean pair she advises...most likely, we will not be wearing any at all.

Check now. Peer down your shirt or pull out your waistband and have a look. Go ahead, I'll wait.

A whole lotta nothing, right?

Well, to be perfectly honest, you don't really need to wear underthings in SL. If you wear it, you probably intend to take it off almost immediately. And sometimes, especially if you happen to be on your year-long honeymoon [cough], you don't even have time to put any on.

I personally own folder upon sub-folder upon sub-folder of undies that I rarely wear.

But because I would like to be a little more of a lady (stop laughing) and actually get some use out of the thousands of Linden dollars worth of underclothes that I have purchased, I will say a sentence you will almost never hear in Real Life: I am challenging myself to wear underwear every day.

The only downside of my little challenge? I'll be adding a delicates pile to my SL laundry. (/me reminds herself to find SL Woolite.)

On the face, this challenge does not seem that... ummmm... challenging. The items I choose do not have to be fancy - just a panty and bra will suffice. But, as you may have noticed, the cut of most Second Life women's clothing does not lend itself to wearing such items.

I am still haunted by the memory of the day in 5th grade when little Stephen Brown's Spiderman Underoos were spotted by a classmate as he sat at his desk. He never lived it down and, last I heard, he was living his mother's basement playing WoW all day long. As I do not wish the same fate for myself, I must avoid having my intimate apparel peeking out of my clothing. Clearly, It is worrisome for me that most of my pants, shorts and skirts show an awful lot of rear cleavage. There will be times when I'll need to use strategy and planning worthy of a military offensive in order to wear some outfits.


In fact, there may be occasions when you see me on the grid and you'll wonder what is under there.