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>Here's the third and final example of investigating >where I shouldn't. > >I worked closely, when I was about 30, with two female >colleagues of similar age. One day, one of these >women (I'll call her Jane) was telling the other about >a dinner she would be attending with her businessman >husband. I overheard Jane say she had bought a nice >dress for the occasion but she was worried that she >had put on some weight. "You'll have to get a girdle" >was the unexpected reply but I heard Jane say she had >already bought one - and a new bra. I was some >distance from the two women and they wouldn't have >realised I had listened to their conversation. > >Jump forward about two months to the summer. Jane >lived about a mile from me in an isolated house with >quite a large garden. When Jane and her husband went >away on holiday they usually asked my wife and me to >water plants both in the house and the garden. We >sometimes both went to do the watering but sometimes >only one of us did the job. It had been warm for a >couple of days so I walked to Jane's house to check >her plants while my wife did a similar job at home. > >Having used the hose to give garden plants a good >soaking I went inside to water houseplants. I >remembered the conversation I had overheard and >couldn't resist going into the bedroom (it was a >single-storey building) to investigate my colleague's >clothes. There were two chests of drawers. I opened >the top drawer of one of them and found men's things, >so quickly moved to the other. The top drawer >contained some jewellery and other accessories, in the >second drawer were folded blouses and tops (some of >which I recognised from work), the third drawer had >some tights (new in packets and others rolled up) plus >a pile of panties and, finally, in the bottom drawer >were bras, slips a flimsy suspender belt and one panty >girdle. It was just a brief style, had a shiny front >panel with some extra elastic reinforcement and was >without suspenders - typical of the average-to-firm >panty girdles worn by many young women at that time, >tights having taken over from stockings. I was about >to close the drawer, having satisfied my curiosity >when I noticed among the bra, a transparent package >containing what I thought must be a new bra. Picking >up the package I realised that the bra inside was >probably a special one, almost new and put carefully >back into its packet. It seemed rather big so I pulled >it out and found it was a substantial long-line bra >with a St Michael brand (Marks & Spencer) 36C label - >the same brand as the girdle. It was apparent that >Jean had needed both a good girdle and strong bra for >that special dinner - but, judging from the contents >of those drawers, such things were not part of her >regular everyday clothing. > >I know this little story will disappoint some - >because there's no more to it. I carefully replaced >the bra and girdle, closed up the house and returned >home. My curiosity was satisfied: I now knew exactly >what Jean had worn and enjoyed thinking about how she >must have felt dressing up in those things. It simply >added to my growing interest in and knowledge of those >usually hidden, uniquely female items and women's >relationship with them.

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