Do you walk around the house in your garemnts ?

[lizzy12]

If so...

how old are your kids ?

[Connie]

I would be surprised if you found someone willing to answer such a personal question but good luck to you anyway.

[john doe]

Yes. 12 to 18. I even go out in public in them, but generally I wear clothes over them when I do.

[lizzy12]

but generally I wear clothes over them when I do.

in public with kids or both ?

[john doe]

in public with kids or both ?

Yes and no. Is there something you want to ask?

[lizzy12]

Yes.

Do you walk around in your garments around your kids who are ages 12-18 ?

Yes or No?

[john doe]

Personally? Yes I do. And they don't seem to be bothered by it. Now, if their friends are over, then it's all-clothed anytime out of my bedroom.

[miztrniceguy]

I'm pretty much the same as JD...but my kids are 4 and 7, and i usually have sweatpants on. I usually don't put a shirt on unless going out of the house.

[jlbell]

I am a returned missionary, and I live at home. I am the 3rd of 7 kids, so my youngest brother is 7. My dad will walk around in his garments before bed and I do the same. The general guideline for exposing your garments is to not expose them to those who do not understand that they are significant to us and our religion. If you are teaching your kids that they are important, it is ok to walk around the house in them at night.

[lizzy12]

Thanks !

[FunkyTown]

I do, but I live alone.

I should also point out that some people don't like the idea of their parents walking around in their garments because it seems to make them less sacred. And because they're walking around in their underwear, embarassing them.

[NeuroTypical]

My wife and I do. Girls 9 and 6. I might stop in a few years.

[MarginOfError]

Rarely do I walk around the house in just my garments. You're more likely to see me walking around the house naked.

[WillowTheWhisp]

I don't but my husband is a non-member.

[lizzy12]

keep the awnsers coming :)

[Gwen]

i'm curious as to what sparked the question to begin with.

[lizzy12]

Just wanted to see what other LDS family practises are concerning garments.

[Gwen]

was there concern over your own family's practices? a friend?

[lizzy12]

yea-sort of.....my own familys. My parents tend to walk around in garments and i just wanted to see if this was the norm or not..I wont when Im older.

[Gwen]

does it bother you that your parents do.... it's one thing to know what other parents do but parents also need to know how their kids feel about it. what would you prefer the limits be on the issue.

[lizzy12]

Personally, I think its all clothes all the time. I swear if were acceptable and not a sin they would join a nudist coloney. I have informed them of my opinion and they saw " When your a parents, you can do that."

[pyxiwulf]

I'm surprised by the answers. Now, I'm not endowed yet, but I have friends who have told me they have never seen their parents garments. They keep them away and wash them when they have privacy. I suppose I always thought this was a "requirement" to keep them that private but I guess it's more cultural. Frankly, I can't imagine wearing them uncovered in front of my kids, anymore than I can imagine being in my worldy underwear in front of my kids. I suppose that may change once I am endowed, but it's been ingrained in my head for the 16 years since I learned of garments that I can't imagine that changing easily

[john doe]

After a few years of babies spitting up on you in the middle of the night you learn to not be so sensitive to whether they see you in your underwear or not. After a few years of getting up in the middle of the night to give a sick child medicine or changing their bedding after they vomited all over their sheets, you stop worrying about what they will think by the sight of you in your garments. You eventually get over the feeling that they might think you are dressed inappropriately and do what you have to do so you can go back to sleep in a timely manner.

Family units that have grown up together have different comfort levels of modesty in each others' presence that is not the same when they are around other people outside that unit. I do think it is inappropriate for an adult to walk around their house in garments if there are people in the home who are not a part of their intimate family unit.

If you are uncomfortable with seeing your parents in their garments, you can do a coulpe things: you can leave their presence and tell them you will wait for them to get dressed, or you can tell them that their walking around like that is making you uncomfortable. They may not change, but they will at least know why you are avoiding them when they walk around in that state of dress.

[Gwen]

lizzy, would your parents care if you walked around in your underwear?

[CornMuffinsMama]

After a few years of babies spitting up on you in the middle of the night you learn to not be so sensitive to whether they see you in your underwear or not. After a few years of getting up in the middle of the night to give a sick child medicine or changing their bedding after they vomited all over their sheets, you stop worrying about what they will think by the sight of you in your garments. You eventually get over the feeling that they might think you are dressed inappropriately and do what you have to do so you can go back to sleep in a timely manner.

Family units that have grown up together have different comfort levels of modesty in each others' presence that is not the same when they are around other people outside that unit. I do think it is inappropriate for an adult to walk around their house in garments if there are people in the home who are not a part of their intimate family unit.

If you are uncomfortable with seeing your parents in their garments, you can do a coulpe things: you can leave their presence and tell them you will wait for them to get dressed, or you can tell them that their walking around like that is making you uncomfortable. They may not change, but they will at least know why you are avoiding them when they walk around in that state of dress.

AMEN!!!!! When I get awakened in the middle of the night by a hollering Corn Muffin, I'm not usually thinking "Oh my, I should go put clothes on... where did I put my _____?", I'm getting out of bed and focusing my few functioning brain cells on not tripping over pets and furniture and getting in there, figuring out what's going on, and fixing it as fast as possible. Now, I'm not endowed yet so this is me in my underwear but I will still feel the same about my garments, and DH walks around in his garments too. Between the Army and now 32 hours of labor and a large number of people I'd never seen before seeing everything I had on and what was underneath, I lost my prior sense of "Oh I must be fully clothed at all times." I'll be modest around people outside of my immediate family and when we have sons I'll be appropriately modest around them too, but for now it's me, the hubs, and a daughter who loves Mama and Daughter Bath Time anyways.