Were wedgies a common prank for anyone else?
Posted by MapGorl06@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 70 comments
I’m a millennial little sister with two Gen X older sisters and i swear i remember them giving me wedgies that legitimately made me feel like my butt was gonna split in half 😭
Not even like funny cartoon wedgies, my underwear was being pushed to the LIMIT
More_Law6245@reddit
Nope, it was wrist burns and dead legs back in the day.
Prize_Ad6430@reddit
Back in the late 80's in gym class one guy would be tormented with wedgies constantly from bullies. Worst part was his last name was Hanes🩲🩲🩲😅
c0pp3rdrag0n@reddit
I was bullied so much I stopped wearing underwear to school.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
It happened that often???
c0pp3rdrag0n@reddit
Yes. Yes it did.
Think_Seaweed_7314@reddit
When I was in the 6th grade, a group of 10 or so 8th graders would walk around in a group cheering "Wedgie!". They would pick a 6th grader, grab them and give them a wedgie. It was almost every day, and we were terrified.
Breklin76@reddit
Some 8th grader woulda caught my 6th grader left hook.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
As bad as that sounds it still seems better than being left home alone with my older sisters lol
Breklin76@reddit
Pantsing. The fully Monty was the goal. Happened to me in 6th grade during PE. 7th grader got me. I plotted my revenge and made sure I got him back 10 fold. His gibblies were wafting in the cold morning air. Payback is a nutsack exposed to the entire class.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I got pantsed too. It was either all the way up or all the way down. I usually got the former on that unfortunately
Breklin76@reddit
I wedgied my cousin so bad that it ripped her underwear off. Never wedgied again.
WaterwingsDavid@reddit
Yes, I had a classmate in college that seemed to really enjoy this. Got kinda old after awhile!
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Enjoy??
WaterwingsDavid@reddit
Yes. He gave them quite frequently. I did not enjoy it!
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Ohhh I see lol. Yes they hurt especially when the giver has no concern for your well being 😭
zipzipzip246@reddit
Atomic Wedgie. When the elastic from the underwear reaches the back of the head. Holy fuck did I laugh first seeing one. Didn't laugh when it happened to me though by the jingles.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Hey I’ve hung by my underwear 😭 it can always be worse
BarefootMarauder@reddit
Yes! Along with wet willies, hurts-donuts, and swirlys. 🤣🤣🤣
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I didn’t really get any of those, mostly stuff like tickling, noogies, wrestling moves and of course countless of the worlds most butt destroying wedgies 😭😭
BarefootMarauder@reddit
Noogies, I totally forgot noogies...
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
They were BRUTAL
GaryNOVA@reddit
Yes. I’m glad you asked.
no1knowzzzz@reddit
not common; genuinely think in the only guy i know who ended up getting one 😭
noisician@reddit
or the dreaded rear admiral
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
What’s that one
noisician@reddit
oh it’s just a joke from The Simpsons. Bart and Millhouse are talking about wedgies, atomic wedgies, wet willies, and then bring up “the dreaded Rear Admiral” without explaining it further.
WhereItsAt75@reddit
Wedgies and Wet Willies.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
They were so bad. They used to lift me in the air by my underwear it was like super painful lol. I didn’t get the wet Willie’s but they tickled me a lot and did noogies
WhereItsAt75@reddit
One thing that was big when I was in high school, someone would pretend they were going to hit you and if you flinched they would say "You flinched" and then punch you. Usually just the guys doing this to each other.
LonelyMachines@reddit
Back in the day, we called them Melvins.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Honestly doesn’t matter 😭 I still was tortured with them one way or another lol
Phobos1982@reddit
I got pantsed more than anything else.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I got pantsed a lot too, but the wedgies were relentless. My butt probably has rug burn to this day 😭
Revolutionary-Dark52@reddit
That's an atomic wedgie. Common when I was growing up (born in 1965).
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
God they hurt. I remember one time they pulled my underwear so high I was practically tasting that fabric 😭
fridayimatwork@reddit
And pantsing
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Same. My pants were either at my ankles or my underwear was pulled to my neck and higher no inbetween 😭 either ALL the way up or ALL the way down
EnjoyingTheRide-0606@reddit
Yes, I heard about it but thankfully was never a recipient.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Lucky then 😭 made my butt feel like it was on fire back then
PepsiOfWrath@reddit
I was the recipient, because I was the small kid. It's been 40 years and I still remember the names of the guys who did it. I'm big now, likely much bigger than them, I should look them up and give them a little eye-for-an-eye wedge-for-a-wedge.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
How bad was it? I think it was extra bad for me because they usually did it when we were home alone and they could make it extra bad without being told to stop lol
TheEvilOfTwoLessers@reddit
They were a thing in cartoons and movie, but no one ever tried it on me and definitely not the kind of thing I’d do to someone else. I’m also an only child, maybe it’s more of a sibling torture.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
They probably got the idea from cartoons. Flying thru the air by my undies still haunts me 😭
in1earouturmother@reddit
Still are🤣
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
It was just like a torture session every time they were left alone in charge with me. I’m pretty sure my butt to this day has rug burn from the countless atomic wedgies
togocann49@reddit
I was smallest guy in high school in both my first and second year. Let’s just say I had a few
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I never got them at school but home was worse because when they’d literally hang me by my underwear from the top of the bunk bed I was literally stuck until they decided I had had enough. Which often was not quick 😭
kittyshakedown@reddit
I (f) knew about wedgies but have never seen one in person. Definitely didn’t do them and didn’t have them done be to me.
I feel like it was more of a boy thing. But obviously girls did it too.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I think it was definitely more common with boys. I was just blessed with chaotic sisters
MienaLovesCats@reddit
Yes
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
What’s your story?
lacr0bat@reddit
I once heard that on a team bus a rookie was given such a wedgie that they hooked his pants over his head.
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MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
My sister tried pulling my underwear over my head a few times but they never stretched enough. Unfortunately she was very determined so despite the fact she was unsuccessful her relentless efforts really hurt my butt 😭
BarefootMarauder@reddit
We used to call that an atomic wedgie.
SignificantTransient@reddit
Didn't you hear about that one kid that got an atomic wedgie so hard that he had to go to the hospital to get it removed? 🙄
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Shocked that wasn’t me with how extreme my wedgies were 😭
RecbetterpassNJ@reddit
Of course. Very common in the locker room in High School. I never gave or got, thank God. But I saw some BAD ones.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I guess at least it wasn’t just me. Good lord tho they used to HANG me by my underwear from their bunk bed when the babysat. Only happened a few times but it was so bad 😭
oldirishfart@reddit
No, never
ONROSREPUS@reddit
Not for me or people I knew. hell I only ever seen one done in real life. Was a female friend with her whale tail hanging out and her other female friend gave it a solid yank.
TheGriff71@reddit
Not really. Now and then, but not common at all. Even among the jocks.
Mobile-Boss-8566@reddit
That pretty much ended by the end of the 80’s
Lost_Taste_8181@reddit
Drunk roommate in college picked my other roommate up by his underwear.
RunsWithPremise@reddit
Yeah, I feel like this was fairly common in junior high at one point.
I remember one kid getting the elastic ripped right off his underwear.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
What I would have gave for my underwear to rip… they just never would and my sisters never stopped until I was in two pieces basically lol
Simple-Ingenuity740@reddit
wedgies and dacking
_Caracal_@reddit
I don't think it was ever a thing in the UK. Just something you'd always see in American films
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
Unfortunately it was kinda a way of life for little siblings 😭
msalberse@reddit
It was either all the way up or all the down. Wedgies and pantsing, in equal parts.
MapGorl06@reddit (OP)
I remember also being pantsed, but the wedgies were the worst. Probably the worst time was when they both pulled on my undies until they went over my head 😭