Mormon Undies

Not all Mormons wear what they refer to as 'undergarmets' but the good, temple-going ones do. My father, quite the homophobic and misogynist, does.

I heard all the tales about their magical properties: people in fire with no burns where the underwear was, or who would have been crushed to death had they not been wearing them. Even as a young child, I thought the stories were pretty much just that.

A garmet wearing Mormon family member got in a car collision, resulting in complications. Noone questioned why the garmets failed to protect them, nor why god would allow such an event to take place; however something my father said, "If she hadn't been in that [built like a tank, American] car, she would be dead", spoke more truth then anything.