# Boxers or briefs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887 "2014-11-17T19:57:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/21 "2014-11-18T01:38:42Z")
How timely, this thread. [**The [del]Master[/del] Mistress** speaketh](http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/2014/11/16/underwear-preference-becomes-a-wedge-issue), November 16, 2014. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/22 "2014-11-18T01:48:53Z")
briefs. I’ve tried boxers and boxer briefs, but they allow too much “movement” while walking. said “movement” is undesirable. “Spontaneous Boneritis” is an affliction I didn’t want when I was 13, and I sure as hell don’t want it now. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/23 "2014-11-18T03:18:09Z")
Boxers. I haven’t worn tighty whiteys since I was 12 or 13 years old. I’ve never had a problem with getting my boxer shorts in a bunch. They stay right where I put them, around my waist on top and slightly above the knee on bottom. Boxer briefs sound like a great idea and many people claim them to be the best of both worlds. I have no quarrel with you good men, but to me they are the worst of both worlds, both constricting my tackle and binding to my legs. The only time my tackle gets packed up is on a bicycle (kind of necessary to avoid injury) and in a wetsuit (kind of unavoidable). I used to wear a jock when I ran, but I don’t run anymore. Honestly, I don’t even like wearing a winter hat cause I don’t like my ears that close to my head. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/24 "2014-11-18T03:20:06Z")
Anything but a Y-front. Those are the grannie panties of men’s undergarments. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/25 "2014-11-18T03:22:07Z")
Wasn’t there a poll about this once? Anyway, briefs. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/26 "2014-11-18T03:26:07Z")
Y fronts. My grandfather wore a Union Suit till the day he died. Father was Boxers until he discovered Y-Fronts, then bikini Briefs… With him wearing bikini briefs, and my brother wearing boxers, I choose Y-fronts so that I would _never_ get their underwear by mistake. I’ve got a family of my own now, and the reasoning still stands. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/27 "2014-11-18T03:37:14Z")
I would rather wear someone else’s boxers (freshly laundered, anyway) than suffer the oppression of the tighty whitey. Strange used boxers vs. clean tighty whiteys? Commando, no question. However, if necessary, I shall fight to the death for your right to TWs! ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/28 "2014-11-18T03:38:14Z")
Boxer briefs. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/29 "2014-11-18T19:50:25Z")
Usually boxers, if anything. With jeans I don’t wear anything, unless I’m going to be doing something physical in them (like raking leaves, or something), and then I wear boxer briefs. I haven’t worn regular briefs since I was a teenager (almost 30 years ago). On the weekends, and in the summer when I wear shorts, I don’t wear any underwear. I just find all styles fairly uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/30 "2014-11-18T20:53:27Z")
Briefs. I’ve never understood why underwear that extended down my legs would be a plus. My legs don’t need underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/31 "2014-11-18T21:11:02Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Depends. Verrrry nice. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/32 "2014-11-19T01:56:59Z")
I wear briefs, but if I had push-back from a SO like in the Dear Abby letter, I’d switch. Look… if you are in a long term commited relationship with someone, yeah they get a say in what they like seeing under your jeans. Smart people listen …and enjoy! Count your blessings. Not everyone has someone who gives a damn. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/33 "2014-11-19T01:59:57Z")
> [@therealyankey27](#): > > I am curious as to everyone’s opinion. I’m a boxer man myself, because I hate being confined… > [@control-z](#): > > Boxers. My boys like the freedom. Aye, this is my answer too. I like listening to them clack as I walk. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/34 "2014-11-19T03:09:34Z")
Boxer briefs are the greatest improvement for mankind since the mistress. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887/35 "2014-11-19T20:24:56Z")
Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it’s usually something unusual. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-briefs/704887.md?page=1)