# For the men - Boxers or Briefs. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945 "2000-12-04T14:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/1 "2000-12-04T14:48:09Z")
Or freeballer? ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/2 "2000-12-04T15:05:58Z")
All three, depending on its mood. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/3 "2000-12-04T15:26:25Z")
Boxers. ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/4 "2000-12-04T15:28:30Z")
last two ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/5 "2000-12-04T15:48:38Z")
Women’s underwear, but its strictly a comfort thing. Actually, I wear briefs. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/6 "2000-12-04T15:49:26Z")
Boxers never tighty whities ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/7 "2000-12-04T16:03:22Z")
I wear rubber briefs with an elephant trunk extention to accomodate my uncut member. [sub]OK, boxers. Happy now? And what’s with this underwear fetish, anway??[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/8 "2000-12-04T16:04:48Z")
Boxer briefs. The best of both worlds… ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/9 "2000-12-04T16:10:37Z")
Briefs!! I need the support. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/10 "2000-12-04T16:19:13Z")
Depends. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/11 "2000-12-04T16:26:37Z")
They are not just for men, how about you hypergirl? boxers or briefs? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/12 "2000-12-04T16:28:49Z")
Definetely briefs those feel weird in jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/13 "2000-12-04T16:45:25Z")
80% - Usually wear: Boxers 15% - On Special Occasions: Boxer Briefs 5% - Prefer: Freeballin’ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/14 "2000-12-04T16:50:03Z")
Briefs. Gotta be. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/15 "2000-12-04T17:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*I wear rubber briefs with an elephant trunk extention to accomodate my uncut member. > \*\* Oh really? What are you doing tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/16 "2000-12-04T18:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchiveGuy \* > \*\*Boxer briefs. The best of both worlds… \*\* Yep, dittos to that. Got about eleventy-dozen pairs in the drawer, jus’ so’s I never runs out. FWIW, the female unit **loves** the way I look in 'em, both coming & going. [sub]I know, I know, I’m setting myself up for a whole lotta pseudo-clever double-entendre replies… Go ahead, yuk-yuk boy, knock y’self out.)[/sub] _TMI alert:_ _I_ like them 'coz I feel tucked in, unlike reg’lar boxers, and I _don’t_ feel constricted, unlike reg’lar briefs. (jeez, great sentence,ty… sub-clause much?) Oh, and Coldie… rubber briefs? Y’know, a good urologist should be able to clear up yer little plumbing problem. Just tryin’ to help… ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/17 "2000-12-04T19:39:28Z")
boxers ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/18 "2000-12-04T19:44:22Z")
Boxers. But I still have some old briefs that get emergency duty when I run out of clean boxers and have them in the laundry (like this past weekend). ---
**Author:** ![barstow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@barstow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barstow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/19 "2000-12-04T19:50:44Z")
**Alfresco** , unless wearing thin white shorts, then a jock strap. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945/20 "2000-12-04T20:18:17Z")
Continuing my reputation of being boring and white bread, I wear white briefs. Keith [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-men-boxers-or-briefs/43945.md?page=2)