# Guys: Boxers or Briefs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 5, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432 "2009-11-05T16:07:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/1 "2009-11-05T16:07:08Z")
Short and to the point.
I wear briefs. I’ve tried boxers, and it resulted in bunched-up nuts, and lots of flopping. :eek: No thank you.
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### Author:  [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/2 "2009-11-05T16:08:43Z")
Briefs, same reason as you. I prefer the boys stay where I put 'em.
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### Author:  [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/3 "2009-11-05T16:32:51Z")
Since I discovered Hanes® TAGLESS® Men’s Boxer Briefs with ComfortSoft® Waistband — only those. ( I would have posted the link but the picture there was borderline NSFW.)
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### Author:  [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/4 "2009-11-05T16:48:02Z")
Curious fact. My father wore boxers all his life. I didn’t like them, but didn’t even know till I was in HS that briefs existed and, since then have never put on boxers, same reason as HeyHomie. But my two sons wear only boxers! I don’t understand it.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/5 "2009-11-05T16:49:18Z")
Vaires. Most of the time, cotton boxers. In the gym, polyester/lycra boxer-briefs.
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### Author:  [@JiveCoolie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JiveCoolie)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/6 "2009-11-05T18:36:01Z")
Boxers since way back. I like floppin around.
A buddy answered “both”. I figured he meant boxer-briefs, but nope. He wears briefs “for support” and boxers over “for style”. He’s a weirdo, and after hearing this, I told him so.
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### Author:  [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/7 "2009-11-05T18:37:08Z")
Not “It varies” but “Depends” --for more comedic punch.
As in, “Do you wear boxers or briefs?”
“Depends.”
This joke doesn’t have to be explained does it?
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### Author:  [@JiveCoolie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JiveCoolie)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/8 "2009-11-05T18:39:10Z")
I laughed.
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### Author:  [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/9 "2009-11-05T18:39:24Z")
Varies.
Boxers or boxer-briefs. Never briefs.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/10 "2009-11-05T18:43:49Z")
I put boxer-briefs since they’re the most comfortable and top preference. But if I’m going out for dinner or some such, I’ll wear boxers.
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/11 "2009-11-05T18:45:55Z")
Boxer Briefs. Gotta be Boxer Briefs. I never did like boxers and I’m too damned old for briefs.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/12 "2009-11-05T18:50:59Z")
> [@LouisB](#):
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> Boxer Briefs. Gotta be Boxer Briefs. I never did like boxers and I’m too damned old for briefs.
Ditto. The best of both worlds.
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### Author:  [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/13 "2009-11-05T18:57:45Z")
When I wear anything, it’s boxers. I don’t care much one way or the other, except I hate tighty-whiteys, so since my wife prefers boxers if I’m going to wear underwear, that’s what she buys me.
I had a girlfriend who called boxers “old man underwear” and wanted me to wear those tiny Euro-style nutsacks because she liked the way the junk hung in them. I obliged her.
I only wear undies for work, which I guess doesn’t make much sense since I’m in an office, but I consider it part of my work “outfit”. The rest of my life, I go free-ballin’.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/14 "2009-11-05T19:07:06Z")
I was a died-in-the-wool briefs guy until I started dating my current girlfriend. She likes being able to reach in there and have room to rustle around a bit.
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### Author:  [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/15 "2009-11-05T19:10:21Z")
“Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it’s usually something unusual.”
I prefer boxers… if only because if I need to run the garbage out to the curb, I can easily claim they’re shorts.
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/16 "2009-11-05T19:10:31Z")
Boxers. It’s fun going down stairs. Easy access. Cooler.
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### Author:  [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/17 "2009-11-05T19:16:04Z")
Tighty-whities all the way. The few times I’ve tried boxers it feels exactly like the times I’ve worn sweatpants over top of shorts. Too bulky and too floppy. Besides, state law requires loads above a certain standard size and weight be restrained during transit.
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### Author:  [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/18 "2009-11-05T19:55:17Z")
> [@corkboard](#):
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> I had a girlfriend who … wanted me to wear those tiny Euro-style nutsacks because she liked the way the junk hung in them.
I should have added an option for Banana-hammock. :smack:
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### Author:  [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/19 "2009-11-05T20:25:25Z")
> [@shiftless](#):
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> Besides, state law requires loads above a certain standard size and weight be restrained during transit.
_applause_ Well played.
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-boxers-or-briefs/516432/20 "2009-11-05T20:31:06Z")
Boxers since college, but in the last few months I’ve been gradually switching to boxer-briefs because of the bunching.
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