# Guys-Who Buyes That Weird Underwear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342 "2003-08-01T13:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/1 "2003-08-01T13:06:07Z")
REcently, I had to take a trip to a local department store…I finally had to replace my ancient underwear (holes, tears, and generally worn-out). When you get to the area where underwear is sold, you are in for a surprise…there are all kinds of brilliant colors and styles 9including those slightly-suspect leaopared print bikinis, etc.), even thongs! My question: why invest so much style in garments that are never meant to be seen? Why those colorful boxers? Its not like they are for wearing in public? Also, those thongs (ugh) does anybody really wear them? Just a question? ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/2 "2003-08-01T13:21:26Z")
thongs no!!! nor briefs. boxers are the only way to go for comfort. i know a lot of girls that wear em too for the same reasons… and i think the leopard print ones are supposed to be sexy, but if a guy ever stripped off in front of me and he was wearing those, i would just crack up… altho i cant think for the life of me why a guy would strip off in front of me… ---
**Author:** ![OESGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecae2f/32.png) [@OESGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OESGal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/3 "2003-08-01T13:21:46Z")
Personally, I like to see my husband’s boxers of different colors because I like variety. FWIW, sometimes, I’ve heard, people get small thrills from wearing something under their clothes that is “wild” or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/4 "2003-08-01T14:15:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ralph124c \* > \*\* My question: why invest so much style in garments that are never meant to be seen? \*\* Because when they _are_ seen, you really, really want 'em to impress! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/5 "2003-08-01T14:18:26Z")
> [@](#): > > My question: why invest so much style in garments that are never meant to be seen? You’re obviously not receiving invitations to the right parties. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/6 "2003-08-01T14:28:17Z")
Two words: Michael Jordan. Stylish men’s underwear needs no purpose beyond allowing women to see commercials with Michael Jordan in his underwear. Yes, yes, yes. Oh God, yes. That happy guy dancing in his underwear is also tasty. Victoria’s Secret catalogs are for men, men’s underwear commercials are for women. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/7 "2003-08-01T15:08:11Z")
You mean something like[this?](http://www.deeprivermedia.com/terror.htm) 😛 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/8 "2003-08-01T15:16:22Z")
It’s not that **no** one will see them…it’s that the **right** people will see them. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/9 "2003-08-01T15:18:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanJoe \* > \*\*You mean something like [this?](http://www.deeprivermedia.com/terror.htm) > \*\* OMG. He’s wearing a big green rubber band. That has to be Argentina. ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/10 "2003-08-01T16:08:52Z")
Way back in the day, my brother used to get the bikini underwear every year. But then, he was gay too. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/11 "2003-08-01T16:40:29Z")
I used to be a tighty whitie man. Still have a few pairs of them lying about. When I lost a bunch of weight and was replacing my wardrobe I decided to get underwear in different colors. More people are seeing my underwear than used to so I’m always happy that it looks decent. Still wear briefs although I just bought my first boxer briefs last week. BIG mistake. They look good, but they make my ass sweat. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/12 "2003-08-01T16:47:19Z")
I just wear boxers, all the time, nothing else (with the small exception of the rare times I work out I wear boxer briefs to keep the little bouv from flopping around too much.) I do enjoy having different styles and colors, if for nor other reason that because I know if they are dirty because I will remember wearing a certain one, if they were all blue, then how would I know? (One might say the dirty ones are in the hamper, clean ones in the drawer, but for me, clean ones are in the pile of clothes on the floor or the chair, dirty ones are on the floor or the chair, and although I try not to put dirty clothes on the chair or in the clean pile on purpose, they still get there.) But wearing a thong? God, no. They look uncomfortable enough for women to wear, I think it’s classified as torture for men. As far as women liking men in “fancy” underwear? I’m pretty sure all the women I know would either laugh or run away screeming if they were to see a guy wearing those. When I had a girl, she cared not what I was wearing down there, just simply hoew fast she could tear 'em off (God I miss those days…) ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/13 "2003-08-01T16:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > You mean something like this? Shouldn’t you have posted a “warning: your eyeballs will melt” hint? You really are mean, MeanJoe. I’m going to have nightmares now. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/14 "2003-08-01T16:51:22Z")
Sometimes, just knowing that I’m wearing ‘pretty’ boxes puts an extra spring in my step. Seriously, how can you walk around with torn and holey shorts. That’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![chm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/15 "2003-08-01T16:53:59Z")
Um, my husband likes the bikini briefs for comfort, and I kind of like them to be something other than white-which-becomes-dingy-grey. My brother used to wear novelty boxers, still does as far as I know, but I’m never around his laundry anymore. ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/16 "2003-08-01T17:05:02Z")
By the by, just wanted to weigh in with the fact that I’m wearing one of my personal favorite pairs of boxers today. They are a reproduction of the Monopoly Get Out of Jail Free card (the bright orange Chance one). Mwah. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/17 "2003-08-01T17:57:20Z")
I always wear 100%-cotton bikini briefs (not thongs – full coverage but very low cut) for the sake of comfort. FWIW, my son picked up a pair of boxers in a sauropod dinosaur print when he was 17. I’ll leave it to you to figure out his rationale. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/18 "2003-08-01T18:18:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*They look good, but they make my ass sweat. \*\* That is so hot. I love buying Mr. Tech his boxers. I even put them in a gift box for him. He has ones with bees, doggies, martinis, classic cars, hula girls (he didn’t dig those too much), flip-flops, tropical fish, sharks, scottie dogs, and a pair with a word search puzzle pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/19 "2003-08-01T18:43:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > **That is so hot.** OK, this just cracked me right the fuck up. I love good deadpan. I’m a briefs man. For a long time, it was tighty-whiteys only, but I’ve since learned that colored/patterned briefs (even leopard print, although that’s pushing it) are much cooler than white. White just looks like you’re not trying. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/20 "2003-08-01T18:52:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Attrayant \* > OMG. He’s wearing a big green rubber band. That has to be Argentina. Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s in the Miami area somewhere, I recognize some of the buildings in the background. Plenty of freaks down here. My first thought was that he was wearing one of those women’s suits that are meant to have (or not) a separate top. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342.md?page=2)