# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/41 "2003-08-02T22:48:21Z")
Boxer-briefs for me, thank you. 100% cotton, muted colors. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/42 "2003-08-02T23:19:48Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? Every once in a while you miiight want to [dress up for a party](http://www.geocities.com/techchick68/vegas/beatle.html). ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/43 "2003-08-03T00:24:08Z")
Boxer briefs…whatever color…green, blue, black , gray,I even had some pikinsh colored ones, but evenutally got rid of them. ---
**Author:** ![dctaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@dctaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dctaz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/44 "2003-08-03T03:23:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Allow a question from a girl: Don’t you need a little more support than boxers allow? \*\* I think this question was answered by most of us. if we need support, boxer-briefs, or maybe for some briefs, boxers give you more freedom, and are rather like going commando or as one of my friends called it “freeballing”. but at the same time in those rare occasions that you might end up having to drop trau, you have some dignity and are not totally “exposed”. 😃 plus, I think most guys would secretly like to run around with it all hanging out if society would allow. hope that answers it for you. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/45 "2003-08-03T04:37:03Z")
My son wears boxers. A few years back, I made him a pair from one of those pre-printed panels you can buy at the fabric store, that had sports Santas on them. Just kind of as a joke. He was so impressed with them that I made him some others with “wild patterns”, like hearts for Valentine’s day and shamrocks for St. Patrick’s. I think at this point he has at least one pair to represent each month, including the ones I made for April (April Fools’ Day) with toy trucks on them. His sister took those to him when she visited him in his dorm, and he put them on, under his jeans, and then went running down the hall with the jeans pulled down far enough to show off the shorts, yelling, “I got Tonka trucks!” I don’t always claim him. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/46 "2003-08-03T06:14:41Z")
Boxers are more comfortable, and have enough support for me. Back in 9th grade when I sill wore briefs, I accidentally got a package of low rise briefs. I didn’t notice the mistake until the morning of the first day of school. Shortly after that, I switched to boxers. I still have the ow rise briefs as emergency underwear, but I always choose not to wear underwear instead. ---
**Author:** ![dopetalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dopetalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dopetalker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/47 "2003-08-03T11:07:57Z")
If you want an experience try sharkwear. It’s a pair of briefs with blue and white sharks. The inside of a Jaws-like sharkmouth with the fatal teeth is the fly. It really is living on the edge. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/48 "2003-08-04T06:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanJoe \* > \*\*You mean something like[this?](http://www.deeprivermedia.com/terror.htm) > > 😛 \*\* Quoth the server: “404”. ☹ Any hope that I can find that photo somewhere else? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/49 "2003-08-04T06:59:56Z")
Hooray for the [www.deeprivermedia.com/terror.htm+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8](http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:KuFGCjdGNLUJ:%5Burl)"]Google cache. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/50 "2003-08-04T07:02:07Z")
Ah, crap. Try [this](http://www.deeprivermedia.com/Unbelievable_1.JPG) for a direct link to the picture. Cut and paste the whole url from the above link to see the google cache of the page. But you don’t want to look, really. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/51 "2003-08-04T07:17:26Z")
Things like that should not exist. He’s right, you **don’t** want to look at that picture. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/52 "2003-08-04T07:55:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*Ah, crap. Try [this](http://www.deeprivermedia.com/Unbelievable_1.JPG) for a direct link to the picture. Cut and paste the whole url from the above link to see the google cache of the page. > > But you don’t want to look, really. \*\* Thanks for the link. Eh…I’m not scarred for life. Just bewildered as to **why** he chose to wear that thing. And why that woman is willingly being photographed with him. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/53 "2003-08-06T20:36:09Z")
I was somehow reminded of this thread by this fun japanese personal page: [Men’s Underwear Gallery Snake-Charmer](http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/hotaru/underwear/) > [@](#): > > I make lacy and fancy underwear. All for boys and cute men. > These handmade underwear and lingerie are decorated with frilled lace and ribbons. > So graceful, pretty and fancy. Not sexy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/54 "2003-08-06T23:44:26Z")
Several posters have extolled the virtues of white undies (briefs and boxers) but I can’t ever recall owning a pair ever. For me, someone who hates sorting laundry, I own colored underwear only. Because I have at least 30-40 pairs of socks, I only have to do white wash 1x a month (less in the summer when socks aren’t worn as often). I buy all my underwear at either H&M at the mall or at [undergear.com](http://www.undergear.com/dept1.asp?dept%5Fid=110). Sure, the guys at work make their comments when the IM Sport catalog comes in the mail, but that’s the price one pays for have unconventional / non Fruit of the Loom tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/55 "2003-08-07T13:38:05Z")
Why do you have your underwear delivered at work? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/56 "2003-08-07T14:11:47Z")
I think boxer briefs are really sexy, but alas, Mr. Amanita has the same sweaty ass problem with them as discussed earlier in this thread. He wears bikini briefs in all the hues of the rainbow. He did actually have cotton string bikini briefs at one point, but I kept referring to them as his “panties”, so he’s retired most of them. ---
**Author:** ![Is\_This\_All\_There\_Is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@Is\_This\_All\_There\_Is](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Is_This_All_There_Is)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/57 "2003-08-07T15:53:41Z")
Actually Amanita, your husbands cotton bikinis/string bikinis are my preference too. The do not bunch up and cause discomfort. I tend to get “sweaty ass” when wearing boxer-briefs too, so those are out of the question! ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/58 "2003-08-07T16:08:06Z")
That green thing in the right color on the right guy would look really, really good. Gay men are into men in their underwear - a common fetish - which is why gay men are more likely to buy unconventional underwear. Don’t ask me how I know. WRS ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/59 "2003-08-07T17:48:06Z")
?? I see men’s underwear all the time, especially boxers–about 2-3 inches of waistband and material. Don’t you people have any teenagers in your communities? “Yo, yo, yo” with the pants hanging off? That said, I have a few pairs of men’s silk boxers because they are comfortable and, unlike women’s boxers, actually durably constructed. ---
**Author:** ![dcordell1960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dcordell1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcordell1960)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342/60 "2003-08-07T18:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD \* > \*\* > I buy all my underwear at either H&M at the mall or at [undergear.com](http://www.undergear.com/dept1.asp?dept%5Fid=110). \*\* I like any of them boxer, briefs, or boxer briefs. I wear the boxer briefs more because I have more of them. I have had a hard time finding the boxer briefs in colors other than black, white or grey. I had a look at [undergear.com](http://undergear.com) and they have some colors, but the selection seems minimial. Help me colorize my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-who-buyes-that-weird-underwear/192342.md?page=4)