# I'm giving up tighty whities for...umm...tighty colors. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054 "2005-07-18T22:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054/21 "2005-07-19T16:30:06Z")
I wear mostly boxer briefs, but I have a couple pairs of tighty whiteys, and a few pairs of boxers. My boxer briefs are a 50/50 split between white and colored/designs. I mentioned in another thread that I do try to match my underwear to my outfit. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054/22 "2005-07-19T16:57:22Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Mini hijack por favor-- A question about boxers-- why? Don’t ask me. I think regular boxers suck, for all the reasons that you mention. I have a couple of pairs, but i never wear them under anything. I just use them as a pair of light shorts for sitting around the house when it’s hot. My underwear drawer is about even split between briefs and boxer briefs. I love boxer briefs, but i sometimes find them too hot in summer. Also, when i run i prefer just wearing briefs. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054/23 "2005-07-19T16:58:36Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Also, when i run i prefer just wearing briefs. With shorts over the top, i should add. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054/24 "2005-07-19T17:22:15Z")
The major advatage to the OP’s tighty colors preference is, depending on the number of pairs of socks you own, doing laudry is less of a chore. With 30 pairs of socks, I can get by doing a white wash once a month - which means fewer times sorting, mating & folding socks & not as much bleach pumped into the city’s sewer system. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054/25 "2005-07-19T22:54:34Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > Thanks mucho. I’ve had no luck with the internet searches I’ve done. I hadn’t tried Lane Bryant. Good idea. Fruit of the Loom makes some, too. I checked the ones in my underwear box to see. They might be too short in the legs for your taste, though. I wear boxers myself as pajama shorts. I have some plaid ones which are quite lovely. I also have these weird boxer brief things that used to be comfortable until they got a bit too loose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-tighty-whities-for-umm-tighty-colors/313054.md?page=1)