# Men: peeing through the fly in your underwear, or over it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114 "2008-10-29T17:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/21 "2008-10-29T19:10:15Z")
Boxer briefs here. Over. The controlling hand’s pinkie and ring finger hold the elastic away from the piping. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/22 "2008-10-29T19:16:59Z")
Over the top. I’m embarrassed to admit that I was in my 30’s before I realized this was an option. I’d just always assumed that guys peed “through” and I thought it was too much hassle to mess with. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/23 "2008-10-29T19:20:54Z")
Briefs, always; over, always. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/24 "2008-10-29T19:33:01Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > I take both my pants and underwear completely off when I urinate. There’s a guy at my company who drops his pants and boxers to his ankles while standing at the urinal. He wears T-shirts, so his ass is fully on display. I don’t know him, but I assume that he is either an exhibitionist or a moron. Or both. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/25 "2008-10-29T19:39:20Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > There’s a guy at my company who drops his pants and boxers to his ankles while standing at the urinal. He wears T-shirts, so his ass is fully on display. I don’t know him, but I assume that he is either an exhibitionist or a moron. Or both. You know, I’ve found whenever the choice is between “Moron” and almost anything other choice, “Moron” is usually the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/26 "2008-10-29T19:42:13Z")
Depends on how I’m tucking my shirt in. In a suit or shirt and slacks, I unzip the fly, and go through. It helps avoid a sloppy re-tuck. I tend to wear slim-cut and/or button-fly jeans, and I never tuck my shirt it while wearing them, so in that case, I unbuckle the belt, unbutton the fly, rise from the murky depths, and destroy the city of Tokyo. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/27 "2008-10-29T19:43:23Z")
Up and over. How anybody can pee with their unit bent into a “zee” by the fly is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/28 "2008-10-29T19:50:12Z")
Through. How anyone can stand the elastic flow disruption is beyond me. If I go over, then the urine that got caught by said disruption usually will end up in my pants. Boxers, for the record. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/29 "2008-10-29T19:58:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Up and over. How anybody can pee with their unit bent into a “zee” by the fly is beyond me. I don’t understand why people think this happens. If you’re actually trying to thread your wang through the folds without pulling the edges apart to make an opening, you’re an idiot. ETA: Oh, yeah, I’m a through guy, myself. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/30 "2008-10-29T20:21:01Z")
Tighty whities - always over. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/31 "2008-10-29T20:22:21Z")
I wear boxer briefs. Never had a problem with the “through the fly” method since switching to them, though I did the “over and out” when I wore tightie whiteys. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/32 "2008-10-29T20:41:52Z")
Over. I tend to dribble piss on myself the few times I tried going through. And I undo the belt and button to pee as well. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/33 "2008-10-29T21:08:43Z")
Any guys sit down while peeing (excluding the times you have to poo too)? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/34 "2008-10-29T21:13:21Z")
Don’t wear underwear at all, but if I’m in a suit, it’s through the fly so I don’t have to re-tuck. > [@StinkyBurrito](#): > > I have also noticed a number of people - full grown adult people - who unbuckle their belt and unbutton their pants before zipping their fly down. What the fuck is that all about? I don’t understand what you are saying. That’s what I do when i take off my pants. And the revers also, zip -\> button -\> buckle. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/35 "2008-10-29T21:24:55Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Any guys sit down while peeing (excluding the times you have to poo too)? I do when I have to pee in the middle of the night. I don’t like turning the light on and sitting down seems safest. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/36 "2008-10-29T21:35:57Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Any guys sit down while peeing (excluding the times you have to poo too)? If I’m wearing khaki pants, yes. Absoloutely no chance of … pecker tracks. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/37 "2008-10-29T21:45:30Z")
Neither. Sitting down ensures that I never leave a mess on the seat, never have tracks on my pants, and never have to make conversation with the socially-impaired freak at the next urinal over. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/38 "2008-10-29T21:52:50Z")
> [@StinkyBurrito](#): > > I have also noticed a number of people - full grown adult people - who unbuckle their belt and unbutton their pants before zipping their fly down. What the fuck is that all about? Next time you see that look real close at their crotch. If they have button fly pants instead of a zip fly, it’s nearly impossible to unbutton and rebutton the bottom or middle buttons without undoing the top first. It’s equally difficult to unbutton the top button without undoing the belt. I have two pairs of button fly pants. The only reason I have two is that I bought them at the same time. They are a collosal pain in the ass and I will never buy button fly again. Me? I go over the top. I wear boxer briefs that don’t even have the silly fly. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/39 "2008-10-29T22:15:42Z")
Over. Through is too tough - threading the needle is more work that it’s worth. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/40 "2008-10-29T22:16:15Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Any guys sit down while peeing (excluding the times you have to poo too)? I’ve never used a urinal. Not once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114.md?page=3)