# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/61 "2008-10-30T05:33:43Z")
I alternate, just to keep things interesting. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/62 "2008-10-30T05:43:39Z")
Depends on the clothing. And I only wear boxers. Clothing with a belt, through and through. Clothing without a belt, up and over. Shorts that are tied (e.g. surf trunks), from the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/63 "2008-10-30T06:06:08Z")
Isn’t that what the fly hole is for? It seems like it would be a lot of added work to go over, for no added benefit. It’s a lot easier to go through the hole which is right there, than to rearrange one’s entire undergarmentry. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/64 "2008-10-30T06:53:00Z")
Always over. Always! The one time I tried through, it felt like I was fucking something, got a chubster and it complicated the process. I sleep nude so I sit to pee if I get up at night. ---
**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 30, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/65 "2008-10-30T20:13:30Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I alternate, just to keep things interesting. It must be tough pinching off the flow every few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/66 "2008-10-30T20:23:42Z")
> [@black\_rabbit](#): > > It must be tough pinching off the flow every few seconds. Sometimes, you’ve got to remind your bladder who’s boss, y’know? There’s nothing worse than an uppity bladder… ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/67 "2008-10-30T20:43:12Z")
Briefs or boxer briefs here. I go through in most situations, but I’ll go over if I’m wearing sweat pants or anthing else that has an elastic waist band. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/68 "2008-10-30T21:56:34Z")
This is why I wear briefs with a horizontal fly (sometimes known as a “kangaroo pounch.”) No dangerous S curves, no need to yank trousers and underwear down. I don’t know why they aren’t more popular. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/69 "2008-10-30T22:36:28Z")
Over, because my men’s bikini undies don’t have pee ports. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/70 "2008-10-31T02:46:49Z")
Damn you, **Dervorin** , you stole my idea for a light and pointless thread 😛 I haven’t used the penis airlock since I was a kid. I undo the pants fly, hook one thumb in the waistband of the underwear and pull it down far enough that everything is unrestricted, and aim with the other hand. There are one or two pairs of pants where the fly doesn’t zip down far enough. With those, I’ll undo my belt and waistband and use the free fingers on the hand that I’m using to pull down the underwear to keep things from falling down too far. I had to spend a couple of weeks in the hospital with both arms in casts to the shoulder when I broke my wrists a few years ago. I had to have help to go to the bathroom and eat, obviously, since I couldn’t bend far enough to touch anything. Most nurses just pulled everything down to my knees or ankles when I had to take a leak. A couple of them didn’t. On one memorable occasion, one of the cuter nurses used the fly on my underwear. The process of her trying to figure out how that worked and then getting it out made things…interesting. I had to wait a minute or so, so that I wouldn’t be spraying the ceiling. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/71 "2008-10-31T02:53:31Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > …do you guys actually fasten that little button on the fly of your boxers? It’s always just seemed like more of a hassle than it’s worth Yes. Else I wander through the port and either get cold zipper rub, or wool trouser rub. I don’t fancy either. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/72 "2008-10-31T09:12:00Z")
What I find most intriguing about this thread is the terminology coming out of it. I’m going to throw together some statistics and useless analysis (after all, what use is a poll without the… er… debrief?) when I have time to do it properly. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/73 "2008-10-31T10:03:33Z")
Usually over, but if I’m wearing something really loose like boxers or pajamas without a button that’s hard to undo, I’ll go through. Also, for some reason, I find it incredibly sexy when there’s an easy access hole to make use of it for naughty reasons. ---
**Author:** ![NYGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6de8d8/32.png) [@NYGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/74 "2013-01-02T02:09:00Z")
I go with my comfort level and how I’m dressed, generally. If I can yank my hose through the pants and underwear flies easily, I’ll do that. Otherwise, I’ll open my belt and button and either pull down my underwear in the front or just pull everything down altogether. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/75 "2013-01-02T02:27:28Z")
zombie or no > [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > I don’t even unzip. I just put my foot on the urinal and pull it out of the bottom of my pants leg. keeping it tucked in your sock keeps it from scraping on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/76 "2013-01-02T02:44:15Z")
I wear boxers, but even when I was wearing briefs, I always used the leg hole. Bob ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/77 "2013-01-02T03:05:03Z")
I switch it around. I’ve got a couple of pair of boxes without the pee pee hole, and those I go over the top. Other boxers, it’s through the hole. Call me adaptable. Hell, I’ll even use toilet paper if it’s placed in the wrong direction on the roller. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/78 "2013-01-02T03:25:50Z")
Going over the top can be tricky, because if you pull the waistband down first to do your business and then time the release wrong, you can snap yourself with the waistband and man. That really stings. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/79 "2013-01-02T04:02:45Z")
Tighty-whities, always. Through, if I’m dressed. If all I’m wearing is skivvies, then through or over. And I’m with those who sit if getting up to pee in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114/80 "2013-01-02T06:16:30Z")
Over the top, with my right testicle over the top too. For some reason it works better that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-peeing-through-the-fly-in-your-underwear-or-over-it/470114.md?page=5)