# Tighty Whities Are Not My Style **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 2, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982 "2002-07-02T04:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/41 "2002-07-03T11:58:49Z")
I also notice that they have a boxer-brief called Hom Ho1… I wonder if it would suit any of our own Hom Hos. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/42 "2002-07-03T12:36:00Z")
The only undies I’ve ever worn are plain vanilla Hanes briefs. Hell, it’s not like anybody else ever has to see the things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/43 "2002-07-03T14:53:50Z")
Matt, dear, you live in Montreal; what gay planet are you on that there’s no fabulous gay underwear? Have you no [2sup[/sup]ist]([www.2xist.com](http://www.2xist.com))? No [Meisel](http://www.meisel-style.com/index.cfm?fa=HOME&id=12&aff=0)? No [Jocko](http://store.yahoo.com/jockostore/underwear.html)? Hell, [Body Body Wear](http://store.bodybodywear.com/products/?setup_store=UW&MSO_DISPLAY_THUMBS=1&MSO_CATEGORY=%25&MSO_SORTBY=Date_Entered:DESC&MSO_COLS=2) is only _headquartered in Toronto_, with a retail shop on Ste. Catherine. You see, gentlemen, this is what (cough, I _hate_ the term) “tighty-whities” are supposed to look like: [The iconic Calvin Klein image, ca. 1985](http://www.topdrawers.com/images/tdck1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/44 "2002-07-03T15:03:53Z")
(Of course, the fact that this underwear looks fabulous on these models says _nothing at all_ about its intrinsic design; these boys would all look terrific in Pampers.) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/45 "2002-07-03T16:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > > (Translation: I am straight, please believe me.) Not that there’s anything _wrong_ with that. 😉 And thanks for the site - woot! 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/46 "2002-07-03T16:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > \*\*Matt, dear, you live in Montreal; what gay planet are you on that there’s no fabulous gay underwear? Have you no [2sup[/sup]ist]([www.2xist.com](http://www.2xist.com))? No [Meisel](http://www.meisel-style.com/index.cfm?fa=HOME&id=12&aff=0)? No [Jocko](http://store.yahoo.com/jockostore/underwear.html)? > \*\* That don´t cost eight hundred million dollars? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/47 "2002-07-03T16:52:42Z")
Does anybody actually use the dick-hole on tighty whities? I always just went over-the-top, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/48 "2002-07-03T17:13:17Z")
_{makes mental note to buy **matt** fancy sexy underwear and have him model them for me}_ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/49 "2002-07-03T18:32:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \*\*\* > > That don´t cost eight hundred million dollars? \*\* Well, I’m sure one day Canada will have a real currency again and you’ll-- OW! 😉 Ok, ok. In all seriousness, I agree that the retail prices on these brands are outrageous. But here in NYC you can find them at discount department stores, like Century 21 and Loehmann’s - not every brand every day, but regularly enough to make a trip worthwhile. (Indeed, many of us Manhattanites welcomed Century 21’s reopening–it directly faces Ground Zero and sustained quite a bit of damage–precisely because we had no idea where we were going to buy our underwear if it didn’t come back.) Personally, I wear Old Navy grey boxer-briefs, which are wicked comfy and at least slightly sexy. They’re also Reasonable, as these things go. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/50 "2002-07-03T19:28:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milossarian \* > \*\*Does anybody actually use the dick-hole on tighty whities? I always just went over-the-top, so to speak. \*\* I’m with you there, Milo. There’s no physical way to maneveur “yourself” through that contraption. Just tug 'em down and go. But the worst is when you’re on laundry day, and all you’ve got is your tennis-day grippers. You go out that night, hit the can, unzip your zipper, and realize that you’re grippers are still on. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/51 "2002-07-03T20:11:28Z")
A recent convert to boxer-briefs. I still own all models, of each. Here’s my critique… Boxers - Great for comfort, not so great if you in well let’s say a good mood. Briefs - Good Support, that’s it, nothing more. Boxer-Briefs - Best of both worlds, plus my wife pinches my ass every morning so they’ve got sexy to boot. Speaking of the wife anyone know if I can get boxer-briefs with target bullseyes on the rear? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/52 "2002-07-03T20:35:57Z")
On my 62nd birthday, I bought myself some TWs–I was in a mood to economize. The first (and only) time she saw me wearing them, Marcie laughed until she fell down and foam bubbled from her nose and mouth. She bought me some “pretty” boxer briefs and the TWs now reside, mostly unworn, in a dresser drawer. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/53 "2002-07-03T20:43:18Z")
I forgot to mention, some years back when I had my hysterectomy, I found that if I wore hubby’s TWs, they gave me great abdominal support - just the thing for the recently unstapled belly! Maybe that’s part of why I favor them… nah, I just like the look of nice buns snuggled in soft white cotton knit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/54 "2002-07-03T21:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andros \* > \*\ ***gobear** : > You and Dan Savage. > Huh. Must be part of the Queer Indoctrination Seminar. > ::d&r:: \*\* On that note- Sofa King, it looks like you missed the deadline for Savage Love’s [“My Man Sure Looks Hot In His Tighty-Whities” Contest](http://www.theonionavclub.com/avclub3823/savage3823.html). But there’s always next year. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/55 "2002-07-04T02:31:43Z")
I think guys look really, REALLY lame in bikini briefs, or speedo bathing suits. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/56 "2002-07-04T13:16:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrazyCatLady \* > \*\*Guys, just shut up about the underwear and get naked already. Men should be seen, touched, and used shamelessly, but not heard. 😃 > > \*\* What fun is it to use a guy shamelessly if you can’t hear him? Hearing him while you’re using him shamelessly is half the fun! (OK, maybe not half the fun, but still a lot of fun.) I second the vote for boxer briefs, IF the guy doesn’t have a spare tire. Otherwise, it depends; some guys look hot in tighty whities, but many guys hang onto their old friends for far too long. If they’re worn out, ditch 'em! ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/57 "2002-07-04T22:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I think guys look really, REALLY lame in bikini briefs, or speedo bathing suits. > > But that’s just me. \*\* Speedos for men are like spandex for women - a privilege, not a right. My husband used to look delectable in his - fifteen years and thirty pounds ago. The last time he tried them on, though, we both agreed it was time to get ordinary trunks. What can I say, I’ve not been privileged to wear spandex since child #2. Oh, and he looks adorable in his tighty-whities. Boxers bunch up too much under jeans. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982/58 "2002-07-05T06:37:47Z")
Okay, the hangy-thangys have it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tighty-whities-are-not-my-style/116982.md?page=2)