# Underwear.. Briefs vs Boxers, or none? Ladies too. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472 "2000-02-02T20:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/21 "2000-02-02T21:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The lacy ones just look ridiculous to me (probably because they look uncomfortable, al la Sealemon88) The truth is, when I see a ultra-skimpy thong, the first thing I think is “Butt Floss!” * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![inertia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@inertia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inertia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/22 "2000-02-02T21:36:00Z")
I’m a boxer guy. Cotton only. I prefer cotton 'cause it just feels better. I prefer cotton only on the SO 'cause it looks sexier too. * * * A legend in my own mind. ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/23 "2000-02-02T21:41:00Z")
Cantara, I can’t escape the feeling that you think I am a guy! Sealemon…if the thong looks like butt floss, someone’s buying their underwear too small 😉 As a general rule, what isn’t there can’t bug ya. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/24 "2000-02-02T21:48:00Z")
Briefs, on occaision, nothing the rest of the time. * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/25 "2000-02-02T21:49:00Z")
Me- Boxer briefs, or nothing at all… Her- Satin bikinis or nothing at all… What can I say I like easy access! 😉 * * * -Frankie “Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?” -Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/26 "2000-02-02T21:55:00Z")
Boxers, definitely. Hate the elastic in briefs. Different story in one of my kilts . . . but that would be telling. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/27 "2000-02-02T22:03:00Z")
Whatever works with what I’m wearing. I hate pantylines, so sometimes regula bikini, sometimes thongs (you are so right they are not created equal and the bad ones are soooo bad) sometimes nothing, it all depends 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/28 "2000-02-02T22:22:00Z")
Boxer briefs are the sexiest! Whenever my husband wants sex, he wears them because he knows I’m a sure thing when he does. 😉 * * * “Neil, Neil, orange peel!” ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/29 "2000-02-02T22:42:00Z")
I rarely wear briefs, too confining. Icky, don’t like 'em. I wear boxers all the time instead. I do occasionally wear briefs, like when I’m running. I don’t like to flop around. When I’m not running (you know, jogging and the like, PLANNED running) I’ll wear boxers. * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![WIU\_Wozman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WIU\_Wozman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIU_Wozman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/30 "2000-02-02T22:57:00Z")
## Boxers are the only way to go. They’re versatile. They’re easy to get in and out of, you can sleep in them comfortably, and they double as swimming trunks. They also say a lot about your personality. If you buy boxers in 3 packs exclusively, you have none. If you have a pair of Mickey Mouse silk ones, you’re the friggin man. I looked good in mine. Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them. - Isaac Jaffee (new quote) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/31 "2000-02-02T22:59:00Z")
Briefs. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/32 "2000-02-02T23:15:00Z")
Wow, so many boxer guys. During my frequent visits to the gym, I see the vast majority of guys (99%+) wearing regular old fruit of the loom briefs. Maybe they’re just “dressing up” for the gym? More, when I go undie shopping, I see rack after rack of briefs (and they’re usually sold out of my size), and one small section of boxers that never seems to need replenishment… I suspect you are all lying 😛 I wear those square-cut briefs that provide support where it’s needed but aren’t too binding at the openings like hi-rise briefs can be. Why do you’uns say boxers are so sexy? They are basically shorts of a different color. If that were the case then I would think any kind of shorts such as you might wear outside would make you just as desirable. I might put on some briefs if somebody knocks on my door- I need to cover up but don’t want to put on a whole layer of clothes. * * * Why do people say “blessing in disguise”? If I were a blessing, I’d run around naked. ---
**Author:** ![Y2Sandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@Y2Sandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Y2Sandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/33 "2000-02-02T23:16:00Z")
For men: boxers all the way As for me: I’m all about cute colors bikini or thong. Many colors are best, no sense in being boring… 🙂 * * * The best things in life are Italian…that’s the thing, though…I’m not Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/34 "2000-02-02T23:30:00Z")
Underwear? * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Suzeanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Suzeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzeanne)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/35 "2000-02-02T23:40:00Z")
Plaid flannel french-cut bikinis. * * * I just haven’t been the same since that house fell on my sister. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/36 "2000-02-02T23:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Boxer briefs - the best of both worlds. But then I’ve never been one to settle when I can have it all. What the doctor said…on all counts. Once you try them, you’ll never go back. * * * "Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. " -Phædrus ---
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/37 "2000-02-03T00:44:00Z")
Another vote for boxer briefs! Boxers, by the way, are supposed to be sexy?? News to me. Anytime a guy has to be on stage in his underwear and wants a laugh, we go with boxers (or women’s underwear, but that’s another story). Anything that gets as big of laughs as those are not sexy, unless you think that Krusty the Clown is sexy. Bucky * * * Oh, well. We can always make more killbots. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/38 "2000-02-03T01:45:00Z")
Boxers, definitely, for me. Usually the cartoon character variety. Just got new Scooby Doos. If not boxer, then _au naturel_ * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/39 "2000-02-03T01:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Boxer briefs are the sexiest! Whenever my husband wants sex, he wears them because he knows I’m a sure thing when he does. ## Rightey-O, lady. I don’t wear anything but boxer briefs, and my GF loves 'em. As far as the “hole” is concerned, y’all should try gettin your fundies (that’s “foon-dies” from the combo of ‘funky’ and ‘undies’.) from Structure. They have nifty buttons to keep the hole closed so you don’t pull a “Something About Mary” and still allow you to piss without bending your wang into a Z shape. The FTL kind fit kinda nice, but they have the flap in front and that kinda sux. But overall, boxer briefs are the bomb. I like them the best. _Fat Guy in a Little Coat, SDMB Self-Righteous Clique_ > [@](#): > > “And on the eighth day, God Created beer > to prevent the Irish from taking over > the Earth.” ---
**Author:** ![Absynthetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Absynthetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absynthetic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472/40 "2000-02-03T02:04:00Z")
Another vote for boxer briefs. And I like to steal 'em (the clean ones that is) from the b-friend to wear under a big T-shirt to sleep in. Talk about comfy! * * * Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-briefs-vs-boxers-or-none-ladies-too/13472.md?page=3)