I was inspired to write this post because of an article in a local newspaper about an upcoming reality comedy game show, Kenny vs. Spenny, where the two combatants debate the principles of boxers and briefs.
Here’s some of what Kenny said
“Spencer’s more into boxers. He likes tough hairy guys with gloves. Personally I’m into briefs – I can’t wear boxers because my junk is too heavy and I need additional support. It’s almost a medical thing .. I didn’t know boxers existed. Underwear is all kinds of ridiculous. Everything should be based on camoflage. That’s why my underwear is all brown.”
“Also forget about boxers. We’re from Canada – it’s cold here. All of your clothes need to be tight fitting. It’s almost unpatriotic to wear boxer shorts…. it’s the definition of uncool”
Spencer says:
“I wear boxer briefs so I get the best of both worlds. If you wear old school boxers everything just hangs too loose, nothing is really absorbing – it’s just not nice
and snug. I wear form fitting, aesthetic looking boxer briefs. Men don’t wear briefs … especially hairy men. Briefs look terrible. Homer Simpson wears briefs. My dad wore briefs, but at least he wore the French kind. …I associate briefs with your grandfather or a gawky teenager.”
Guys and gals, what do you like? For those guys who have too much junk in front like Kenny<g> and need the extra support, would some of the fancy tighty whiteys do it for you? I know that not all men wear underwear and that at times they like to go commando. I see you on the street and I can tell if you dress right or left.<g> Do you do this for effect or just because you like to hang loose? Do boxers not give you enough freedom? Do you have to put temptation in our way even outdoors? Some of you may ask why my eyes are below the waist when I look at strange men on the street, and that’s an excellent question for which I don’t have a ready answer. 😀
I did some research and here are the results –
Boxers: Firefighters, cops and professional men like boxers – 50 % of them. Boxers are also worn by men 60 years and older or much younger guys. However, go light on pictures of your mother or Homer Simpson on your underwear. 🙂
Tighty whiteys are worn by many younger men but these are not Fruit of the Loom tighty whiteys, they’re Calvin’s.
Thong underwear – men who don’t want any panty lines favour this look. 😀 Does your man wear a thong?
Commando – I love it, but guys be careful when you pull up that zipper.
After all of this work I would like you to vote for your favourite men’s underwear. Will it be boxers, briefs, boxer briefs, thongs, no underwear i.e. commando, or something in between? The guy in this
picture is wearing none of the underwear being debated although he could be wearing the current Calvins – I just thought he looked great. <g>
Great title, Wave, and very entertaining post. I kind of like what the young sexy guy in the last photo is wearing. 🙂
Val
This is what I do when I want to escape real work – plus you get a taste of Canadian humour.
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Glad to see you like what the guy at the end of the post is wearing. He’s my favourite. 😀
Got to love that Canadian humor! 🙂
Val
Most people think we have no sense of humour even though we have so many comedians. I think we have to be funny to combat the weather and our feelings of inferiority, being so close to the US, which is a behemoth whichever way you look at it. 😀 I’m working on feeling inferior.
Boxer briefs manage to be far sexier than either boxers or briefs. Interesting, that.
Chris
I agree with you about boxer briefs being the sexiest male underwear, plus it’s very practical.
My Grandpa wore boxers, he was a farmer. Guess it was the age thing. LOL
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I prefer the look of boxer briefs but boxers are fine as are briefs. LOL But the nice high quality ones. I don’t have a thing for jocks or thongs (unless you’re working the pole). It doesn’t seem sexy on a guy to me. I’d rather see commando than thong.
Tam
I would think that thongs would look great on the pole, although I don’t remember seeing that many in the days when I frequented male stripper clubs. 😀
Funny, funny post. ^^
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Anyway, I personally prefer boxers or boxer briefs to ordinary briefs. And no thong for me, please. But, then again, what’s IN the underwear is much more important than the actual underwear, right?
Lady M
I try to make you guys laugh from time to time because life is tough enough as it is. 🙂
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Boxer briefs are the ones I like best – they’re manly without looking like something that a previous generation would wear.
Personally I wear a jockstrap for work under my wranglers and a pair of boxer briefs for sleep. I’ve tried commando and it doesn’t feel right.
Lol. My ex was a boxers type of guy; he wouldn’t wear anything too snug-fitting. I guess he liked that little breeze around his privates 😀 God knows how many pairs I bought for him through the years. I still do, actually; I gave him a pack of three last Christmas. Since I wasn’t there anymore to keep an eye on him on a daily basis, I was sure he’d started again on that bad habit of wearing his old boxers even after they got full of holes.
My preference would go to boxer briefs. I think they’re the most flattering on most men: covering more than briefs and therefore hiding little flaws (you have to have one hell of a body to wear briefs IMO), but showcasing the goods much, much better than classic boxers do :-D.
Mary
I can’t believe you’re still buying underwear for your ex.
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I’m with you on the boxer briefs. They are very flattering, if you get my drift. 😀 However, I still live in hopes of dating a guy who wears thongs!!!
John
I never thought to enter jocks in the competition, even though the guy at the bottom looks very fetching in his. 😀
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It’s nice to know that you don’t follow a trend but wear what’s most comfortable.
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I thought most guys slept naked or in silk p.js. 😀
Funny, I was just listening to something the other day that said advertisments and in-store promotional stuff for men’s underpants is designed to appeal to women, because aside from a few years between a guy leaving home and settling down, his kecks (as we call ’em where I’m from) are bought for him by first his mum and then later his wife/girlfriend. Makes me wonder what gay couples do. Maybe they buy each others pants? ;D
Those pics above certainly appeal to me. 😀
JFM
You’re right about men’s underwear ads appealing to women. Online ads are worse than instore ones and the Calvin Klein ads sometimes verge on explicit. Some of the billboards have huge pictures of almost naked men with just a hint of underwear. Hot! 😀
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I would think that gay couples buy each other what turns them on.
–I would think that gay couples buy each other what turns them on
I hope they manage to have more success with that than when straight blokes try to buy “sexy” undies for their ladies. We know how *that* usually turns out. 😀
Hub’s always worn briefs, but he’s a skinny bloke so I suppose he can get away with it. Men who wear briefs with their belly hanging over the waistband are not sexy and should stick to boxers.
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I bought some boxers for my eldest son last Christmas (as well as other stuff, obviously :)) because a lot of the mums in the playground had been saying that their sons have asked to start wearing them. He didn’t like them. He said it was a bit too breezy round his private parts.
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When it comes to my m/m heroes, I don’t really care as long as it’s not a thong. I associate thongs with women and it seems just edging towards cross dressing, even if CK produce some very manly looking thongs!
Jen
I suppose your husband wears what’s most comfortable, and since you probably buy his underwear, that’s what appeals to you.
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I would really like to see a goodlooking guy in a thong, but his rear should not be hanging – this is where a bubble butt comes in handy. 😀 Thongs must sell a fair amount in North America because I see them in the menswear departments regularly.
Yikes, briefs look like little kid underpants to me. I prefer boxer briefs the best. I don’t mind boxers so much…I guess they don’t have that old-man connotation for me as long as they’re not worn out and schleppy. (The blue boxers in the top pic look pretty hot…gee, wonder why.)
Jordan
You like those blue boxers because you were looking at the guy. I agree that briefs look like something a kid would wear since I don’t know many men who wear them. Boxer briefs are still my fave although I would like to see a guy in a thong. 😀
I really like jockstraps, but I can’t convince the hubby to wear one. 😀
Amanda
Jocks and thongs — aah heaven. Why are guys so conservative? 😀
I’m a boxer-brief kind of gal, but the hubby only wants boxers. Sigh. And the son is commando all the way every day.
Nadja
You should buy his underwear so that he doesn’t have a choice. Alternatively, a Christmas present of boxer briefs would not be a bad idea.
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Maybe the father should follow his son’s style and go commando.:-D
I have been banned from buying the hubby clothing. I have way better taste than he does 🙂 which means he never ever likes anything I buy for him. He’s one of those men who’d be happy to have nothing but gray and black in his closet. BORING.
Sorry I’m late!
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Boxer briefs give some sass to the ass. (Well, except in the case of my SO, who doesn’t have an ass to sass up.) Plus, they look delish when they get wet.
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Thongs–ugh!–do nothing for me except make me want to buy a bidet. Better to wear nothing than a thong.
KZ
>>Boxer briefs give some sass to the ass<< ** See, that's why you're a writer and I'm not. 😀 ** No thongs huh? I love to see a man's ass hanginjg out of a thong (that's assuming he has nice firm bouncy apple cheeks.) 😀
You guys need to look at American Hunks (the book I reviewed here last week). That has *lots* of pictures of guys in jockstraps.
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In my household, my husband hasn’t worn u-trou for years. My son likes boxers and I like buying them for him (since he doesn’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend at the moment to do the honors :-)). I buy the ones with silly pictures…mugs of beer and pretzels. Since they are free, he doesn’t complain. LOL.
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Leslie
I love guys in jocks that’s why I have the last picture. What’s a u-trou?
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See, you’re making your son wear the kind of underwear girls hate. He should be wearing sexy underwear, not mummy wear. 😀
U-trou comes from my college days. It was coined by the boys at Sigma Chi and has stayed with me forever: u-trou …under trousers (or underwear). The other thing they said and I still use: PSORT…”I feel like a PSORT.” Piece of shit on rye toast. LOL
My hubby goes commando