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08 June 2006

An important question for the 21st century. Boxers, briefs, or boxer briefs? Discuss.
post by: grouse at: 16:58 | 47 comments
boxer briefs.
posted by arse_hat 08 June | 16:59
Yes, boxer briefs are one of the greatest clothing discoveries of my life.
posted by agropyron 08 June | 17:01
Union suit at all times.
posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 June | 17:01
commie
posted by arse_hat 08 June | 17:04
Yeah - I like boxer briefs too.
posted by seanyboy 08 June | 17:04
boxer briefs are teh hawt. In case you're wondering.
posted by elizard 08 June | 17:06
I was, indeed, wondering.
posted by grouse 08 June | 17:08
Boxer briefs.

Briefs...very VPL...boxers...bouncy.
posted by flopsy 08 June | 17:08
Commando.

(boxer briefs when I do wear undies - unless it's hot, then normal briefs)
posted by porpoise 08 June | 17:09
Like any major technological breakthrough, I'm waiting for Version 2.1. Get all the bugs out of them (bugs in my underwear? EEEEK!), and bring the price down...
posted by wendell 08 June | 17:10
boxer briefs, really? don't they ride up on ya'll? Get out of my junk, Calvin Klein!
posted by Hellbient 08 June | 17:11
LOVE the union suit! Only in winter though.

Boxers are my preference but provide no support. Not always an issue but can be at times. They are excellent for the Sunday lounge about the house.

Boxer Briefs (the thigh part) rides up for me. Blah.

Briefs are the old stand-by. "When in doubt" I say.

My rules of thumb:
1. what ever choice you make, the finer better made undies (always the most expensive) wear the best.
2. i look pretty dumpy (naked) in anything so it doesn't matter from that stand-point.
posted by jelly 08 June | 17:11
Related question: any of you men's out there ever have a woman buy underwear for you because they wanted to see you in it?

This has happened to me twice in my life (by the way, satin boxers ain't all that, it's like wearing a fruit rollup around your waist with the cloth feel of a wet seal).

posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 June | 17:14
it's like wearing a fruit rollup around your waist
I've been there man, oh, I've been there.
posted by Hellbient 08 June | 17:26
(got 2Xst to wear, from BF, for him. Meh. relationship was all uncomfortable too. At least the undewear didnt cheet on me. Also, satin boxers? That is one creepy feeling. BLAH!)
posted by jelly 08 June | 17:27
Boxer briefs, rowr. Boxers are pretty hot too sometimes.
posted by matildaben 08 June | 17:31
But satin boxers with satin sheets give ya that nice Slip 'n Slide effect.
posted by Pips 08 June | 17:35
any of you men's out there ever have a woman buy underwear for you because they wanted to see you in it?

Yes. A pair of boxer briefs.
posted by grouse 08 June | 17:35
A turtle shell and some twine.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs 08 June | 17:45
Boxer briefs cling to all the important contours of butt, thigh and crotch. I like that look. Er, on a man, I mean.
posted by essexjan 08 June | 18:14
Boxer briefs here, too (with the occasional briefs for pants that make the boxer brief legs ride up).

Some guys in boxer briefs are the very definition of hotness.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 June | 18:34
Some guys in boxer briefs are the very definition of hotness.

posted by BoringPostcards


Er, I'm not one of them... I was referring to others. 8)
posted by BoringPostcards 08 June | 18:34
I've bought boxer briefs for the express purpose of having them modeled. Yummy yum yum.
posted by Specklet 08 June | 18:43
I'm with Beeps - I'm a good 20lbs. or so away from looking like anything but a Seedy Building Superintendent in mine.
posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 June | 18:46
You people are causing me great pain by having this conversation, you know.
posted by matildaben 08 June | 18:47
i wear boxer briefs and i do a lot of pullups.


it seems to work pretty okay. i probably could drop five or ten, but it works.
this conversation makes me feel like a badass. no more building electronics, i'm splitting.
posted by sam 08 June | 19:00
Boxers. Just boxers. Boxer briefs look too much like bike shorts to me.
posted by jrossi4r 08 June | 19:40
Boxers.

I also traditionally buy boxers as a stocking stuffer.

Boxer briefs? Meh. . .better than briefs, yes.

Although Sweet Bobby O'____ could sport the hell out of some briefs. . .

I'll just end with the statement that I am Pro Men's Underwear. (And Pro Commando, too). You guys just keep on keeping on and taking off.
posted by rainbaby 08 June | 19:51
Boxers all the way (except the two weeks after having yr nuts wrangled by urologist).
posted by danostuporstar 08 June | 20:01
I'm a boxers kind of guy. All boxers all the time, even (especially) when wearing shorts. You guys who complain about support must have big schlongs or nutsacks and should look for work in the porn business. Oh, and silk boxers are a pleasure to wear on occasion....
posted by eekacat 08 June | 20:04
You guys who complain about support must have big schlongs or nutsacks and should look for work in the porn business.
posted by eekacat


I've actually been told this before. B)

posted by BoringPostcards 08 June | 20:11
Boxer briefs ride up. Inevitable. Boxers let your danglers dangle too much. Briefs then, by default. Sorry 'bout that.

Now, does anyone actually use the Y-Front or just grab the waistband and pull'er down?
posted by rumple 08 June | 20:12
For the record, they make boxer briefs for women too, with a fake Y-front and all. I know this because I have some. They're silly, but they're way comfy.
posted by mudpuppie 08 June | 20:54
I'm all about the boxers, I think they're hot. But I've been told by my best guy friend that they are known to cause a condition called "batwings" in which the testicles stick to the inner thighs. That is not sexy.
posted by SassHat 08 June | 21:20
Boxer briefs > boxers >>>>>>>> briefs.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 June | 21:32
Although I have been known to buy and wear men's briefs. SO COMFY.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 June | 21:33
I like boxer briefs but the mister insists on briefs.
posted by deborah 08 June | 21:36
Boxer briefs? SWEET JESUS YES. scodyboy wears them and it makes me a happy, happy girl every time I get visual confirmation of that fact.
posted by scody 08 June | 22:03
Boxer briefs are the bomb.
posted by smich 08 June | 22:09
Any of you men's out there ever have a woman buy underwear for you because they wanted to see you in it?
Yes, silk boxers which are way comfortable when I wear nothing else, but nasty any other time.

Briefs all the way for me, except around home in cold weather when comando is the go or around home in the summer when it is boxers and nothing else.

I've been told by my best guy friend that they are known to cause a condition called "batwings" in which the testicles stick to the inner thighs. That is not sexy.
Eeeeew. I think your friend may need to shower more often. Especially after sex.
posted by dg 08 June | 22:10
I generally wear boxers. Plaid cotton ones. I had a pair of boxer briefs once but I always felt a little silly in them, like I was wearing tights or something.
posted by jonmc 08 June | 22:34
Another vote for boxer briefs; more comfortable for me than either alternative. Sure, they look a little like bike shorts but anyone who thinks I'd do any serious exercise is higher than a kite.
posted by trondant 08 June | 22:57
A cowboy hat and a tendency to edge around the wall. If not boxers, if we are being honest with each other, anything else is basically a lady thong, sorry friends, I still love you, you wee soggy girls blouses.
posted by Divine_Wino 08 June | 23:19
I normally wear normal boxers, but in the last couple years I started wearing Under Armour boxer briefs when doing anything athletic. So much better.

And when I wear them I can't help but scream:

I MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!
posted by mullacc 08 June | 23:46
Most decidedly boxer briefs. Boxers are comfortable but the looseness can cause them to "twist up", an incredibly painful event (you guys know what I'm talkin' bout). Briefs are just too damn binding and, unless you are a Calvin Klein model, look really dorky, in my opinion.

Boxer briefs, though: super comfy, and even look decent on us rounder folk.
posted by croctommy 09 June | 00:51
Just no fishnet briefs, that's all I ask.
posted by JanetLand 10 June | 11:13
Slate also comes out in favor of boxer briefs.
posted by matildaben 11 June | 19:23
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