- Do you wear them all the time? No, mostly at night to hang out in.
- Do you wear them sometimes (please say when)? Yes, under loose pants sometimes.
- What other styles do you wear? Tighty whities (see picture)
- What is your favourite colour/pattern? Solid white, or geometric patterns on white background.
- What is your favourite material? 100% cotton
- Age you started wearing them? 6th grade,
- Age now? 62
- Why did you start wearing them? They just appeared in my underwear drawer. My dad wore boxer shorts and I guess he and my mother though that my brother and I should wear them, too.
- What is your location? USA - NJ
I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. Tighty whities were what kids wore back then. As mentioned above, boxer shorts just showed up in my underwear drawer one day. I didn't ask for them, but I felt good that I was wearing what dad was wearing. But it was awkward at school because no one else wore them. Finally in 8th grade one other boy started wearing them which made me feel better about it when we changed for gym. In high school, just a handful of boys wore boxer shorts.
Then the boxer shorts rebellion begain in the 1980s around here and by the 1990s they were ubiquitous.
But briefs started to come back in style a few years ago and some friends of mine who had been boxer shorts guys had switched to briefs and told me I should give them a try again. So I did, I liked how they feel and mostly have been wearing tighty whities since then. I do prefer boxer shorts for lounging around in, and sometimes wear them for underwear.