The 80s

[nyguy1]

I love the 80s, when shorts were short and guys would all wear briefs, bikini briefs, and jockstraps. Jockey and Calvin Klein made skimpy undies cool. Also seems like there was a lot more nudity in places like the locker room, as everyone had to shower after gym class, and health club locker rooms were full of guys naked and in their underwear. Anybody have any stories, memories, thoughts, etc. Will always be mad I wasn’t around then.

 

[sdbg]

The '80s were great for me. The music scene exploded after the disco era with many new bands emerging from the UK. Digital music replaced record albums and cassette tapes. Despite the muscle car era ending the decade previously, there were some enticing new cars for the driving enthusiast on the market (Toyota Celicas, Supras, and MR2s, Nissan 280ZX, Camaros, Firebirds, and Mustang GTs). Every car had A/C, and many offered a myriad of options such as power windows, power mirrors, sunroofs, cruise control, posh interiors, and decent sound systems. I had some very nice cars over the years and enjoyed them immensely.

Gym shorts were indeed short and more fitted. 99% of young guys wore briefs, but colored and / or low rise, not the typical tighty whities. I was a gym rat and ran 5 times per week at the ASU track. I was very fit and defined, and I loved to show it off. I lived in Scottsdale and Tempe, AZ, during the '80s, and there were a few of us young studs at our apartment complex that sported Speedos at the pool. We got our share of looks from both the girls and the guys!

I had a membership to European Health Spa in Mesa, AZ. The shower facility was an open room with a dozen shower heads. My hot BF and I went often, and the older guys used to cruise us. They had to know that we were a couple. I knew that some of them wanted to jump our bones, and both of us used to linger in the showers just to give them a thrill. No one seemed to be uptight about getting naked in the locker room and using the sauna, steam room, and gang showers. It was the the norm after working out.

Being one who never wanted to get stuck in a time warp, I took the best from the '80s with me going forward. I loved buying my first PC and downloading MP3 music (I have a huge '80s file). Automotive technology advanced, and we have awesome choices when it comes to buying transportation. When shorts started to become long and baggy, I took them to the tailor and had them shortened. To this day, I refuse to wear shorts that touch my knee.

 

[flynn]

When I think about the 80's, I remember having a long term affair with the most awesome woman I have ever known.

 

[royboy361]

I miss the skin tight jeans people wore. No hiding a bulge back then. Nobody seemed to care either.

 

[bravesoldier]

Didn't think about it but I do remember how guys wore their jeans skin tight in the 80's, more so seemingly. There was this one guy, I do not know how he pulled of such an awesome bulge. To me it was obvious he was wearing something to help. I always thought he was wearing his football cup under his jeans. The 80's seemed to be the age of preppy too. Back then guys were all about some prep.

 

[622675]

There was a lot happening back in the 80’s. It is hard to believe that a lot of guys reading this post think or the time as ancient history.
Here is a short walk down memory for me.

1. Connected with my current partner back then.

2. Taught public school. Always supported student projects like car wash. Couldn’t believe how the guys would dress.

3. Worked with the Army

4. Could not believe what the straight boys were wearing. They were up front about wanting to look good for their buddies and their girl. And they did.

5. Redneck guys actually used sandpaper to draw attention to their dick bulge.

6. Guys went deer hunting to be with other guys.

7. Enjoyed working with next-door ranch neighbor on his ranch.

8. Hated working with hay harvest except for the showers.

9. Fire ants discover south TX. If the ants should discover you, get nude as quick as possible and invite friends to help brush them off of you. They weren’t your friends if they didn’t work over your dick, butt and balls looking for ants. Privacy was the last thing you wanted. No towel dances here.

10. Never be surprised what might happen on a fishing trip. Best way to eat watermelon is in the nude.

11. But, it wasn’t all happy. Bigotry, phobias, and illness seemed to get worse.

 

[OKCLane]

Remember those little bikini underwear bulging at the seams. Didn’t take much of a package fill them up. Guys in the wrestling locker room gave me shit for the wild color choices but I had fun.

 

[WRJcock]

Oh, I miss the 80's! Short shorts, tight pants, parachute pants with zippers......speedos were acceptable (but dying quickly)...things I don't miss include being closeted from public eyes, fear of being outed

 

[nyguy1]

Here are some of my favorite 80s speedo bulges.

Randy Hamilton

Randy Hamilton

Bruce Penhall

Michael Nader

George Michael

Anyone who was around in those days, feel free to message me with stories, etc.

 

[opinionman]

nyguy1 said it! I was born in 1960 and so started college in 78 and went thru the 80's. In hs EVERY guy, no exceptions, wore white briefs: Jockeys or Hanes. In college, same thing. Once a teammate wore startling blue silk boxer-y shorts and got laughed out of the locker room (he wasn't in the greatest of shape either, which didn't help).
Now that I've said that, tho', I realize that a few guys in hs went with boxers. Even I myself switched for a brief (ha!) period of time. I also recall the advent of new styles of underwear, like the pair I bought as a nervous 17 yr old that had a mesh pouch. That was later 70's but it "bled" into the 80's. In the mid-late 80's I was in a college town and spent a ton of time in the locker room, especially the sauna and I am not exaggerating in saying that it was like the stuff of porn fantasy: circle jerks with hot college dudes, getting sucked off in an abandoned stairwell, groping guys in the steam room or shower.
I too have shorts that were actually short, not those lame-ass "shorts" that went past your knees.
I also recall in 1979 cutting my rather 70's hair into a short cut, which I thought made me look more macho. However, it was the era of NYC gay guys coming out and they ALL had that buzzed hair/mustache look going, so when I showed up at the dorm with short hair, one guy looked at me and just said, "You look like a fag." It really startled me and scared me as well. I don't know what I replied.
As nyguy1 is right about guys wearing jockstraps and showering after sports. We all did it. Not like the younger guys today who are all pussified to shower together (have you ever seen a college-age dude showering WHILE WEARING SHORTS?? WTF? Our entire college team wore Champion jockstraps, and we all stripped and showered together. Guys that don't do that miss a huge part of developing their male psyche.

 

[RamblingCock]

I'll get nostalgic as well. The eighties found me in my athletic and sexual prime. Had several very intense relationships, and had met the woman who would become my wife by 1984. Physically I was extremely fit. Dancer build, powerful legs, flat stomach and strong arms/chest. Trim and solid. Loved sex, and was open to just about anything. Posed nude for several of the college's art classes, and multiple times for one particular girlfriend who fancied herself an artist (poser). A number of those adventures are described in my blog.

I agree that it seemed like people were far less hung up then, but that might be reflective of my being in college. I ran with a pretty open and sexual group, always very fashionably dressed and clubbing in trendy spots in Hollywood, West Hollywood and Westwood. My "crew" ran the gamut from effeminate gay guy to a sexually aggressive athletic straight couple. We were regulars at Club Lingerie and the recently-opened Hard Rock Cafe. We played strip poker together, with the first person completely nude required to satisfy the last person dressed. Regardless of gender. Was kind of amusing to note who tried the hardest to win when the first person was chosen.

Had a beautiful fuck buddy who loved oral sex. Described it as playing Skin Flute. Was also meticulous in her grooming which made going down on her a real pleasure. Stupid stuff like the time a woman I knew - good friend, but not a girlfriend - decided I needed blond highlights, which necessitated a very long evening with me in nothing more than a towel, and my roommate (male), his girlfriend, and this woman all sitting around talking and "helping" her do the highlighting. My roommate later came out as Bi...

The society was both more restrictive (still homophobic) and yet liberated at the same time. Fortunately we were in L.A., I'm sure the mileage in Peoria differed.

But the '80s also introduced AIDS, which I knew nothing about until I was visiting a friend at SDSU and went out with her and her gay roommate. I still remember the coffee can on the bar with a donation request and bright red arrow pointing down with a dollar sign.

We all get nostalgic for our youth, and I'm no exception.

 

[opinionman]

Very interesting and evocative post. Sounds like you really lived it up in the 80's. All my stuff was done on the sly, even tho' I'm kind of an exhibitionist.
Actually, in the 80's, I won a strip contest at "Eros," w somewhat seedy men's video and stage store in Times Swuare, back when it was all porn. I loved it.

I'll get nostalgic as well. The eighties found me in my athletic and sexual prime. Had several very intense relationships, and had met the woman who would become my wife by 1984. Physically I was extremely fit. Dancer build, powerful legs, flat stomach and strong arms/chest. Trim and solid. Loved sex, and was open to just about anything. Posed nude for several of the college's art classes, and multiple times for one particular girlfriend who fancied herself an artist (poser). A number of those adventures are described in my blog.

I agree that it seemed like people were far less hung up then, but that might be reflective of my being in college. I ran with a pretty open and sexual group, always very fashionably dressed and clubbing in trendy spots in Hollywood, West Hollywood and Westwood. My "crew" ran the gamut from effeminate gay guy to a sexually aggressive athletic straight couple. We were regulars at Club Lingerie and the recently-opened Hard Rock Cafe. We played strip poker together, with the first person completely nude required to satisfy the last person dressed. Regardless of gender. Was kind of amusing to note who tried the hardest to win when the first person was chosen.

Had a beautiful fuck buddy who loved oral sex. Described it as playing Skin Flute. Was also meticulous in her grooming which made going down on her a real pleasure. Stupid stuff like the time a woman I knew - good friend, but not a girlfriend - decided I needed blond highlights, which necessitated a very long evening with me in nothing more than a towel, and my roommate (male), his girlfriend, and this woman all sitting around talking and "helping" her do the highlighting. My roommate later came out as Bi...

The society was both more restrictive (still homophobic) and yet liberated at the same time. Fortunately we were in L.A., I'm sure the mileage in Peoria differed.

But the '80s also introduced AIDS, which I knew nothing about until I was visiting a friend at SDSU and went out with her and her gay roommate. I still remember the coffee can on the bar with a donation request and bright red arrow pointing down with a dollar sign.

We all get nostalgic for our youth, and I'm no exception.

 

[Rustyridge]

The 80's were great. Summer's were warm so us guys wanted to wear the least amount of clothes that we had to. Girls liked guys in short shorts and shirtless. Guys were proud of their body and liked showing it off.

 

[weho48]

I loved the eighties. The man didn't shave or wax..they looked individual...no offense!

 

[Anton565]

80's was punk music: The Clash, the Jam, Dead Kennedys, Adam AND THE Ants, Human League, then Falco, Nena, Peter Schilling. Knowing the German lyrics was 'cool' and were heard on the radio.

I was in Boston then so clothing was a strange mix of UK Punk and the original preppie look. Our casual uniform was levis 501's, white oxfords, and docksiders with no socks. Dressed up: skinny leather ties, wool or leather blazer, leather gloves. Spiked hair...

Speedos were still the norm if you were swimming laps. Otherwise boxer style trunks but nowhere near as long or baggy as now. Underwear was briefs/bikinis. Shaving/waxing for guys just didn't exist. There was a lot more incidental nudity. If there was one bathroom and four guys getting ready to go out for the evening, the bathroom door would stay open and guys would take turns in the shower.... Nobody really noticed who was naked and who wasn't. It just wasn't on the radar.

Ditto with the beach. If you were changing into/out of bathing suit you wouldn't want passers by seeing you, but caring if your friends saw you naked never entered your mind. Again, it just wasn't on the radar.

 

[circedbychoice]

I used to buy those Bikini underwear in a package of 4 or 6, not exactly sure. They were made by Jockey. I remember I wore them to our water park a time or two. I was working out at a gym during that time. I recall one time i was wearing a Speedo and a group of about 4 college age guys were standing together conversing. One of them turned to me as I was walking by and told me I had a good physique. I was probably in my mid 50's. I probably weighed about 135 pounds. I've put on a few pounds since then. I currently weigh about 145 pounds.
I remember lots of guys using the gym showers back then. Now a days hardly anyone uses the showers. At least not during the hours I'm at the gym.

 

[Trevor]

The 80's were great. Summer's were warm so us guys wanted to wear the least amount of clothes that we had to. Girls liked guys in short shorts and shirtless. Guys were proud of their body and liked showing it off.

I think everyone wore the least amount of clothes back then because nobody but rich folks had central air conditioning in their homes back then. A/C was still an extra cost option cars and pickup trucks and a lot of them didn't have it. So when it got hot in the summer we went shirtless and wore short shorts.

Ironically none of the schools I attended until High School had Air conditioning anywhere except the library (to keep the books from getting moldy) and the principal's office but the dress code prohibited wearing shorts until circa 1989 when the elderly superintendent retired. Tat year they finally changed the dress code to allow to us wear shorts but they had to be within one inch of your knee. Shorts shorts were still prohibited. I think this was mainly because they were afraid that the all of the girls would all show up in Daisy Dukes. lol

One day back in June of 1991 when it was forecast to be over 100 degrees and I was a senior and just didn't care anymore, I decided to test the dress code and wore a pair of Umbro Soccer shorts to class. I promptly got sent to the principal's office and was told I could either go home and change my pants or get suspended. I told them I would go home and change and as I was driving home, (I only lived four miles from school) I flipped on the radio and heard that they were closing schools early due to the heat so I didn't have to go back. lol

 

[Howard1122]

In 1984 we bought a house right next to the railway line. That summer was a traditional NZ summer, hot and sunny. Between Christmas and New Year we went to a conference at Wanganui by bus. To get back to Wellington we hitched a ride with some friends. Of course you can stay, but we're off to Christchurch. Anyway a week later we got back. I was out in our backyard and noticed a train going past very slowly and the guard standing at the open door of the guard's compartment, then there was another. I said, the trains are going past slowly and the guard is looking over the fence. It was then I learnt the full story. The week we were away was hot and sunny. It turned they had been sunbathing naked in the back yard when a train stopped at the signal. For some reason everyone looked. I thought it was the funniest thing ever, though a bit voyeurish.

 

[coxslover]

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho distrust, loves gone behind

 

[Englishmansabroad]

Pink leotard and leg warmers+right plastic belt when I was a young boy/girl....Also school girl gear and pig tails ( nearly picked up by bus driver!).