I am originally from Europe ( croatia) and i visited USA some time ago . I noticed alot of guys at beach or pool wearing underwear under swim trunks ?
Is this normal? rarely saw this in Croatia or any other country in Europe.
How common is for guys to wear underwear under swim trunks ?
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I am originally from Europe ( croatia) and i visited USA couple weeks ago . I noticed alot of guys at beach or pool wearing underwear under swim trunks ?
Is this normal? rarely saw this in Croatia or any other country in Europe.
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If my trunks do not have a built in mesh (I haven’t owned a pair with mesh in like a decade), I will wear athletic shorts. Don’t need to traumatize anyone if my shorts get pushed up.
It varies from dude to dude.
US here. I’ve never seen anyone wear underwear under actual swim trunks. I have seen them used with shorts that are being used as swim trunks but aren’t actually.
I did it 100% of the time as a kid. Why wouldn’t I? I wanted everything contained and out of sight.
If I went swimming nowadays, I’d buy some sort of athletic underwear.
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Depends if there is a liner. Some swimwear is designed to be worn with nothing underneath while others are not
It depends. Are their “swim trunks” actually board shorts? I always wore compression underwear with board shorts, which are great for waterskiing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, surfing, etc. Proper swimming trunks come with netting, board shorts do not.
Here in sweden, at least in public swimming places it is forbidden. Less bacteria. You also have to shower, shampoo and everything without swim trunks before you enter the pool. Less chlorine needed is the argument.
Common for board shorts without a liner. For most US Millennials, that will be most of the swim trunks that they’ve owned. I’ve noticed liners are making a comeback, but I’ll often cut the liner out and just wear boxers underneath. The liner may dry faster, but it also causes my skin to itch something fierce and I find it less comfortable. In Europe a lot more people wear speedos. It’d be weird to wear boxers underneath speedos, and I don’t even think speedos have a liner to begin with, so this evolution never occurred over there.
West coast younger generation likely wearing board shorts more often than others.
It’s f’ing weird.
I wear spandex style compression shorts under my swim trunks.
I hate the mesh liners in bathing suits and i always cut them out. They irritate my skin and ride upon my junk..
So undies it is
TIL some people wear underwear under their swim shorts.
The best swimsuit is a pair of running shorts with a liner
Maybe when I was like 10. Now, no way.
Only when I was a kid.
Never have done that. I don’t even like swim trunks with the mesh in it. Always just wear gym shorts. No undies
As someone who grew up on the lake, tubing, sking, doing all kinds of dumb shit in the waves when I went to the beach, I wear underwear because I’ve had my shorts come off of me before
I typically like loose fitting swim trunks
And when you fly off a tube going 40 miles per hour, sometimes your trunks don’t stay on if they aren’t sinched really tight
So I’ve always worn boxer briefs under mine. These days I wear something like Nylon compression shorts that dry quickly
Only if there’s no mesh I’d imagine, to avoid chafing? Else why bother?
They are usually crappy swim suits that are uncomfortable. If they got a decent suit, they wouldn’t feel it necessary.
I did when I was a life guard in highschool. The shorts were scratchy and pretty see through when wet lol.
I did it for a few years as a teen because I saw other people doing it, so I thought maybe you were supposed to. I stopped because it was uncomfortable.
From what I know guys do it because they either don’t like the mesh liner some swimsuits have, or they want something to hold things in place and avoid VPL because their swimsuit doesn’t have a liner.
Personally, I don’t mind the mesh liners. If I wear one of the board shorts I have without a liner I throw on either a square cut or a speedo style suit underneath. That keeps everything from flopping around and they dry quicker than underwear.
I’ve literally never heard of this at any stage in my life
Never, half the time I cut the liner out too
I had a friend from HS named E. Rose and he wore tights or shorts under his board shorts until we were like 23(early 2000s). He did it bc he had a very large penis(BK BRICKZILLA SIZED) and he wanted to conceal it bc it drew a lot of attn. it only slightly worked but he said he felt more confident about it not looking as big with layers over it.
A lot of the swim attire is basketball shorts which are not designed to be swim wear. I wear underwear when I wear basketball shorts to swim in.
It’s generally not common, but it depends on what area. I used to spend some time with my cousins that lived on “the other side of the tracks” and in poorer neighborhoods, the kids would just jump in with their shorts and underwear. It’s kind of disgusting, especially if you don’t know how long someone has been wearing the same “draws” before they got into the pool. Of course, that’s just some of the disgusting crap that you’re swimming around with….
I won’t wear anything under if it has the liner in it. If it doesn’t have a liner i may wear some compression style underwear.
I do it typically because the trunk liner rubs me raw.
Never
Not at all common. But I’m European too
It’s the American paranoia about being seen naked. OMG someone might see my peen. Or god help us if someone sees a child getting changed!
Anyway no outside USA I don’t think many do this.
When I used to wear swim trunks I would always wear underwear too because I seen too many cartoon scenarios where the main character lost their swim shorts and was left naked. I wouldn’t feel safe any other way.
Now these days I wear regular gym shorts without underwear to swim. I can adjust the drawstring better, I find them more comfortable and they have better pockets most the time.
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Been pantsed in the pool 1 too many times. I used to swim with a tanktop on too.
Happens in Australia too and I have no idea why. I personally don’t get it.
I am American and have never nor will I ever wear underwear under a swimsuit
I used to when i was a teenager to prevent boners.
Not common at all in my experience, but I’m not ashamed of what I got, either.
I always wear a swimsuit that has a lining and don’t wear underwear under my trunks.
Very common here in Germany.
Never have. Never will.
People wear underwear under swim trunks?!
That is extremely weird, I’ve never done that before and I don’t know why somebody would do that. I am in the United States.
My only reaction; ‘the fuck?!’
Not normal.
I never, why would I?