A Question For The Gentlemen: How Do You 'Dress'?

Left or right? Up or down?

Earlier today, I was thinking about a friend, and it made me wonder whether one way of 'dressing' was more common than another, and what factors contribute to any particular arrangement.

Are younger men more likely to 'dress' up? Are men with generously-sized bits more likely to 'dress' down? Do things ever change direction due to weight gain or loss or level of physical fitness or... ? Is there any rhyme or reason to it, or does it seem to be totally random and individual (which would be cool, too)?

Thank you in advance, for your thoughtful replies.

Sometimes if wearing something too baggy you can hurt yourself sitting down.

Beerandcookies said:

Sometimes if wearing something too baggy you can hurt yourself sitting down.

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Perfect example of something that wouldn't have occurred to me.

Thank you!

Tuck to the left

Tried tucking to the right but it left me in a state of arousle. Perhaps it was just my horny teen years

After I got my vasectomy (and healed) I discovered I had to sit down gently on hard surfaces. It seems like my testicles are slightly lower than they used to be. That first time was like a kick to the nuts! I don't notice it anymore though. Maybe I was still sensative.

Tighty whities help with lift and an artificial feeling of security. On the other hand sitting suddenly can cause a painful "crushing" sensation when the little fellas get held between the legs.

Hence a selection of boxers. But the freedom train usually ends abruptly (again) when sitting quickly when undo care and attention were given to "location, location, location".

Enter in the tight fit boxers. Bring on the security in knowing the location is OK... but then there's the hairs that somehow get attracted to the elastics built into those. You can't walk around grabbing things to dislodge that annoying if not mildly painfull hair pulling sensation.

Well, for what it's worth... it naturally hangs to the left at rest and curves there too when excited. As for the little fellas, they just hang around alot, usually one lower than the other.

If you ever end up in Savile Row you'll get a suit made to measure. So first they'll measure up one leg, then cup and move your manhood over, then measure up the other leg...

I dress 'up'.

This is why I like to wear boxer briefs as distinct from boxer shorts; the briefs kinda hold your equipment in them the way you put it there. The fact that I usually wear slim-fit jeans or casuals of some sort, with a crotch which comes right up to my own, contributes to keeping me 'up'. Up does not always mean 'twelve o'clock'; it might anywhere between 10 and 12 as it were.

I have always worn myself this way. So I need to buy both underwear and jeans which don't have too low a rise, so that I am comfortable even when ... flirting with Honey or some other lovely lass.

For the last four years I normally wear a steel ring around my whole junk. This gives an altogether pleasant feel and sense of himself for guys who like it, and of course it does mean that my junk is bulged forward in my pants. I find that dressing myself 'up' means that the bulge is more handsomely placed - not too low, but a bit of a curve outwards of the whole of my flies, with the studs [no zips here!] - the studs slightly pressing onto the outer flap of the material. Gives something of a 'You wanna dance?' statement, I think.

Hey, Honey. Thanks for asking!

Headed to the gym, one must always dress down. The treadmill can cause floppage which can be painful too

Interesting question, Ms Honey!

I dress 'Up' and slightly to the left - I always have, and I wear briefs too which make this the most comfortable position for me. Anything else feels strange and uncomfortable.

I don't know the precise reason for my choice, though it may date back to teenage days of almost perpetual erections, when the 'up' position would be the norm anyway.

Wild_Honey_66 said:

Left or right? Up or down?

Earlier today, I was thinking about a friend, and it made me wonder whether one way of 'dressing' was more common than another, and what factors contribute to any particular arrangement.

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You do have some interesting thoughts, don't you! Do reveal what brought them to mind.

'Dressing' is something that's so automatic that I actually had to think about it before I could answer. Like simon, I like to be firmly supported but I don't know whether that's nature or nurture. I was always brought up wearing briefs so I suppose I'm used to the feeling and anything else seems odd. In addition, I have always been fairly well endowed in the sack region so briefs tend to keep it out of harm's way. That was vital, too, when I used to do a lot of cycling - you need your equipment well tucked up to stop it getting well fucked up. Having it all banging away on a saddle for hours on end is not a pleasing experience - one key difference between men and women, I'm given to understand. It also gives the effect of a nice bulge in the lycra shorts, which has been known to draw some appreciation.

Advancing age comes into it too: as the sack skin starts to get a little less firm and tight, every bit of support is welcome.

So, I start by dressing up but gravity eventually wins the day of course and then I feel a bit more natural dressed to the left but there's not a lot in it (and you can read that as you wish!)

Green_Knight said:

... That was vital, too, when I used to do a lot of cycling - you need your equipment well tucked up to stop it getting well fucked up. Having it all banging away on a saddle for hours on end is not a pleasing experience - ...

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I'm in fits here, GK! Oh so true says this fellow long distance cyclist!

Briefs that support well and my member to the right of the zipper. I have some older jeans that show wear just to the right of the fly. I didn't notice that until I was reading another similar thread. It's really rather obvious now that I look at it.

Personally, I wear briefs to stay pointed up and typically lean to the right.

I would imagine, however, that there might well be a correlation with age or fitness!

If either of those factors make it unlikely to have spontaneous erections during the day, then positioning is probably a very minor issue. For those of us who do have erections during the day, it is nice to stay pointing up. Otherwise, when erection happens, it's painful and requires adjustments that you don't want to have to do in public.

And in the gym, I can't imagine letting myself dangle or flop around no matter what the exercise.

- curl

I only dress at all to leave home, then I wear as little as legally possible.

I have never thought about this before........why have I never thought about this before?

Tightish briefs, up and to the left so it lies just above the crease in the thigh. Handy position should an erection occur as a hand in the pocket of trousers or jeans can help either hide it if necessary or stroke it depending on the need

This is an enduring fascination for some, but it leaves me puzzled. To explain, I tried boxers in my 20s but, perhaps because I am uncut, what tended to happen was that the foreskin unrolled a little due to everyday movement and so suddenly I had bare head on cloth, which was owch-uncomfortable to the point of having to find somewhere quiet to adjust it. Then added to that, my dick would hang down one leg or other, along with half my scrotum so that when I sat down, the seam would try to cut me like cheesewire through the nuts - not very comfy or stylish. So eventually I've found the best pair of briefs on the market, made by Sloggi, that hold the whole lot in a bundle that... checks sides ... is vaguely to the left. I suspect it's only to the left because I'm right handed so use that hand to tuck it all away again after a pee, so it kinda gets stuffed into the left hand side.
I've never understood the popularity of boxers - they are the thing of the devil.

Another trouble spot is wearing a wetsuit if you dinghy sail... ones bollocks tend to get pushed downward by the suit and if you've been leaning out to balance the boat, one has to take care sliding back inboard again, because the nuts end up positioned below thigh level and there is a danger of slicing them off on the edge of the boat.

Dicks and nuts will take a good deal of squashing into pretty much any shape, but it's always the near-death 'tap from underneath' that will drop a man into a heap ... about two seconds after the impact.

I have great sympathy for women in finding the right bra. Given the variety of shapes and sizes of boobs and ribs, it must be a nightmare to get right

MrBennet said:

...I've never understood the popularity of boxers - they are the thing of the devil.

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I used to think that but over the last few years I've switched over from briefs. I found that they were cutting into the crease of my groin very painfully, particularly when I was doing long-distance walking. Mind you, I have difficulty getting boxers that fit comfortably. I have to buy one pack, try them out, and then go back for more as soon as possible in case they change the design.

I bet Wild Honey's glad she started this thread. I imagine her walking along the road staring at men's groins, trying to spot which way they're dressed. Well, that's her excuse anyway; I've heard worse.

long and left, inside a pair of boxers

Down and left (and usually boxers). I hate getting bound up LOL.

Green_Knight said:

I used to think that but over the last few years I've switched over from briefs. I found that they were cutting into the crease of my groin very painfully, particularly when I was doing long-distance walking. Mind you, I have difficulty getting boxers that fit comfortably. I have to buy one pack, try them out, and then go back for more as soon as possible in case they change the design.

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Perhaps I was trying the wrong boxers but if your briefs were cutting in they were clearly too small or not stretchy enough.
But tell me if I was wearing my boxers incorrectly: is everything supposed to flap about down one leg, be snug down a leg or some other arrangement? It was the flapping that I found damned uncomfortable, that and the sudden exposure of cotton on head. Maybe it's circumcised men who are bothered by boxer-flap. I know most of you chaps over there are cut

MrBennet said:

Perhaps I was trying the wrong boxers but if your briefs were cutting in they were clearly too small or not stretchy enough.
But tell me if I was wearing my boxers incorrectly: is everything supposed to flap about down one leg, be snug down a leg or some other arrangement? It was the flapping that I found damned uncomfortable, that and the sudden exposure of cotton on head. Maybe it's circumcised men who are bothered by boxer-flap. I know most of you chaps over there are cut

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I'm an uncut chap from over here.

Just checked and the things I have are labelled keyhole trunks and come from Debenhams - part of their The Collection range. They have a striped waistband. I did buy some boxers that, as you say, just allow the contents to flap about - indeed, flap about so much that I can't really see the point of wearing them except to prevent a dreaded cock in zip accident. (Had a friend did that - did he bleed!)

'Boxer flap' - I can't stop giggling.

Thank you, gentlemen, for your responses! I was wonderfully surprised to check in just now and see how many have stopped by to join the conversation.

To the right

Unless I have an erection.

Boxers

Wild_Honey_66 said:

Left or right? Up or down?

Earlier today, I was thinking about a friend, and it made me wonder whether one way of 'dressing' was more common than another, and what factors contribute to any particular arrangement.

Are younger men more likely to 'dress' up? Are men with generously-sized bits more likely to 'dress' down? Do things ever change direction due to weight gain or loss or level of physical fitness or... ? Is there any rhyme or reason to it, or does it seem to be totally random and individual (which would be cool, too)?

Thank you in advance, for your thoughtful replies.

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I am lucky; not much of a gut at 72. My GF praises my "skinny ass." I wear boxers to as not to tie up my dick, tight fitting straight leg Levi's, cause they fit. I have no ass. I walk like a soldier, cause I was one. I ride a bike daily and lift. If I got over 34", I would go to bread and water. I feel sorry for fatsos. I can date women at 50 or younger if I like. I dont shave unless I have a date. I wear a jacket a lot, but rarely a tie. My shirts come from L & T; and they fit tight, too.

i always start with my Bra.