Guys in Speedos: The Contoversy Revisited

GracieB5
GracieB5 Posts: 8 Member
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We know the old conversation. Girls and women always say they don't like speedos on guys.
However, as was was musing over the now past summer of 2014, I took note of something.
At the swimming pools I went to, I observed that every time there was a guy wearing a speedo (assuming he had a decent physique--not a tubbo), the teenage girls at the pool were without exception gathered at that end of the pool. If he was practicing his dives, the girlies would be doing their foot spashing and chatting at the diving end of the pool.
Am I imagining things? I think not. I am a reasonable objective person.
So, what is it girls and ladies?
And you guys, what is your commentary on this subject?
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  • red_90
    red_90 Posts: 28 Member
    For fun swimming / beach - I go with board shorts.

    When in France I wasn't allows in the pool with board shorts, so had to buy some tight swimming shorts. I hate the look of these, but they're great for swimming in so I wear these when I do proper lane swimming in the evening.

    I've made the mistake of swimming behind old people in speedos doing breaststroke (think about the legs!) - no amount of chlorine cleans that image from your mind. I don't want to be that person so I steer clear of budgie smugglers.

    I've noticed an increase in people wearing long tight shorts for lane swimming, so I've just today started to look for some of these. I've just learnt they're called "jammers".

    To be fair though, I'm a tubbo, so haven't had to worry about unwanted female attention.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    YUM!!, I love my speedo men.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    Wut?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    What is OP talking about?
  • ChrisM32205
    ChrisM32205 Posts: 218 Member
    I'd say if you got the body and aren't afraid to show it go ahead. I think the same can be said for women in bikini's.
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    I have never sees any guys at the pool in speedos or tight shorts that have a decent physique. It's always the older fellas who have let themselves go.
  • stevesilk
    stevesilk Posts: 204 Member
    I've got to say I love women in bikinis, so I guess all's fair. Although I don't own a pair. Think it's a cultural thing. Euro and all!
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    Its probably not the speedos.
  • gallifreyfallsnomore1
    gallifreyfallsnomore1 Posts: 149 Member
    I guess if your young and hot and got the bod for it, ok. If your old and overweight like me, it should be illegal.
  • Cielazul
    Cielazul Posts: 77 Member
    Oh, my goodness, I am probably going to regret posting this, and I hope I don't out anybody off, but...

    I love men in speedos the same way I love men in tighty-whities or fitted boxer-briefs, because I like to see a man's bulge, regardless of how objectively "fit" he is.
  • Cielazul
    Cielazul Posts: 77 Member
    Oh, Lordie, I stopped the conversation cold with that last remark!
  • fat2fit4good
    fat2fit4good Posts: 154
    ZIllie77, this is the NSA. Our spy satellite just exploded.
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Depends on what you're packing I guess, above and below the waist. I don't particularly like speedos myself, I wouldn't wear them even if I was cut to the max. A nice pair of board shorts can show of enough and live a little to the imagination. Anyway, I have too much booty and those things would ride up like no ones business. I think they work better on guys without a lot of junk in the trunk. But hey, I'm not a female. I think it probably all depends on the guy.
  • Kenda2427
    Kenda2427 Posts: 1,592 Member
    I think speedos should be banned regardless of how great the body is. They are just nasty. Give a man a nice pair of board shorts and he's good to go!
  • Mpol2
    Mpol2 Posts: 442 Member
    zillie77 wrote: »
    Oh, Lordie, I stopped the conversation cold with that last remark!

    You go, girl! Love the honesty! :)
  • brucewayne48910
    brucewayne48910 Posts: 54 Member
    The vast majority of the male population in the US should NOT be allowed to wear them.
  • MadameMaverick
    MadameMaverick Posts: 24 Member
    Within reason I don't care what you are wearing. You could be naked and it wouldn't phase me. Things that are unsanitary is a different story, do not wear lady gaga's meat dress for example!
  • Dadof3bbg
    Dadof3bbg Posts: 85
    There is no debate
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    when I was a teen, I liked the speedos so I could look at their packages. now that I'm 46, I'd rather the dudes had on trunks lol. I've got a husband, I'm not looking, I don't give a damn any more what other dudes have. though sometimes it is kind of funny....
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
    Bleh. Teenage girls may or may not have questionable taste!! :) I am so not into speedos. They always remind me of this one guy I used to see at a lakeside state park I went to frequently as a kid. He was one of those people who was obsessed with natural tanning. . . he was Caucasian but had sun-tanned to be super brown, was quite hairy, and not in very good shape. And he wore a speedo. EW!
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    ... and I don't even know if I have a bathing suit that fits any more. lol. I'll get a new one next spring I guess. My fatgirl swimdress probably would just flap around me any more. I still want a swimdress thing with a skirt though. Just a couple sizes smaller.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    You mean that when a man has an athletic physique some women prefer to see more of him in speedos rather than less in board shorts?

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    You mean not all women think the same? Come off it.

    I wasn't born yesterday...


  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    I'm a swimmer. Speedos are just what swimmers wear. *shrugs*
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    I'm a swimmer. Speedos are just what swimmers wear. *shrugs*

    For performance reasons, not necessarily for looks.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Meh, whatever. It's just skin and body parts.
  • NC_Girl
    NC_Girl Posts: 177 Member
    zillie77 wrote: »
    Oh, Lordie, I stopped the conversation cold with that last remark!

    Crack me up!!!!
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member

    GracieB5 wrote: »
    We know the old conversation. Girls and women always say they don't like speedos on guys.
    However, as was was musing over the now past summer of 2014, I took note of something.
    At the swimming pools I went to, I observed that every time there was a guy wearing a speedo (assuming he had a decent physique--not a tubbo), the teenage girls at the pool were without exception gathered at that end of the pool. If he was practicing his dives, the girlies would be doing their foot spashing and chatting at the diving end of the pool.
    Am I imagining things? I think not. I am a reasonable objective person.
    So, what is it girls and ladies?
    And you guys, what is your commentary on this subject?

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  • silentKayak
    silentKayak Posts: 658 Member
    People should dress appropriately for their body types. Yes, you should feel comfortable, but if you also want to look your best, then know when to cover up. I wouldn't wear a bikini because it doesn't look good on me.

    Also, some guys really like to show off their junk. Some speedo-wearers are creepily exhibitionistic. Ew.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    While I do like to look nice, I hardly think it is someone else's responsibility to suit my aesthetic tastes. In fact, I find that idea pretty obnoxious.

    Women get crammed into that Protean bed way too often. I say we break it entirely and torture no-one with it.
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    edited November 2014
    GracieB5 wrote: »
    We know the old conversation. Girls and women always say they don't like speedos on guys.
    However, as was was musing over the now past summer of 2014, I took note of something.
    At the swimming pools I went to, I observed that every time there was a guy wearing a speedo (assuming he had a decent physique--not a tubbo), the teenage girls at the pool were without exception gathered at that end of the pool. If he was practicing his dives, the girlies would be doing their foot spashing and chatting at the diving end of the pool.
    Am I imagining things? I think not. I am a reasonable objective person.
    So, what is it girls and ladies?
    And you guys, what is your commentary on this subject?

    wow... I'm not sure what you were looking for by starting this topic but the denigration of men in this thread is a bit much.

    Speedos should be banned? illegal? Along with banning 'old men' and hairy men from swimming?



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