Influences on choice as a youngster

[Anthony5362]

Growing up I always was fascinated with underwear. Wether it was the spider man briefs from Walmart or the multi colored briefs from target. This strange feeling of excitement when I would go through underwear aisle at any mens department store.

It all began when I was at the age of 12. My mom was dating a guy maybe for the past year and he was good looking. He looked like the older version of Fabio Ferraz the pornstar. ( I will give you a few min to look him up lol ) Come to think of it that may be the reason why I like him haha. Anyways he was good looking Hispanic guy skinny and a little built and he had black hair and he was tall. We’ll things we’re going we’ll between him and my mother that he eventually moved in with us. He was nice and had a love for motorcycles. He was very open about things and most of the time he would be without a shirt and he had tattoos which I never seen before. I thought he was cool and he also looked great. I never once ever thought about him and his underwear before until one day about two weeks after he moved in we were at mervyn’s department store at the mall. And you know me doing what I like to do best I wonder off from my mom and him and go through underwear aisle. We’ll what I didn’t realize was that he was following me and he caught me off guard and said “are you looking for underwear?” I freaked out and said “no I am just looking” Said Nervously. He then says in a laughing kinda was “ what are you looking for Boxers or Briefs?” He then nudged me laughing “are you looking for Bikinis!” I laughed nervously and said “no”. What caught my attention was when he said bikinis cause up until that age I only knew of boxers or briefs and I wore boxers at the age. When he said bikinis I was clueless and wanted to know what those were so I asked him in a very awkward tone “ what are bikinis?” He pointed to pack on the wall and said those are bikinis. I was shocked and excited! The pack had a man on in only in his underwear but what caught my mind was on the waist it only had a string along the waist and covered the front and back. I was excited and I asked him if he wore those and he looked at me and said “no I don’t; I wear something else.” When he told that my heart was racing and I was just curious too now what he wore. Before I only knew of two styles and now I learned of a new one. I was determined to find out what he wore but doing so would be tricky. Well a two days go by and I’m getting ready for bed since I have school the next day and I’m laying there in bed but can’t sleep. The way my house was designed had the bathroom literally across the bedroom door and my mom and step dad room down the hall so if they needed to go to restroom they would have to be in front of my room. I would always leave it open and I can see fully into the restroom cause luckily for me there is literally a 3 foot distance between my bedroom door and restroom door that was right in front. Well like I said I was laying there not able to sleep and it had to been about 11PM and as usual I see my stepdad going into the restroom of course with no shirt and his green pajamas sweats. I think nothing of it and maybe 14 min or so goes by and he opens the door wide open with light on and he is standing there with no shirt on and in his underwear. Of course I can see everything and I notice he isn’t wearing boxers or briefs and they definitely aren’t the bikinis I see in the store although from the side they look like them. I’m at this moment excited I’m seeing him in his underwear but I don’t know what they are I can see him bulging in the pouch but what made me intrigued was the waist band was about one inch in thick and it exposed his butt and when he turned I saw a small triangle connecting to the waistband from the front it was exotic looking and then he left the restroom and headed for the room in his underwear.I was so interested in what he was wearing that for the next day all through school I thought about it all day. Well when I finally got home I noticed no one was there I got home at 3:30 and my step dad wouldn’t get home for another 35 min and my mom came in an hour later so I thought perfect I want to see if I can find what he was wearing. So I did what I shouldn’t of done. I looked through his drawer’s. I looked through one drawer and it had socks, went through second drawer and it had pajamas and t shirts and pants neatly fixed. Then I went through last drawer and it was his underwear. I thought to myself “jackpot!!” When I opened the door to my surprise I didn’t see boxers,briefs, or the one he had on instead I saw many pairs of skimpy underwear. I would probably say about 10 plus pairs of them. I looked at them in awe and my heart was pounding they were so cool. They had a pouch in the front where I figured his penis would go and the one inch waistband along the waist but what confused me was the string on the back that attached to the pouch and triangle piece on the back. I then come to or realize that this has to go into his butt and that’s why I saw his bare ass. I was so turned on by it and I wanted to try it so bad and it was just like perfect cause he wore a size medium and I wore about medium too.I thought perfect! My heart was racing and I took a chance and thought I want to try this on. So guess what u did? I started taking off my shirt and my pants that I had on and then you would think I stopped there no haha. I took off my boxers and was just naked in their bedroom and I pulled out three of the sexiest underwear I found and I slipped right into them and I still remember what they looked like. One was a blue leopard, the second one was a Orange Tiger Print, and the third was a Baby Blue Calvin Klein one. As soon as I put that first one on I just melted. I fell in love with it and I’m just admiring myself in the mirror of my mom and step dad room. I loved how the pouch made my penis lift up and I loved how free I was in them. The back part that went up my butt felt interesting and I loved it. And then all that came to a completely stop once I heard the door open to house from down the hall and I was literally in my step dads orange tiger print underwear and that’s it. Although I tried them on for few min it felt like a lifetime. Anyways I am at this point freaking out cause I can’t really run to my room or restroom with all my clothes cause he would see me. I hoped he went to back or even the garage so I can change real quick but unfortunately for me he called out my name and asked if I wanted to go get food when my mom gets here. Of course I just yell “yeah that’s good” in a nervous laugh as I try to put my clothes on and then it got worse I heard him calling me again and asking where I was and I responded “ I’m your room!” Of course I’m panicking now and trying to play it off but then as I try to get my clothes on he open the door to their room and sees me with my t shirt on and my pants on the floor and his underwear drawer open. He looks at me and says in a stern voice “ what are you doing?” I responded with “nothing” as that is all I can think of. He then noticed my boxers of the floor and sees his underwear drawer open and asked me “ Why are your boxers on the floor!?” I can only say I’m changing and hope for the love of God that’s all he asks. He then tell me “ You have a room you can change in! Pick up your boxers and pants and change in there!” So I did as he asked I picked up my boxers and pants off the floor and then he says as I am picking them up he says “ wait a minute!” He the proceeded to lift up my shirt and says sternly “ Boy!! Why do you have my thong on! “ I freaked out cause he was mad and i said “ I’m sorry I just wanted to see what kind of underwear you wear… please don’t tell my mom!” He then said “ I won’t tell her okay but can’t be going through other people things and your not old enough to be wearing thongs.” I asked him again “how come I can’t wear these too and what are they called” He then proceeds to tell me “they are called thongs it’s another style of mens underwear and it’s not appropriate for a boy your age to wearing those” and then he says “ I better not catch you wearing any thongs of mine again.” I said yes sir and little did he know that I would occasionally wear his dirty thong underwear that was in the hamper that was located in the restroom when he would change clothes. Haha .

If you want to ask me anything feel free. I also have a story of when I got my first pair of thongs if you are interested in knowing. Hint: he didn’t buy for me!?

[TANGA TANGA]

Growing up I always was fascinated with underwear. Wether it was the spider man briefs from Walmart or the multi colored briefs from target. This strange feeling of excitement when I would go through underwear aisle at any mens department store.

It all began when I was at the age of 12. My mom was dating a guy maybe for the past year and he was good looking. He looked like the older version of Fabio Ferraz the pornstar. ( I will give you a few min to look him up lol ) Come to think of it that may be the reason why I like him haha. Anyways he was good looking Hispanic guy skinny and a little built and he had black hair and he was tall. We’ll things we’re going we’ll between him and my mother that he eventually moved in with us. He was nice and had a love for motorcycles. He was very open about things and most of the time he would be without a shirt and he had tattoos which I never seen before. I thought he was cool and he also looked great. I never once ever thought about him and his underwear before until one day about two weeks after he moved in we were at mervyn’s department store at the mall. And you know me doing what I like to do best I wonder off from my mom and him and go through underwear aisle. We’ll what I didn’t realize was that he was following me and he caught me off guard and said “are you looking for underwear?” I freaked out and said “no I am just looking” Said Nervously. He then says in a laughing kinda was “ what are you looking for Boxers or Briefs?” He then nudged me laughing “are you looking for Bikinis!” I laughed nervously and said “no”. What caught my attention was when he said bikinis cause up until that age I only knew of boxers or briefs and I wore boxers at the age. When he said bikinis I was clueless and wanted to know what those were so I asked him in a very awkward tone “ what are bikinis?” He pointed to pack on the wall and said those are bikinis. I was shocked and excited! The pack had a man on in only in his underwear but what caught my mind was on the waist it only had a string along the waist and covered the front and back. I was excited and I asked him if he wore those and he looked at me and said “no I don’t; I wear something else.” When he told that my heart was racing and I was just curious too now what he wore. Before I only knew of two styles and now I learned of a new one. I was determined to find out what he wore but doing so would be tricky. Well a two days go by and I’m getting ready for bed since I have school the next day and I’m laying there in bed but can’t sleep. The way my house was designed had the bathroom literally across the bedroom door and my mom and step dad room down the hall so if they needed to go to restroom they would have to be in front of my room. I would always leave it open and I can see fully into the restroom cause luckily for me there is literally a 3 foot distance between my bedroom door and restroom door that was right in front. Well like I said I was laying there not able to sleep and it had to been about 11PM and as usual I see my stepdad going into the restroom of course with no shirt and his green pajamas sweats. I think nothing of it and maybe 14 min or so goes by and he opens the door wide open with light on and he is standing there with no shirt on and in his underwear. Of course I can see everything and I notice he isn’t wearing boxers or briefs and they definitely aren’t the bikinis I see in the store although from the side they look like them. I’m at this moment excited I’m seeing him in his underwear but I don’t know what they are I can see him bulging in the pouch but what made me intrigued was the waist band was about one inch in thick and it exposed his butt and when he turned I saw a small triangle connecting to the waistband from the front it was exotic looking and then he left the restroom and headed for the room in his underwear.I was so interested in what he was wearing that for the next day all through school I thought about it all day. Well when I finally got home I noticed no one was there I got home at 3:30 and my step dad wouldn’t get home for another 35 min and my mom came in an hour later so I thought perfect I want to see if I can find what he was wearing. So I did what I shouldn’t of done. I looked through his drawer’s. I looked through one drawer and it had socks, went through second drawer and it had pajamas and t shirts and pants neatly fixed. Then I went through last drawer and it was his underwear. I thought to myself “jackpot!!” When I opened the door to my surprise I didn’t see boxers,briefs, or the one he had on instead I saw many pairs of skimpy underwear. I would probably say about 10 plus pairs of them. I looked at them in awe and my heart was pounding they were so cool. They had a pouch in the front where I figured his penis would go and the one inch waistband along the waist but what confused me was the string on the back that attached to the pouch and triangle piece on the back. I then come to or realize that this has to go into his butt and that’s why I saw his bare ass. I was so turned on by it and I wanted to try it so bad and it was just like perfect cause he wore a size medium and I wore about medium too.I thought perfect! My heart was racing and I took a chance and thought I want to try this on. So guess what u did? I started taking off my shirt and my pants that I had on and then you would think I stopped there no haha. I took off my boxers and was just naked in their bedroom and I pulled out three of the sexiest underwear I found and I slipped right into them and I still remember what they looked like. One was a blue leopard, the second one was a Orange Tiger Print, and the third was a Baby Blue Calvin Klein one. As soon as I put that first one on I just melted. I fell in love with it and I’m just admiring myself in the mirror of my mom and step dad room. I loved how the pouch made my penis lift up and I loved how free I was in them. The back part that went up my butt felt interesting and I loved it. And then all that came to a completely stop once I heard the door open to house from down the hall and I was literally in my step dads orange tiger print underwear and that’s it. Although I tried them on for few min it felt like a lifetime. Anyways I am at this point freaking out cause I can’t really run to my room or restroom with all my clothes cause he would see me. I hoped he went to back or even the garage so I can change real quick but unfortunately for me he called out my name and asked if I wanted to go get food when my mom gets here. Of course I just yell “yeah that’s good” in a nervous laugh as I try to put my clothes on and then it got worse I heard him calling me again and asking where I was and I responded “ I’m your room!” Of course I’m panicking now and trying to play it off but then as I try to get my clothes on he open the door to their room and sees me with my t shirt on and my pants on the floor and his underwear drawer open. He looks at me and says in a stern voice “ what are you doing?” I responded with “nothing” as that is all I can think of. He then noticed my boxers of the floor and sees his underwear drawer open and asked me “ Why are your boxers on the floor!?” I can only say I’m changing and hope for the love of God that’s all he asks. He then tell me “ You have a room you can change in! Pick up your boxers and pants and change in there!” So I did as he asked I picked up my boxers and pants off the floor and then he says as I am picking them up he says “ wait a minute!” He the proceeded to lift up my shirt and says sternly “ Boy!! Why do you have my thong on! “ I freaked out cause he was mad and i said “ I’m sorry I just wanted to see what kind of underwear you wear… please don’t tell my mom!” He then said “ I won’t tell her okay but can’t be going through other people things and your not old enough to be wearing thongs.” I asked him again “how come I can’t wear these too and what are they called” He then proceeds to tell me “they are called thongs it’s another style of mens underwear and it’s not appropriate for a boy your age to wearing those” and then he says “ I better not catch you wearing any thongs of mine again.” I said yes sir and little did he know that I would occasionally wear his dirty thong underwear that was in the hamper that was located in the restroom when he would change clothes. Haha .

If you want to ask me anything feel free. I also have a story of when I got my first pair of thongs if you are interested in knowing. Hint: he didn’t buy for me!?

To be honest with you, as I read through your submitted post, I was slightly concerned about where you were going with it(I'm sure you know what I mean), but thankfully your Mum's partner seems to have dealt with what was a tricky situation in a sensible way. He was understandably annoyed about you invading his personal space and belongings, but probably realised that it was just the actions of a curious boy keen to discover what grown up men wear. You don't say how many years ago this took place, but it's good to know that your Mum's partner was a thong wearer. And perhaps he follows this very blog and will recognize himself in your story(lol).

[Anthony5362]

I see what you mean. I just want to clarify that nothing inappropriate ever happened between him and I. It been like about 13 years ago so who knows he might be on this blog or others who might come across it haha. I ended up getting my own secretly and if you would like to hear that I would be more than happy to share.

[CrossfiThong]

This story is amazing, that was excited and scary, he could tell your mom, and that would be very embarrassing. So you are like 25 years old or something.
Did you see him wearing thong around the house again?
Did he wear only thong underwear or as swimwear too?

[Anthony5362]

Yeah I’m glad he never told my mom! That most definitely would of been embarrassing and yes I’m 26 yo. I had seen him a couple of times in thongs but it usually when he was about to sleep or just getting up in the morning. He only wore thongs and knew that for sure cause in the restroom he kept his dirty clothes and they were only ever dirty thongs of his.

[navyblackmaroon]

I’m from Mexico, when I was 8 or 10 years old around 2000, back in the late 90s on my country was really common watch the main male character in telenovelas wearing speedos in the beach or pool or some Other scenes there wear dressing up and wearing only a bikini or brief

My experience is very similar. I also grew up in Mexico, and I remember watching the telenovela actors wearing speedos or bikini briefs. Those images were even featured in the gossip/celebrity magazines that my mom used to buy.

My dad, on the other hand, was a white briefs kind of guy. He had an almost pathological dislike for any underwear that wasn't white. It was quite a contrast to the media around me.

[JustSomeDude71]

Growing up I always was fascinated with underwear. Wether it was the spider man briefs from Walmart or the multi colored briefs from target. This strange feeling of excitement when I would go through underwear aisle at any mens department store.

It all began when I was at the age of 12. My mom was dating a guy maybe for the past year and he was good looking. He looked like the older version of Fabio Ferraz the pornstar. ( I will give you a few min to look him up lol ) Come to think of it that may be the reason why I like him haha. Anyways he was good looking Hispanic guy skinny and a little built and he had black hair and he was tall. We’ll things we’re going we’ll between him and my mother that he eventually moved in with us. He was nice and had a love for motorcycles. He was very open about things and most of the time he would be without a shirt and he had tattoos which I never seen before. I thought he was cool and he also looked great. I never once ever thought about him and his underwear before until one day about two weeks after he moved in we were at mervyn’s department store at the mall. And you know me doing what I like to do best I wonder off from my mom and him and go through underwear aisle. We’ll what I didn’t realize was that he was following me and he caught me off guard and said “are you looking for underwear?” I freaked out and said “no I am just looking” Said Nervously. He then says in a laughing kinda was “ what are you looking for Boxers or Briefs?” He then nudged me laughing “are you looking for Bikinis!” I laughed nervously and said “no”. What caught my attention was when he said bikinis cause up until that age I only knew of boxers or briefs and I wore boxers at the age. When he said bikinis I was clueless and wanted to know what those were so I asked him in a very awkward tone “ what are bikinis?” He pointed to pack on the wall and said those are bikinis. I was shocked and excited! The pack had a man on in only in his underwear but what caught my mind was on the waist it only had a string along the waist and covered the front and back. I was excited and I asked him if he wore those and he looked at me and said “no I don’t; I wear something else.” When he told that my heart was racing and I was just curious too now what he wore. Before I only knew of two styles and now I learned of a new one. I was determined to find out what he wore but doing so would be tricky. Well a two days go by and I’m getting ready for bed since I have school the next day and I’m laying there in bed but can’t sleep. The way my house was designed had the bathroom literally across the bedroom door and my mom and step dad room down the hall so if they needed to go to restroom they would have to be in front of my room. I would always leave it open and I can see fully into the restroom cause luckily for me there is literally a 3 foot distance between my bedroom door and restroom door that was right in front. Well like I said I was laying there not able to sleep and it had to been about 11PM and as usual I see my stepdad going into the restroom of course with no shirt and his green pajamas sweats. I think nothing of it and maybe 14 min or so goes by and he opens the door wide open with light on and he is standing there with no shirt on and in his underwear. Of course I can see everything and I notice he isn’t wearing boxers or briefs and they definitely aren’t the bikinis I see in the store although from the side they look like them. I’m at this moment excited I’m seeing him in his underwear but I don’t know what they are I can see him bulging in the pouch but what made me intrigued was the waist band was about one inch in thick and it exposed his butt and when he turned I saw a small triangle connecting to the waistband from the front it was exotic looking and then he left the restroom and headed for the room in his underwear.I was so interested in what he was wearing that for the next day all through school I thought about it all day. Well when I finally got home I noticed no one was there I got home at 3:30 and my step dad wouldn’t get home for another 35 min and my mom came in an hour later so I thought perfect I want to see if I can find what he was wearing. So I did what I shouldn’t of done. I looked through his drawer’s. I looked through one drawer and it had socks, went through second drawer and it had pajamas and t shirts and pants neatly fixed. Then I went through last drawer and it was his underwear. I thought to myself “jackpot!!” When I opened the door to my surprise I didn’t see boxers,briefs, or the one he had on instead I saw many pairs of skimpy underwear. I would probably say about 10 plus pairs of them. I looked at them in awe and my heart was pounding they were so cool. They had a pouch in the front where I figured his penis would go and the one inch waistband along the waist but what confused me was the string on the back that attached to the pouch and triangle piece on the back. I then come to or realize that this has to go into his butt and that’s why I saw his bare ass. I was so turned on by it and I wanted to try it so bad and it was just like perfect cause he wore a size medium and I wore about medium too.I thought perfect! My heart was racing and I took a chance and thought I want to try this on. So guess what u did? I started taking off my shirt and my pants that I had on and then you would think I stopped there no haha. I took off my boxers and was just naked in their bedroom and I pulled out three of the sexiest underwear I found and I slipped right into them and I still remember what they looked like. One was a blue leopard, the second one was a Orange Tiger Print, and the third was a Baby Blue Calvin Klein one. As soon as I put that first one on I just melted. I fell in love with it and I’m just admiring myself in the mirror of my mom and step dad room. I loved how the pouch made my penis lift up and I loved how free I was in them. The back part that went up my butt felt interesting and I loved it. And then all that came to a completely stop once I heard the door open to house from down the hall and I was literally in my step dads orange tiger print underwear and that’s it. Although I tried them on for few min it felt like a lifetime. Anyways I am at this point freaking out cause I can’t really run to my room or restroom with all my clothes cause he would see me. I hoped he went to back or even the garage so I can change real quick but unfortunately for me he called out my name and asked if I wanted to go get food when my mom gets here. Of course I just yell “yeah that’s good” in a nervous laugh as I try to put my clothes on and then it got worse I heard him calling me again and asking where I was and I responded “ I’m your room!” Of course I’m panicking now and trying to play it off but then as I try to get my clothes on he open the door to their room and sees me with my t shirt on and my pants on the floor and his underwear drawer open. He looks at me and says in a stern voice “ what are you doing?” I responded with “nothing” as that is all I can think of. He then noticed my boxers of the floor and sees his underwear drawer open and asked me “ Why are your boxers on the floor!?” I can only say I’m changing and hope for the love of God that’s all he asks. He then tell me “ You have a room you can change in! Pick up your boxers and pants and change in there!” So I did as he asked I picked up my boxers and pants off the floor and then he says as I am picking them up he says “ wait a minute!” He the proceeded to lift up my shirt and says sternly “ Boy!! Why do you have my thong on! “ I freaked out cause he was mad and i said “ I’m sorry I just wanted to see what kind of underwear you wear… please don’t tell my mom!” He then said “ I won’t tell her okay but can’t be going through other people things and your not old enough to be wearing thongs.” I asked him again “how come I can’t wear these too and what are they called” He then proceeds to tell me “they are called thongs it’s another style of mens underwear and it’s not appropriate for a boy your age to wearing those” and then he says “ I better not catch you wearing any thongs of mine again.” I said yes sir and little did he know that I would occasionally wear his dirty thong underwear that was in the hamper that was located in the restroom when he would change clothes. Haha .

If you want to ask me anything feel free. I also have a story of when I got my first pair of thongs if you are interested in knowing. Hint: he didn’t buy for me!?

My first thongs were from a Frederick's of Hollywood store at the mall. That's back when FOH still sold men's underwear. They were white, cotton thongs with 1/2 inch sides and a vertical seam down the pouch. That was in the 1990s. I sure miss going to local stores to shop for bikinis and thongs, now can only find them online.

[penfire]

Hello David_NC - thanks for sharing your story.

We seem to have started wearing bikini underwear at about the same age, although I guess that I'm about 10 years older than you. Back then, in the UK, boxer shorts hadn't really made their mark yet.

When I was getting changed for gym (or P.E. as we called it), most lads were wearing y-fronts - apart from the cool-and-sporty-types who wore bikini briefs (n.b. - I'm not claiming I was either sporty or cool!). Boxers and boxer-briefs are a surprisingly recent arrival (well, anything popularised after I was born is recent in my estimation!).

I wonder if there were any others in your school class who were happily wearing bikini underwear most days and just getting the boxers out for the changing room? There might have been a room full of you, if not for peer pressure!

Like you, I used to look forward to the catalogues arriving through the letter box - though mine were always Kiniki, as they were the only one's I knew of in the pre-internet days. I used to buy a lot from them, because the nearest big city with plenty of choice was a fair distance from where I lived - although when I was there shopping, there was plenty of choice in all the main-stream clothing shops.

There was an underwear stall on our local weekly market, although the quality was never quite the same. The stall carried some skimpy stuff - string bikinis with very narrow sides in nice bright colours - and I regularly bought a pair or two.

I'm glad that your dad never made any negative comments about your choices - and his questions about whether they were comfortable might indicate the early stages of him heading towards the world of skimpy and sane?

It's good that you started out on your journey without any direct influence from home. I'm glad that I did have the influence, but, like you, I think I'd have started whether-or-not. When your son reaches his teens, you could buy him some underwear as part of a birthday or Christmas present along with other things, and see if he starts wearing them... I suspect that if you don't make any fuss about it, he'll either accept it as a 'boring grown-up present' like getting a pair of socks, or as something he enjoys. You never know.

As for me and my brother: neither of us have children. I have nephews-in-law from before, and some Godsons, but I've no idea what they wear, except a couple of nephews follow that crazy fashion of having the top few inches of boxers showing above their jeans - one of the many fashions of youth that make no sense to me!

same here, went to kmart and saw unisex bikini and bought them- wore them out, in college got undergear catalog and ordered from there- wish we went to the same school and shopped for undies together

[Pennbikini]

My experience fit a pattern that some others have noted too. I'm from the Pittsburgh area. Summer 1988. I grew up an only child but the summer between my eighth and ninth grade (US) years, my parents and I visited and stayed a few days with my aunt and her two sons, out of state, both of whom were older than I was. My one cousin, upon seeing my tighty-whities, was basically like..."dude, you're going into high school. You've gotta wear these" and then proceeded to show off his Jockey (or similar) bikini briefs. So when we got home a couple of days later and we were doing my start-of-school shop (at a Value City -- anyone remember those?) I persuaded my mom that tighty-whities weren't going to do it for me anymore, and I got a bunch of bikinis and string bikinis out of a sales bin. My mom raised an eyebrow and was like...ummm, ok, but your father isn't going to like that! And by the way, you better like them, because that's what you're going to be in because we're not going back to buy more. That's a waste. Being 13, I of course knew best (and in this case I actually did!) and it was the best $20 my mom could have spent. Haven't looked back, and have sprinkled a couple of thongs in off and on over the years too. I tried boxers one time 20-some years ago for like 17 seconds and that was THAT.

So now...Dad was QUITE angry when he learned of it (I'll figure out another thread to tell that story!) but of course when I went to the big bad high school, I knew I was ready (loins girded!) Well, I had gym class my first semester and I proudly started to change in the locker room...and I think I was the only one in a gym class of 50+ boys that was wearing anything other than tighty-whities, and I had on BRIGHT RED Fruit of the Loom string bikinis (with a white waistband.) The kid next to me on the bench had been saying something and he started stuttering when I took my jeans off. Well, commence a bit of awkwardness as I saw what I was up against...my mom's warning running through my head! But...I was committed and that was that. That's what I wore, and what I have worn ever since. (There eventually were others too, as I found out!) More on those later.

[jason_greets]

Nice story JohnnyB
And really nice topic.
Well, my influence came from different places but definitely not my dads.
I’m from Mexico, when I was 8 or 10 years old around 2000, back in the late 90s on my country was really common watch the main male character in telenovelas wearing speedos in the beach or pool or some Other scenes there wear dressing up and wearing only a bikini or brief and while we (my mom and sister and I) were watching it they mess with me telling me to wear those skimpy undies, obviously because I was a child I got nervous and embarrassed. But definitely those skimpy undies called my attention.
Also my older cousins (around 5 years older than me) they wear bikinis and change on front of me with no embarrassing.

But my main influence was Jean-Claude Van Damme, he worn tinny bikinis and tight in his movies, that was amazing in my mind, he was really masculine, brave and sexy man, owning his body and his undies on those movie, he is a bad ass.

Well I was 12 or so and I decided ask my mom to get me a big boy underwear, My first was bikinis and after I got tanga brief, I got so nervous because I thought my mates on school could see my type of underwear. Couple times my dad and mom brought me to the store to buy clothes for me and naturally I choose tanga briefs and bikinis, my dad got mad with me, he was asking me what was that? but I didn’t care, I still get them with me.

So one day when I was 16 I when to the supermarket by myself, and I saw my first thong, I bought it but was a really huge secret, I didn’t want anybody knows about it. Until in college I was wearing them more often, and now I’m 30 and I wear them everyday.

That was also my experience growing up in Mexico in the late 80s and 90s.

The masculine, cool, confident, fit men surrounded by sexy women wore bikini speedos.

The few that were shown wearing long baggy shorts were the loosers, prudes, and nerds.