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I swim every week at my local sports centre wearing Ergowear Xd4 briefs , if I go to a hotel or pool away from home then can anything from half back to G sting depending on the situation.

I tried to normalize swim briefs, my wife became so vocal that my daughters actually joined her. So now I only wear them in public with her or by myself. I do wear them at home almost exclusively.

I am almost 100% swim brief. I might have one group of friends that are a bit conservative and don't like difference but the rest of my life is swim brief.

Speedo_Dj wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 12:26 pm I tried to normalize swim briefs, my wife became so vocal that my daughters actually joined her. So now I only wear them in public with her or by myself. I do wear them at home almost exclusively.

My wife and kids tried to rebel my swim briefs…I stayed strong. 100% swim briefs now…anywhere there is water.

I got my first swim briefs when I was about 20 but would only wear them when no one was at the pool in the gym (which wasn't often). By 24, I was wearing them openly on vacation, but still pretty conscious at the gym. That was about the time I stopped wearing the board shorts and were speedos only. By 30 I stopped caring about other people and didn't care if it was the gym or the beach.

As for family, my ex-wife hated it, but my GF loves it. I wear them for laps, hot tub, beach, wherever.

I always thought I'd have a lot of negative experiences, but I never have. I'm sure I've been on more than one IG feed from people who secretly made fun of me and posted a pic of me so their friends could have a cheap laugh, but I get positive feedback from people, too. I wish I would have had the same confidence at 20 that I did at 40.