DU men...Have you ever worn a speedo?

[jeter]

I must admit that I wore one once when I was 12. I went on vacation with my parents and my mom bought me a new "bathing suit." It was a speedo and made me look like a retard.

Never wore it again.

[Aristus]

1. I wore one all the time when I was swimming competitively.

You can't wear baggy trunks for something like that. Haven't worn them since. My body looking the way it does, I don't want to gross anyone out!

[VelmaD]

6. Mmmm...swimmers

*smacks self and reminds self that Skinner decreed "no sex"* :-)

[Aristus]

9. Well, if you don't want to have sex, I'm the

guy to not have sex with. :-)

BTW, I haven't had a swimmer's body in years! Sorry.

[VelmaD]

10. Let a girl...

keep her fantasies, why don't ya? ;-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

11. you can fantasize about me, i have a swimmer's body

Shamu.

Ba-dum-dum.

:)

[HawkerHurricane]

12. I also wore them while

swimming competition.

But that was a long time ago.

When I was in shape.

(I'm still 'in shape'. Round is a shape.)

[felonious thunk]

14. Me too

I swam competitively for 10 or so years when I was young. It's fun to wear the speedo during the most awkward time in your life.

[BuckeFushe]

2. Uh, is that like a pedometer?

n/t

[marzipanni]

21. A PENometer?

A friend of my brother was going to a private boys' boarding school and was on the swim team. He told me about another swim team member who didn't realize that his parents had arrived a little late to watch him in a competition. He won, and as he stood on the highest stand to receive his trophy, he looked in the stands to find his parents. It was then that he saw his girlfriend, who they had brought to surprise him.
Boinnnggg!

[La_Serpiente]

3. I wear them all the time

when i go to the pool. Not when I go to the beach, but at the pool, yes.

[GOPisEvil]

4. No! I don't like having "the boys" all crunched up like that.

Owie!

Edit - plus, I don't have the body for a speedo. Trunks for me!

[TrogL]

5. Last summer I was wearing them pretty much constantly

Bicycling up and down the bike paths.

I'll take your suit - it might fit.

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. nope

My butt wouldn't fit into a speedo. I would look like I was smuggling two midgets into the beach.

:)

[BiggJawn]

8. Yeah, I have....

Even though I looked like a fat, balding Greek shipping tycoon in it.

And I wear Lycra shorts when I ride.

Now if I can just "sculpt" the proper body to wear such things in mixed company...

[kmla]

13. For all that is holy - NO!

It oughta be a crime for men to wear one of those banana-hammocks on a public beach unless they pass certain physical criteria...

:puke:

[TrogL]

16. Like this?

or this

[marzipanni]

19. LOL-it was outlawed

on a beach in East Falmouth on Cape Cod (Massachusetts) the day after a friend of mine wore one there on a summer day in 1972! The fact that he looked rather like Charles Manson probably didn't help. Anyway, the next day another rule had been added to the sign on the beach-
"NO BIKINI BATHING SUITS MAY BE WORN BY MEN"
I think I recalled seeing some horrified old biddies staring at him. They took action FAST!

[VelmaD]

20. That is sexist and just plain wrong...

if women can wear bikinis on the beach then men should be able to too dammit. ;-)

[Wilber_Stool]

15. Yes..............

I have a very nice ass. I can get you references if you want.

[Blue-Jay]

17. Oh, HELL no!

You wouldn't catch me dead in one of those grape-smugglers.

[RetroLounge]

18. NEVER!

Nope.

[Dudley_DUright]

22. Since I swim 2 miles a day

there is no way I am going to increase my drag coefficient by wearing those baggy swim trunks, so yes I wear a speedo every day!

[SmileyBoy]

23. I was on the swin team from 7th grade through 10th grade.

Had to wear speedos for competition...

[MercutioATC]

24. No, but I do wear spandex bike shorts under my wetsuit when I dive...

Regular swim trunks bunch up inside a wetsuit and it's more convenient to change in public places than going raw.

[Amaya]

25. Speedo.. LOL

Those things are the most unflattering piece of clothing ever invented. Eww.. eww.. double yucky! Hey, maybe I just haven't seen the right man in one.. I dunno?

[TrogL]

26. Get yer spandex here

(wanted the thumbnail)

http://www.spandexman.com/



This might be worth its own thread.

I got here by clicking "active bottoms".

OOOOHHHH am I gonna get in trouble.

[Loonman]

27. My roommate's 50 year old boyfriend does

It's a gut-wrenching nightmare.

[Nikia]

28. Speedos are made for swimming, trunks drag

I am female so I know that I do not speak for men. Some men do have insecurities with their bodies. If you really wish to swim, I'd recommend wearing speedos. Trunks create drag. If you are attempting to swim for time, trunks put you at a serious disadvantage. As a woman, I prefer buying that brand or others like it. Baggy suits just feel heavy. I am a former competitive swimmer, of course, so I might be biased. I might be weird, but I really do not find most people's bodies disgusting. We should not be ashamed of our bodies, male or female, just because they do not fit the media ideal.

[TrogL]

30. I can't stand anything but Speedos in the pool

Trunks and baggy suits just feel wrong, especially when they get full of air and bloat up.

[JohnKleeb]

29. *crying* Yes I had to

:cry: and I swear I will never wear one again. I was on the swim team when I was 7 or 8, and my mom told me it would make me faster. Those things freak me out to this day. I would rather wear my regular shorts in the pool than a speedo, :puke:, I hate em.

[Wickerman]

31. My brother in law does

he is in his 50's and has an admiration for his body that is pathological. Its truly frightening - both seeing him in the speedo and watching him admire himself. :shudder: