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I too am one of those older guys I guess, but not in my 60's yet. I agree with many of the other posters that it is just personal preference. I've worn a speedo as far back as I can remember. Beach and pool. It's what I like.

In the pool, it's always a speedo or brief-type suit. I swim better in something snug and as long as I have the body for it, I'll continue to wear one - not that I'm swimsuit model material or anything but I like to think I still look pretty okay in my suits. Out in public like the beach, it just depends on who I am with.

I am a bit more relaxed when there is another swimmer or two in the pool wearing a speedo. There are a couple other guys from my pool who wear one and they are also in their 40's and 50's. Nobody seems to care the slightest.

A little aside, I was done (I do about a mile a day) in the pool at our local university and having a shower. There were two students taking a shower to go in. One in board shorts and his buddy in a small red two-toned suit with the name printed across his junk. His buddy asked him if he was really going in there with that on (it really wasn't bad). As they walked by I said, Listen if I looked as good as him, I'd certainly wear that. The suit was pretty much made for this guy, he looked that great in it. He said Thanks! Seen him there many times since and he's still wearing the same style suit.

So it's just not the 'older' guys who choose and enjoy wearing them.