[sebbie]

The wardrobe for a typical college student can be pretty simple and inexpensive as well and these items are basic for Randall. For the warmer days pull-over polo shirts, three or four in different colors, one color being a school color, say red, blue or green, is a staple.

Guys often like to wear something under a polo shirt, either the white cotton “A” shirt or a regular white cotton tee. Figure packs of three of each of these as the starting point.

For colder days, a pullover sweatshirt, or two (or three) mostly in drab colors, like steel gray or charcoal gray, but maybe one in a school color as well. These are cheap and readily available. There are other kinds of more dressy, sweater-like pullovers that could work as well

And then, jeans, of course. Maybe three pair, one in a lighter wash, a medium wash and a dark wash. A solid black pair also works well for dressier occasions paired with a dressier sweater-like pullover.

Shoes (sneakers), two pair, one pair in white, another pair in a dressier black. The white pair is great for fall and spring days, but the black ones are a bit dressier and work well in the winter, especially with those dressier black jeans.

Socks? White or light gray athletic socks work well with the white shoes, but with the black shoes the choice are the black athletic socks.

Compression tees work very well under the polo shirts. Why not a compression tee one of the school colors? To that I would certainly add at least one pair of compression shorts, and maybe a pair of the compression running tights. Plus maybe a looser-fitting pair of athletic-style shorts to be worn over the running tights. A couple pair of sweatpants, and one or two pairs of what I call sleeping pants.

Underwear? Well that is the interesting part. A couple of loose-fitting cotton boxers are a must, of course. But why not more than two pairs? That is because Randall particularly likes tighty whiteys. And not just any tighty whiteys, Randall likes his tighty whiteys, well, tight. A couple different sizes are a must. Randall has about a 30-inch waist and his correct size would be a men’s Small (28-30). That size isn’t exactly loose-fitting on Randall’s bod. So let’s say a six pack of Men’s small. But Randall has discovered something else. He has discovered that he can wear undersized tighty whiteys, as in boy’s sizes. He likes the fit of what is called a boy’s Medium 12-14. These fit quite snug, but they stretch a lot and are easy enough to get on and off. So let’s add a six pack of tighty whiteys boy’s size 12-14. Why he needs these may not be apparent to my readers right now, but they will eventually become part of the story line here.

But, there is still a problem to be confronted every day. The rest room and shower is located way down the hall and it is impractical to head down there to do the three S’s fully clothed. Assuming Randall want to shower at minimum he needs one of those bathrobes made of a towel-like material. But Randall doesn’t just want to be wandering around nude under the bathrobe. He could wear a pair of those loose-fitting cotton boxer shorts, but there is a better idea. Why not a modestly cut swim brief in a non-attention grabbing color, say either black or a nearly black navy blue? There are versions of these made of a Poly-Lycra blend that are more or less halfway between swimwear and underwear. Perfect. Randall can even decide if he wants to shower nude or covered with the swim brief after he gets to the shower.

Two other clothing items that Randall will be bringing along will be a favorite strap he has, an old school strap complete with the 3-inch wide elastic waistband and a great, coarse textured, rubbery pouch. And Randall has a couple men’s underwear thongs, one with one of those nasty elastic cords connecting the pouch to the waistband in the rear.

The jeans Randall is bringing to college are really form fitting, sometimes dubbed super skinny jeans, with considerable stretch built into the denim. One of the reasons for the tighty whiteys underwear is that skinny jeans along with loose-fitting boxers are a poor combination.

Oh, one other item. How about if Randall has a neat wrestling singlet in one of the school colors? These look really great when worn to classes with a black compression tee and a pair of light wash skinny jeans. Indeed, the top that can be seen looks just like a cool A-shirt over the tee. And the A-shirt looks like if fits really neat and smooth at the waistband of the jeans. Let’s just hope that on the days Randall wears this combination he doesn’t have to use the restroom as getting to the body parts could prove to be quite a task. Still, the look with the right pair of stretch skinny jeans is really, really slick and neat


Randall’s wardrobe choices are practical and make a whole lot of sense from Randall’s point of view. Shawn’s wardrobe that he is bringing is not that much different from Randall’s wardrobe. Still, Randall has chosen some items that will allow him to do some things that Shawn hadn’t thought of.

Everything here is going to happen at a leisurely pace. Randall wants to be able to continue to do some things he particularly enjoyed doing before he got into this situation whereby he now has a roommate in the form of another guy he knows almost nothing about. Randall doesn’t plan to have any conversations with Shawn about sex, solo or partner or sexuality. On the other hand, Randall is not too private a person, either. Having another guy just there as Randall does some of these things could prove to be interesting, however, even if Randall is a bit uneasy at this point in time.

This all appears pretty tame, even boring. I wonder where this is headed.

To be continued…