The New Generation

[NE_OH_thonger]

My own experience. I went to a school with mandatory swim classes from fourth to eighth grade. All students had to use school supplied swimsuits, which for the boys was a brief. It didn't seem odd, because we all had the same suits. In high school, the peer pressure set in. Guys just didn't wear speedo-style suits, unless they were on the swim team. I still preferred the brief, but to fit in, I switched to a pair of swim shorts. In college, I started to buy brief suits again. Mostly for my own personal enjoyment, as I almost never went to the beach or the pool at this time. It kind of went part and parcel with my finally coming to terms with being Gay and becoming comfortable in my own skin. The jammer had not yet really come into being, so I kind of skipped that step on the road back. Then on a trip to a Speedo store in 2000, I saw my first swim thong for men. At that point, I simply knew there was no going back to shorts, ever.