What was your earliest speedo experience

[PSDave]

Originally Posted by California Dolphin

I would like to publically ridicule every guy wearing knee length shorts because they distort the appearance of the body to the point it looks like Down's Syndrome.

Even worse, jammers look just plain WEIRD.

Its ironic that you condemn any guy wearing a suit other than a speedos but go ballistic if someone makes a negative comment about your speedo. Just because you like to wear them doesn't mean everyone else has to wear them. Its called freedom of choice.

[ohiocowboy64]

At first it started with photos in National Geographic Magazine of the guys snorkeling or scuba diving then it led to my first pair when I was a teenager and I used them in a bathtub.

[California Dolphin]

Originally Posted by PSDave

Its ironic that you condemn any guy wearing a suit other than a speedos but go ballistic if someone makes a negative comment about your speedo. Just because you like to wear them doesn't mean everyone else has to wear them. Its called freedom of choice.

I don't verbally condemn someone else unless they condemn me first.

Freedom Of Choice goes out the window when someone opens their mouth and takes a "dig" at what I'm wearing.

Nothing ironic about firing back at someone's snide remark and I'm not shy about giving them a verbal equivalent of a volcanic eruption either.

[PSDave]

Originally Posted by California Dolphin

I don't verbally condemn someone else unless they condemn me first.
Freedom Of Choice goes out the window when someone opens their mouth and takes a "dig" at what I'm wearing.
Nothing ironic about firing back at someone's snide remark and I'm not shy about giving them a verbal equivalent of a volcanic eruption either.

That is not what you said -- there was nothing about responding to comments - only that: ]"I would like to publically ridicule every guy wearing knee length shorts because they distort the appearance of the body to the point it looks like Down's Syndrome."
In addition to sounding very narrow minded, you also sound intolerable to those with physical or mental handicaps.

I am curious as to where your speedos are getting negative comments. I have worn them all my life and I have never had a negative comment or a criticism. The only comment I can recall was from a friend that said "that is quite a suit you almost have on" His wife elbowed him in the ribs and said "you are just jealous cuz he has a great body and can wear them. With your gut, no one would see them on you"

Even if someone did make a negative comment I would probably not dignify their comment with a response unless it was to say "to each his own"

[lapswimmer]

Hey Guys, As summer heats up, I think keeping cool is the thing to do. We all say something from time to time that in writing is perhaps aggravating to someone. Let's let it pass and not burn electrons proving who is right.

Lets face it, we as a posting group are either straight, gay, Bi, or anywhere in between. We may be from all over the world, from several countries, from several cultures. Our common thread is the "men's bikini style swimsuit" we all affectionately refer to as a speedo. To some, this board may foster their boldness away from shyness, or help explain their fetish if I can be so bold to say. To others it is a shopping counsel where we extol the features of suits we have had and wear. We compliment each other and advise.

Bashing someone or something serves no purpose at the end of the day. So may I give all a virtual hug and ask you pass it along in thought to those that venture here amongst us bikini clad males. Happy summer to you in your speedo.

[PSDave]

the narrow minded approach to swim wear is a sad lashing to people that don't share the same attitudes. Usually generated by insecurity. However making references to people that are handicapped as a means of insults or degradation is the lowest and shows total insensitivity. (or just plain stupidity) What is sad is that someone with Downs would never say anything derogatory about another human. They look for the positive in life.

[lapswimmer]

May I ask that we return to the thread topic of your earliest speedo experience if anyone chooses to do so. And that would include any experiences in between, for that matter. The notion is to share stories which will trigger memories and add to the thread..

[speedos123]

My earliest experience was when I was young and watching the male divers in the Olympics, they looked hot, ripped and buff in those tiny little swimsuits. I asked my mom if I could start wearing one for a while did, then I got shy as I got older.

[ReservedEnthusiast]

Well, my first experience of any kind would be seeing other boys in speedos and hammers on the pool deck at my friends' swim practice at the athletic club their family belonged to. But that was when we were like 7 or 8.

The first time I had a speedo experience after realizing I loved them would be seeing a classmate at the pool for pool day in high school PE. He was just sitting on deck in a circle with friends wearing Turbo Jamaica briefs, and he was so toned and tan and was a teenage Adonis that I kept sneaking glances of him.

[underwearphil]

My first memory of wearing “Speedos” is the first time that I ever went to a pool. I am talking about mid 1950’s when I was a young boy. I had been to the beach before on our family holidays and I had probably worn speedo style then, but I cannot really remember.
My friend and I had been enrolled for swimming lessons at our local pool by our respective mothers. I had never been in a swimming pool before. This one dated from about 1910 and one memory was the echoing nature as children shouted and yelped. I had been bought new swimming trunks – speedo style, although probably not actual speedos. I enjoyed my first lesson and that started my passion for swimming, including competitive swimming. It was not long before I joined a swimming club, and, of course, the purchase of club speedos, and was racing by the time I was 9 years old. I have never looked back since then and have always worn speedo style swimwear in the pool and on the beach.
Back to my very first lesson. Afterwards my friend and I emerged from the changing rooms to find both our mothers in fits of laughter. Apparently there had been some teenagers in the deep end of the pool and diving off the boards. One of these guys was wearing rather loose fitting speedos where the leg elastic had failed. Our mothers were not watching us experience our first swimming lesson but were transfixed by the teenager with his tackle hanging out of his briefs. A lesson learnt as a child, always make sure that the Speedos fit well!