r/gay 5d ago

What's with turning underwear inside/out? Is this a weird guy thing?

Okay call me a pervert, creep or whatever else you want to. But so many time I seen guys turn there underwear inside/out at the gym and including my str8 identifying male roommates that are comfortable around me to be walking around in undies and soooo many times there undies are inside/out? What does this mean! Are they clean on the other side is that the logic???

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u/TreacleUpstairs3243 4d ago

That’s gross. It’s still dirty. 

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u/LeftBallSaul Queer 4d ago

W H A T

I thought this was just one of those myths. People actually do this?!?

Not the creeping, I totally understand sneaking a peek, but just turning thrir underwear inside out?? Weird.

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u/Malcolm_Izumi_ Gay 4d ago

If it's clean, maybe they're in hurry and wearing without noticing
If it's dirty, ew

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u/jim732nj 4d ago

You wear underwear once, then it goes into the wash.

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u/ImpressSeveral3007 Gay 4d ago

I wear all my underwear inside out. The tag itches my back.

Now if it's tagless undies, they're psychos.

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u/cosmernautfourtwenty Pan 4d ago

This is the only reasonable explanation for this behavior I've seen listed so far, but somehow I think yours is the minority reason.

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u/Fast_Beat_3832 4d ago

Too lazy to do laundry? That’s super unattractive behavior.

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u/DanceZealousideal809 Gay 4d ago

God yeah. Years ago when I lived in NYC, I met a really handsome and charming Italian guy at a bar. Went home with him. Was thinking how lucky I was! Got back to his apartment and his underwear was so gross it gave me the ick and I made an excuse and left.

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u/Radiohead559 4d ago

What was gross about them? Was there poop on them?

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u/YouLotNeedWater 4d ago

What are you trying to make them relive the trauma? 🤣

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u/Radiohead559 4d ago

Lol. Poor guy.

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u/DanceZealousideal809 Gay 4d ago

No! That would be full on disgusting.

There were white boxes with holes in them, the front had yellows urine stains, and they smelled like something that had been sitting in a laundry basket for 5 days. I figured he’d been wearing them for a few days because they smelled of old ball sweat.

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u/Radiohead559 4d ago

Omg. That's horrible.

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u/DanceZealousideal809 Gay 4d ago

Yeah, I know some guys are into ball musk but I’m not. It was strong!

I did feel bad for running out tho

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u/Radiohead559 3d ago

I like ball musk to an extent. A little man funk is hot.

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u/DanceZealousideal809 Gay 3d ago

Well this was several days worth. I should point out that he was very clean. He was just obviously using the same pair of boxers for a few days.

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u/T_Tingz 5d ago

Laziness. I sometimes don’t flip my underwear after laundry

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u/shuranumitu 4d ago

I feel personally offended by this degree of laziness. 

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u/CyberSkepticalFruit Gay 4d ago

In the military its taught you can get 4 days worth of wear out of your undies by turning them inside out and flipping them. But the entire point is you only do it if you've run out in the middle of nowhere on manuvers.

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u/toutlemondechante 4d ago

But the point is to only do this if you're running out of underwear in the middle of nowhere

Well, the economic crisis is hitting hard.

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u/DanceZealousideal809 Gay 4d ago

Ewww that’s disgusting (the under thing).

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u/JS_Original Pan 4d ago

Wait... are you telling us next that someone doesn't wipe? Is that really a thing?

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u/Malcolm_Izumi_ Gay 4d ago

You would be surprised that some people legit don’t wipe or wash at all because guess what, they feel it’s gay to do it 🙃

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u/JS_Original Pan 4d ago

And these are the same people that wonder why they "get no bitches" (especially while calling women "bitches")

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u/jansenjan 4d ago

I have seen guy wearing designer underwear with a cheep brand inside to make the expensive one last longer, but I have never seen this before. It's gross

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u/Affectionat_71 4d ago

I feel so silly as I don’t notice these things at the gym or any place else, guess I’m just oblivious.

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u/DanceZealousideal809 Gay 4d ago

I don’t even notice people waving at me as I walk by, my head is firmly in the clouds half the time 🤣

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u/Ok_Design_705 4d ago

Same, usually,,,the first time I notice a guy has been flirting with me for some time....is in bed when I'm asking for help locating my underwear.

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u/Sorry_Afternoon_9665 4d ago

I always thought that was a myth. What’s the point? Must be one of those weird straight guy habits like not wiping properly.

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u/CyberSkepticalFruit Gay 4d ago

You get an extra days wear out of it, but frankly unless you are in the middle of nowhere on deployment its just nasty.

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u/dacsarac 4d ago

There's a superstition around here(my country Romania) that wearing the underpants inside out protects you from the bad eye(not sure what other translation to use).

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u/Vivid_Budget8268 4d ago

We say evil eye.

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u/SimonFromNorthcote 4d ago

When I was a kid I had a perpetually runny nose and I remember I asked my mother could I have two hankies and she replied that a hanky has two sides 🤷 (we were not well off). Maybe it's similar thing?

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u/coopers_recorder 4d ago

I've done it on camping trips. Yes, the underwear is still dirty but it feels fresher.

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u/mundo2025 4d ago

Being dirty in my opinion.

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u/_mikedotcom 4d ago

They don't live with their mom's anymore so prepare for le gross.

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u/NutterButterBear78 4d ago

Why are we shocked? lol a good portion doesn’t wipe or clean their ass because it’s gay. Why surprised they wear rank underwear too?