Missing the "Good Old Days"

[Speed-Will]

Swimmboy - it may have been a matter of where you were located, etc - as far as the Speedo exposure in the 70's - 90's. I was on a swim team as a youth and we wore Speedos. On the "social front" - our country club hired members of the local college's swim team as lifeguards and they all wore Speedos to the pool, so that helped to open things up there as well, making them more acceptable.

As an adult I was already wearing Speedos as a member of a Masters swim team, so when I started dating my wife she knew what I wore (and as I mentioned earlier - her father was wearing one at the time as well). Her brothers also wore them, and they weren't swimmers.

While I would wear Speedos for swim team practice and meets, I started wearing skimpier suits to lie in the sun at the Beach and whenever we traveled to the Caribbean or Mexico. Granted - these were places that had more Europeans at the resorts and they always wore bikini style suits. I guess I was just lucky with my timing with where I was and what I wore - and I do miss those days.