speedo fetish, wene,why,how, where

[dorcas3]

-As a think about those days of yet ever longer basketball shorts it may well have some thingto do with the increasing number of Afro-American participation in more conservtive dress. Their great physiques certainly had nothing to hide! Or maybe I'm just full of crap! There was a lot of change during the post Vietnam Days.

[louis]

Lol what basket ball shorts have to do with a question referring to speedo fetish, but I agree they were very sexy at the time and tennis shorts to.

[dorcas3]

It all boils down to how much skin you want to show. Part of the speedo fetish is like how daring and revealing should I be in my inner feelings about my body and and displaying the suggestive parts like my ass and dick. It also feels great when you are laying on your back on the beach in briefs with your dick at 12 oclock but not out becuse youll get sunburned. You then can turn over on your towel make some room for your goods in the sand and dry fuck your towell. My basketball shorts had a button fly which give easy access to my dick . They in a way were more provacative than speedos with their notched leg and your guy friends were more apt to play grab ass while at the same time appearing to be just guys fooling around. The you could "graduate' to speedos. Great to grab your friends leg straps a do a wedgee.

[Lap Counter]

My first awareness of Speedos was when I was about 10, spotting one on a mannequin at the sporting goods store, surrounded by stacks of the boxes they used to come in. I remember it clearly, so it made an impression even though I didn't get my first Speedo for another couple years. From the very first time I wore one, I knew they were Special (with a capital S).

[Lap Counter]

A sweet story about a boy and his Speedo

http://www.angelfire.com/blues/dnfire/swimmer.htm

[Byron]

Well, interesting reminiscences but Louis sounds a bit frustrated and understandably so as he did after all start this thread as when? why? how? and when?

[Byron]

Last one where ?

[BeachGuy]

I have a bikini fetish that started at 12 y/o. We lived up north and it was winter. We were going to Florida and I didn't have a bathing suit. My mom took me to several stores but no bathing suits (winter) so she took me to a sporting goods store. All they had was a couple of speedos. One had stars and stripes (US flag) and I tried it on. The salesperson and her thought it was fine so I said ok. We stopped at some pools on the way to Florida and some of the girls seemed interested (but I was young and shy). Sometimes I would wear it around my family at our pool. At that time it was acceptable but soon after it became uncool and people assumed gay for wearing a speedo (early 1980s). But I loved the feel, comfortable and to show off my body. Once I moved out I bought more, different styles with string sides, colors and wore them to the college pools. I wouldn't say the girls were impressed but they didn't laugh and some seemed interested (but again I was still shy). Today I have several string bikinis, g-strings etc. that I wear to the beach. Almost nobody wears anything like it, I am totally alone wearing these at my beaches which is somewhat disappointing and makes me feel like maybe I'm too different. I wear speedo type to the pool and get some laughs. I wonder if it's acceptable enough or I should try to change. But I like them so much and I'm exhibitionist so it's hard to do. Anyway, thought I'd share my story. Thanks.

[dm106]

Originally Posted by BeachGuy

I have a bikini fetish that started at 12 y/o. We lived up north and it was winter. We were going to Florida and I didn't have a bathing suit. My mom took me to several stores but no bathing suits (winter) so she took me to a sporting goods store. All they had was a couple of speedos. One had stars and stripes (US flag) and I tried it on. The salesperson and her thought it was fine so I said ok. We stopped at some pools on the way to Florida and some of the girls seemed interested (but I was young and shy). Sometimes I would wear it around my family at our pool. At that time it was acceptable but soon after it became uncool and people assumed gay for wearing a speedo (early 1980s). But I loved the feel, comfortable and to show off my body. Once I moved out I bought more, different styles with string sides, colors and wore them to the college pools. I wouldn't say the girls were impressed but they didn't laugh and some seemed interested (but again I was still shy). Today I have several string bikinis, g-strings etc. that I wear to the beach. Almost nobody wears anything like it, I am totally alone wearing these at my beaches which is somewhat disappointing and makes me feel like maybe I'm too different. I wear speedo type to the pool and get some laughs. I wonder if it's acceptable enough or I should try to change. But I like them so much and I'm exhibitionist so it's hard to do. Anyway, thought I'd share my story. Thanks.

The pool where I swim laps in FL has some speedo wearers including on the HS swim team who practice there, so I don't feel alone. I don't wear anything skimpier than a standard competition suit and I don't feel out of place. I would probably feel quite uncomfortable like you, if there was nobody else wearing one. I've not seen anyone at the pool wearing anything really skimpy like a string bikini or thong. Mostly briefs, a few jammers.

[inmywetbikini]

I started my interest in them when my college roommate wore speedos for swimming (white ones -- I posted a story about it here) at the pool, and Jockey Elance bikinis for underwear. He looked great in them, and when I bought them I realized how comfortable they were.

How did they become fetishistic? That's a good question. Certainly there's a moral side to it. Someone who collects, say, political campaign buttons and wears them isn't considered to have a fetish any more than a guy who wears nothing but jeans and t-shirts having drawers full of jeans and t-shirts.

Those are both perfectly acceptable, and even though they display some part of the wearer's personality -- I like politics! or, I want to fit in! -- they're accepted as part of our "normal" culture.

Speedos, bikinis, and other tight-fitting swimwear are seen by most people as outside the norm. When worn by guys, that is -- women and girls who wear the tiniest triangle tops with a g-string are seen as strong, confident women. But that's another topic. When we guys wear our skimpy swimwear people wonder why we don't just fit in with the crowd, and since we don't, there must be something odd about us.

Add to that America's prudish obsession with sex and you come up with guy + speedo = deviant. (It's a double-standard, since woman + two-piece bikini = the popular girl.) So we have to enjoy our interest underground, on web sites and winking to one another at pools and on beaches.

Is that part of the fun? Not for me. I'd rather everyone wore them (well, as long as they're reasonably h/w/p). But others may take additional pleasure in speedos' borderline acceptance -- and that's totally cool. Maybe we become so connected to them because we have to band together to promote them lest they become totally impermissible.

--> On that basketball shorts note -- the "skirt" comment is spot-on. I remember seeing a similar comparison on a fashion blog, where street fashion (as opposed to runways) is the subject of the photos.

The blogger had a shot of a young black kid (late teens) on a NYC basketball court. He was posing for the camera in his long white t-shirt, shorts that were both super-long (to his calves) and billowy, and tall black athletic sox that must have gone nearly to his knees. Next to this photo was a photo of a 20-something white girl, slim, wearing a long, billowy skirt (to her calves) and black stockings. The blogger made the point that both looks were so similar that it was impossible to say anything but the male athlete's look was a direct descendant of the women's 50s-style skirt & stocking look.

It's so odd to me that these basketball athletes -- certainly at the college and pro level -- who claim to need every last advantage to perform at 110% will wear clothes so bulky and loose that they've got to be slowed down by them. If bulky clothes made your fast break faster, why don't track runners wear them? The answer: Fashion, and all its cultural baggage.