Interesting day at the Y

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

A few years back (probably more than a few) at the pool I swim at, which is at a local college, I was swimming my laps. A really handsome college age guy wearing board shorts showed up and jumped in the lane next to me. Once he was in the water, he took off the shorts and tossed them on the edge of the pool. Under he had a print Speedo swimsuit. He swam a great workout, finishing up about the same time I finished. He stopped, grabbed the shorts, slipped them on in the water, then got out.

I saw him several times and he always did the same thing. I never had the courage to ask... wish I had. He was clearly a great swimmer, probably was on a team in high school before college. The college did not have a swim team.

STS

[shaulis]

STS,

He probably didn't want any of his friends to know he wore Speedo briefs to swim laps.

[Dooley67]

Originally Posted by SwimTeamSpeedo

A few years back (probably more than a few) at the pool I swim at, which is at a local college, I was swimming my laps. A really handsome college age guy wearing board shorts showed up and jumped in the lane next to me. Once he was in the water, he took off the shorts and tossed them on the edge of the pool. Under he had a print Speedo swimsuit. He swam a great workout, finishing up about the same time I finished. He stopped, grabbed the shorts, slipped them on in the water, then got out.

I saw him several times and he always did the same thing. I never had the courage to ask... wish I had. He was clearly a great swimmer, probably was on a team in high school before college. The college did not have a swim team.

STS

This is the psychologist in me talking. I think that it's such a sad commentary on that young man's sense of self confidence and maybe even body image. It wasn't the issue of wearing a speedo or not wearing one; rather it was an issue of not being secure enough to come to the pool in the speedo and just do his workout. One has to hope for his sake that he became more confident as he got older.

D67

[Bede735]

At the pool yesterday I noticed a young lad in board shorts climb out of the pool, but his shorts had slipped down to show a lot of his bottom. Isn't that more embarrassing than exposing your upper leg?

[Bede735]

Originally Posted by Dooley67

This is the psychologist in me talking. I think that it's such a sad commentary on that young man's sense of self confidence and maybe even body image. It wasn't the issue of wearing a speedo or not wearing one; rather it was an issue of not being secure enough to come to the pool in the speedo and just do his workout. One has to hope for his sake that he became more confident as he got older.

D67

I normally enter the pool at the nearest point to the changing rooms, but yesterday some kid was sitting on the steps. So I walked to the middle entrance, but that was similarly blocked, so I ended up walking the full length of the pool before entering. It actually didn't feel bad at all, so I think I must be more confident than I used to be.