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[singletlover]

That time in my life it made an impact. Had to have one so I did. Every so often I open the box and look at it. Still in the same shape and color it was. One thing you can say about nylon, it lasts.

Will have to figure how to get a pic of it here. I only have an iPhone. Will look into this.

[Torchwatch]

As a young boy I wore some kind of nylon swim briefs, I probably had them handed down from my older brother, most of my clothes were. At secondary school I had a pair of navy bri-nylon square cuts bought for me, they had a fake fly with a functionless button at the top although they were actually held up by an elastic waistband and draw string. I never really liked them, I guess I remembered the greater freedom of the briefer suits and the fabric was uninspiring.

After school one summer's day I followed a couple of friends to the school pool, not having my swim kit with me I planned to swim in my PE shorts. The short white cotton shorts went completely see through and weighed a ton once wet. I had to keep one hand on the waistband to keep them from falling down for the rest of the swim session. Being transparent the shorts weren't hiding anything anyway. I've never really wanted to swim in shorts since then.

After leaving school and being able to buy my own clothes I bought a pair of 3" plain black nylon Speedos. They felt great and so light and sexy. First time I wore them to swim I got hard between the changing rooms and the pool, and had to dive in before anyone noticed.

It wasn't long before I bought a 2" pair, black nylon again but with red and white flashes at the sides. I just felt people were watching me whenever I wore them.

From then on I have always been looking for the briefest and brightest swim brief I could find, especially when Speedo started using Lycra.

Some time ago while looking for something to wear on my cycle and rowing machines in the loft I came across the Stitchboy swim wear patterns website and discovered I could make my own swimwear. There is something fascinating about turning a flat piece of fabric into a 3D garment that was defined by the human body.

[Swimmboy]

Never had a Speedo until I took a learn-to-swim class in college. The school provided us with swimsuits, but they were more like 'square-cut' trunks, made out of a scratchy, almost canvas fabric. After a few days of that, I decided to get my own suit at a local sporting-goods store. Back then (early 80s) the only choice was black or navy blue nylon Speedo, so I got navy blue. I was nervous taking it to the cash register - even then, there was a certain 'sexual' interest in such a skimpy suit, but I think I was more nervous/excited about owning a 'real' swimsuit that 'real' swimmers wore! As I got more into swimming over the years, I took more notice of how hot male swimmers are in such suits, and I guess my 'interest' has only grown since then!

[zaps]

I never wore speedos as a kid. Being a gay teenager looking at porn, I liked looking at speedos and wanted to wear one. I bought one when I was 15, but never actually wore it in a pool until I was 19 and swimming in the college rec center. At 20, I bought a speedo square-cut suit, and wore that when I swam at the pool with friends. That summer was the first time I wore it around my parents too. Thankfully the only comment about it was "Oh, you got a new suit."