So guys...do you buy your own undies?

[indra]

Men only buy their own underpants when they are hoping to entice a potential partner into a relationship, according to a new survey.

The poll by British retailer Debenhams showed that men normally leave the purchasing of their underwear to their mothers until about the age of 19, relatively late when compared to women, who start buying their own knickers around 13.

Between the ages of 19 and 23, men tend to buy their own underwear, up to 31 pairs a year in the belief that wearing new underpants is an essential prerequisite to a relationship.

Buying declines gradually to zero between 23 and 33, because most men are in stable relationships and leave the shopping to their partners, unless they are still on the prowl.

"Our research shows that you can tell when a man is looking for a partner by the number of new underpants they buy for themselves," said Debenhams Head of Men's Accessories Buying, Rob Faucherand.

"If he buys more than 31 pairs every year then he's either still trying desperately to impress the woman in his life - or else she's not The One."

However, Faucherand said that if your man seldom goes to the underwear section on his own, and instead assumes that you will choose for him, then you can be certain that your relationship is in a very stable phase.

The survey also reveals that underwear-buying among men picks up again briefly between the ages of 38 and 40, when some men are going through relationship break-ups and seeking new partners again.

The incidence of this new-found purchasing enthusiasm is short-lived however. It goes into a sharp decline and slumps to zero again at the age of 44 when men mostly find themselves in another stable relationship.

After 44, most men remain strangers to the underwear department for the rest of their lives, handing all responsibility for their underwear to women, Debenhams said.

"This is the one issue that feminism has never addressed," Faucherand said. "It's not who wears the pants in each household - it's who has to buy them that counts."

Fess up, fellas!

 

[Liesje]

I buy some for Phil if there's a great sale, but I just love shopping, doesn't matter what or for whom!!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I go comando.

 

[mad1]

is there a snake in your desert Elfa?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I'm not sure how to answer that...

 

[mad1]

because if you said no, I think we are all going to have to run like fuk.

 

[Galeongirl]

I'd love to choose option 3 for the lulz, but I'll go with 1. My mom has awful taste.

 

[mtnfox]

My wife buys mine when she's tired of looking at how worn out and holey they get...

I think I bought them for myself once in my single days.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Yeah, I buy my own underwear. I've been wearing Hanes Boxer Briefs for a long time. I usually stick with blue, black or grey colored ones.

 

[corianderstem]

I don't buy underwear. I have an on-call team of blind Norwegian nuns who hand-sew them for me as I need them.

They do really beautiful, intricate work. I highly recommend them.

 

[indra]

I don't buy underwear. I have an on-call team of blind Norwegian nuns who hand-sew them for me as I need them.

They do really beautiful, intricate work. I highly recommend them.

I can't believe I forgot the hand-made-by-blind-Norwegian-nuns option!

 

[corianderstem]

And I can't believe I missed that this was an open question to "guys."

 

[redhotswami]

I don't buy underwear. I have an on-call team of blind Norwegian nuns who hand-sew them for me as I need them.

They do really beautiful, intricate work. I highly recommend them.

I prefer my silkworms, personally. They don't talk back when I demand for more sparkly.

 

[BVS]

I bought underwear once...

Worn them a few times...

 

[oktobergirl]

LOL I just watched this weeks Curb and I am LOL'ing at this question.

 

[U2BROTHR]

I usually accept underwear gifts....however....I was given some from the Gap....and they were awesome.

I was walking through the Gap and saw the same ones....but with different colours.

So I bought a few pairs.

The better question I saw recently on another board was...

When going to the bathroom while wearing underwears....

Do you go through the gate? Or over the fence.....

 

[kingofsorrow]

i don't wear any underwear.

 

[Angela Harlem]

I honestly don't know any bloke that thinks of things like undies. I hate to generalise, but really, they're just there, in the drawer each morning and the bloke is happy. He doesn't think of how they got there. He doesn't think of them at all.

 

[Cin]

The better question I saw recently on another board was...

When going to the bathroom while wearing underwears....

Do you go through the gate? Or over the fence.....

 

[indra]

And I can't believe I missed that this was an open question to "guys."

I don't think many guys usually refer to them as undies, so that might have thrown you.

 

[cobl04]

you're goddam right my mum buys mine. free undies, you can't argue with that.

you can't argue with freeball, either.

 

[Galeongirl]

And I can't believe I missed that this was an open question to "guys."

Guys doesn't necessarily mean males anymore these days.

 

[Mr. BAW]

Mr. BAW buys his own and goes thru the gate...! Here's a recent random shot of me and my stuff!

 

[Diemen]

I send my butler out to get underwear.

 

[Sicy]

 

[waynetravis]

I send my butler out to get underwear.

AKA: mum

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

 

[kafrun]

Phase 1: Collect underpants. Phase 2: ?. Phase 3: Profit.

 

[kramwest1]

Phase 1: Collect underpants. Phase 2: ?. Phase 3: Profit.

I had forgotten about them.

 

[subnet]

there is plenty of mens underwear in La Senza....i go shopping quite often there.

otherwise i shop at Giant Tiger and pick up $2 pairs of Ralph Lauren underwear. Seriously inexpensive.