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[Gangster Octopus]

So, who doesn't buy their own?

[JtS]

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I get some for birthdays or christmas, but they're usually not quite right.

I'm a fat bugger so it's generally M&S for me. I bought 4 pairs of trunk boxers things 2 weeks ago which have been good.

A previous batch of M&S authentic undies were ok for a while until the button fly stopped being 100% effective. The curved button slid out the whole too easily.

[The Exploding Vole]

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Men over 44: buy your own pants, ya big jessies.

[Andy C]

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Are purchasing pants like pulling pants for kerbcrawlers?

[hobbes]

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The curved button slid out the whole too easily

The whole what?

[hobbes]

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Actually, I don't want to know.

[EIM]

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I've not bought pants in ages. Some of my boxers are getting so worn it's like they're made of lace or something. The crotch area is like the Turin shroud. I can almost see Jesus's face where my sack rests.

I'd have no problem buying pants if it weren't for the fact they're a colossal waste of money. I mean, that's £12 I can spend on something people can see. Like four beers, or a curry, or some crisps.

[erwin]

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My embarrassing underpants story is about the time my Mum bought a dozen pairs of used boxers at a jumble sale ... and I wore them! (Once washed, naturally). Not only were they used, though, but they would probably have belonged to someone who'd died.

I now swear by M&S boxers, and that means Christmas presents. So no, I don't buy my own.

[Sean of the Shed]

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I cannot remember the last time I bought any pants. Fortunately Mrs of the Shed works at M & S and gets 20% off, so she gets them all for me. The only stipulation I give her is that any pac k bought contains at least one lucky pair which can be worn when at the match.

[Felicity, I guess so]

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Of course I have M and S pants too, and have found through bitter experience that BHS, Littlewoods, etc's M n S lookalike pants do NOT wear-alike aswell.

Primark or Lidl pants are a false economy (they fall apart, gape at the fly-hole after a couple of washes etc).

I will say that I'm partial to H & M's colourful superhero pants (various versions over the last couple of years: Marvel characters on a y-front trunk or brief, basically) and they have stood up to regular wear.

So I do buy my own, even at 46.

[Disco Child Ballads]

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EIM, you can get a pack of 3 boxer shorts for £5 in M&S.

[Nurse Duckett]

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I don't bother buying my own either: gives my other half something to buy me for birthday or Xmas, which are handily roughly equally spaced out.

After similar poor experiences to Felicity with cheaper pairs that gape, I request M&S only now.

How many people use the button flyhole anyway? I've always been of the "pull the top down" school. I've never got on with Y-fronts, but maybe I used to wear the wrong sort.