speedos in a public pool

[Tiffany in heels]

Hello, this post is not about me going en femme but it felt like it. So i went to the gym and they have a public outdoor pool. Its in an area that is no where near my home and i would never run into anyone that i know. I noticed there was one guy in a tight speedo and have always wanted to be brave enough to wear one.

So the other day i bought a bright red speedo brief. It felt exhilarating in the same way as when i buy some panties. Except this time i didn't feel uncomfortable as i was buying a male product. I went to the gym at night (heated pool) put on my speedo in the locker room and went out to the pool. I could feel all eyes on me. It felt like i was walking around in panties. I was definitely nervous and I'm sure it showed on my face. I slipped in the pool and really enjoyed swimming in a tight little speedo.

has anyone tried this before? did it feel the same as going out en femme?

[Krea]

Hi Tiffany,
I used to go to the pool and wear small speedo briefs as they feel much nicer than shorts.
Yes, i felt a bit self-consious, but that's because they show-off almost your entire body & if you're not of the macho physique, it shows. (I have arms & legs like knotted string :sad: )
It didn't feel the same as wearing something feminine tho.
Strangely, i woz far more apprehensive the first time i went outside under-dressed, even tho nobody else knew what i woz wearing....

[Sami Brown]

My wife bought me a pair. I feel self conscious, but she loves it! I don't think it feels feminine to me.

[Leslie Mary S]

Never done it. I have a figure like a pear and they would ride down and look like a 'G' String on a whale.

[Sami Brown]

That made me laugh!

I have a belly that is larger than most would find acceptable for speedos, but I found them to be tight and low enough to hug that area of my body. But maybe I have the g-string problem and don't know about it. Maybe that is why my wife likes to see me wearing them? :daydreaming:

[Lisa Roberts]

I bought a navy blue bikini bottom on sale years ago. It looks exactly like a mans Speedo. I've worn it to the beach in several occasions and I sunbathe in the yard. My wife has no idea that it's a girls bikini. It is a rush walking around in a bikini. My wife's friend has commented...she knows!!
Lace and Smiles
Lisa

[CarlaWestin]

Whenever I travel, it's always a bonus if the hotel has a pool.

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[Pat]

Sounds more like exhibitionism than crossdressing, really.

[deebra]

We are use to seeing women in bikini bottom swim suits, why can't we get use to men in them. Women have two areas to cover in swimwear and they cover them very skimpy and sugestively, men have only one but their swim suits go from below the knees to above the waist. Is this crazy or just sexist??? Why can't men wear skimpy and sexy too with out the public freaking out???

We (CDers) know the public is screwed up with their double standard (women can wear anything, men NEVER).

[Lisa Roberts]

Carla, I think it's pretty.

Pat, don't be an fuddy duddy! A girls got to swim when a girl can swim!
Lace and Smiles
Lisa

[Heidi Stevens]

Hi Tiffany, I wore speedos for over 6 years. Now before everyone goes "ew!", it was for a reason, not for vanity.. I was a competitive swimmer from age 12 to age 18 and the Speedo was cutting edge technology at the time. This is the time of Mark Spitz, 1968 to 1974. I've included a picture of Mark to show that the Olympic Speedo was not super small as the Speedo got later. I even had an exact copy of Mark's '72 suit shown in the photo.

This thread has also brought up a memory that always makes me chuckle. Swimmers usually would get wet before climbing on the blocks for the start. Here is where a sadistic starter could have fun. These are teenage boys and there are teenage girls waiting for their turn to swim. The Speedo did not cover "male bulge". A starter has all competitors stand straight up on the blocks before calling "take your marks". It was always the guy or two that would reluctantly stand up that had visible excitement. And even though the ladies were wearing Speedo tanks, there were always a few that made them and their suits look quite appealing. Even I was guilty a few times of showing a "center board" on the blocks.

Today's competitive suits are high tech marvels and hide bulges better because they are so compressive. So if you see a guy in a Speedo today, it's for vanity reasons only. When I get a chance, I wear the suit on the right now.
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[StephanieM]

I have a bikini bottom that I wore once while in an indoor pool at a hotel. It was only me and the wife there.

[ChristinaK]

Funny. In Europe, you still find it pretty common to wear speeds or bikini type.

Up until probably the early 90's, that's what most American men wore. In fact, the swimming suits they gave out at our high school would be considered Speedo type today.

Look at the shiny nylon short shorts basketball players used to wear. They would be considered totally feminine today.

[Jennifer in CO]

When I was an early teen, I wore my sisters "hand-me-down" bikini bottoms for swimming. Looked just like speedos of the day. As I got to mid-teens, my Mom started buying me my own speedos...which I'd find out much later weren't' (when I found the bikini tops to my "speedos" in her closet).

[Danielle t]

I think the reason why men do not wear Speedo's is because they're insecure on how big their junk is they're afraid that someone's going to say they have a itsy bitsy teeny-weeny lol

[Laurana]

I don't wear speedos but I do wear either bikini bottoms or Brazilian cut thong bikinis every day at the pool I go to. There's one old man who wears a speedo though.

[Tiffany in heels]

I have a bikini bottom and wore it once but the speedo i bought is actually skimpier than the women bikini lol. its bright red and only one inch on the side. its also Nike brand so not actually a speedo. I'm going to search for a pink bikini bottom. loving this outlet so far.

[Mark B]

I've been wearing male speedo's for 40 years. In the last ten years I have switched to women's speedos. They ride a bit lower in the hip and show more butt cheek. In Germany almost everyone over 40 still wear speedo type swimwear. Only a few youngsters wear them now. I've been wearing these girlie speedos every other year when we do a group sail in the Caribbean's. If the guys knew they were women's they would freak. They are use to me wearing them at the lake when sailing.

I can't imagine what it would feel like having wet long loose pants sticking to my legs. :eek:

[sometimes_miss]

Sounds more like exhibitionism than crossdressing, really.


It felt exhilarating in the same way as when i buy some panties.
Yup, exhibitionism.

It felt like i was walking around in panties.
That's because, that's exactly what it looks like. Which is fine, if that's the look you're after.

[CONSUELO]

I swam competitively when I was younger and when I swim now it is for exercise but I like to push myself and Speedos are just right. Swimming hard in the large loose bathing shorts is uncomfortable with too much material flapping about the thighs and slowing you down.

I just look upon them as a practical item when I swim for exercise but at home when just splashing about I wear swim shorts. I don't get a buzz from being in my Speedos.

[Beverley Sims]

The only Speedos I ever owned had a place for my boobs as well.
Yep! Womens Speedos.

I do like a couple of suits I own, they are by Cole of California, one especially nice is a lepoard print.

[AllieSF]

Yes, Speedo type male swim trunks are common among most serious swimmers who do a thousand or more yards or meters of swimming every time they get in the pool. I used to wear tighter fitting swimsuits as a kid. However, that fashion statement went out of favor for the true tight fitting boy shorts type suits and that moved on to the short boxer type bottoms which eventually got us to today where those swim trunk bottoms reach below most knees. I think that the fashion trend to longer and baggier was motivated not be modesty concerns but vanity ones. As men's bellies got bigger, men got more self conscious about themselves when they went to the pool or beach in the warmer weather and had to expose all that extra weight. It does look much better in those shorts versus Speedo type suits.

[Pumped]

We are use to seeing women in bikini bottom swim suits, why can't we get use to men in them. Women have two areas to cover in swimwear and they cover them very skimpy and sugestively, men have only one but their swim suits go from below the knees to above the waist. Is this crazy or just sexist??? Why can't men wear skimpy and sexy too with out the public freaking out???



No kidding!

I can not stand the "normal" swimwear fashion for men right now. I have worn Speedos in my younger, more fit days, I still have a couple but have not warn them in public for years. I wear a "square cut" trunk now, think tight, lycra, short shorts.

[atxpantyboy]

I pretty much only wear women's bikini bottoms (mostly VS or Prana brand) or some Harajuku custom made men's bottoms in very feminine prints and colors, a feminine pareo for a coverup, some shimmering body lotion, lip gloss, and usually have a VS beach towel, all in otherwise 'male mode'. I frequent Barton Springs and this is my standard attire for there and other local pools, usually with a girl friend or two. I have several girl friends who love it when I glam it up in male mode.

[CynthiaD]

I always wear baggy swimsuits. Nobody (including me) wants to see me in a speedo.

[Tiffany in heels]

So based on some of your replies, I'm now wondering if some of you wear women's speedos just because they are labeled for women? My speedos show some cheek, have a thinner strap at the hip and are bright red compared to the navy/pink women's bikini that I have. Just wondering.

[alwayshave]

I swim daily and usually have the pool to myself, but I wear a speedo jammer, not the bikini bottom.

[docrobbysherry]

When I traveled around Europe in my younger days, the men all wore "bun huggers". They weren't called speedos yet. So, we wore them, too. I found that I felt out of place wearing any trunks on nude beaches or wearing my SoCal surf trunks when the men all wore bun huggers. :o

That was way before I began dressing. But, I don't think u can compare wearing a speedo to wearing a bikini for this reason: U have to tuck in a bikini or your package will be hanging out!:eek:

If showing your package blows your hair back? Cool! But, it's never done anything for me----:straightface:

[Lacy PJs]

I recently bought a couple of suits that are MUCH shorter than the below-the-knee style common today. I am glad to see this trend reversing. There was a time when guys wore trunks that were... maybe 3-4 inch inseams; I'd like to go back to that.

As to the Speedo, one of the reasons why I think they are frowned upon today is that, right or wrong, they are seen as identifying the wearer as a part of the gay comm8unity. I don't know where that came from but I've heard it from a lot of different places.

Finally, as to brief swim suits, I bought a pair of bottoms from Woman Within a few years ago. I've yet to wear them much in public but they fit much like a traditional pair of men's underwear so they don't show nearly as much as the Speedo racing style suits.

Lacy PJs

[Mark B]

So based on some of your replies, I'm now wondering if some of you wear women's speedos just because they are labeled for women? My speedos show some cheek, have a thinner strap at the hip and are bright red compared to the navy/pink women's bikini that I have. Just wondering.

Tiffany, Most of the male speedos I have had, had a 3-4 hip. I do have on pair that is 2 inches. Most of my female speedo bottoms are 1.5 to 2 inches and show more check than the male ones. As for as colors I agree the men's have seem to have more options although not a floral print. And I'll admit, being a made for a women is part of it also.

[Rosemary+]

I swim every day. In the ocean for a couple of KM's always wear speedos I even surf in them.
Never thought of them as a bikini substitute.
A lot more comfortable than board shorts

[redtea]

speedos at the pool....:daydreaming:

Sounds like a really good time :heehee:

[Jocee]

I only wear women's bikini briefs at the beach or pool. I've been doing for years. They are decidedly skimpy, but no different than what I have seen in Europe. Love the tan lines too :)

Panache, Freya, Tyr, Adidas all make solid color briefs and hipsters that pass as a mens Speedo

Joanna

[Rachelakld]

I tried shorts once - never again, like swimming with a large bucket around your waist, but love my speedos and can't remember any years without a pair or 2.
Now I prefer womens one piece swim suits

[OCCarly]

From the time I was 19 until the fall of 2014 wearing men's speedos or bikinis when swimming and having a bikini tan line was a coping behavior for me. Then I got squamous cell skin cancer, was told to stay out of the sun and had to reevaluate.

Losing my speedo time hit me like the death of a friend, and that was a large part of the basis for realizing that I am transgender. Since then I wear sunscreen, stay out of the sun, but when I do swim I wear women's bikinis only -- especially since starting hormones last year.

[Amelia13]

I swam competitively from about 10 years old through High School, and I was always fairly comfortable wearing them in public since it was what everyone else around me wore. Once I hit puberty and started realizing I was into crossdressing, speedos and spandex were my first go-to's. I remember raiding the laundry to rescue soon-to-be-discarded one-pieces that my sister or mother was throwing out and enjoying wearing them around the house and hiding them in my room.

When I got to High School, I ended up being a lifeguard at the pool in my neighborhood, and their summer league team would recruit us to come swim with them. At that time I was taking summers off and swimming during the school year, so they let us join for free as the incentive to get us to come along. The best part here was that there would occasionally be relays (typically towards the end of the year) where they'd want us to wear one-pieces for fun. So, I'd "reluctantly" choose to join in and swim with the guys in suit. It definitely felt like it was going out en femme at that point, and I was ecstatic to be able to do it in public with friends around.

As far as your question goes when it comes to a regular speedo though, after high school I held on to my old speedos, and I would wear them occasionally. Wearing it definitely gave me an "en femme" feeling even when I knew it was a male suit. Perhaps its the risque nature of speedos in the US, or perhaps it's just my mind telling me that's what's going on. Either way, it's a thrill.

[Tiffany in heels]

Last few responses are great. That's pretty much how I feel. Going back to an earlier post about exhibitionism... if you consider it exibition, then what's the difference between that and wanting to be seen en femme? Why not just dress for yourself at home. What makes that different than wanting to get dressed up and going out to interact with people?

[Leslie Mary S]

going en femme out into a random group and not getting outed is the ultimate expression of having it all together.

[Traceyjo]

I have always worn Speedos or their equivalent and never wear any other type of swimwear. In Australia it is not an issue if that's what a guy wants to wear. They feel so much better to swim in regardless of whether you at a pool or the beach. Our last prime minister was often photographed at the beach in speedos.

[SHINY-J]

While I wish I could pull off wearing speedos at a pool, I don't have the same body I had in my 20s... now, if I worked out like mad and got back to that, I probably would wear a pair... but again... I would have to know that I had the physique to pull it off... to be honest, even if you're a virtual Adonis, you're still probably going to get some strange looks if your in North America.

But I totally understand the desire to wear something g skimpier around a pool. There are so many sexy, shiny, bikinis and swimsuits that I would love to wear... But I will just have to wait until I have my own private pool to do that...

[Tracii G]

I am a huge fan of skimpy speedos on guys if they have the body for it.
Me not so much because I have more midsection to deal with.
If this guy came up from the depths I would probably have a swoon attack

[sometimes_miss]

Speedos on a guy fall into the same category as string bikinis on a woman. if you've got the body for it, fine. If, OTOH, you're the male equivelent of the circus (or Walmart) fat lady, perhaps it's better to reconsider. I, for example, know what beauty is, and I'm not it, so I don't subject the world to a view of myself in a speedo.

[atxpantyboy]

So based on some of your replies, I'm now wondering if some of you wear women's speedos just because they are labeled for women? My speedos show some cheek, have a thinner strap at the hip and are bright red compared to the navy/pink women's bikini that I have. Just wondering.

I buy women's bikinis because of the feminine colors and floral prints as well as the skimpier cut. I don't want them to pass as a speedo or men's briefs. (of which I have many) I want people to recognize "he's wearing women's bikini bottoms".