You should post a pic…

By Mel on 03.02.06 10:46 am

She said nice when you demonstrated?

By Tatyana on 03.02.06 10:49 am

oh, you messed up, dude. you should have went with pouch-less.

By brando on 03.02.06 11:06 am

Oh Neil, This is a very good change! Briefs are not attractive on any man…but boxer briefs…ummm I am at work…I need to calm down.

By sara lee on 03.02.06 11:14 am

Pouch? Like a marsupial?

By The Retropolitan on 03.02.06 11:21 am

Neil. Why are you discussing your underpants with your mother?

By Tanya on 03.02.06 11:24 am

I love Jockey, but $14 for 1 pair is steep. What I discovered is that Jockey has a subsidiary or related company that sells the exact same underwear for less than I could buy Jockey on sale under the name FormFit. While you might buy Jockey at Macy’s, you’d find FormFit at Target. I don’t know if the men’s line carries over too, but it’d be worth a look if you decide to stock up.

By claire on 03.02.06 11:29 am

disclaimer: man in photo wears same briefs as neilochka, but powerful biceps not necessarily included in package

Brandon and Retro — you mean there are ones without a pouch? When did men’s underwear become so complicated? Damn metrosexuals…

Tatyana — Because, like everything else, it is always your MOTHER’S fault. She is the one who put me down the path to wearing white briefs. She spent all this money on giving me a fancy education and dragging me to concerts at Lincoln Center, but always bought me the same underwear — never making me realize that there were other options out there. Thank you for all for finally releasing me from the clutches of this controlling woman! See you for Passover, Mom.

By Neil on 03.02.06 11:30 am

Woo hoo! Congrats. How do you like the “support”?

By Kevin on 03.02.06 11:49 am

Those don’t count.

Boxer Preservation Society

By Won't tell on 03.02.06 12:03 pm

So when do we get a viewing??

By Leesa on 03.02.06 12:28 pm

I have three words for you, Neil:

H.

O.

T.

By jenny on 03.02.06 12:49 pm

I second Jenny’s comment and will add another “T”

H-O-T-T

By Alissa on 03.02.06 1:21 pm

well, i guess it’s something, i would have picked something a little snazzier for you, a bit more colour. maybe you can get a pair with shamrocks on them for st. pattys in a few weeks;)

By better safe than sorry on 03.02.06 1:41 pm

What, you’re not going to model them for us?

By Kestrel on 03.02.06 1:43 pm

X-c-u-s-e—m-e?

Did I say a word about your mother?

By Tatyana on 03.02.06 1:58 pm

Please, please, please keep us posted on the comfort level of your new underwear — I’m rather curious. And although it sounds like I’m being sarcastic, I mean it. Which is probably a little bit weird.

By Sandra on 03.02.06 2:42 pm

oh my goodness… i can’t stop laughing… “Pouch? Like a marsupial? ” that is priceless!

but… like someone already stated… they are HOT!!! Good choice Neil.

By Needra on 03.02.06 2:48 pm

You don’t even know my name anymore Neil. Sigh.

Also, the Calvins are a better fit than the Jockeys. Or so I’ve been told.

By Tanya on 03.02.06 2:50 pm

wow. i guess if anyone wanted to make a move to wrest tanya’s and tatyana’s affections away from neil, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

By brando on 03.02.06 3:08 pm

Ah Neil, is there no mystery to you?

By Brooke on 03.02.06 4:01 pm

Jackpot. I recommend the Calvin Kleins with the red band, and ones from Lulu Lemon. Your boys will thank you.

By Carly on 03.02.06 4:11 pm

Wait, so you don’t really wear the ones with the explosion graphic across the crotch?

Fucking tease.

By ashbloem on 03.02.06 4:17 pm

Sorry, Tanya, about the mix-up. I love your blog so much that I read all of you archives over and over again, which must be making my vision blurry — so I misread Tanya as Tatyana.

But be assured that I never mistakenly say the wrong woman’s name during important times, like moments of passion.

By Neil on 03.02.06 4:20 pm

And now you look like the guy on the package, right?

By ball-and-chain on 03.02.06 4:21 pm

AH

Excellent choice.

By lizriz on 03.02.06 4:28 pm

So, let me understand this. I went from being a momma’s boy in tighty-whiteys, or whatever you called them, to a hunk who’s hotter than Brad Pitt JUST BECAUSE I changed my style of underwear? This is like the most amazing thing that ever happened to me? Where were you earlier in my life?

Now, I’m going to go ride up and down in my elevator and see if any women throw themselves at me.

One more question. I’m supposed to wear pants over these underwear, right?

By Neil on 03.02.06 4:34 pm

Before you get too big for your britches, my little boys wear those too.

By Wendy on 03.02.06 4:40 pm

Boxer briefs are the WAY TO GO.

By He's Dead, Jim! on 03.02.06 4:49 pm

Neil: Just one pair? You’re only going to be cool one day a week?

Brando: Requesting more info on the pouch/pouchless thing, please.

By anne arkham on 03.02.06 6:23 pm

Neil,

So, do they feel better when you wear them?

Nancy

By Nancy on 03.02.06 7:02 pm

anne,

pouch is to pouchless as crotch is to crotchless.

well, that’d be the theory, anyway…

By brando on 03.02.06 7:31 pm

Woohoo! Another boxer brief convert!

By ChickyBabe on 03.02.06 7:43 pm

Anne: Didn’t you ever hear of a test drive?

Brando: What do you think is the cultural moment when boxer briefs became the thing? The famous Calvin Klein ads? I know in film school I learned that after Clark Gable didn’t wear a t-shirt in “It Happened One Night” no one wore t-shirts under their dress shirt anymore, which was unheard of before. Although Snopes has some problems with this theory.

By Neil on 03.02.06 8:04 pm

all i know is that boxer briefs are out. it’s either knit or microfiber boxers (they’re not traditional boxers, nor are they tighty like boxer briefs).

boxer briefs, i’m sorry to say, are old news.

By brando on 03.02.06 8:24 pm

Brando — I live in a part of Los Angeles where I’m surrounded by gay men. You live by some isolated lake in the Pacific Northwest, along with the wolves. Why do you know this and not me?

By Neil on 03.02.06 8:31 pm

All of this reminds me of the first time I attempted folding the family laundry when I was about 10 years old. It had to have been my first encounter with men’s underwear and I remember exclaiming to my mother, “These all have a little pocket in the front! Cool!”

By Jaclyn on 03.02.06 8:50 pm

lol! pouch like a marsupial! lol! You people are too much!
I wanna see!!!!! (the new you!)

Fitèna

By Fitèna on 03.02.06 9:55 pm

Actually, I’ve heard longjohns are making a comeback. Though that may have something to do with shooting movies like Brokeback Mountain in places like Alberta.

By Bill on 03.03.06 12:02 am

No pictures?? where got complete??
** demands refund **

By helen on 03.03.06 1:33 am

Went with the medium and not the large?

By Melissa on 03.03.06 6:02 am

Good eye, Melissa!

By Neil on 03.03.06 8:29 am

You are welcome, Neil. And you know what I am talking about.

By Eve on 03.03.06 12:19 pm

Ooooh! How about posting a picture in your new skivvies taken with your free Sprint phone?!

By modigli on 03.03.06 1:46 pm

Just found (through somebody in Germany) - another argument for fitted boxers.

By Tatyana on 03.04.06 11:18 am

That was so funny! I wonder why Sophia told me to wash the windows in my new underwear!

By Neil on 03.04.06 4:08 pm