Throughout my young life I've grown to love my briefs. I do not recall how old I was when I started wearing them, but I bet it was quite young. My father, at that time, was also wearing white briefs as I remember. But I didn't notice anything special about them until I was in the 4th grade and another boy showed me his white briefs. At that time I thought I was the only one wearing them and it was there and then that I attached white briefs to masculinity and that "this is what boys/men wear." Just like girls wear dresses and panties (i got to see that too in the 4th grade lol) us boys/men wear pants and tighty whities. End of story.
After elementary school my close friend and I were out camping one day at a national park in California. When we dressed up for the night and change into our pj's we finally came to see what each of us were wearing. We both wear briefs but the only difference was that his pair was not white but red instead. That got me thinking. So when I got back home I got my mother to take me to the store and buy new underwear but this time in color. So we went to K-Mart and did just that. And since then all I wore was colored briefs.
Then came gym class at Junior High. To be honest wearing briefs was not really a problem during gym class, I did not have the experience as many other brief wearers had. The bullying was more restricted to other things and not over who was wearing what. Maybe its because I grew up in largely Latino city and we as a people have bigger issues to deal with (like gang affiliation, money issues, penis length etc) in both Junior high and high school locker rooms. One thing that also differ in my experience in these environments was the outright rejection of showering after gym class was over. I would say that half of the population back then in Junior high wore briefs and the others wore boxers. However, the older boys were more into wearing boxers, so subliminally I think many guys wore boxers because they thought it was cool and showed that you were "older" and "mature" or maybe involved in a "gang." But it was not mandatory to wear them. In fact there plenty of "cool kids" you know, the "popular ones" that also wore briefs. I think they did this because during that time boners were all too common. I kept seeing one every day at gym class. I even recall two boys showing each other their boners (through the leg of the boxers) while our coach took attendance and the brief wearers just looked on in laughter (or pleasure). Nobody took notice of my briefs until one day I wore a pair with a crazy ass pattern on it that my friend Peter complimented them. It was later that Peter started to wear briefs underneath a pair of boxers. Now I wonder if he might be a brief lover like me, because later in life I did get to see him again at a 24hr fitness center and got to see that he still wears good ole' white briefs.
I have to confess something. After arriving at high school I did experiment with the all mighty boxer. For one full year I wore them as everybody there was also wearing them. Then after that another student decided to come in with a pair of white briefs, but he was well known. Nobody said anything. Then more and more guys started to wear them (colored usually) and also the hybrid "boxer briefs." So I jumped on the bandwagon and wore the boxer briefs for a while. Then one day something unexpected happened (well at least to me) the most popular guy in school was now taking gym (the requirement then was at least 2 years, I took all four years) and joined my class which was weight lifting. He was a very slick Mexican immigrant, very muscular and played all the major sports and was captain of the soccer team. He came in with his friends to the locker room, everybody said hi to him, after which he dropped his pants to reveal a pair of green bikinis. These were string bikinis (which I wore "briefly" two years ago) that covers the ass and cock only. He had a VERY large bulge and a VERY tight cut body. I was in shock. Maybe everybody else was, but I was not sure as everybody else just continued with their business as usual. Maybe they did noticed but did not say anything. I mean briefs are one thing but GREEN BIKINIS? That is over the line. But of course he was Jaime (that was his name) and he did whatever the fuck he wanted. He even told off a teacher in video class, and he has kicked several asses to the moon. In fact I remember once he defended when I was jumped by three guys after school. In our senior year me and Jaime developed a very good friendship.
After seeing Jaime in his green glory and even witnessing him horsing around in the shower area with nothing but his bikinis that is when I said enough is enough with this silent shame.
The day after "green glory" I went to Target alone and bought three packets of Hanes briefs. That is when I started to pay attention to the brand name. Since then I would without anymore shame drop my pants and "show off" my tighty whities for all to see. The problem was that I was not the only one with white briefs, nor the only one with Hanes white briefs. During that same year I lost my virginity while wearing my briefs to my knees. During college I remained constant until I decided to try out color again. But this time after showing much appreciation for my tighty whities the whole color thing seemed unnatural to me. It just didn't "fit" me. I delved into the whole trunk fab, going back to "boxer briefs" and just decided the in the end that white briefs were the only underwear that I would wear.
Years passed and for a very brief time, decided to wear bikinis, but it wasn't for me. Since then I have not let go of my faithful companion, my white briefs.