Reaching a milestone is something we all look forward to in life.  Not everyone will look at an underwear collection as a milestone worth celebrating, but I know everyone here will appreciate this milestone.  As I sit in a coffee shop typing this, there is a package waiting for me in my mailbox.  In that package are 5 pairs of underwear that will put my underwear collection total at 297.  That’s right folks, I’m only 3 pairs away from 300.  How should we celebrate?

I’m less focused on the celebration I guess and more interested in what that 300th pair will be.  With my recent involvement here, my 300th pair could very will be a sample pair I review.  If that’s where they come from I sure I hope it’s a good pair that I’ll be proud to own and give rave reviews about.  On the other hand it could be an uncomfortable trip into unknown territory with a new design or style I’ve never worn before.  No, going to keep positive here, number 300 will be amazing.

This amazing number 300 could also come from a favorite online haunt of mine, www.cheapundies.com.  You never know what amazing finds will pop up there from day to day.  All I know is you better act fast if you see something you like, they sell out fast.  I wish there were more sites like www.cheapundies.com.  They are responsible for the largest surge in my collection to date.  It’s hard to resist the temptation to order sometimes.  We won’t look at my credit card statement where it is concerned.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if that 300th pair came from a fan who ordered them for me from my Amazon wish list?  I want to kiss the genius that thought of the ability to create a wish list and share with anyone and everyone.  I know my list is filled with underwear and jocks I want to own, but would feel better financially if someone else footed the bill.  I guess that sounds really bad, but if there are people out there willing to send random gifts to strangers, who I am to refuse?

Lastly, and most likely, I’ll hand pick a pair of really nice underwear I’ve been eyeing for some time now.  There are a few brands I’m looking at to become number 300.  The obvious choices are C-IN2, Aussiebum, 2xist, and Unico.  I know, why don’t I let you help me decide?  I think that’ll be fun and get you involved in a small part in making my mind up for me.  So there we have it then, a reader poll to determine my 300th pair.  I can’t wait!

Do you see a color of underwear and immediately say to yourself, “I gotta have those?”  Well, that’s how I am with the color orange.  Whether I am in a store or shopping online I have a real hard time resisting a pair of orange underwear.  Now, to be fair, it goes for most anything orange.  Shirts, shorts, and yes, underwear in the color orange will most likely end up in my shopping cart.  My Amazon wish list is loaded with orange underwear.  Thankfully having that wish list option helps me feel like I might buy it one day and saves me the money today.

I did some research, by which I mean I looked on Wikipedia.  They say that color preference relates back to childhood.  I can not for the life of me recall anything orange in my childhood.  I guess the closest to childhood orange relations would be the blaze orange clothes we wore when we went hunting.  I guess I’ll go with that.  I enjoy hunting and had to wear orange clothes to hunt, so 2 + 2 = 5…right!?  I really don’t know why I love orange so much.  I just do!

My love of the color orange is not a big secret either.  My fans and followers on Twitter and Tumblr know without a doubt I love orange.  Every time I stumble upon a guy wearing orange underwear, I click that reblog or retweet button so fast heads spin.  I have seen some photos I wouldn’t normally share, but that glimmer of orange makes that desire to share impossible to resist.  I guess adding orange to anything makes it look better.

Now, do I have ONE favorite pair of orange underwear…NOPE!!  I looked back through several photos I had taken and found a few pairs I would classify as “favorites.”  I came across a photo of my first pair of skimpy swim trunks.  A bright orange pair from Sauvage.  I got them right before a trip to Florida.  I wore them almost exclusively.  They attracted a lot of attention too.  My trunks were like a beacon for the boys at the beach checking me out on Grindr, cause yes, I posted that photo of me wearing them on Grindr.  The second pair I came across in my photo search was a pair of bright orange pair of N2N briefs.  N2N consistently delivers fun and sexy underwear.  I have several pairs of their underwear, mostly orange I believe.  I usually get plenty of comments when I post a photo of me wearing them, as they tend to leave little to the imagination.  The last pair I came across was a pair of orange briefs I got with my first order from Aussiebum.  Whatever those folks in Australia are doing, they got underwear figured out.  I now own about 6 pairs of Aussiebum underwear.  I would count myself as a new fan of them and watch their site regularly now of new stuff.

Well, I guess there is really nothing more to do here than to share those favorites with you.  Stay tuned as I’m sure I’ll a lot more orange undies from my collection.  I hope you enjoy.

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So let me flashback about two months to properly tell this story. It was during a cold winter day when I texted @UNBTim to talk site matters when we began talking about other underwear topics. I then told him something which may have surprised him: I had never worn a male thong. I had looked at many and considered it, but just could never bite the bullet or pull the trigger or any other description you prefer to use. I wasn’t happy that I never tried one as I felt I may be missing out on something as a guy that appreciates all things quality underwear. Tim wanted this to change so at the time he made a commitment to eventually send me a quality thong to properly break me in. Excited to hear this, I thanked him and awaited its arrival.

Flash forward to last week and the thong finally arrived in my mailbox. Once I returned to my apartment I surged to my room and began to put it on. I was excited to see how it felt. What would fabric between my cheeks feel like? Would it be too tight? Just right? Many questions were about to be answered. First impressions weren’t too bad. The pair is a Clever Mesh Silver Thong sized small. It is very sleek, but not to the point of being simply a stripper banana hammock. It is modern and I appreciate its look. I began to move about in these undies to see its functionality. Would I like walking around with fabric riding along my butt? I found that while I didn’t hate it, I wasn’t an overwhelming fan. It was a tad too constrictive for my liking. As I wore the pair throughout the day it did begin to loosen a bit, but it still was not to my optimal liking. It was almost as if the thong was changing my posture. Now this actually wasn’t a bad thing, but it was certainly unexpected.

I continued to explore how this thong felt as I made my trek to class. Full disclosure: Walking in a thong is a dream, but you feel naked while doing it, even if you’re wearing jeans. I’m sure many know this, but I certainly didn’t. Granted no one can see through my clothes, but I felt it in my mind. Sitting in class wasn’t too bad in terms of it riding up my butt as I feared. To a point it did, but it was certainly tolerable and once class was finished I was able to re-adjust myself and continue my day. Next stop? The gym! It was back day. I started with cardio, pedaling away on the stationary bike. Here I wasn’t necessarily fond of having a thong around my waist since it was riding up a storm. Would it perform better throughout the rest of the workout? Well, this answer is twofold. While it did give me great range of motion throughout activities, it just rode up my butt way too much. Therefore, I don’t think thongs are great gym underwear.

All in all, this wasn’t an awful experience. Thongs are different to say the least, though not necessarily in a bad way.. For tasks where you need to be on your feet moving or sitting idly in a desk chair, I think this style will suit me well going forward. You will not catch me in the gym with a thong underneath my shorts ever again though. There is simply too much discomfort for my tastes but at least I know this now. Loving underwear is all about experiences, whether good, bad, or a mix of both. This one falls in the third category, but I still will wear this thong again and maybe even another goi