what is this thing that men do, they put their hand down their pants when lounging around?

You know, there may also be something about the palm against the abdomen that is soothing or relaxing to people.

Now I'm wondering how closely this is related to the masculine posture of hooking your thumb under your waistband right around the line between abdomen and thigh -- it's sort of the same thing, only with the fingers and the thumb trading sides of the pants.

yeah anything. also, as long as they don't feel the need to inform me of it

xps

xpost to LG re: the belly-rubbing. Yeah, that's the one I find myself doing, putting a hand below the shirt sort of on the side of the stomach

which makes you look like a junkie, actually

It's probably an echo from our evolutionary past!

please let this not become another clusterfuck of manners btw, live and let fondle

I blame acid reflux for this...I think my version looks less like a junkie and more like pregnant woman tho. Who knew the two were so close, gesturally speaking...

this is like having a pocket, except it's the inside of your pants so it's not as confining as a small pants pocket.

people do this to adjust their cock rings

i just like the way my balls feel, what

xxp also the pocket has a phallic-shaped hand warmer which is a plus

xp otm

Some people are part seahorse

^ lady gaga thread is on ILM

Maybe it's an evolutionary instinct? Maybe hundreds of thousands of years ago there was a distinct advantage to be had in keeping a hand near the goods at all times.

this is like having a pocket, except it's the inside of your pants so it's not as confining as a small pants pocket.

loool, it's like a pocket, except you can't put anything in it except your hands because it falls through the pant legs.

we need to do a randomised controlled trial.

only drawback of lounging w/ hands in pants is typing with one hand

Expanding on the evolution idea, I can only guess that perhaps Cro-Magnon men relied on the twirling, waving and thwapping of their goods for communication.

Confucius say..

Well gorillas and stuff often sit around with their hands in their laps, it's the way their hands incline.

But tell me more about these "men". Do you know any?

I know a few but they're all too busy sticking their hands in their pants to talk to anyone.

that's no excuse, they've only got their hands on cocks, not their mouths

For reference

http://i41.tinypic.com/2yvnuv7.jpg

Only Al Bundy can pull that off with such chutzpah

See Alpha Male Ape pose!

ps. I got a D in science.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2yvnuv7.jpg

http://www.clicket.com/images_med/pe40018.jpg

Now I'm wondering how closely this is related to the masculine posture of hooking your thumb under your waistband right around the line between abdomen and thigh

I don't know how masculine this is. I do this. I think it's just a pants-wearing posture.

hook my thumb under the waistband, not lounge around with my hand down my pants, that is.

OK, I've done 2 minutes of hard thinking on this, and I think we should rule out the "keep the hand warm" hypothesis. See exhibit A (Al Bundy). Only ONE hand is in the pants. This is typical man behavior - it is very rare, even unsettling, to see someone with both hands down their pants at the same time. Furthermore, field observations indicate that most men who stick their hands down their pants consistently choose the same hand. Unless only one hand is cold at any given time, the hypothesis is not supported.

Exhibit A: Al Bundy

http://i41.tinypic.com/2yvnuv7.jpg

Yeah, I guess there's a unisex normal-person version and then a John Wayneish masculine gunbelt version, depending on what you do with your hips

If anyone will fund my research for a few years, I guarantee I will find the answer.

OK, I've done 2 minutes of hard thinking on this

it's a matter of practicality. if you warmed both hands at the same time you couldn't drink a beer or operate a remote control, so you have to make compromises and alternate.

the beer is crucial, actually, because the hand holding the beer will get colder as the hand in your pants warms up, bringing you to a natural switching ppoint

But that's the thing. No one ever alternates.

i disagree but this is the point where we need lab research

I do this all the time but I'm not sure that I didn't pick it up from emulating Al Bundy. I kinda hope that's the only thing I picked up from that show.

Yeah, I don't alternate.

i never do this, never even think about the possibility of doing it, so i'm waiting for the findings of this thread with "bated" breath.

I wonder if truly ambidextrous men alternate. Exhibit A is using his right hand, which I imagine is his dominant hand. Do left-handed men use their left hands?

Uh I just found some Married With Children fan-fiction:

http://www.bundyology.com/fs1.html
http://www.bundyology.com/fs2.html

really though, why dudes? not a single good reason so far. it's weird and gross.

I was going to mention the ambidextrous thing too. I hear the point about drinking beer leading to a cold hand and then a switching of the hand that goes down the pants, but when I think about it, I always drink with my right hand. Drinking with my left hand just doesn't happen.

Come to think of it, I routinely keep one hand (alternating subconsciously) in some socially acceptable warmer place, like resting on my knee or thigh (or kind of under my knee toward the edge of a chair cushion, which is less awkward than it sounds when described).

Do left-handed men use their left hands?

speaking as a left-handed man, i think this might very well be true.

If you are looking for a reason to put your hands down your pants when lounging around, you are doing it wrong.

xp: I often stick a hand underneath one of my legs to keep it warm.

i put my hands under my legs/ass when i'm sitting all the time. maybe this is a top / bottom divide.

haha whew, Dan, I was worried I was going to be found weird for doing that

oddest thing I probably do is, when stretching, putting a hand down the collar of my shirt behind my head (I mention it because I subconsciously just did it now)

xp: I was going to recopy yr post and substitute "between the asscheeks" in it for lols but (for once!) figured I might as well not go there

I think it's weird that someone would put their hand in such a position that I'd think would be painful/cause hand to fall asleep.

that is under the legs while seated.

really though, why dudes? not a single good reason so far. it's weird and gross.

― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, March 23, 2009 2:10 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

besides dan otm, i've been doing this since i was a teenager, dunno why it started. just figured it was a dude thing

yeah i'm realizing that me putting hands under my legs is just as irrational so w/e

to challenge the middle-aged gut pressure-relief hypothesis: I think the gut pressure-relief is more easily accomplished by unbuttoning or unzipping the pants to the point where the gut can comfortably emerge.

ew

clearly it is much more socially acceptable to unzip your pants in public than it is to put a hand in your pants

The implausible option:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2j0fe6q.jpg

Thanks to Z S's photoshop skills, my workload has been cut by 90%!

xp Hi Dere: when lounging around. That is, sitting at home in front of the television set then eventually falling asleep. My dad does this.

ew Dad!

I just think it feels relaxing. I don't have a better reason for it than that, and certainly don't do it when people are around.

the untucked shirt covers anything untoward. I'd be more "ew" if he sat around with his hand down his pants.