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Young men walking around with their hands down the front of their pants

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lolaflores · 20/07/2019 12:22

Not sure if this is just one of those things Ive begun to notice but recently (last few months) Ive noticed lads in their mid to late teens strolling along with either one or both hands down the front of their pants. Or hands in pockets, but the hands are on their genitals.
One yoyng man was actually clutching his genitals on the outside, cupping them through his jogging bottoms whilst on the phone.
not sure why their doing it, it seems unconcious but it looks bloody odd.
Perhaps as a woman, I don;t understand the need to be in constant ontact with my nethers. Its not a prudishness, it just looks out of place. Do it in the comfort of your front room watching the tv, not sure its appropriate in public.

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SimonJT · 20/07/2019 12:23

Guys with a tiny penis need to check what little they have it still there.

lolaflores · 20/07/2019 12:26

SimonJT, seems that way....bizzare

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Soola · 20/07/2019 12:29

I feel sorry for all the squashed Willy’s and balls that squeezed into the right trousers that most of them wear nowadays so perhaps when they are wearing joggers they cup themselves as they’re not used to the sensation of them feeling free?

Thatsalovelycuppatea · 20/07/2019 12:30

Perhaps they need a wee?

EatingBreadAndHoney · 20/07/2019 12:30

My grandmother would have asked them if they needed to go to the toilet! God bless her soul x

Lizzielocket · 20/07/2019 12:32

I’ve noticed it’s trackie bottomed chav thing. They are usually skinny and bare chested too. Sexy Envy

Yellowweatherwarning · 20/07/2019 12:39

My ds's do this. Keeps their hands warm apparently!
Grim.

trooooooooo · 20/07/2019 12:40

I was sat with DD (16) and commented on it, wondering if I should reassure them that their penises wouldn't drop off if they let go of them.

She rolled her eyes and said "oh mother it's just what all the lads do"

Mabelface · 20/07/2019 12:43

It's gross and inappropriate in public. Parents obviously aren't teaching them that it's fine to have a fiddle, but do it in private.

lolaflores · 20/07/2019 12:48

One or two have been having a good rummage. Not a discrete little check, but arms akimbo, waistband down and hands obviously inside their underwear.
The lad with his hand on his penis on the outside of his tight jeans was a bit of a shocker.

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LuJaAlJa · 20/07/2019 12:52

Yes, I've noticed it too. Grotty and grim.

lolaflores · 20/07/2019 13:11

I've wondered what might happen if I did it? Woman of a certain age with a comforting hand on her fanny. Be hilarious

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SamBeckett · 20/07/2019 13:21

Women should do this , one on the floof one on a boob

lolaflores · 20/07/2019 14:42

Unhygienic as well. Touch your willy, touch every surface you find, shake hands with others....ewwwwww...noo wandering around like a cloud of yuck

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StCharlotte · 20/07/2019 16:01

I’ve noticed it’s trackie bottomed chav thing. They are usually skinny and bare chested too.

I see you've met my neighbour's son. Although you failed to mention designer trackie bottoms...

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 20/07/2019 16:29

In our previous village, those who did it were the sort who spent a lot of time helping the police with their enquiries.

lolaflores · 20/07/2019 17:17

1 specimen was sat atop his car which lacked engine and tyres but was his pride...hand down pants, sipping a can of Bulmers with a joint behind his ear for later
It was 10am.
He looked thoroughly content

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Lizzielocket · 20/07/2019 18:28

I sound such a snob but these young men seem to be with rather large young women who wear thin black leggings and big eyebrows. May god strike me down I never thought I would sound like my mother!

Lazydaisies · 20/07/2019 18:30

Lack of good and appropriate social boundaries. I blame the parents Wink

Haworthia · 20/07/2019 18:32

Imagine having so little care for social norms and basic decency. Male entitlement at its best - “if I want to walk around cupping my genitals in public, then I will 🤷‍♀️“

Society is going to the dogs, etc.

(I’m joking... but only a bit).

pictish · 20/07/2019 18:36

Oh I have told my son off for doing this. It looks terrible - there’s something slightly intimidating about it. He looked at me like I had two heads when I said that...but it’s true, it’s a middle finger of a pose. The arrogance of young manhood...a base level challenge.

It’s a fad...and a fucking stupid one at that. I guess it has replaced the saggy arse hip hop jeans fad that seems to have dissipated now.

overnightangel · 20/07/2019 18:37

If I was to draw a Venn diagram there would be a massive central intersection of hand in pants, head shaved on back and sides, grey trackies, being on a mobile phone and spitting. What a catch Envy (not envy)

MangoSpice · 20/07/2019 18:39

I was just about to ask why the trackies are always grey Grin.

MayFayner · 20/07/2019 18:43

It’s a fad

It’s been going on a while though now, I’ve noticed.

Was it some rap thing? Originally?

lolaflores · 20/07/2019 18:48

I find it sort of arrogant/intimidating in some way. It grates on my nerves because it displays a complete lack of manners. How to behave in a proper way. I sound so Victorian but I cant find other words to describe the correct way for hams to interact with each other.
Nowadays it seems we are all so alienated from one another that we basically act as if others dont exist so why should we care how our deportment looks.
Slovenly. Boorish. Cant be bothered.
It's up there with wandering round in Jim jams

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