Am I in the wrong for wearing two inch split shorts in public when it's usually 80 to 90 degrees out in the summer? I usually run 8 - 13 miles and wear longsleeve compression shirts for heat training.
I wear underwear underneath my Split shorts with the built-in-liner yet I'll always get heckled from other guys (only guys, not girls) who make comments to my motherfvckin face about my shorts being too short.
Yet there are women who wear actual shorts that are shorter than me and no one says a gerd damn thing about it. Even if their buttocks are hanging out - if they're women and they're not fat, no one will call them out, but if it's a guy, germ damn I keep getting heckled and I know for a fact you can't see my buttocks because my split shorts are tight and wrapped around my booty.
The only problem is when I sit down on the subway the Split shorts ride up revealing my thigh and quad muscle, but that's all. There is nothing sexual about it because all you see is quads and thighs. I know everything is secure and protected safe, like a debit card's passcode.
I know I'll always be made fun of and probably laughed at for wearing these Split shorts out in public. Come on, I run to Boston in this heat and you expect me not to walk around the city when I'm cooling down or doing a recovery period after running all the way from a suburb? I'm not gonna avoid people like some sort of hermit. Fvck that!
I'm getting so frustrated about taking another heckle, it keeps building up and what am I supposed to do about that? Respond or ignore? Be passive or give them a mean stare?
Maybe I'll start wearin 3 inch split shorts and then maybe 4 or 5 inch split shorts just to not get heckled. - I'm never gonna do that, but you get the point. Runners wearing Split shorts can't win!
I will keep continuing wearing 2 inch split shorts out in public and I'm not afraid to go to a cvs or go to a clothes shopping store to look for some shirts after I finish my long run.
I just need confirmation bias or reassurance that there is nothing wrong with wearing short split shorts. I was thinking of running in basketball shorts to prove a point because it looks goofy but then I know people will always mock that too.
🙄 It's going to be 90 degrees tomorrow. Do I wear half tights now?
The Split shorts in question are Soffe's or they're called ranger panties.
Also how do you respond to people heckling you specifically for the length of your Split shorts?
I'll be damned if someone tries to start something when me when I'm running on pure hate levels.
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