Flying Low

Hi there P1ke, I think your predicament has happened to all men at one point or another in their lives. I personally will tell just about anyone that they are "flying low" as you say, because I don't want to see all of their worldly goods and I don't think they want them on display either. So, unless you are a complete stranger I will probably tell you that you've got some extra air conditioning. Actually, your situation doesn't sound all that bad… One experience I had was with a new acquaintance, who was sitting on a dock in shorts, in the middle of the summer, I think his shorts were doubling as swimming trunks because he was kneeling to get down into the boat and I saw everything… Yes Everything! Now that I think about it, I don't have a desire to see a man's goods but if that shoe were on the other foot and you have an opportunity to look at a woman, most men would consider that a bonus… Just something to think about. Happy Mylotting!

Hi p1ke, if ever I am with a man that is 'flying low' then I tell him, not so he gets embarrassed but so he can compose himself by zipping up!! hugs LoLo

Earlier I remember saying that you were out of my depth. Now that phrase takes on a new light all together because you are flying low. Was that to make it any easier? Honestly though I hadn't got a clue what you were going on about as that wasn't a phrase I was familiar with having not used English as my everyday language for so many years. Here in Italy it would be called 'bottega aperta' which translates into 'open shop'. Certainly implies that somthing is for sale though which I doubt is what an Englishman would have inmind mind.... even though you were in the park

Well, it's not as if you had something hanging out so I don't think it's a big deal. It does make you look rather absent minded, though. Too bad I wasn't in that park, I have no problem letting guys know they've forgotten to zip. They are always very grateful that I told them!

My boyfriend prefers buttons to zips so he doesn't experience the embarrassment of 'flying low'. If you were out walking in the park, did you not feel extra chilly?? I think it is embarrassing for the person who is flying low but only if it is pointed out to them but then I suppose you could turn it around and embarrass the person who spotted it by asking them why they were actually looking that low!!! I'm quite surprised you aren't in a police cell either but then if you were then mylot would be very quite with out you!!!

Hi p1kef1sh, I never get why men get so embarrsed about flting low, it's always been a mystery to me. I mean I take it you have your under garments on so what's the prob ?

I have had to deal with that in school once. Kids can be mean..but otherwise I never let it bother me. My hubby's zipper does find itself at half mast on several occasions but he just zips it up not embarrassed that I ha told him. Now I would and have been more embarrassed when my button came undone and the "girls" were giving a free peak show without my knowledge.lool

You are lucky that the boss saw it before anyone else did. Don't feel to bad though, it could have been a lot worse. There are pictures of Brad Pitt, I believe in France flying low. He didn't have anyone around to point it out to him before the cameras started flashing. My husband and I can honestly say never flew low in the 13 years of our marriage. His work uniforms are the button fly, which are the new Army uniforms, so no problems there. Now I had a pair of jeans that wanted to fly low, but luckily I don't have to worry about a peeping tom, . I don't wear those jeans as much as I used to.

I was in a department store years and years ago, in my early twenties. I was trying to buy some clothes...a real chore that I hated with a passion. I was very tall and slim with long legs and big boobs. I stood out in a crowd. I was trailing around the women's fashion section, in and out of the fitting rooms and getting more and more despondent. I felt people were all looking at me and I began to get very self conscious...it was a common feeling and not one I was ever comfortable with. Eventually a woman came over to tell me my zipper was undone. I was wearing plaid pants and I had a shirt on that was tucked in. Not only was my zipper undone but my shirt tails were poking through and flopping about!!! I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.

LOL I haven't had that problem and Hubby rarely wears pants that zip so he doesn't have that problem. I have ran into a few men with the flag at half mass and it's rather embarrassing to have to point it out. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

The men in my life are civilized and NEVER fly low1 ROFL Yeah right. But I think the most embarrassing thing I had to live with in this vein, was my ex husband. He ALWAYS did his zipper up, but you always KNEW when he'd been shakin' the bacon because there would be a silver dollar size wet spot to the left at the base of the zipper itself. And he was a very tall man, so it was hard to miss when he was upright and walking around. It used to drive me nuts! LOL

I don't think I've ever caught him in that state. Our son occasionally... And myself... I always catch myself before anybody else does though.

We're not fortunate enough to have trews for our menfolk in the colonies ... sometimes my husband fashions himself a loincloth out of a tea towel (which has to be burnt afterwards as I could never use it again) - and at other times, when there are no tea towels available, he ties a piece of bark over the relevant bits with a shoelace. It's amazing we have shoelaces, as we don't actually have shoes ... but shoelaces are necessary to tie the pieces of bark on - so they are usually readily available!

Not that I am aware of. I'm a stay at home mom so it wouldn't matter much if I did but he does work outside of the home. I don't think he would care. He'd just make a big joke of it and play it off as if he meant to do it.

lol so you were flashing the whole town! Very nice. I have a botton up shirt that I really like but the button in the middle is always unbuttoning itself. I am well endowed there and have caught myself flashing in business meetings!

It's funny, P1ke, but as I sit here thinking of this.... I can't think of one single time, ever, that I have had to tell my husband he was flying low. Hmmm, he must be very scrupulous about such things himself. Something I guess I just have never really thought about. I will compliment him tonight.

I have never caught my husband flying low but I recall a time from my childhood where my mothers boyfriend was....ummm...getting ready to jump from the plane, I guess you could say. He was sitting at the kitchen table in a pair of cut off jean shorts, very very short cut off jean shorts, and hanging out the side of one of the legs was a "duffel bag." I pointed and laughed and in his haste to rearrange himself he ended up getting a fold of skin stuck in his zipper. Oh my, I think my schadenfreude is acting up again. I'm laughing to hard to continue.

Button up flies have allot going for them! Most of my jeans have them, which solves the problem. My dearly beloved, in contrast, needs his state of dress tweaking at least once a day. I like to think that it's because all his work trousers are old and knackered though, not because he's an exhibitionist!

My old husband says not to worry what can't get up can't get out. I just hope you didn't meet anyone you know. Maybe you should stay out of the park for awhile until your wild reputation is forgotten. I bet your Boss said PAY ATTENTION, right?

Hello p1kef1sh The other day in fact I got home from picking my son up from preschool only to realise that I was flying low. I know it is not quite the same thing for a woman as it is a man but it still seems to grab people's attention and you do sometimes wonder why they occasionally glance to that area until you get home and discover why!! I think I was pretty safe though as my coat comes past my flies and I didn't take my coat off during that time! Phew!!