The first pair of shorts I bought came from my bf's recommendation. I won't say the brand because the padding in these things was just ridiculas!!! To put it mildly...it took all the girlie stuff, split it in half, then the padding made it look 3 times as big as it is!! (there are websites specifically for this "condition") I'd never tried on shorts and he told me that you get use to wearing them, and you won't think they look wierd, all that jazz......other than the pad they felt wonderful, so I take them home and show him and he bursts out laughing at me and asks me why in the world I bought them!!