Moderator’s Note: Although this might turn into a big discussion of feminism and gender roles or something, I’m going to move it to IMHO.
Seconded. How can we evaluate the question without adequate visual evidence? 
I regularly beg, plead, wheedle, cajole, connive, con, lie cheat and steal to get any woman in my presence to put on a thing… GF’s do not get a pass…
That is truly funny!
I encourage my GF to wear sexy (but appropriate) clothing. She certainly wants me to dress better (I’m a big slob). Even her mother comments that she should wear more skirts (yay future mother in law!).
Easing off on the beating the OP is getting for using the word “let” I think if she wore something I didn’t like, I might mention it nicely. But I have no say in what she wears or does. Maybe it’s different for jealous guys but for me I trust her enough around other men that I couldn’t care what she wanted to wear.
What Jodi said, but I’d like to add that if it becomes an issue that you can reasonably approach but not resolve to both parties satisfaction (she’s entitled to wear whatever she wants, but you don’t have to be comfortable with her decisions), or not approach reasonably; and you cannot compromise or agree to disagree and get past it, then perhaps it symbolizes a deeper conflict of base beliefs (i.e. you’re more conservative than she is) which can lead to other relationship problems you’d be best served assessing sooner rather than later.
Hmm, I’m trying to decide what I would do in that situation and I’m not 100% sure. My GF is pretty shy, so it would surprise me if she did. I probably wouldn’t object per se, maybe just raise an eyebrow and let her know that if she leave the house looking like that then she’ll be dealing with men staring the whole time.
Won’t start in on the ‘let’-bashing as I think everything about it that’s constructive has already been said.
Would I have a problem with it? Heck no. She likes it, she’s comfortable wearing it and looks great – why the heck would I want to stop her?
I’m surprised that a thong would even turn heads on South Beach. It’s almost the norm there to wear “almost nothing in public.”
I personally love it when my GF wears sexy swimwear. She’s never worn anything as revealing as a thong (she doesn’t care for them at all), but I wouldn’t mind if she did–in fact, I wish she would wear one, since I think she has the body to pull it off.
As for other guys looking at her, that doesn’t bother me. And, to be honest, it kind of turns me on–while all these other guys find her attractive, I’m the only one she chooses to be with. They can look, but they can’t touch. I, on the other hand, can look and touch.
cockles = wrinkles. Just sayin’.
I’m trying to figure out why a guy would care? Hmm.
option a) GF doesn’t really have the figure to pull such a thing off in public without lots of other folks (females usually) having a catty comment contest
option b) GF does have the figure to pull such a thing off in public without other folks having a catty comment contest.
Under option a) I could see a guy being rightly concerned for any embarrassment his GF might feel, but at the same time feeling proud of her for wearing what she wants and giving a big middle finger to the fashionistas.
Under option b) I could see a guy having to face doubts about his ability to not regard his GF as property, or doubts about his ability to stand up to the competition, but at the same time feeling prouding of her for having more self esteem or sense of self worth than he does.
Yeah, not really seeing grounds for a problem here.
Gimmie a break, it’s a valid question. (Posts harrassing the wording adds nothing to the value of the discussion). I took it immediatly as whether he would make an issue of it or not.
Anyway, hell ya I’d have a problem with her wearing a thong in public!
It depends on what type guy you are. If you desire innocence and modesty and she wears a thong you have got a serious mismatch. Personally I couldn’t deal with it. Even the thought of talking to her about it - if she can go ahead and wear that in public she is obviously an exhibitionist of some sort. I would never seek to constrict someones liberty so I would probably be considering ending the relationship at that point.
Alright, here’s a coralary question: How much say should a woman have over what her husband wears? I ask because every time we head over to her parent’s house, I want to be sure to make a good impression, so I wear my Fill-up-the-elephant’s-trunk shorts, real classy, and she always objects. I look good, I am sure her parents want their son in law to look his best, shouldn’t she back off? I dunno, maybe she dosen’t like the color or something. I’m going to show her this thread, and maybe she’ll mind her own business nextime.
VRIGGS, I think your point is valid, in that if you expect people of both sexes to dress “modestly” you might legitimately have a problem with a person who doesn’t, but I would point out that underwear and innocence do not actually corrolate in reality.
Waitaminute, wasn’t ralph the guy who wanted to “encourage” his neighbors to wear thongs to his pool party?
As an experiment (but not for a thong) try “that reminds me of something my mother used to wear” too, and see if she ever wears it again.
In the first place I don’t control what she wears any more than I control what I wear (I have the fashion sense of a dead molerat). If she wants to wear something, I’m not going to object:)
And if she wants to show herself off, I’m fine with it. I mean, really … she isn’t going anywhere, I’m not going anywhere, what’s not to like about guys ogling her?
I meant to comment on this before … I find myself agreeing with him TWICE in a month. Maybe even two weeks.
If all this isn’t a sign of the apocalypse, then it ain’t coming.
Thong - another word for the phrase butt floss.
Thong - what some wear to prevent their butt cheeks from slapping against each other and creating a God-awful sound.
Ok, ok, so the bad jokes should not grace this thread. But ya know, sometimes you do it because it feels right even if it feels thong to everyone else.
You may now return to serious opinions in this thread. Well, some just had to offer some humor. I’ll just go back to listen to Paul McCartney & Wings sing some silly love thong …
Only if it’s edible.
Girlfriend?
Anyway, if you don’t want her to wear it and don’t want to be dominating about it (which I suspect is the concensus here), all you have to do is to look innocent and say the four fatal words: “Are you wearing that?” On occasion I have used this just to fuck with my wife’s head - particularly funny when the taxi’s just arrived. (Of course I always tell her I was joking.)