My wife works at an upscale women’s boutique, and they just unveiled the latest swimwear collection…including some rather racy thongs! These are little more than eye patches…and while they may look good on an anorexic supermodel, they do not look good on most women.
Anyway, I am dreading going to the beach-how much cllulite and stretch marks are about to be reveled to the world now!
Arrgh!:eek:
ralph, every summer I take my son to Six Flags in Largo, Maryland.
Every summer I dread seeing people who have clearly exceeded the weight limit of their swimsuits.
Why don’t you and I pretend the people who are buying these thongs will wear them in their own backyard pool, OK?
Tsk, tsk. Although I’m with JuanitaTech in that bathing suits should come with some sort of warning label as to maximum weights, I have nothing against an increase on the number of women wearing thongs. A little cellulite? Who cares! Stretch marks? Same thing! Just appreciate the beauty that is the female butt revealed. I love living in Florida.
What makes them do this? I know it’s hard to find good looking clothes at that weight, but why wear something that doesn’t even begin to approach your size?
Just be glad the Speedo went out of fashion for guys. I think we have Baywatch to thank for that…
People can wear whatever they want but the lastr time a contraption like that was employed to great success, it was by David.
I’m surprised there’s very little response from the “fat police” yet. Maybe it’s just too early.
I dread seeing this on less than attractive ladies (and lets be fair, men). Even when I try not to look, it’s the equivalent of being flashed…you just can’t help yourself.
I’m not telling anyone what to wear, just questioning their sanity.
I’m in good shape, but I still wouldn’t wear a thong bathing suit. I think it’s tacky. I’m also self concious about my legs in shorts.
Now, if I’m in decent shape and not wearing them, I would think a larger person with cellulite would be even more self conscious. Unfortunately, I see cottage cheese everywhere now that it’s warming up. Eew.
I appreciate women of all sizes wearing thongs. 
My guess is that the people in question wear these articles of clothing for their own enjoyment, rather than someone else’s. Or maybe they actually believe they look good in such things. Or maybe they enjoy jangling the vision of onlookers, not to mention inducing nightmares. I blame the people who sell them, myself. Like drug dealers, vendors of thongs will sell to anyone who has the money and without regard for the public weal. I think we should reserve our ire for the vendors, not for the poor dupes who buy the things.
I don’t ‘get’ wearing a thong in public. I wear a size 6 and have a better than average ass for my age, but you wouldn’t catch me out in public in such a thing! I think Indygrrl called it right: “Tacky” is indeed the word. A couple of days ago I was listening to talk radio (I don’t remember the program) and someone called in with a story about how they had taken their 15 year old son’s girlfriend along on a family vacation trip to the seaside. The first day they were heading for the beach and the girlfriend (15 years old, remember!) pops out in her newly-purchased-for-the-trip bikini – a thong bikini! :eek: The caller’s wife had to take the girl aside and explain that she would not be wearing that getup again and the whole day’s activities had to be rescheduled around a trip to a nearby mall to buy the girl a bathing suit that covered her bootie. According to the caller, she’s a very nice girl and they like her a lot. She comes from a nice family, gets good grades, goes to a private Catholic school… but, what was she thinking of? What was her mother thinking of? At 15 would any of you even have considered parading before your boyfriend’s father with your asscheeks hanging out? Sheesh!
That’s different, under NO circumstances should men wear thongs. It’s just wrong.
Guys with thongs.
shudder
It never, ever looks good. No, seriously. If Brad Pitt came over to my house today, wearing a thong, I’d suggest he’d take it off.
Uggg.
There seems to be a fairly narrow range of people who can wear a thong in public and look good in it, IMO. Too much weight in the wrong place, and the thong dissapears… too little and it’s a wonder it even stays up! (Of which, I have seen a case where someone was so thin, their thong swimsuit bottom did not stay in place, because there was nothing there to keep it in place with! They kept having to tug it back into place. :eek: )
Then of course, there is the sunburn issue. It was kinda fun, in that ‘it’s going to be sooooo bad but I can’t look away’ type of fun, to see people on the beach in thong bottoms… and watching their pasty white skin not-so-slowly turn the shade of a firetruck. Heee.
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Thongs…I don’t understand why anyone would want to wrap a piece of elastic around their genitals.
OTOH, I don’t care if people want to walk around the beach stark naked. I don’t give a toss what they look like.
A variety of people certainly makes the view far more interesting. When a bit of cellulite scares the shit out of you, I think its time to stop and reprioritize.
I would never wear a thong for a whole host of reasons, most of which involve modesty and respect for others, but shaving would be near the top.
Anyone remember the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where they went to the water park, and it took their dad a week to prepare due to the required shaving? Ick.
Or maybe, and of course I cannot speak for all fat people but will admit to being rather stout, it’s because fat people don’t want to see other people in thongs either, fat or skinny.
My SO has a lovely backside. I enjoy gazing at it but only in the privacy of our own home. I don’t want it out there on display for the whole beach crowd. It’s also very easy for me to imagine that the sight of my rppled ass might be enough to put the family on the next blanket off their picnic lunch.
However, after having to de-wedgify my suit rather often while I swim I can understand how someone thought “Oh, to hell with it. Let’s just make suits that are supposed to be up there!”
Ever been to a swim meet. For the most part the male swimmers look just fine in their skimpy speedos. However, they all wear big baggy swim trunks until just before they get on the blocks and put them back on within a minute of leaving the water. I think both men and women who wear skimpy stuff in public are just displaying an exhibitionist side. Unfortunately, there is something about wearing something that is too small that I find really repulsive. I wouldn’t mind if they were totally naked but fat hanging over a swim suit makes me want to slap them.
You can’t see the bush for the G’s.
For thongs goes the same rule as goes for spandex:
It’s not a right. It’s a privilege.