What's up with thongs?

In My Humble Opinion
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OOOOOkay…
Gotta be honest right here right now.

What is the DEAL with so many women saying that they wear them to eliminate VPL? There’s still just as much VPL, it’s just CLOSER TO YOUR CRACK AND FURTHER FROM YOUR HIPS, PEOPLE!!!

Recently I went back to wearing a thong occasinally. Since I’m running around chasing a crawling/toddling son all day, I’m gonna have a wedgie. Thongs get less material bunched up back there so they’re more comfortable than a full-on old-school wedgie.

However.

If I’m walkin’ behind a woman at the store, and she has the type of pants or skirt on which would reveal what’s going on back there, e.g. material thin or stretchy or sheer enough, I can damn sure tell whether she’s got a thong on as opposed to regulation knickers!

Did I miss a memo here?
:confused:

On to a funny story:
Back in September, my mother in law asked me out of the blue one night,
“Have you ever heard of…I can’t even believe I’m saying this…surely you don’t wear these, but…did you know there’s a type of underwear with only a piece of fabric that goes up your behind?
I NEVER!
I didn’t even believe it.
Harriet had to draw me a picture!”

This was in 2003!
I don’t care that she’s 60, has she been living under a rock for the past 10 years?
NEVER passed an uderwear display en route to another section of the department store?

God it was so hard not to lose it.
TOO cute!
The funniest part was imagining 2 aging bank employees poring over a drawing of butt floss!
:smiley:

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I’m a 20-year-old female, and I own maybe 4 thongs. I bought my first one because the guy I was flirting with at the time said I would look amazingly incredibly hot in one. I have found that they can be uncomfortable a lot of the time, but for some reason they do make me feel pretty sexy… so they’re my special-occasions-only undies.

Anyway, as far as the VPL excuse goes, I’m just wondering how you girls think Visible Panty Line is somehow worse than actual Visible Panty?! On the rare occasion I wear a thong I always make sure it is tucked down under my pants. If it does pop out, it’s purely accidental and I make every effort to avoid that.

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Count me in as someone else who has never gotten found thongs or g-strings particularly comfortable. Everyone tells me it’s comfortable, but maybe I have an oddly shapped butt that can’t appreciate the joys of a thong.

When someone’s thong shows as they’re bending over it’s probably an accident and the polite thing to do is to look away, ignore it, or peek very, very discreetly. :stuck_out_tongue: But someone walking around in low pants with their thong hitched around their waist, or who has a mobile phone hanging from it probably wants the attention.

I asked my boyfriend whether he thought the exposed thong look was sexy and is neutral to it as long as the thong isn’t too small and digging into the skin, but that it always thinks it looks a little slutty and sort of like a wedgie.

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Man, a lot of people say things like, “if I’m gonna get a wedgie anyway, it might as well be just a thin strip instead of a bunch of material”.

Well, am I the only one that never HAS wedgies with regular panties? (Regular panties for me being low cut string bikinis). I mean, sheesh. It just seems that wedgies are a sign that you aren’t wearing the right size, not necessarily that the cut sucks.

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Yeah probably are “to be seen”. I guess they give the cheeks a certain flattering look ha…but really…panties of any kind are so 90’s :smiley:

With a more practical use for thongs, they do remove the pantyline look. So maybe…just maybe…they werent invented totally for visual entertainment? :eek:

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No, no, no no no. Thongs do not eliminate VPL. It’s a myth. They don’t. Get over it. I’ve seen the VTL, and you have too - it’s just got a slightly different location.

I don’t particularly care for thongs - I’ve got a couple, and I wear them under the slimmer pants I own, but they’re not very comfortable. I certainly never forget that I’m wearing them, which I usually do when I’m wearing the more comfortable undies I have. But I guess I’ve bought into the VPL myth enough that I wear them under these pants to try to eliminate that. Although by doing so, I introduce the VTL, which (contrary to popular belief) is a very live and visible thing.

I’m more like Antares. If it’s not for the work pants, then I’m wearing them for Mr. Snicks - like when we go on a date or for dinner. Since I’m always aware of them, I’m also more aware of the entire region in general, and I feel sexier. Which is a good thing for later when we get home.

Snicks

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Along with the theme of thongs showing on purpose or not…

How about those who do wear ones that are very contrast opposed to the color of their tight pants? No, no worry about VPL shape there…just the thong literarily visible…color/ print and all!

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Thong, good. Visible thong, better. Removing thong, best.

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uh… you mean woman, perhaps? :confused:

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The great bonus thing about this is, if your daughter & her friends are still teens, you can now mortify them with the mental picture of “Mom in thong underwear.” Or even the ACTUAL picture. I suggest the above mentioned type with jewels across the back. :smiley:

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VPL messes up the line of your clothing-if you’re wearing a sleek little black dress ala Audrey Hepburn, it destroys the effect if you’ve got the seams of your panties showing.

Don’t they make seamless panties, that DON’T show VPL? I do not want to wear thongs. I am so anti-thong, it’s not funny. I spend enough time trying to keep that part OUT of there-why would I want to ENCOURAGE it?
Back in the days of Victoria, women wore looser drawers, and later on, “tap pants”, which were like men’s boxers. I’ll bet they were a lot healthier-well, at least their naughty bits were.

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Well, Guin, there are Lovepats, which are a stretchy, seamless knit. I’ve had a few pairs of them and they’re pretty damn comfy, but I don’t know how they are with VPL. Of course, if your little black dress is tight enough to have VPL, it’s tight enough to have VTL, which messes up the look just as much.

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A guy’s $0.02 here:

Thongs certainly do not eliminate panty lines. Any other circa-20-year-old-male on the boards will agree that we can tell you’re wearing a thong just as easily as we could tell you’re wearing regular underwear.

Doesn’t matter, though… the VTL is sexy. The visible thong can also be sexy… if you’re wearing low slung pants and the strings sit higher than the waist at your sides- that’s hot.

Besides- having the back of your thong showing is definitely more attractive than having the top of your crack showing, Tara Reid-style. Even if it’s a nice crack- it just says “plumber”.

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I didn’t start wearing thongs till last year when my boyfriend bought me some from Victoria’s Secret. They were pretty hard to get used to, but I still wore them occasionally because he really liked it. Lately, I’ve been wearing them more often…I guess I’m getting used to it. They eliminate the VPL under tight pants and I happen to think the VTL is kind of cute. Plus they make me feel sexy and, like I said before, my boyfriend really likes them.

One thing I refuse to do, however, is wear a thong when I’m on my period. I know they have those “thong panty liners”, but how much protection could they possibly give? I think it’s insane to wear a little strip of fabric and put yourself at a the risk for a giant leak.

And I was surprised to learn that they actually sell thongs for guys. I saw some at Target yesterday. Do guys wear them? I can’t imagine they’d be very comfortable, given their anatomy… :confused:

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VTL? What’s that?

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Visible thong line, I’m guessing.

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Ah yes, thong underwear. Yet another cynical ploy by the fashion industry to dupe the gals.

“Ladies, do you suffer from the dreaded embarrassment of V-P-L? (THE HORROR!) Well we have just the solution! That’s right ladies, pay twice the price for an eighth of the fabric! Don’t be the last on your block to wear the sexy Thong Underwear!” :stuck_out_tongue:

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Okay, just a few things. To the OP, who asked if it’s okay to look.

HELL NO, IT’S NOT OKAY TO LOOK!!!

Women who wear revealing, tight, or otherwise “suggestive” clothing do not want you to look at them. I don’t understand this myself, but I have been on the short end of that stick. So, the girl that you see at the bar wearing a pushup bra that squeezes her boobs so far out of her super-tight, super-plunging V-neck that her nipples become “waxing crescents” does NOT want you looking at her rack.

And when she’s wearing a tiny little skirt that might actually be a belt, and her cheeks are showing out the bottom even when she’s standing…she doesn’t NOT want you looking at her ass. If she catches you, you’re a dead man.

Don’t ask me why. I just chalk it up to women being impossible to figure out. But for some reason, when they dress to show off a part of their body, the don’t want that part of their body to be noticed. :rolleyes:

Sure, not all women are like this, andno doubt a few will be on here shortly saying, “When I dress like a slut, I want to be ogled.” But those are rare women, indeed. Those are odds you don’t want to gamble on, lest you lose anatomical parts that are near and dear to you.

Also, I always the tatoos on the lower back were to give the guy something to stare at during sex. :smiley:

(Puts on his asbestos jockstrap…which, incidentally, does not leave VPLs.)

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Allllllright :slight_smile: I will go back to the issue of the no panties being the better option.
However, honestly I havent seen the thong pantiline…however I have seen a thong through white pants. But i digress…

It would make sense that depending upon the butt…the pantiline may or may not show while wearing a thong. If a thong is too small, it would make sense that there would be an irregular bulge. Hence, the visible thong-line. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Oh, honey, the VTL isn’t restricted to the “look, everyone, my thong is too small” look (which would result in the quadra-butt look in regular panties). If the pants (or skirt, I suppose) are tight enough and the material is thin enough to see the seams of regular panties, it’ll show the seams around the edge of a thong, too. There’s a bulge, but it’s not irregular. It’s small and thin, the size of a seam, and in the exact shape of a thong. Sometimes, I’m sure it’s only noticeable to people who are staring at your butt, just like VPL. Other times, though, it’s blatantly obvious to anyone who has glanced in your direction.