Dorky bike gifts from clueless people

[KnottedYet]

I don't mind adults wearing them, but I'm old enough that g-strings have connotations. And when I see a patient younger than my son wearing a g-string, it shocks me a bit.

I do think it's funny that these girls are wearing g-strings sticking out of the tops of their pants, but the boys the same age are wearing 3 layers of shorts and trying to keep from showing anything.

[alpinerabbit]

No toothfloss between MY buttocks (and other parts of anatomy). I wore one once for a wedding (yes, with something on top of it - a slinky dress!!) - never, ever again.

[Bad JuJu]

I do think it's funny that these girls are wearing g-strings sticking out of the tops of their pants, but the boys the same age are wearing 3 layers of shorts and trying to keep from showing anything.

I agree that that's ironic, but it's not something they/we don't see all the time. Watch a few movies or dopey sitcoms and you'll see it everywhere--the guys are dressed in layers of t-shirts, shirts, sweaters, maybe a jacket on top, and the women are in...tank tops, or at the most some skimpy little pullover. That--especially the message it sends to kids--just pi$$es me off.

[Crankin]

Well, I haven't really noticed the male fashion you describe with the boys at the middle school I teach at. A few try to hide in their big sweatshirts, but I make them take the hood off. It's really not an issue though.
Lise, I don't know why we generally think it's OK to see a bra line and not a panty line. I think there's 2 distinct issues here. One is when women wear thongs that stick out above the top of their pants, so you actually see the underwear and the other is just seeing panty lines of any type of underwear. I was describing the bulgy, panty line issue when discussing my original intention for wearing thongs. Generally this issue is worse when people wear pants and underwear that is too tight, or they are overweight. Any kind of underwear. I understand what you and others are talking about when you describe people (younger girls in particular) walking around with various parts of underwear, thongs, bras sticking out. We are having a major problem at school with girls wearing tight t shirts, with low cleavages, and a camisole underneath, that just doesn't cover up the cleavage. One mother we called said it was none of our business if her daughter dressed like that (this girl has C+ to D size boobs). Legally, we really can't tell anyone what to wear, but when i put the kids in literature groups with a girl dressed like that, the boys cannot focus. They get silly and weird; they are 12 and 13, and it's really hard for them to ignore a girl dressed like this. We were able to discuss this intelligently with other mothers who had no idea that their daughters were coming to school like this (they changed somewhere between home and school). Generally, I am against censoring things like this (I was the girl who came to school in jeans when we were not allowed to wear pants in the 60s), but it is distracting and it just sends the wrong message.
So, yes, I understand what some are upset about, but I wouldn't give up my thongs for anything. I hate underwear in general and have never worn it under ANY exercise clothes, long before I started cycling.

[SadieKate]

I was just taught that gentlemen and ladies do not let the presence of their underwear be known - either through, above or below the outer clothing. If your clothes fit and you wore a slip or camisole, this isn't a problem. Of course, with too tight clothing leaving nothing to the imagination these days that has become a bit harder. There are also a lot of people that confuse the terms woman and lady, and man and gentleman.

A lady has neither VPL nor a muffin top - and the men I hang out with generally have a laughing attack when they see these. And the reverse is true when I see boxer shorts up to the waist and jeans barely defying gravity. Oh yeah, and pajama pants in public. What, you can't manage to shower and put on clean clothes once a day?

I'm just confused as to why people put so much money into clothing that doesn't fit - too loose or too tight. Neither is comfortable or hygienic.

[pyxichick]

Can someone tell me how a thong is better than going commando?

For the record, I do wear underwear, except when cycling. But I always wonder why spend the money on a thong when you can achieve the same result by not wearing anything?

Kate,
(who needs to be enlightened to the merits of certain undergarments)

[KnottedYet]

I will just chime in (as always, sorry y'all) about how much I love women's boxer-brief compression shorts as underwear. Ibex Roaster Boxers and UnderArmor 4 inch inseam compression shorts are my favorites.

No VPL. No creepy-crawlies.