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One of the girls at work has been begging me to join her now that the pool at her apartments has just opened. :whistleblower: :umbrella: I mentioned that it would be nice to go for a dip, but I wouldn't want to lay out and get that funny "white butt" tan from a brazilian bottom. So she said, "Well, let's lay out in thongs." :moon:
Not a bad idea to me; it's still a bathings suit right?
But as soon as she said that, another girl from work exploded with abhorrance! :bomb: She went on and on about how that's not appropriate for a public pool where families go; that her 4 year old boy would have a field day if he saw thongs at the pool. :eye-popping:
Then everyone else at work jumped in on the conversation.:argue:
Lots of people said they didn't think it would be a big deal, but this one chick almost had a hernia against it.
What do you all think? Is it appropriate, or would I genuinely offend people?
:moon: TO POOL THONG OR NOT TO POOL THONG??? :moon:
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Depends on the neighborhood. I'd check it out before deciding to tan in a thong. I wouldn't dare to do so where I live, but elsewhere it's A OK.
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in america its a terrible thing that should never happen. the human body is a horrible thing and should never be viewed.
however, in intelligent parts of the world, its no big deal.
you should definately do it. those who take offense are ignorant and need to grow up.
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I agree to check out the place...if its over run by kids, I would not do it, but if its ok then do it! As long as it doesnt look like a g string. lol
Personally, I wouldnt be offended... She could just tell herkid that the girl has a wedgie...and laugh it off. Thats how I might explain it to my cousin who is 5 and continue to laugh to ourselves. I dont think its too crazy, but again, just check out the place first. :)
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As a lifeguard, I know that some pools actually have rules prohibiting thong bathing suits......
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also it's in many apartment leases ,that they are not allowed at least here in fl.
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We wear thongs at work to accentuate and call attention to our assets. The same thing will happen if you wear the thong out in public. IF children live in the complex, then there is always the possibility that one will see you, even if they aren't there when you first arrive.
I see nothing wrong with the naked human body, but you don't know what affect your 1/2 naked body is going to have on some kid......Why chance it?
Sure some kids are subjected to violent/sexual video games t.v., smoking & or drinking parents in the home, which is way worse than a thong, but why add to it?
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I say go for it. In Brazil EVERY girl wears a thong and usually goes topless. Little kids are running around and no one acts all disgusted by a human body. I realise this is america and not Brazil but I think we could take a cue from other countries and not be so uptight about something so non-threating. Uptight Americans really annoy me!!!
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where i live theres alot of familys.. and they would not like that at all.. and being a parent i can sortof understand.. i think for me i dont want my son asking about things or seeing those things for a while... right now ill just enjoy his innocence ;). Im not saying that its wrong.. just a little sexy for a public pool?
but maybe try a beach for a good tan?
Edit: if i dont make sence sorry ima little bit on the tipsy side
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What is the big deal! I say go swimming and then find a friend with a nice backyard to lay in and tan. Oh wait, thats probably not realistic huh?
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It's so funny how people (americans) view the naked human body as dirty and not to be viewed. When I was in South Beach, there were women wearing thong bikinis and sunning topless on the beach. Didn't bother me...and my daughter (though she was only 20 months old) didn't bat an eyelash. Course, it could be that I don't make a big deal about it...and she's seen me naked countless numbers of time, so who cares?
But, there is a warning...IF you decide to go to the pool with a thong...beware that an offended mom might call the cops, who would speed right over (haahaa) and possibly give you a ticket for indecent exposure. You'd be better off finding someplace that is "body friendly" than to chance it otherwise.
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I really don't see the difference between wearing a thong at the pool vs. the beach. In fact, I think there's even more kids running around at the beach at least where I live. When I lay out in my thong at the pool or beach, I always cover my bottom with shorts or a wrap whenever I get up. I don't run around frolicking in my thong.
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Originally Posted by oceanblue link=board=1;threadid=9154;start=msg108717#msg1087 17 date=1084456219
find a friend with a nice backyard to lay in and tan.
I lay out in my front yard...in my v-string ;D
here's a link to the radical outdoor tanning lotion I've been using. I found it locally in a surfshop. Actually I posted this in body business a few days ago but I don't think many girls saw it before it got knocked down the list. It smells so freakin delicious from the kona coffe that I want to take a bite out of my own arm. I got a very nice v-string tan line (which I loooooove) in very little time and there's some report on the site saying how caffeine may help prevent skin cancer.
oops my bad. It's browning lotion. :dazzled:
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ughhhhhhhhhh, so i just rented some movies.
I'm going to the counter and a lady is walking ahead of me with "the last samurai" or whatever that tom cruise movie is called. and she asks the clerk, "this is rated r for gore right?"
he replies with somethign along the lines of yah, its a war movie, theres going to be violence in it.
she replies, "right, but its just gore. no sex right?"
clerk replies affirmatively. they go back and forth....
customer, "cause i watch war movies with my 10 and 13 year olds so gore isn't a big deal(they were talkin about beheadings and crap. lol)."
i'm suprised i didn't snap at her for being a fucking toolbox. a nipple is the end of the world and more evil than lucifer himself, but gorry beheadings are acceptable. typical american jackass.
wear the thong and if you get complaints, smack the ignorant parrent, and then take off your thong and sunbathe nude.
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TBH, you should only bathe in a thong if it is acceptable in your area. I am not sensitive to these things, but I'm a 20 year old adult stripper. A young child would be damn sensitive to seeing a naked woman in a country where you should stay clothed. Although I agree with the views that a body shouldn't be something one is ashamed to sport in the buff, but remember that isn't the culture you guys are in and one person bathing in a thong is hardly gonna revolutionalise the thinking back to the ''old days''. It's more likely to offend and alienate you from the people who have to use that pool on a regular basis.
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I say try to do it during a time when children will be in school. Wear a regular bikini bottom over your thong (hopefully you have something that will match). This way if no one is around, you can take it off to tan your backside. If you notice other people coming to the pool, roll over and tan your front, or slip your regular bottoms back on and go for a swim.
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Oh, yeah, as per Sapphire's comments, sure, there have been kids where I've sunned in thongs but they are probably used to seeing thongs at those particular places, not other places (like where I live) :-\
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Let me start off with, I do not have a problem with my nudity. My children do not seem to mind nudity when either changing clothes or taking a bath. (They don't run around nude or anything) I personally would not mind someone tanning in a thong as long as there are not children around.
Sometimes, parents dont feel like their child is ready for the sort of explanation that the child might ask for. I think that people should resect other people when it might come to their child(ren). Some children are not emotionally ready to see a body (male or female) and seeing it might start some questions that they are not ready to hear. Or emotionally ready to hear.
This is just my opinion though.
XOXO,
Kryssy
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::) I personally do not see how a person clad in a thong would prompt a child to ask such questions (let's say about sex), unless that person happened to be sitting with their legs open and thong pulled aside, and the child had no idea about genitalia. An ass is an ass is an ass. In public change rooms there is usually one naked woman. A child might ask why that person has no clothes on, or why that person's bikini doesn't cover their butt, but does that question have to be explained with a sex conversation? No! A young child under school age is not going to be bothered by slight nudity. A young person who knows about sex and is starting to wish they could look through clothing and get into their parent's porn stash is likely to get hot and bothered by a thong...maybe. I see women in thongs on TV all the time. Men and women of all ages might get sexy thoughts or become offended by a thong. Or hip huggers, or cleavage bearing shirts, or hairy legs on a woman, or a fat belly in a bikini. Most children won't give a damn. So, like the others say, try it when almost no one is around, or try it when a lot of people are around. It's up to you. You see no problem with it. If someone does, maybe they'd come up and say something, or ask you to leave. Would you be mortified? Probably not. Would you leave or cover yourself? Maybe? I say try it, or find a secluded area in the park or someone's backyard. Stay laying down, and don't walk around with your butt uncovered...as one girl said she does. You're not going to scar children, you're going to make flabby people jealous.
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At the beach you have more of a bigger area.. atleast the places i went to.. which means you can pick your own little spot and not really have to worry about a whole lot of people.. I personally think a thong is too sexy for a public pool.. If you cannot understand why i think this way.. well i really dont care.. that is my view on it and she asked for opinions.. I dont believe she asked you guys to come along and banter those opinions.. ::) and aswell.. my kid is a boy.. so seeing a nakid women would catch him off guard and would raise a question or two in a changing room*i think even if he saw a nakid man he would be curious*
I think my kid is a bit young for certian things.. but like i said.. the thong thing i really dont like.. but im not one to make a big deal over a thong.. *perhaps more should take the time to read my post more carefully b4 posting* But im not so sure other parents wouldnt make a big deal out of it. my community is bigtime on the church.. so you can see why i think they wouldnt like it..
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I am against it in a public pool like an apartment because the other parents don't get to say what their kids can see- it kinda infringes on their parental rights.
With that said privatly, I don't see anything wrong with wearing a thongs around small children or girls of any age and would do so around my kids or around other peoples kids, if the parents felt fine about it 2..... I don't think the body is bad, it's a work of art and nothing to be ashamed of in the least :goodvibes:
I would however refrain from it with boys over the age of 8 though, as they already have to deal with so much hormonaly anyway- LOL ! No need to give the little boys brain freeze so young u know , let them be kids a little longer ;)