This may not make me popular with some, but I must get this out of my system before I explode. I have wanted to ask this question for many years . . . What the heck is up with the thong?

It seems to me that since the creation of undergarments, women have been tugging and pulling and trying to keep them out of certain areas and now it seems that just about everyone is perfectly content to leave them . . . well, where the rest of us are trying to keep them from creeping.

After recently writing a little expose' on what today's jeans are exposing I began to think about the thong and its reason for being. I understand that panty lines are not attractive. Is it just me or is it even more unattractive to see that telltale little triangle of a panty line that shows the world that your underwear are way up there?

Worse than the thong panty line, and yes, it is still a panty line. If it's considered a panty and I see it, it's a panty line. I am saying panty line way to much aren't I? Where was I going with this . . . Oh yes. What is worse than the mini triangular panty line right below what used to be the waistline of someone's jeans (now it's more like a below the hip but just above the crotch line) is the dreaded thong itself.

I do not, and I repeat, do not wish to see someone's skivvies. They aren't even shown by accident, I'm told it is a fashion statement. I have several problems with the thong, the least of them being that I cannot avoid being thong flashed wherever I go.

Am I the only one who finds these little pieces of threaded material unsanitary? Can I just say ewwww, gross? Those things just can't leave much room for good hygiene. I can't even fathom walking around with those things . . . where they are.

What's worse is the thong muffin roll crease. This is when there is a muffin role present and a tight thong has been added which then creases said muffin role as though it is being sliced into sections for serving.

Now if this particular personal piece of undergarment is comfortable to you I suppose it is your prerogative to wear it, use it . . . whatever. Please though, I beg of you, stop making me look at it. They are called undergarments because they go under things. Just to be fair I find it very distasteful to see young men walking about proudly showing off their tighty whities or their boxer briefs as well. And the horror of the man thong is too much to even speak of.

I heard a woman on television say that they made her feel sexy. She happened to be so tiny I don't think she registered as a size. She probably needed that strappy little stringy piece just to keep them from falling off.

Give me some boy cut briefs any day. Maybe some women find thongs comfortable. They are probably the same women who say their spiked heels are therapeutic for their tootsies. Maybe I am actually starting to show my age. I was about twenty the first time I ever saw a thong on the rack - I couldn't figure out what the heck it was supposed to be. It took another year before I figured it out. I thought a thong was shoe you wore on the beach and I don't even think those are comfy.

Am I just a big ole' panty in a world of itty bitty thongs? Am I alone? Oh well, I may be alone but I'm not tuggin' at nothin'.

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