We lived in a condo with a community pool and wore our thongs to no real issue. We picked our moments but never had complaints. I would catch the other wives and husbands checking us out but that’s normal. Eventually one mom asked about our thongs and thought t was cool we did it together. She loved our confiden in public. She laughed and said she could never do that!

I don't own a condo, but used my sister's when I was moving and I had about 6 weeks one summer before my new house was ready and while she was out of the country.  I had hung around long enough that the manager, and others got to know me.  The chair person of the neigborhood improvement or condo community action group also got to know me before I moved in.

These are usually the key players in rule making at most condo places.  Either position often brings out the most selfish and self-serving interests, prejudice attitudes, and craving for power.  Let's face it, this is the most authority many of these people will ever have and the job is often monotonous with few if any benefits.  

The manager is there to run the business side of the community, while the homeowners association leader is supposed to deal with minor details -- land scaping, changing color schemes, choosing pool furniture and usually other aspects of pool life such as pool hours, etc.  In most cases, the homeowners association members (people who own property) go to the association leader with suggestions or comments.  The leader goes to the manager if an answer goes beyond their authority.  Usually, the manager can over ride the association leader at will.  Any pet peve one of these people has can result in them becoming the swimwear police or doggie poop cleanup police.

In any case, any complaints about swimwear will usually go to one of these two people, unless even higher authority as been established, for example by city statute, complex owner preferences, or already established rules or regulations.  These places usually operate like a some-what messed-up government.  Like real governments, the manager may simply defer one or more issue to the homeowner representative, especially if they don't want to mess with it.

Now this is how I got to wear my thongs.  First, I ask (even when just a guest) if guys could wear Speedo Racing type swimwear for swimming and sunning.  There was no resistance.  For a week or so, I wore nothing more skimpy but a variety of similar suits, and made sure to make a big deal to talk to these two people if they happened to come around.  Since I have an engineering/architectural background (and like doing yard work too) I would put in little comments to improve the place or save money.  "Did you know you can get those type shrubs wholesale at this place, instead of going to Lowes?"  "The roofs on the garages look a little thin, you might want to get estimates now so you can budget getting them fixed before it becomes an emergency."  "Maybe you should switch to LED lights in the laundry room.  They are a lot better than they were a few years ago and will ultimately cost nothing with the utility company rebates."

After about a week or so, I tried out a more Rio type swimsuit.  Still nothing over the top but a lot skimpier than what other men were wearing.  Again no complaints.  So I went to a couple of suits that were half-way between a Rio and a thong, and again there was no resistance.  I kept up my almost daily conversations with both people in charge and also made and kept friends who often were there when I went out to the pool.

It took about two weeks before I felt comfortable trying a conservative thong.  I figured I could always play the "I didn't know the rules" if things did not go well.  To my surprise, there were no complaints and nobody seemed to mind, including the manager or association leader.  It was another week before I worked my way to a very minimal thong that was not a G-string, and another week to move onto a G-string.

While I am sure many people noticed my ever shrinking swimwear choices, nobody seemed to mind a bit.  This was reinforced when the manager came over to speak to me after I progressed to my G-string.  I forgot to say these self-serving people tended to be really chatty with each other and always interested in a rumor or incident they could trump up or at least talk about.  The manager told me that a particular person -- an older cat-loving lady who was constantly complaining to the police about the neighbors being noisy or complaining when maintenance wanted to come in to fix or check something.  This lady complained about my swimsuit choice.  The manager told her my swimwear was okay with her, and if she didn't like seeing me in them maybe she should move to another condo project.

This was one of the most positive statements I had heard for years about wearing a thong, but I guess I will never know if it was because the manager really didn't mind, simply didn't want to make waves with the other tenants who seemed to not mind, or if she simply didn't want to become the swimwear police.

most young kids that are with there moms dont care if you are in long shorts or a thong.  I once had a pool to myself so i was wearing a thong.  Kept a cover up speedo on my chair.  I wasnt paying attention and a lady with 2 kids came in.  The kids said mom he's wearing a thong.  I was pressed up against the wall with my butt facing the wall.  Not sure how they noticed but the mom said he's just wearing a speedo.  I then corrected her and said i am wearing a thong and thought i had the place to myself.  You guys snuck up on me.  Then offered to wear the speedo instead.  She responded with as long as I dont mind them looking a little whats the point as they have already seen me.  coolest mom ever