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| johny_b | #251 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/25/2016 03:08:19Copy HTML i usually wear thong and rio bathing suits at the public pool, they are comfortable.
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| MICKFREE | #252 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/26/2016 09:46:11Copy HTML Usually I wear small & quite revealing speedo's or similar suits. Last week I visited a public pool in Amsterdam which is supposed to be thonger friendly. I wore my CM 102 camo g-string. Walked around, swam, walked again, showered, no problems at all, in fact no reactions as far as I noticed at least.When I was collecting my stuff from the locker a young employee came to me and asked me if I considered my attire normal. Not waiting for an answer he carried on. Well, they certainly did not consider it normal and he asked me to wear something that would cover my butt next time. This was all in a very friendly manner. I'll see what I do.
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| Poimbeach | #253 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/26/2016 11:12:44Copy HTML Saturday afternoon I worked out at LA fitness wearing a Desmitt thong with some nylon compression shorts over. When I was done working out, I went to the locker room and removed my compression shorts and went out to the pool. Normally, it is quiet on Saturdays but that day it seemed like a week day. I wanted to swim laps but the pool was full so I went to the hot tub. I felt a little uncomfortable being in a thong when everyone else was in dork shorts. I always wear a rio but only once before wore a thong to swim laps. They are probably the best suit for swimming and stay in place well. LA fitness does not have a dress code and no one has said anything so far. I wish more people swam in thongs to make it more acceptable.
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| Grabeach | #254 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/26/2016 10:41:04Copy HTML Hope you had a shower between working out and going in the hot tub!
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| maozer2003 | #255 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/08/2016 08:18:26Copy HTML I've worn a Tendenze bikini with a quarter-back (semi-thong) at my local lido in South London (Brockwell), and most recently I've worn a Muscleskins microposer bikini - which has a very low-cut full back - so I haven't dared to go full thong at this lido yet, but maybe one day....
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| mack_back | #256 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/08/2016 08:46:08Copy HTML dore bulge thong in tealAqux black mesh inlays on sides briefAqux Red white Aqux bikiniSpeed red or black and neon green bikini 3/4 sides8 ball bikini green and taupeBod bikini navy with white stripe upfrontDenzim bikini in hot greenM bikini blueCamo thongFushia string rio Muscleskins classic navy string thong Nike woman's navy bikiniNike woman's double sided bikini green /taupeBlack supplex rio tailored from woman's Christina bikiniAC thongs silver/ black / tealSkinz rio tealYellow dessmit brief lining cutout wimsuits in the back. rom earing
With all the years I worn the above swimwear only twice I got complained upon. Wearing my AC black thong caused an gym employee to ask I put on more because a woman felt uncomfortable seeing me wear it. Last complaint wasn't sure who did it but it must of been from many people. The manager found me in the whirlpool wanted to talk privately which I knew immediately the reason. She told me to wear more when I use the pool. Think it was because of my dore bulge thong I wore a couple times at the pool. |
| RapidBlue | #257 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/10/2016 03:35:55Copy HTML Now that summer is over for me it is time to go back to swimming in the gym pool. There I wear a Coxsocks bikini or an N2N Enhance or Maverik suit. All are pouch enhanced for room and comfort. I have never had anyone say anything about my suits other than how much they like them. I have even worn Brazilian and Rio cut suits with no comment. But given it is a county recreation facility I know not to push the cheek exposure to far as they are not very accepting of that. So no thongs for the gym pool. When I travel and I am at pools it will at most be a Rio cut suit and smaller. I have only had good responces when I travel. Next place for me will be when I visit Phoenix.
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| gsj | #258 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/10/2016 03:52:38Copy HTML By way of a change I wore my Snyder clip bikini at the local pool this morning. This is now the most covering of my swim suits - very modest!
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| OS777 | #259 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/13/2016 05:36:20Copy HTML Yo Chairman Mao...zer,
I hope you are wearing a sheer Louis Tendenze thong... |
| LVCHRIS | #260 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/29/2016 10:54:29Copy HTML At the pools in Las Vegas I always wear a thong.
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| Poimbeach | #261 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/29/2016 11:54:38Copy HTML I wear a rio cut for the most part but occasionally wear a thong to the L A Fitness pool.
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| maozer2003 | #262 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：10/31/2016 09:08:53Copy HTML @OS777 no, I wouldn't wear a sheer suit to the lido, though the Tendenze Louis is a great design
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| jazzyfay | #263 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/02/2016 03:00:37Copy HTML At the gym I usually wear either a Joe Snyder Bulge Bikini or a Muscleskins with a half seat. Waiting for a Muscleskins Rio to come in so I can give it a shot but my gym does have a no thong rule, so I guess I'll see how it fits when I get it. Otherwise a Cocksox bikini is always fitting.
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| tangathong | #264 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/02/2016 03:11:42Copy HTML I ordered a cover made Europe swim bikini. I think it may work for swimming laps without getting too many freaky looks and it is not even close to a thong. I'll see when it gets here and let you know
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| gsj | #265 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/14/2016 04:44:24Copy HTML Wore my Snyder clip bikini today at the pool .The least brief suit I own.
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| Seam_Stress | #266 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/15/2016 06:12:23Copy HTML I wear whatever I can get away with. If they allow it, I wear it.
The pools I have been to in Taipei have (so far) said nothing about my bikini briefs - VERY low front, four or five inch wide back that barely cover me. Unless they say no, I plan to keep doing it. If thongs were legal at pools I would wear them, even if I go with people I know. The fun is the "whoops, I didn't notice" moments. Sometimes the suit moves when I get out of a pool, or I intentionally adjust it myself underwater. The back ends up two inches wide, other times it's between the cheeks leaving me fully exposed. I re-adjust it eventually, but I pretend not to be aware for a while. I haven't heard a word yet. |
| qwerty52 | #267 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：02/14/2017 05:41:41Copy HTML After reading all your comments, I have purchased 2 speedo solar. They are a little bigger than I like (definitely not 1"). I would like to try the waveline suit next but can't seem to find them anywhere online.
Anyone knows a website that sells waveline suits? |
| OS777 | #268 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：02/14/2017 01:06:37Copy HTML Why wear anything larger than a Jovana 4D micro thong??? My intention is to be as free to enjoy a nearly unfettered swim and sunbathing experience at Barton Springs public swimming pool. The less material the more comfortable the day visit.
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| Kevorkian | #269 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/14/2017 08:30:47Copy HTML Exclusively thongs.
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| bbjuk | #270 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：05/02/2017 05:57:46Copy HTML Usually speedo type swim briefs (1 or 2 cm sides) but developing my confidence to start thonging at my gym pool in the evening when its quite. only one experience in a thong so far, no one said anything but I felt a bit self conscious as, well, I had my bum out but for a small bright green triangle!!
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| MICKFREE | #271 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：05/03/2017 10:23:00Copy HTML Hi bbjuk, welcome to the club. You'll grow your confidence showing yourself in a thong. Have many good times!
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| Poimbeach | #272 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：05/03/2017 12:09:49Copy HTML I have worn thongs several times to the pool at LA fitness with no negative comment. I usually swim laps then go in the hot tub. Usually on a Saturday afternoon when not too many people around. The only thing with LA fitness is that you are surrounded by glass but no negative comments.
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| stringueur | #273 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/22/2019 08:30:19Copy HTML As i wrote it in an others posts, i am used to wear very, very cheeky swimwear when i do my swim training (3 times a week). My wife says it is almost a thong.
It is not anymore a big deal when i go to my usual swimming pool, because the lifeguards, the staff and the others swimmers are used to see me. So, nobody says anything. Two weeks ago, whereas i finished my training and i was going out the water, one of the lifeguard came toward me, for speaking about... the training...
But, last week, i was on holiday at 400 miles from my home, in an other town and so an other swimming pool.
It is still a new challenge when i change the swimming pool, because i don't know how open minded they are.
So, i came out the changing room and went directly to do my swimming laps. The lifeguards didn't notice me because i was far from them and they saw only my front face.
About 10 minutes i was swimming, i saw that one of the lifeguards had noticed me. He came at the end of the lane, he was standing. I understood immediately that he was checking my swimsuit.
I didn't stop to swim. The next lap, i noticed that he was come back to his chair. I understood that my swimwear had succeeded the cheeking.
So, the other times, i was totally confident.
The others swimmers were not used to see a so cheeky swimwear on a man. it was very funny to see them watching me. When my eyes met their eyes, they were pretending to look elsewhere.
I like to change of the swimming pools some times, because it is still a new challenge each time.
Otherwise, i can also wear a more skimpy swimwear in my swimming pools, but as it yet almost a thong, the next step is maye be the thong.
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| MrFalcon | #274 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/22/2019 02:36:14Copy HTML If I'm with my wife or friends and we're just chilling, probably shorts. My miniature rebellion against the status quo (without standing out too much cause I hate attention) is to only wear shorts that come halfway up my legs, like these: https://us.asos.com/asos-design/asos-design-tall-swim-shorts-in-khaki-short-length-with-black-white-drawcord/prd/11261336 My wife likes me in the military green. If I'm at the lap pool swimming for exercise, then a speedo. I have a white one that I like cause it's opaque enough not to raise eyebrows but it still clings when wet, and a Gary Majdell brief with a nice comfy pouch in baby blue: https://www.amazon.com/Signature-Drawstring-Gary-Majdell-Sport/dp/B00IIR918E I don't have the nerve to try wearing a thong to a swimming pool in the US. |
| 32189 | #275 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/22/2019 03:27:17Copy HTML I wear thongs more and more at public swimming pools. As I have gotten more use to thonging over the years I have worn my thong more frequently and more boldly than earlier on.
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| mack_back | #276 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/22/2019 05:41:11Copy HTML Always wanted to wear a thong in public swimming pool outdoors.
Had the inclination to wear small tiny bikini bottom on few evening swims at the public pool testing the waters so to speak. Pool i went to was one i frequent during summer months in my youth.
Thought early evening there maybe less children and parents that get angry at my thong swimsuit.
Once wearing my AQUX bikini swimsuit had way to many eyes on me. Glad i didn't thong that day or many further visits.
Lifeguards were all female staff except one male. The lurking eyes and reactions were too all to obvious from the lifeguards and some woman visitors. Felt slightly uncomfortable yet knew the stares were compliment.
Thought if i wore a thong i would get more reaction attention then i should. For that reason keep thongs to gym pool less people eyes and the beach where vibe is carefree.
Most public pools have male lifeguards for the most part. Observing some reactions to my skimpy swimsuit feel i was drowning they would look away.
Also know some co-worker frequents the same pool i consider going meeting him seeing me in a thong might make things uncomfortable at work.
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| Blackthong23 | #277 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/22/2019 08:05:49Copy HTML For me it depends on who is around me. The first real experience of wearing a little less at a public pool was at my apartment. When there were tons of people I would just keep my shorts on. If I was with a few others that were minding their own business I could wear a speedo/bikini. I’d say most of the time that was the case. Every now and then I’d have the whole pool to myself or one or two others and that’s when I would wear my thong. I actually found that it didn’t seem to bother the few that were there so I’d get alittle brave and actually walk to and from the pool with no cover. I’ve been to a few casino hotel pools and found that thonging is kinda hard to pull off for a guy. I’ve done it before but that was because it was early and only a handful of people were at the pool and the staff never had a problem that I noticed. We were also kind of spread out so nobody really noticed. As more came in I usually switch to a speedo/bikini and that has seemed to be ok with a packed pool. Of course the younger teenage groups that come in sometimes snicker at a speedo but it’s not that bad. For my gym pool I don’t wear anything other than thongs and speedo/bikinis. I’m somewhat lucky that our pool doesn’t have lifeguards and I’m usually around other swimmers or swim teams so a speedo isn’t out of the ordinary. About a couple months ago I’ve started wearing some thongs to do my laps and suprisingly no body has had any negative reaction. I used to wear my towel to the pool and kinda slip in quickly so they would see the thong but I’ve gotten over that and just strip down to my thong at the bench and just walk to the water with people on both sides of me. I think it helps I’m wearing a desmiit thong with drawstrings because it looks very conservative until you turn around and see it’s a thong. The resorts ive been to out of the country are so accepting of speedos/bikinis and even thongs at the pool. Nobody bats an eye . Again depending on who is around you.. |
| Thong212 | #278 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/25/2019 02:57:28Copy HTML Because I swim laps at my public pool, I wear speedo solar 1” and sometimes Arena 1.5” brief. In Queens, there are lots of speedos, high school swim team, kids and adults just doing practice and fitness swim.
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| beachnsunluvr | #279 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：04/28/2019 03:38:06Copy HTML At my local public pools I only ever wear a skinz thong or g string.
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| gsj | #280 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/22/2020 01:10:18Copy HTML Wore my J Snyder clip bikini for lap swimming this week, my most 'covering up' suit. Felt a bit overdressed but suit still got some life left in it.
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| JM_Runs | #281 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/07/2025 10:34:45Copy HTML For people who want a more conservative thong, that looks like a small speedo from the front, there are a lot of choices. Including Nero from New York, with a summer sale 50% off which means thongs are only $21
https://neronewyork.com/products/swim-thong-alpha-sapphire |
| mbannon | #282 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：09/08/2025 03:08:59Copy HTML At the Allegheny County Wave Pools in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, almost always a swim thong the last several years. At indoor public pools, a Grand Axis square cut, a Grand Axis mini-brief bikini, or a swim thong. |
| gsj | #283 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：02/20/2026 11:18:59Copy HTML Chatting to a young woman in the pool today she told me "........I was renowned for my swimming trunks"
I was wearing my usual Jo Snyder Kini
Would this be a compliment or a criticism do members think? |
| JM_Runs | #284 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：02/20/2026 09:35:28Copy HTML Defiantly a complement.
If in doubt take everything as a complement.
It helps if you also introduce yourself by name. That way when someone mentions you to the person you met they will say "Oh that's James." Later the third person, now knowing your name, might feel bold enough to introduce themselves too.
In other news, you can totally disarm someone making a sarcastic or negative comment by simply smiling and saying 'Thank You'.
Take everything in your stride and take all comments as a complement, even if it was not meant to be.
Your thanks and smile will reward complementary people, but confuse and defuse the negative. |
| gsj | #285 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：02/21/2026 10:22:56Copy HTML Thanks for that JM_Runs. In fact the woman had previously greeted me by name so I approached to ask hers. It seems she & a chap who I do know had been discussing my swimwear choice. Needless to say most of the other men wear those ghastly swim shorts, with the remainder wearing conservative swim briefs. |
| kiyoothong | #286 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：02/27/2026 10:28:11Copy HTML Until last year, I wore speedos as cover whenever I swam at a public pool. This year, I have stopped bringing my Speedos , and now I just go to my regular pool in a swim thong. So far, the lifeguards and other swimmers haven't said anything. |
| pennme | #287 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/05/2026 04:43:04Copy HTML I vacation in Florida for 3 weeks every summer. My family owns two places in the gated community, and they let my wife and I stay at the one for free. I spend most of the time in Speedos, and now more so in a Thong. My family there has seen me in speedos many times.
There is a pool and jacuzzi that are about 4 blocks from our unit. I will take the golf cart to the pool in just a speedo or a thong, and many times have walked to the pool in just a thong. No cover up, no shirt, just a thong. The neighbors see me, and are used to it, and come out and talk. I will stand out in the street with a neighbor and their dog for 30 minutes in a thong having a nice conversation, then continue on to the pool. One year at the pool, there was an incredibly beautiful woman with her two very young girls. I would see her often at the pool or walking to it, and have a conversation with her, again, only in a thong. She never cared, and her kids never cared. I asked if it bothered her, and she couldn't care less. One time her husband was there, and he was shooting strong stares at me as I was talking to her, but that is his problem. I am in the pool, in the jacuzzi in just a thong. I will walk around the pool deck to a chair, and sit out in a chair with people and kids all around, and again, in nothing but a thong. The pool attendants all know me, which is not surprising, and I have asked all of them if what I am wearing is OK, and every one of them has said it is fine and it is legal. Security for the complex comes by sometimes, and they too have all said that what I am wearing is fine. I had one much older, 70's woman that was very fat with cottage cheese ass showing get quite vocal about it. I commented to her that I thought the only reason she was getting so upset was because my ass looked better in a thong than her's did in her one piece bikini, and I can pull it off. I have been told I have a very nice ass. She didn't say anything, but the other people did have to stifle a laugh. Pretty much every evening I will go down and use the jacuzzi after dinner till they close. I always wear a thong. Since I have been vacationing down there for 5 years, the locals know me, and we sit in the jacuzzi and shoot the shit. They all don't care. There is a next door neighbor that is there for a week, and he always gives a very negative attitude when he sees me. One night he came down to the jacuzzi to confront me about what I wear. I told him that it was legal. He asked if I had kids or grand kids, I don't. I told him if I did, they would all see me in a thong since I am not ashamed of my body, and would tell them that they shouldn't either. He was I am sure a bit drunk, and being a bit of an ass. I tried to keep it civil. A pool attendant came up, and asked what the problem was. In an effort for him to save face I said we just had a minor disagreement. The pool attendant told him he needed to leave, and that harassment was not allowed, PERIOD. She walked him out, and she came back later to me. She said that first, what I was wearing was fine, and that everyone knows I wear thongs and that per management, the pool attendants, security, and the law, there was no issue, and that I can wear a thong anytime I want. She said that he didn't like my swimwear, and that his grand kids were asking about it, and he didn't like it. She said that if a woman can wear a thong, then why can't a man. She said he conceded that she was right about that. She also said that if his grand kids were asking about it, then that would be the perfect time for him to explain to them that different people wear different things, and about being accepting. The rest of the time he was there, about 2 days, he avoided me, and I was glad to see him leave. I did see his wife many times, and I found it interesting that anytime I was out in a thong she seemed to have a reason to come out and look. I regularly wear a thong when I am doing work outside. |
| JM_Runs | #288 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/06/2026 12:20:22Copy HTML Like a bull protecting "his" herd, some men get aggressive when his females favorably notice another man.
It is their insecurity at work. |
| strangedawg | #289 |
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Re：What do you wear in a public swimming pool? Date Posted：11/07/2026 11:29:25Copy HTML penne, your experience reminds me greatly of my year living in fort Myers. Overall wide acceptance and tolerance for a guy in a thong, especially on the beach. There was a grandpa at my apartment pool that harassed me even when I upgraded the coverage to half back because he didn't like how any minimal swimsuit. And s southern man confronted me at a water park. But the moms with the kids never seemed to care much. In fact the wife of the Southern guy told him to leave me alone saying he's okay, let him be. Outside of South Florida, I think it's just the Florida experience. |
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