<p>D got home from freshman year at college late yesterday. I went to make breakfast early this morning and found a thong sitting on the kitchen counter… (clean, at least). Don’t think she owned one before she left for school. Guess things HAVE changed…</p>
<p>Don’t despair! My HS daughter bought one and it shocked me, too. But as head of laundry, I rarely see it so I put it in the same category as those 5" heels she had to have a few years ago.</p>
<p>I think this wins the Best Thread Title of the Week.</p>
<p>My daughter, a very conservative student, own more thongs than regular panties. For some strange reason she likes the feel of them. Her outer clothing would give no indication to what she had on underneath. I think it is the free feeling, like when men wear boxers instead of briefs!</p>
<p>…“I think it is the free feeling”…with dental floss in your butt crack??? I don’t think so!! ;)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>As a guy, I’ve had it explained that apart from the sexiness of when one does see under the clothes, thongs don’t show visible panty lines with dresses and other clothes. Don’t know if this is true, but it would seem to make sense.</p>
<p>Thank goodness my boxer briefs don’t show panty lines either.</p>
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<p>omg, too funny! Better be careful, NYT may be reading this thread too as well as the “stupidest reason child won’t look at a college” and we will have all sorts of comments, LOL!</p>
<p>Thongs definitely would help with VPL (visible panty line). </p>
<p>As for outer clothing not giving an indication of thong presence, with low cut jeans and short midriff tops, all a gal has to do is reach across the table for an eraser during an AP test and any proctor who had the bad luck of standing behind her would know that she was wearing a thong. (OK-happened to me last week)</p>
<p>I have no problems with a thong being a piece of “sexy” underwear (wasn’t it Monica’s wearing a thong that attracted Bill Clinton’s interest in the first place?) But the floss thing sums up my consternation with thongs.</p>
<p>I suppose that one shouldn’t judge the comfort of wearing a thong without having worn one. Let’s hope society has more sense than to make one in my size!</p>
<p>I think the real problem here is that D leaves her underwear on the kitchen counter.</p>
<p>I’m not sure which thread title today is more distubing
“Thong on Kitchen Counter” or
“12 boys and 1 girl”</p>
<p>If they fit properly, a thong does not feel any differently than “regular” underwear. </p>
<p>Ellemenope, they make them in all sizes. :)</p>
<p>I don’t get the butt floss either which is why I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing one! I understand the panty line issue, but I don’t understand why my daughter would wear them under jeans; no panty lines there!</p>
<p>they take less room in the suitcase???</p>
<p>Really, I think it’s just a matter of what you get used to. If she is accustomed to thongs, she doesn’t have to think or plan the next layer; just put on what is in the drawer.</p>
<p>When I was a kid, “thongs” were what we called flip-flops, so of course that’s still the word I think of when I see flip-flops. My D and I were in the mall one day when I said “oh, I like that woman’s thongs”. I thought my D was going to pass out from humiliation when heads turned to look at me.</p>
<p>Did anybody notice the list of ‘Similar Threads’ listed at the bottom of this one?!! All about the kitchen–none about undergarments!!</p>
<p>OP, this WILL be a summer of ‘adjustments’ for you and DD! Enjoy!</p>
<p>Redeemed one of my free panty cards at VS one day. It was for a “special” panty, not the usual cotton brief. Husband laughed at the tiny pink piece of material. I thought I would tuck in my next bridal shower gift. One day I needed no VPL. It actually was quite comfortable, unlike a pair I had tried previously. Use it with pants, can’t imagine wearing under a dress.</p>
<p>Definitely thread of the week…and why did it take until post #9 (thank you, Wendymouse) for someone to figure out that the issue here is the kitchen counter?? not the thong itself…can’t imagine why it ended up there…haha</p>
<p>Wonder if the NYtimes will pick up on this thread so someone can tell us how demented we are on CC…lol</p>
<p>Oooohhhh, maybe we could have reality show, “The Real Helicopter Parents of CC!”</p>
<p>I’m with rodney - the kitchen counter being the issue here. Unless she was folding a load of clean laundry there before carrying it to her room and the thong got left behind…</p>
<p>Well in my house everything ends up in the kitchen! I fold laundry on the kitchen table and the kids (and my husband) dump all their crap on the counter when they walk in the door. With that said, if I found any undergarments on the kitchen counter, I wouldn’t think twice!</p>
<p>For those of you who have offspring who are considering teaching as a profession, this is a good time to tell them why they should never open xmas gifts from students in school. DD#1 was doing NY Teaching Fellows in the Bronx. Out of consideration for those students who did not bring her a gift, she graciously thanked everyone for making her holiday so special and opted to wait until she was home to open her presents. Thank heavens she did. Among the gifts she received were some very sexy looking thongs from two of the girls.</p>