The Thong Song

I have always had this obsession with underwear - you can never have enough! Everyone thinks I'm crazy, but I have a theory about this obsession.. that's a story for another day though. Actually, as a birthday gift to myself, I took myself on a little bit of an underwear shopping spree :) Nikki, you might be the only one who truly understands :)

Recently I was talking to someone about a few underwear quandaries I have. First, what is with these women who decide to wear see-though white pants (which are nice and all) but then couple it with navy blue underwear!?! I don't need to see that! I thought the point was so that people wouldn't be able to see your underwear. That's where the thong comes in, right? So that's my next quandary - the thong.

Who invented this skimpy piece of material that revolutionized our society. In the "olden days" it was a-ok to have a panty line. Today, it is almost impossible to find a girl my age with a panty line - our mothers? Well that's a different story! Haha . But I'm being serious. When did it happen? At some point a panty line was probably the talk of the group of boys on the corner, right? Ooh-ing and aaah-ing when a cute girl walked by and they could see her underwear through her tight jeans...? I could be mistaken, I'm not a 30year old man that I can really even comment on their pass-times 'back in the day'. Today... g-string straps above your low riders is all the rage. I'm not complaining, I happen to like this particular type of undergarment. I'm just wondering when and how it all happened??? Once in the kitchen where I work, the older women (mom's age) were chatting about the horror they would have faced as teens if their mothers knew they wore thong underwear. One of the women said she believe her daughter deserved to "feel sexy, too" so she had no problem indulging her skimpy lingerie needs.

I once heard a girl call the thong the epitome of women's oppression. I always thought that was an interesting statement...I guess it depends on why you wear it and whether or not you're one of those girls who feels the need to announce it as you walk the streets..then the issue of motive comes up...self-esteem...attention-seeking...a whole slew of stuff. But oppression? Hmmm... thoughts anyone?

From my recent experiences with teen girls, and my own too I suppose, I think there is some pressure associated with the thong. It's a sort of coming of age act when you buy/wear your first thong. Girls talk about it in the changing room. I've even heard girls taunting their not-thong-savvy friends about it. Actually, a friend of mine (a long time ago) told me to - and I quote: "grow up already" when she heard I was not yet thong-savvy. Needless to say, I took heed of her words. So now with the invention of the thong, seamless boxers and low riders...who could ever go back to the sailormoon and flower-printed granny panties of our childhood?

That's about all I've got for today :)