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jason_greets wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:12 pm

Lonestar wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:04 pm

jason_greets wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:35 pm

I'm trying to see if I can go on a short trip to Miami next month or February. I definitely want to go to the beach in my bikini briefs to get a good tan, relax, and go for a swim. I'm going to buy me a thong to wear too. I'm primarily staying near South Beach, but also go to Haulover Beach at least once.

I might also put on my bikini briefs this summer here in Texas, but in special opportunities even at some pool parties. I'm also planning in going to Mexico and I will definitely wear them there too.

I will likely start with some shorts that I will take off eventually so I will just be in my bikinis or thongs. No board shorts that look and feel like drapes to me.

100% the boardies feel like drape. Ha.

I’m a fellow Texan. I wore the thong once in Galveston and trying to get the guts to do it again. I haven’t been to FL but seems like there might be more briefs/thongs on the beach there, except maybe the panhandle.

I don't live that far from Galveston and I might try to put on my swim bikinis there at one of their beaches this summer. The reason I'm doing that in Miami first is because it seems that they are more acceptable there and I wouldn't feel too out of place. Plus I want to escape winter here for a bit and I need a vacation. I'm building up my confidence level to wear them so these are baby steps for me.

As I said many times, drawing attention to myself is the LAST thing I want. Part of the reason I rarely go to the beach or pool is because men in most of the U.S. are expected to wear those long baggy things. I've tried them and I don't like how they feel on me. I mean, if I'm going to get wet I don't want all this excess fabric surrounding my body holding all this water. It doesn't make sense to me. I can tolerate short square shorts.

I've tried bikini briefs in the past and I like them way more.

The Florida Panhandle might as well be either South Alabama or South Georgia, at least culturally.

oldermuscledude wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:39 am My resolution is to wear a thong on a public beach where it's legal in my state (NC)! I've worn thongs on the beach at the lake near my house, but that's not as public as being on a "real" beach. Not sure if that's a trip I could take my wife song on--she hates that I wear thongs--or if it would be a solo trip, though.Maybe I could talk a guy friend into doing it with me instead...

Lonestar wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:29 pm

Thonglover8k wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:09 pm

Lonestar wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:21 pm Hi all, just curious if anyone has any swimwear or underwear resolutions for the new year?
I’ll share mine to start:

1. Wear my thong on the beach. I have done this once before, but it has been several years. I want to work up the courage to do it again.

2. Post at least one photo on social media wearing a speedo. That’s a tough one

I’m way ahead of you mate! I’ve been wearing thongs to the beach all this year and posted both me and my wife in matching speedos (budgie smugglers) for our Christmas Day swim.

Much respect! I’ve really struggled with the social media part. But I’ve just go to do it.

jason_greets wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:56 am Another thing that I want to do is write my story and post photos of myself in my bikini swimsuits in a Chilean blog for men who like wearing speedos and thongs. Good thing I'm fluent in Spanish.

Lonestar wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:09 pm

jason_greets wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:56 am Another thing that I want to do is write my story and post photos of myself in my bikini swimsuits in a Chilean blog for men who like wearing speedos and thongs. Good thing I'm fluent in Spanish.

Seems like they would be more popular in Chile? At least the briefs?

jason_greets wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:53 pm

Lonestar wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:09 pm

jason_greets wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:56 am Another thing that I want to do is write my story and post photos of myself in my bikini swimsuits in a Chilean blog for men who like wearing speedos and thongs. Good thing I'm fluent in Spanish.

Seems like they would be more popular in Chile? At least the briefs?

According to the blog, they are not. It seems that in Chile they have a similar attitude towards them as in the U.S. It seems to be more of a social class issue. Something about a perception that speedos are more popular with "trashy" lower class men and "less" economically developed countries like Brazil and Chile is more economically developed and stable and should look more towards the U.S., including fashion. So boardshorts are popular with Chilean men almost like in the U.S.

The blog was written to encourage other men to wear them more publicly and break those taboos. There are some stories of some men, not just from Chile, who talk about their experiences of wearing them from initial fear to finally wearing them.

This year I plan to post my own story there.