Agreed that I wish thongs for guys were more accepted by people in the US, even as guys underwear if not as guys swimwear too.
I've loved wearing my gfs thongs in highschool and then fell off during college and ended up wearing little boxer briefs for years.
Now that I've found affordable and non ugly man thongs (mostly eBay), I'm back to wearing thongs everyday and loving it.
Maybe one day school age guys will be able to buy and feel comfortable in locker rooms wearing thong underwear, just like girls did. I had some bitchy school friends who made it clear that they brutally hazed and mocked girls who wore grannie panties, which I love. Hell, my first girlfriend wore granny panties for all of a few weeks when we started dating and I told her it she had to wear thongs or nothing.
I really hope that companies make the leap like meundies is and start selling mainstream man thongs because honestly, they're more comfortable and make sense now that our clothes fit, compared to the 80s and 90s where stylish dress slacks were essentially waders. Seriously, I was watching home improvement and Tim Allen is in some seriously baggy slacks.
While I'd love to wear thongs to the pool, I think that will take a lot longer for america to accept, if nothing else, america has become more conservative in how much clothing men wear, to a certain extent because girls are socially allowed to wear less.
Also the oddities that are the #metoo movement, thinking that people shouldn't be celebrated for their sexy body and that coworkers, casual bar encounters, and casual friends shouldn't be allowed to tell you that you look good is mind boggling. Exceeding more mind boggling as more girls post pictures and videos of their sexy asses in thong bikinis, shaking their tits while celebrating bralessness and wearing pussy lip hugging leggings everyday, even to work, why can't people say they look hot?
In any case, I'm happy that atleast guys swim trunks are getting shorter and stretchier. Personally I got 4 pair of "eco shorts" from Jcrew this past year that are an incredibly stretchy yet soft cross between swim shorts and hiking pants, but they did have a mesh lining I promptly cut out. Wearing them was very sexy being short enough for a checker at the grocery store to comment on how she loved my retro 80s short shorts, sexy feeling enough for me by fitting my butt almost as tight as girls pants with even a little buttcheek seperation, and showing a marginal amount of VTL through the thin material to make me even more proud to be a thong wearing guy.