Korea is a very outwardly conservative place. Bikinis are not the norm. Neither are a lot of the revealing, sexy or clingy types of clothes. Even the panties are conservative. Being a good, old, red-blooded American male, I like a few sexy things on my woman. I’ve always been a fan of thong panties but women here don’t wear them. I’ve never even seen them in a store, magazine or catalog here, although they all know what they are and even call them that – thong panties – no translation required.

MyeongHee was interested in them (at my urgings, of course) but too ashamed to ask for them in a lingerie store in case they might be hidden somewhere. So, when I was in America back in February of this year, I made it a point to stop in at Victoria’s Secret and pick up a few pairs for her. Nothing terribly outrageous or see-thru, just some cute panties.

When I came back, she wore a single pair once but complained that they were uncomfortable.  I figured she can’t get used to the thong in her booty.

In doing some laundry the other day, I pulled out one of the pairs I’d purchased for her but she’d never worn. Just a nice little black and pink polka-dot thong with a bow on the back on the whale tail. I told her how sexy she’d look in them. So, she tried on a second pair and went to work. Last night when she came home she complained again at how uncomfortable they were and how they bugged her all day.

Without revealing too much about our private lives, I have to say I didn’t watch her get dressed or undressed. She’s modest and doesn’t like to show off too much. I had only previously seen her behind from the outside of her slacks or with the lights off. In either case, things looked just fine to me.

But when she bent over after changing into some jeans I couldn’t see the cute  little bow on the whale tail. That’s when I discovered the great clash of the cultures. She’d been wearing the thongs backwards, thinking the wide part goes in the back. Same with the cute little bow, which are up front on all Korean panties.  Had she been less modest, I might have discovered this aberration sooner. But despite her discomfort, she’d worn the things backwards – twice, mind you. As a man, I can only imagine the discomfort involved as the little rear end of the panties was not nearly enough to cover her koochie up front.  Imagine, if you will, a clam attempting to consume, length-wise, a fish twice as long as its own shell. That’s a lot of squirming going on.

Having rectified that situation, she’s now happy and comfortable in her new thongs. I am, too. Now I’m off to check on Victoria’s Secret’s web site and see what their shipping costs to Korea are.   We have some catching up to do.