[4boysmom]

<p>Regarding em's comment about not wanting to know if someone has freckles on their butt.  If your running partner/someone you run with on a somewhat regular basis showed up in cycling shorts/tights that were a bit thin in the seat, would you tell them?</p>

 

[AdCo]

<p>YES...</p>
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<p>but AFTER that run.. oh, i just noticed....</p>

 

[MBannon]

<p>They should put some sort of wear indicator back there, you know?  "If you can read this, buy new shorts!"</p>

 

[4boysmom]

<p>LOL!  So if you can read the news paper through your shorts, it's time to replace them?  </p>
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<p>I had a pair of light blue Zoot shorts that I wore all the time.  Super comfortable, went with several jerseys and all that.  Well, one day son1 and I were packing up to head to a team practice.  Son1 hemmed and hawed and suggested I not wear those shorts.  Well, why not?  Uh, they're a bit thin in the back.  You're kidding me.  How long?  Uh, a while...  <img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif"></p>

 

[pcsronbo]

<p>I've struggled with this. I would GLADLY tell any of my dude friends - and razz them - but ladies... ummm... that's a no win for me. If I tell them, then I look like a perv. If I don't tell them, I'm not a good friend.  I usually tell one of the OTHER ladies to tell the thin-you-have-freckles-on-your-butt woman that she's thin.</p>
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<p>But strangers... If it's a hairy dude butt I just try to drop him. If it's a pretty lady butt I think chivalry says I must closely follow so the exposure is not disclosed to the world.. ya know, it's all about the chivalry <span><img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>

 

[donskiman]

<p>Yes, I would tell them regardless of gender.</p>

 

[Alaska Mike]

<p>Yes, tell them.  If they were a running partner/friend, I'd mock them incessantly about it and would fully expect the same in return.</p>
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<p>Mike</p>

 

[mmoonptdeux]

<p>Yeah, this exactly<br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Donskiman</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/71964/more-on-the-tights-thread#post_1973906"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Yes, I would tell them regardless of gender.</p>
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[slow_n_steady]

<p>This summer just a few weeks before IMC, dh and I were out for a ride with him riding behind me. I was wearing the shorts I had planned to race in.  After we got back to the car he said  ummmm....I have to tell you something but I don't know if I should or not. So of course, I demanded that he tell me. Well, umm, err, well, your shorts are really see through at the back but I didn't want to tell you because I know you want to wear them at IM.</p>
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<p>Glad he told me, but darn it, those were my best shorts for riding long distance and had long been discontinued.</p>