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My stilettos have worn a hole in the rubber car mat in front of the gas (petrol) peddel.

About 20 years ago, after selling our farm, we purchased a pre-civil war antebellum house on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, just South of Hilton Head island. The floors of the house, which were the original wooden floors, were made from what they call around here “Heart Wood” pine, which are boards cut from the very center of a large pine tree log. The wood is very soft. My wife, as part of the restoration, insisted on refinishing all of the floors in the entire house, which cost a fortune. At the time I had several pairs of shoes with metal heel tips. I was forbidden to wear them in the house at the threat of severe physical punishment if I did. I never wore them and these shoes found a new home shortly after we moved in.

What other heel material do you have. Hardened rubber, plastic (worst) and steel tips are all I'm aware of.

I installed bamboo floors, DIY, in my home. Solved all dent problems, metal tips or not.

Hi Most of my boots are metal heels and quite thin heels. Over the years, I have left dents on many kinds of floors, mostly lino and wood. These floors are not designed to take the power of metal heels. The difference between the same diameters heels plastic or metal is quite huge in how much more dents they leave on floors.

Very Cool heel tips. Love them! I also walk mostly in metal-tipped heels. for several reasons!

Not all heels are the same. I have found that heels with a hard surface, i can do like 5-6 miles while a rubber heel, not so far.

I did talk about this subject with my only remaining friend from university, the fashionista lady. She works in a retail clothing shop (Loft), and is required to wear at least some of the things that the store sells. She is also very honest with me. I asked her if I am too old to be wearing Daisy Dukes. She said without hesitation, "You can get away with it." Meaning me personally. So I guess I won't worry about it. Having said that, I really can't think of any women my age who wear short shorts. I can think of one, but she's a youngster at 49, and her appearance is much younger than that. I do know one woman who wears skinny jeans at age 60, and she doesn't stick out like a sore thumb, but again, you would never really guess that she's 60.

Could just be!!!

And cycling at the gym is probably a big part of why you still can rock skinny jeans and boots!

Yup that’s my reason for wearing skinny jeans - I like knee and OTK boots and how else to wear them? Shorts I just don’t do unless I’m cycling or at the gym

Nothing like turning a table cloth into a suit.

At 69 I still wear my skinny jeans and short shorts. How else can you wear you boots on the outside. However, I have recently obtained a few non-skinny pants. Now if only I can find some decent looking sandals.

I was 56 once …. But I wear skinny jeans and chunky heeled ankle boots / indeed that is what I am wearing right now - and I will continue to wear them !

You have taken good care of yourself, and look great in skinny jeans and shorts...

I can dig the shoes. Some times you want to wear girls shoes but don’t want to look like you’re wearing girls shoes.But the suit? If I wore that, authorities would have me committed.

OK, I think I understand what you were getting at...I thought you meant Harry was wearing some sort of outrageous heels like you see on runways, but it would seem you mean the exact opposite! Kind of like Harry is just dipping one little toe into the heel pond instead of dipping his whole foot in it. Harry's outfit in this pic surely looks like some idiot picked it out for him, hideous! The heels look dumb also...

Why would you ever want to quit wearing skinny jeans and shorts? You are never any older than your body lets you feel and your mind thinks you are. Take my case. In my mind I still have the desire to wear very tall heels but my body won’t tolerate my wearing them. So, at 68, I am content to wear what I can and “go with the flow,” thankful I’m still here to do it.

Not a lot to say this week. The Asian festival is over, everything is packed up and back home. The second day I wound up wearing my Bruno Magli blue suede wedges both for setup and teardown. We got back home at midnight, and then I had to get up too early to prepare for church. I feel like I keep repeating myself, and this week's picture is not all that great.

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/a9645702/harry-styles-heels/ I don't know if this link is going to work, but here is an example of what I'm talking about. Those aren't heels! Not really.

It is true that many of our active members here are More Experienced. In fact, at 56, I may be a little on the young side. Nevertheless, I sometimes worry about silly things, like whether I need to quit wearing skinny jeans and shorts.

White go go boots are on top of my wish list for sure... Not as long as we can still rock it in heels!

Wow, missed this. Those are beautiful heels. Watch out, you're turning in to the pumps guy. Join the club

Beginning to think we are grey hairs here. Site should be call GERIATRIC HEELS FOR MEN

I’m older than you. I was at university during the clog era, my interest in alternative footwear had its origins some years earlier, around 1969, with go-go boots - how I wished I could have s pair of those! I would have liked a pair of clogs too back in the day, although never as much as I wanted a pair of shiny white go-go boots