mlroseplant

It is interesting to note the similarities and differences between the current situation and the Spanish Flu pandemic. It does seem that the communities that instituted a fairly strict lockdown policy fared rather better than those which did not. And to think that back in those days, there was no way to cross an ocean without getting on a ship for a number of days or weeks!

2 hours ago, SF said:

Bars and Clubs???  ha ha ha.....   I quit going to bars and clubs 20 years ago..  I'm too old and (according to the wife, no fun anymore - smile)....   But, I still do proudly wear high heels when out to dinner, shopping, social events and otherwise having fun.  Except for the past two weeks, ugh.  Of course I'm making light.  Have fun in the bars and clubs, but NOT until we get past this wuhan virus mess.  Stay isolated, Stay safe....  sf  

A man after my own heart! The only time you'll ever find me in a bar is if we're working 8 hour days, and the lads and I stop after work for a quick one (and I mean ONE, we all have families and obligations) after work on Friday. Guess THAT won't be happening for a while. I cannot imagine wearing something that outlandish.  .  . ever. But then, I'm oldish.

19 hours ago, p1ng74 said:

There is always the option of layering.  I know it will be hot and layering seems counter intuitive but if the pieces are light it can be way more interesting than wearing a t-shirt.  Something like what I tried here, but with lighter summer pieces underneath:

I wouldn't rule out tank tops and crop tops.  The more progressive fashion outlets have some pretty cool sleeveless pieces now, like this

https://www.differio.com/sleeveless-denim-jumpsuit.html

And crop tops are trending for men:  

https://www.today.com/style/crop-tops-men-asos-selling-them-people-are-confused-t155200

 

 

 

I agree, it's a more interesting look than t-shirt and jeans, and it's probably more functional as well, from a sun exposure standpoint. Believe me, if I have to spend entire days out in the sun, either working construction or mowing lawns, my look is not too far off what you have modeled here, minus the heels and the apron, and plus a face mask or bandana and gloves. I even have a hat somewhat similar to that, although mine is much more clearly an "Amish style" hat.

However, I was simply lamenting the fact that women are allowed to show more skin in more venues without anybody thinking anything of it. Shirtless dudes aside (and outside of a beach or swimming pool, where have you ever seen a shirtless dude who looked classy?), women can get by with so much, either in a formal situation or a casual one. And they don't necessarily have to be super fit, either! It's helpful, but not necessary.

1 hour ago, pebblesf said:

I like both those styles pictured in the attachments, but couldn't pull off either of them....I still like Kneebooted's basic black oufit.   

See, I could pull off either of those styles with very little effort, I just don't want to. On the first link, it looks like the dude wants to f@#* somebody up real bad. I do not care to project that image. The second link shows items that are simply too extreme, especially the second image, the long sleeved crop top. Actually, it's not a crop top. It's a long-sleeved t-shirt that is missing the "shirt" part of it. Might as well just wear welding sleeves with no shirt, then you're back to looking low-class, only with weirdness. And there's no way I'd get my nipples pierced. I don't even like anybody touching my nipples, much less somebody putting holes in them. If I were going to wear crop tops all the time, I'd get my belly button pierced, because I like the look. Why should it be for girls only?

On the good side, if you hunt around the comments on the second link, there are some images to be found where I think I might be able to get away with wearing some crop tops. The image I posted is something I could possibly see me wearing, IF I were willing to do a LOT of shaving. Let's ignore the model's cargo pants, which are horrible, but otherwise this guy looks pretty normal like me, no wild, radical hair, no extreme tattoos, no badass pretensions, at least as he is presented in this ad.

In the end, I'll probably still go with @KneeBooted's t-shirt and jeans. Or shorts. As if shorts and high heels isn't radical enough.  That other stuff might be interesting for now and then, but probably not for every day.

14 hours ago, Gudulitooo said:

I am ashamed that our governments reacted that way.

They are hiding like rats.

There is no need to insult rats like that!

15 hours ago, KneeBooted said:

@mlroseplant I usually look for t-shirts at Old Navy because they routinely go on sale for $6/each. But I never buy women’s shirts from there because to buy a size to fit my chest area, the bottom of the shirt is too wide. I.E. they don’t make slim fit shirts.

https://www.target.com/p/women-39-s-slim-fit-short-sleeve-crewneck-fitted-t-shirt-a-new-day-8482-black-l/-/A-77863726

That is the link to the shirt I bought. Yes I get crew neck because to me the v-neck on most women’s shirts comes too low. 

I used to try and avoid the basic t-shirt look for warm weather, but lately I’ve been finding that I prefer short sleeves to long sleeves. If you have any suggestions for ideas to look at, I’ll glad welcome them!

Wow, that model is cute! I'd buy that shirt based upon her alone. I'm only about 80% kidding, I'm kind of stupid that way sometimes. It's hard to come up with anything interesting to wear in warm weather for us guys. There is plenty of stuff, but even I may not want to push the envelope that far. A V-neck t-shirt, like you say, is hard to pull off unless you shave or are naturally hairless. Anything scoop neck or boat neck has the same problem. We can't really do tank tops because it always winds up looking low class on a guy. There's a reason they call 'em "wife beaters." We can't do strapless anything, we can't wear crop tops. Maybe a tunic? Been thinking about it, but it will probably wind up looking odd. Beyond that, you're into sundresses and such, and that's a whole different ballpark. So yeah, we're back to your basic cotton t-shirt.

9 hours ago, RonC said:

I like the stability and comfort of commercial type carpet - no pad beneath - over a concrete floor.  Offers just a tad bit of padding for the ball of the foot while still being firm when stepping with the heel.  I don't mind concrete/asphalt, and most tile is ok as well.

I can surmise from your answer that the aural components of walking in heels is not part of your equation. I have to admit that as the years have passed and wearing heels has become ordinary, the exact sound of my heels or even the presence of sound has become far less important to me. There is a spot just off our town square where the buildings sit just right, and if you walk in that area when it's quiet, such as at night, the sound of your heels reverberates in a wildly impressive way for about half a block. If there's any traffic at all you don't really notice it unless you're paying attention.

The carpet in the sanctuary of our church is disconcerting to walk on. It must be a fairly durable wool-something, because the stuff was installed about the time I was born, and it's still serviceable but slightly raggedy, and I hate to walk on it in heels. I have never felt like I was going to fall over, but I've never felt really graceful either. It's very squishy.

16 hours ago, KneeBooted said:

Well we are dealing with Shelter in Place here in the Bay Area which means stay home unless you’re essential for work or have a darn good reason to go out.

Aside from that, I took a couple of days off so that we could work on potty training our son.

This extra time leads me to start shopping online...

So in an effort to find some more shirts, I went back to browsing the Target app and found some t-shirts that were Target’s in-house brand called A New Day. They were on sale for $5 so I figured what the heck.

As a trial though, I only ordered black. The fit seems a little tight but good. I think the next size up would’ve been a bad fit.

I put together with it my skinny jeans from American Eagle and Nine West knee high boots.

I don't think that t-shirt is too tight right now. After it's been through the wash a few times, it might possibly be. I would personally send that thing through the washer and dryer several times before ordering a boatload of t-shirts in that size.

I just looked at the Target website, and wow, there are so many choices as to fit, neck, &c. Which particular flavor is the t-shirt you are wearing? I notice right away that the sleeves are somewhat longer than what you often get with a woman's sized t-shirt. Crew neck, obviously. I am getting to the point where a lot of the t-shirts I bought several years ago (and I bought a ton of 'em in many colors) are getting raggedy enough that they've become work shirts. However, the t-shirts you can now get at Walmart, where I've gotten mine for the past several years, have gotten so incredibly low-quality and thin and not 100% cotton anymore. So I'm looking for another source.

At the same time, I'm trying to do something to get out of the jeans and t-shirt rut that I find myself in when the weather gets too warm to wear long sleeves. I just don't know what to do, t-shirts and jeans (or shorts) are so easy and unisex. I guess I could probably count days in the hundreds when I have been out dressed exactly as you are in this photo. Well, except for the boots. If it's warm enough to wear just a t-shirt.  .  . I don't even have to say it, do I? HA!

Concrete is definitely good for the sounds, but it's hell for wearing out heel tips. Any kind of tile is nice, too, but some heavily polished floors can be treacherous! I agree with you that wood, while certainly loud, yields an unsatisfying thumping noise. A lot of it depends upon the size of the room in which you are walking. I used to have to regularly go into a certain government building that had marble flooring, and the noise from walking on it plus all the reverberation bordered on obnoxious!

I do two exercises mainly, one involves the use of a golf ball. One of my projects from years past was built on an ex-golf course, so in the course of construction, we found 5 gallon bucketfuls of golf balls. Naturally, I have quite a few around still, and even if they were good enough to play with, I have more than I will ever use in a lifetime, unless I seriously take up the game in my eventual retirement.

At least twice a day, or whenever I have a minute, I sit in a chair, or wherever is handy, and first roll the golf ball underneath my feet slowly, from front to back, to massage the plantar fascia. Then I pick up the golf ball with my toes and hold it for several seconds, maybe longer if I'm in the mood. I found it impossible to do this at first, but slowly over time I was able to master it. Then I set the golf ball down and pick it up with the other foot. To make this exercise much harder, try to point your toes while holding the golf ball. Then I roll the golf ball on the bottom of my foot for a while. Repeat as desired. This has helped me enormously in my construction job as well as helping my endurance in heels. I used to suffer from a lot of foot pain in a way that I don't anymore.

The other exercise I like to do while I'm "doing nothing" is to sit and trace out the alphabet on the floor with my toes. This is much more tiring than it sounds, and is mainly for ankle strength.

The third thing I do, and it's more of a stretch than an exercise is as often as I can, when I have to go upstairs, where it is required that one remove his shoes at our house, is I will stretch out my calf with my bare foot flat on the floor while simultaneously curling the toes of the opposite foot underneath, almost like a ballet exercise. I've never quite mastered that walking on your curled-under toes thing, and at my age, I'm not even sure that's a great idea anyway, but I guess that's what one could work toward, while simultaneously making sure calves and achilles tendons don't get too tight from wearing heels often.

I hope this helps. Ha, this just reminded me of a coworker who must say at least once a day, "Hey, I'm not saying it's right, that's just what I do." I miss going to work already.

I find it somewhat heartening that the foot exercises I have devised for myself actually do some good. In the past year, I have become rather lazy about keeping up with them, and I have paid the price. When I wear my steepest heels, I find that if I wear them for more than a couple of hours, my left foot cramps up quite painfully, and the right doesn't feel that great. This doesn't happen right away when I'm actually wearing the shoes (thank goodness!), but maybe several hours after I take the super high heels off and happen to move my foot in a certain way. It's debilitating for several minutes.

I have been really good about doing the exercises at least twice a day for the past month, and guess what? I got by with wearing my House of Harlow oxfords for about six hours last Sunday, much of that time standing in one spot. No cramping. This is the first time I've actually worn them outside, and I questioned the wisdom of doing so, but I figured what the heck? They're pushing past the point of 4 1/2" difference between heel and toe, which is about my limit for actual real world use.

9 hours ago, chesterx said:

Seems to me people today are just lazy. Virtue signaling is the laziest form of social warrioring. Catch phrases make virtue signaling even lazier...

I also find it disheartening that many people seem to formulate or disseminate (or both) their political philosophies largely based on memes. The phrase "social distancing" doesn't bug me that much, I guess it's descriptive and completely neutral. There are some other catchphrases that do bug me, but I won't mention them on here, as we're not really allowed to discuss politics.

I have a few pair that I like to wear around the house, but lately it has been these nearly-beat-to-death BCBGirls Bonny open toed mules. My feeling about these mirrors Cali's feelings about his SMs in a couple of ways. Number one, they're very easy to slip on and off, which is kind of important at our house, as we insist on no shoes upstairs where the bedrooms are. Number two, I also like to wear them out a lot in the summertime, so I managed to find another pair brand new (they are a long discontinued model) a while ago. Fairly recently, I ran across yet another brand new pair for pretty cheap, so I bought them also. Now I have three pair!

On 3/17/2020 at 10:36 PM, vcooper said:

I was going to wear my Dr Martens high heel boots this morning but I knew I was going to buy a box of coke cans today (which luckily there is plenty of hehe) and carrying heavy object in heels can be quite the task at times. Has anybody else here noticed that? 

On 3/18/2020 at 8:17 AM, p1ng74 said:

Wearing heels definitely adds to the experience of carrying heavy objects.  I immediately noticed it on my first trip in 4.2” heels, lifting luggage.  I make a point of practicing and getting used to it.  I admit to never having this kind of appreciation for the effort of wearing heels before wearing them myself.  Suddenly, the chivalry of holding the door open or helping a lady with her luggage doesn’t seem quite so frivolous.  

I got re-acquainted with that feeling just this past Sunday, at our final church service for a while (we are of course closed until further notice like everybody else). I was asked to fill in on bass for the first two services, which have bands. The college student who usually plays with them was gone on spring break. I usually just bring my instrument (which for those of you who are interested is an early 90s Fender J-Bass Plus) and a plastic 5 gallon bucket to carry the necessary cords, music, accessories, &c. Lately, I have also been bringing my newly acquired cornet to play at the third service with the organ. So couple carrying three not really heavy, but awkward, things with my dubious decision to wear my House of Harlow oxfords, which are right up against the steepness limit of what I can walk in anyway, and you get a recipe for looking like a complete dork, which I did.

16 hours ago, RonC said:

Wow, I just checked to see when I joined and it was January 2002 - 18 years ago.  Hard to recall how I found the site, but likely a Google search for men wearing high heels brought me here.  I, like others have noted, found it reassuring that there were, in fact, others that shared my enjoyment of and desire to wear high heels.  What I do find puzzling is how many others have come and gone, even though they indicated they were heel lovers/wearers.  There is nowhere else on the web that I have found that deals specifically with this subject, so if one is a male heel wearer, I can't believe you wouldn't remain active here once you found the site.  With whom do these others share their passion and receive the feedback like we all get from this site.  Yes, there are many here that enjoy a segment of heel wearing that I personally do not gravitate toward, such as those that like extreme heel heights and thigh high boots, but we all are heel lovers and as such have something in common with experiences and information to share, which is what keeps me here!

I think there are a number of factors affecting why people have come and gone. Part of it has to do with the fact that we are pretty much strictly a shoe fashion site, and anything that goes too much beyond that is discouraged or flat-out not allowed. I think a lot of male heel enthusiasts have further interests as well, and we don't allow much of that here. Another part of the turnover has to do with what I will call "Big" personalities. I can remember some characters from the past who were extremely opinionated, not necessarily friendly or polite, and they were either banned or got upset and left the site for good. We still occasionally get guys who want to do nothing but show off pictures of their wives or girlfriends, they never last long. And then there are the small group of guys who have gained enough confidence to go out and wear heels as they wish, and perhaps find the site boring and repetitive.

I find enough interest here between talking about shoes, gender-bending fashion, the occasional off-topic conversation, and the opportunity to show other men that yes, you too can wear heels if you really want to that I keep coming back regularly.

17 hours ago, Cali said:

Then look for calf high boots, like the motorcycle boots from Carlos Santana.  It's either that or hope for a late in life growth spurt.

I'm not a big fan of calf-high boots, it's either all or nothing for me, I guess. It all comes of having short legs. I don't feel that calf-highs are very flattering on me, unless I wear them underneath pants, in which case what's the point?

13 hours ago, Bubba136 said:

You can always take a pair that you like and fit properly to a cobbler and have the shafts adjusted to your calfs.  Thighbootguy used to do this all of the time.

The thought had occurred to me, but since I wear boots like, half a dozen times a year, it probably wouldn't be worth it. I'd have to find just the right pair, and it most likely wouldn't be Jessica Simpsons.

11 hours ago, Puffer said:

.. and I hope you practise likewise too!

I had to laugh at your (presumably) unintended double entendres!   I think you could get a job (working currently from home, of course) as a scriptwriter for such as the erstwhile (UK) 'Carry On' films.  

The double entendres were indeed unintended, but were not reduced to a writing without my noticing them. I just told the story how it actually happened. May I also gently suggest that, considering the age of the girls, pointing out.  .  . other interpretations.  .  . of my words is at best stretching the boundaries of good taste. However, this conversation has made me realize that I do have two important aims in life: 1) Promoting the study and performance of music, and 2) promoting the wearing of high heels! If more people did both, the world would be a better place.

To be clear, I am not personally offended in the least by your comments. Please enjoy this clip I found from the film "Brassed Off."

I just looked these things up, because I am looking for a pair of knee high boots to replace some which are getting to the point of no return, and sadly realized that even if I could find a suitable pair, they would have the same problem I have with my existing pair, only even worse: The shafts are too big for me.

I had an interesting experience last night. A good friend came over to visit (safely, of course, we didn't even shake hands like usual--these are strange times) and he brought his 12 year old daughter and one of her friends. After mostly talking about how both of our jobs are shut down as of yesterday, the subject came up that the daughter's friend played in the school concert band. I asked her, "So, what instrument do you play?" She answered "euphonium."

"Well!" I said. "Would you like to see my euphonium?" She immediately followed me to the basement, where my band instrument room is. Yeah, it was obvious she knew how to play, but she was at best average for a 6th grader. After trying a few other brass instruments that I own (with careful use of the extra large bottle of mouthpiece disinfectant that I have on hand), she realized that not only was I wearing heels, she was in a roomful of heels. See attached photo. Not the girls, of course, but an older photo showing the room. Upon discovering the treasure trove, the two girls pretty much wanted to try on everything. And I let them. I gave instructions on how to walk and not look like an idiot. They have a long way to go. Nobody got hurt, thank goodness. And I hope the girl remembers my advice to practice her horn a little bit every day while they're off school.

19 hours ago, ohnoberty said:

Well as HappyinHeels has posted, swimmers and cyclists are notorious for shaving pretty much everything off them. It could be an excuse, buy a bike and some cycling shorts, and shave away care free. Speaking of arms, I've always had the finest of hairs on my arms to the point that they basically look bare and shaved. It's odd because you always seem to want the opposite, or at least I did when I was younger.

I can certainly relate to that! I was a somewhat late bloomer, and always wished for more hair. Tried to grow a beard at 18, and it was pretty pathetic. Now I am one of those guys who can grow a beard in a day and I don't want it! We won't even talk about hair migrating down from your head to your nose and ears.

20 hours ago, SF said:

I don't shave my legs generally, but I do take care of the hair on my feet and toes.  I wear sandals almost exclusively and never liked the look of nice sandals with hairy feet - and I'm not that much of a hairy guy.  I tried shaving and that worked, but the ugly annoying "stubble" was there a few days later.  Years ago I tried using fine tweezers to pluck the hair out.  It took some time but got rid of the hair and my feet were hairless.  The hairs did grow back eventually but over a longer time period.  I continued to "pluck" and guess what?  I now have hair free feet and toes.  The constant plucking caused, for whatever reason, the hair to mostly stop growing.  About 90+ percent or more of the hair is not there anymore.  Gone.  

It took some time and tenacity to regularly pluck the hairs, but it seemed to work and eliminating the hair was a pleasant unintended consequence.  Might not be for everyone but maybe something to consider.  After all, if you are going to wear sandals (guys or gals) you feet should look nice.  And consider a pedicure as well!!  

Have fun all......   sf

I definitely de-fuzzed my feet long before it ever occurred to me to shave my legs. Now that I think about it, I have done this occasionally since reaching puberty. I've paid attention to my feet for that long. Thanks a lot Mom, for giving me these chubby toes! I work with what I got. At least my nail beds are reasonably long. It could be much worse.

17 hours ago, maninboots said:

Another visit to Costa in next and I’ve gone for some old faithfuls with my black knee high boots with 4” heels from Dorothy Perkins, the special needs girl has shown an interest again as has a young female member of staff, fairly quiet in here this evening but i do enjoy the walk though the store first to get to Costa, gives a nice chance to browse the collection and try on some other heels too, talk about killing two birds with one stone, waiting delivery of some otk’s from Topshop so can’t wait to test drive them in here

You can still go to a coffee shop? Not for long, I should think. Better test drive them boots at the supermarket! Probably whilst wearing a mask and gloves.

3 hours ago, HappyinHeels said:

mlroseplant,

Looking nice in all your poses and outfits. My wife and I were away since 29 January and travelled through 14 states. Attended church along the way in Florida and three different churches in northwestern Mexico. We returned to Wisconsin late Saturday. Stopped in the Des Moines Sams Club to check on toilet paper and paper towels and saw none but saw hordes of people. What a zoo! We skipped church on Sunday the 15th out of some concern. Northwest Mexico and Arizona have so few virus cases and nothing has changed on US-Mexico border as to daily operations. We're in the middle of buying a winter place in Yuma, AZ and will be making a return trip. It will be interesting to see what changes lie ahead. I know I paid $2.19 per gallon of gas the day before we left and paid $1.75 per gallon today so that's one noticeable change. Glad your shoes are leaving their "imprint" on the community. HinH

Hey there! I was kind of wondering where you've been, and now I know! It does seem like all of this is a burden, but just to put things in perspective, the kids in Hanoi haven't been back to school since Jan. 25 (!). I don't know if I told you, but the wife now works at Walmart, so she gets to witness the craziness firsthand.

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I posted these boots on the "New Boots" thread recently, but I figured I'd do kind of a review of them on this thread, since I haven't written for a while. To briefly recap, I bought these Timberland Sutherlin Bay boots because I got the crazy notion that I wanted to wear something with a bit of a heel again at work. I have worn heeled Doc Martens before at work, and they actually worked out pretty well for real construction. That is, until they stopped making the model that I liked. Plus, I never really liked that pillowy, bouncy sole. It was especially weird to use a hand conduit bender in those boots.

I can pretty much tell you that these new Timberland boots ain't gonna last. They are just too light duty, even for the job I'm at now, and I really don't put them through too much punishment. The worst thing I have to do is walk on gravel, which is often wet, but I don't really have to deal with any appreciable amount of mud, and the data center itself is very clean, of course. And still, I can tell that these boots are just not going to be very durable, which is disappointing, considering the brand's reputation. I do, according to my mobile phone, often walk up to 20,000 steps a day in them. It's a big building!

I have gotten very few comments on them, which just goes to show you that people don't pay that much attention, despite the fact that discussing work boots and their comfort is a very common conversation. It should be obvious to anyone who knows anything that these are NOT work boots, but rather women's fashion boots. The only way it could be any more obvious is if they had a side zipper, which they do not. I was careful about that! As I've mentioned elsewhere, our work is pausing for an indefinite period due to Covid-19 virus, so I won't be able to test these boots further for some time.

I received the word yesterday that my job would shut down as of today. It is dang near impossible to wire a data center from home, so yeah, we're out of a job. How long we will be off, who knows? Church services and activities have been cancelled for the rest of the month, and that will probably be extended, given what's happened in the last 24 hours. Luckily, I am not strictly quarantined, and I feel that it is perfectly safe to walk in solitude around the neighborhood, as I won't be in contact with anyone closer than the prescribed distance. I plan on getting my feet and ankles back into the shape that they once were, so that I may enjoy wearing heels all the much more when this is all over. I have other ideas about how to pass the time, but I won't bore you with the details.

Not the most exciting of purchases, but here are my new Timberland Sutherlin Bay lace up boots. The only thing that makes them worth posting here is that I bought them for work boots. They have 1 3/4" heels, and are very un-workboot-like. My feet look tiny in these boots, and they are not in the least heavy-duty, even though they sort of look like it. However, my job at the moment does not really require anything heavy duty, and these actually meet jobsite requirements. I have gotten very few comments about them, and none of them negative.

18 hours ago, vcooper said:

She assumed I was Gay and looked very puzzled at first when I told her I was straight. I remember Her response  was “then why are you wearing those boots if you’re straight?”

I've gotten this quite a few times, and it's always puzzled me. I don't go out so often to bars or clubs, so I rarely get this question anymore, but I wonder how many people think it? I guess I don't much care, just idle curiosity.

I came at this high heel thing from a different angle than most who are presently here. I have been attracted to high heels from an early age, as in before puberty, but I figured it wasn't an option to wear them myself in public, it didn't occur to me to do so, and indeed I felt guilty about the couple of pairs of heels I did own sporadically as a young adult. When I got married at the age of 26, my new wife made it pretty clear that she was thrilled with my passion for shoes, but that I was going to have to express this passion vicariously through her. Me wearing heels was something that she found disturbing.

Naturally, I was always trying to get her to wear heels more often, and wear higher heels than what she would choose on her own. Of course, the complaint was that it wasn't practical to wear heels as much as I would have liked her to. I came across a website back in the year 2000, called Jenny's High Stiletto Heels. I was searching for information on how to train to be able to wear high heels longer and more comfortably. Jenny had a section of her website which was devoted to just that issue, and as I recall Jenny was talking about walking miles in very high stilettos, which I didn't even think was possible! Needless to say, I was intrigued and I started visiting the site, and later the chat room regularly, where there were a number of women who evidently wore insanely high (or so it seemed to me at the time) heels pretty much all the time. For whatever reason, Jenny quit doing the website, this must have been in about 2001 or 2002, something like that, and it kind of morphed into this website, and gradually it became more of a men wearing high heels website. It was at this point that I temporarily lost interest, because I still didn't think that was something I would ever be allowed to do, and I even convinced myself that I looked terrible in high heels anyway.

Fast forward a few years, one divorce later (having absolutely nothing to do with shoes), and I found myself thinking that I would like to wear clogs. My ex-wife had a pair of clogs (not high heeled) that I used to wear around the house a lot (we wore the same size), and even my ex-wife was OK with that, having spent a lot of time in Sweden. Naturally, as my interest in heels had not changed over the years, it wasn't long before I was buying clogs with a bit of a heel, like 2 - 2 1/2 inches. And then I bought a pair with 3 1/2 inch heels, occasionally wore those in public, was scared to death but thrilled at the same time. Several months later, I bought ANOTHER pair of clogs which had 4 1/2 inch fairly narrow tapered wooden heels, and it was at the point when I wore those out in public and the sky did not fall that I remembered hhplace, realized that I now fit into the community, which by that time had for all practical purposes become a men's high heel website, and I joined. And so here I am.