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(I think you meant Brian Trubshaw...yes?) Aviator
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A note to introduce myself and to say thanks for letting me join the forum
I am somewhat a late comer to the world of high heels, having only tried on my first pair rather recently - although I had an abstract interest going back decades, ever since I was a school kid. Back then, as now, I fancied a pair of tall high-heeled boots - not out of any fetish reasons, or because I was obsessed with high heels, but simply because I thought they looked appealing.
I just liked 'em. I wanted a pair and wished it were possible for me, a guy, to have and wear such boots myself. That it was not possible, I accepted as an article of faith for many years, until earlier this year in fact, when I woke up to the idea that I could indeed buy and wear such boots if I wanted to.
And so I have. Buying what I wanted wasn't easy in my case because I have genuinely large feet - size 46, at least - and most of the ones that run anywhere near that large are from fetish shops, which really wasn't what I wanted at all. But in searching around the internet I not only found a pair of boots I liked - black suede over the knee, with 4" heels - but stumbled across this forum which, judging by the posts I have read, has a lot of very interesting people as members.
I look forward to popping in regularly
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Possibly very useful if the idea was simply to plant seeds
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Well, if you look at the results of the recent European elections there would not seem to be a great deal of complacency around and about the constituency when it comes to the idea of a bigger, more intrusive, Brussels-run Europe
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In point of fact it is Americans who are taxed twice, with their income being taxed at both state and federal level (with the exception of a couple of states - three? Four? - which do not have state income tax) And then they have to pay for their health insurance and from what I understand from friends who live there this is no small deal
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Having lived in the US, Australia and the UK i simply cannot understand how anyone can defend the US health care system, let alone believe that it offers better value for money than the NHS or Australia's health care system.
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We certainly do have plenty of CCTV here in Britain. On the other hand, you do have the NSA
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Many thanks. It is nice to be here!
I have followed threads etc for some time and in doing so feel I already know a few of the people on here. I would love, for example, to have commented on Meganiwish's post about Gabriel Garcia Marquez - an author I liked too - and have followed Ilikekicks' (sp?) local government campaign, and have often wondered what Shafted foes up in Maine, an area I used to know well many, many, many years ago.
As for me I am a late comer to the world of high heels although my interest, in a way, goes back a long time. When I was a kid (late 60s/early 70s) I fancied a pair of tall boots like some of the girls in class wore and felt rather put out that, for me, a guy, such a desire was simply not on. I was quite a daydreamy kid, and the early 70s was such a blurry time for gender in fashion, that I didn't actually catch on for a while that those were 'girls' boots that I wanted and being a kid who didn't want to stick out any more than I usually did, I was mortified when I found out they were strictly for girls.
And so I shelves that thought. Over the years when autumn would roll out I would once again be reminded that I would like to be able to wear such boots, and over many years simply shrugged at the impossibility of such a thing and put it out of my mind. I envied women the ability to wear them, but did nothing about acquiring a pair myself. I should add that my liking for high heeled boots was nether fetish nor obsession. In fact for much of the year I seldom gave it a thought - until autumn and winter and then I would be reminded.
Similarly, I am not interested in cross-dressing or indeed, in any other style or design of women's shoe. I just fancied a pair of tall high heeled boots. Simple.
Anyway, this past autumn, the 56th of my life, being reminded yet again it occurred to me that in fact I could buy and wear a pair of such boots if I liked. No laws would be broken, no damage done, the world would continue to spin. It was like an awakening. And so I gave myself permission to do so. Not being a secretive sort I told my wife straight away about this revelation of mine. She was a bit bemused, but having managed a heavy metal rock band in her younger days (early 80s) much of her surprise centred on my not having acted on this years sooner if that's what I really wanted to do. (Although to be honest the desire to act on this vague wistfulness hadn't fully blossomed until this past winter)
And so I went shopping. Trouble was, I have seriously big feet - at least a size 46. In my trawls of the internet I came across this site and was intrigued. I also found that finding boots I liked, outside of a fetish shop, was not going to be easy. And the last thing I wanted was tacky fetish shoes. As I say, this desire was and is not rooted in fetish. Anyway, I had a bit of a windfall and sprang for a pair of black suede over-the-knee boots by Jean Gaborit, with a 4" heel. I love them. Putting them on for the first time was, and is, every bit as nice as I imagined it would be. And continues to be.
I don't wear them outside. Were I totally a free agent, I would without question, for having given myself permission to do this in the first place I found that I unburdened myself of loads of old hang-ups. But I do not live in a vacuum and trotting around the town in high heeled over-the-knee boots would create a lot of awkwardness for others. And I am quite happy to wear them at home. I work from a home office and so I wear them nearly all day every day and have a quiet chuckle to myself when I read articles and threads about whether or not over-the-knee or thigh-high boots are appropriate office wear. They are in mine. They are de rigueur in fact!
A long first post I know, but the welcome mat suggested we introduce ourselves....
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