Shyheels

That is late in life! I’m considerably older than you and was wearing thing at least 50 years ago - although now of course I wear almost nothing but boots and do not even own a pair of sandals!

She is obviously committed to wearing heels as her natural look and style. Nice! I hope the motorcycle shopping went well!

Same as adapting to wearing heels ...

Welcome to the forum! You’ll find this is a friendly and welcoming place - people of various backgrounds, nationalities and fashion tastes but sharing a common penchant for wearing heels. I look forward to hearing more from you

A nice thing to knock off your bucket list! And very elegant too. Pity about the price tag...

I wouldn't start paying to much attention, or giving too much thought to the possibilities of burning pain in the balls of your feet because you may just revive it! I would guess the nerves in the balls of your feet have adapted to the circumstances of spending much time in high heels. I find that as I work at my desk, in stilettos, getting up as and when, I am very much become used to wearing heels, even if I am not striding long distances down city sidewalks. I get up and make coffee matter of factly, often forgetting that I am in heels at all.

On the subject of practice in heels, I’ve lately been making an effort to settle into wearing my 10cm stilettos. I’ve no place really to walk in them other than while writing at my kitchen table or pottering around making lunch or coffee as when I step outside I am onto rough and muddy towpaths which would only ruin the boots or break the heel - or me! But I’ve noticed that even in a week if just wearing them around the home/office I have become much more attuned to wearing them.

Welcome to the site - it's a very friendly place here and a lot of people have had similar experiences and worries - although not everyone has such a tolerant and understanding wife. I just wear boots, typically with 8 to 10cm blocky heels, although I have a couple pair of stilettos. I don't wear my stilettos out - for one thing I've not practiced enough in them to be graceful - but I do wear my chunky heeled boots a lot and don't seem to be noticed, certainly not commented on. I can imagine it would be lovely to walk with a loved one - much less stressful, and quite uplifting. Not an experience I've had, unfortunately. Again, welcome to the forum!

I too would like to master the art of walking gracefully in 12cm stilettos - it’s an acquired skill and I’d like to acquire it, but it terms of simply wearing heels as fashion, I’m not overly concerned about height. I like the 8 to 10cm range and especially chunky or block heels. Whether that constitutes “high” heels is irrelevant to me - and I think probably irrelevant to the world at large, as any guy wearing heels an inch higher than the norm will be considered to be wearing heels, a girly thing to do

Adding to my earlier reply, I think heels look quite good with men’s clothes - otherwise I wouldn’t wear them. I’ve no interest at all in anything else from the women’s side if the shop, just the heels, and then just the styles that appeal to me.

I don’t think it does. I think at the outset the sheer novelty of wearing heels and the satisfying sense of daring in doing so makes higher and racier heels - the five-inch stiletto - seem very attractive. But as you grow more into the idea of wearing heels, and make that a part of your natural look and style, your tastes will evolve and you’ll choose heels that work well with what you’re wearing and be less fixated on how high the heels are. Your relationship with wearing heels will be more like women’s relationship with them - a stylish accessory to complete a look, whatever that look may be. when I first started wearing heels I really fancied the idea of wearing thigh boots. Now I’m not really interested in them - they just don’t work with my personal style, which is boots and jeans, knee and ankle boots mainly. Less theatre and lower heels - my favourites being 3.5” block heels. I like stilettos and am pleased that I own a couple pair, including some 12cm ones, but they are not my natural style - fun to wear on occasion, but not really “me”. I do like OTK boots but only just over the knee - and again in styles that work well with jeans and guy clothes. It’s the overall look that matters not heel height or an overemphasis on footwear

Those are nice. I especially like the boots in the middle frame. That’s just my style!

Of course they do, but I think with the universality of social media and the rapid rise of AI we are entering new ground. Whether it is “end game” or not is yet to be seen, but these changes that are taking place are unlike anything in the past.

Yes I think people underestimate the commitment of these people to their own “faith”. It is uncompromising and utterly lacking in either perspective or humour. They are dangerous and the label they’ve chosen to give themselves, “progressives” is as much a lie as any so called “people’s republic”

I went to church yesterday in an 800 year old rural church in a fairly remote part of England - lovely old church, a congregation of twelve including the 91 year old organist, and tea and homemade fruitcake afterwards. The tiny congregation was generally older but there were some younger ones in their 40s and one of these women was in 3” heels - a bit of a surprise I was in very sturdy hiking boots. The challenge of walking two miles along the rough, stony towpath was enough in those!

It does sound a bit tedious - on the other hand you could regard it as fairly easy money and if you’re doing two vaults a day, in five or six weeks tops you’ll be done and possibly earned the gratitude of whoever assigned you to this

And how does the ambulance chasing lawyer come to learn if this - unless he’s involved in the wreck itself

What attending policeman is going to take an inventory of your clothes and accessories. And if he/she did (highly unlikely) any conclusion they made would be totally subjective as there is no law on the matter. Given the amount of bureaucracy they face as things are anyway, could you really see even the most power happy badge-flashing jobsworth wanting to make that much extra work for themselves, especially when it is very unlikely to amount to anything in court. And would their superiors let them? Or the crown prosecutor? They go for low bar convictions, not long shots that have no solid basis in law

Actually he was wearing one other thing, now that I think of it: a red bandana.

And yesterday on a trip into London I saw virtually no heels at all - indeed almost nothing but scruffy trainers.

I remember seeming some guy back in the 70s cruising one of the US Interstates on a Harley wearing only a pair of very short cut-offs. Even in those easy going days I remember thinking that’s really asking for it.

While such a thing as being booked for wearing inappropriate footwear while driving might theoretically be possible - although I sincerely doubt it would hold up in court even if some officious jobsworth of a policemen dreamed up the charge - I think the odds of this happening are about the same as being beaned by a baby grand piano falling off a passing meteor.

Not only would their be violence but the seem people who are so delighted about the drag performance of the Last Supper would be falling all over themselves to apologise for such insensitivity.

I can understand the outrage. I’ve nothing against drag queens, or having a drag performance in the opening ceremony but doing the Last Supper as drag was deliberatively provocative, insulting and utterly gratuitous. Imagine if they had done the Hejira in drag! Christians are sick of this sort of thing and I don’t blame them. Utterly unnecessary. Again, nothing against drag but why deliberately insult someone’s faith?

Have a great trip!