KneeBooted

Thanks for the info! I think I’m going to try one of my cardigans with the one I got first.

Thanks for the early feedback. I went ahead and ordered a mock neck one in black from Forever 21, so I’ll have to update when it comes in.

@CAT, I looked at the Wolford site, and YOWZA! For an introduction into bodysuits, that’s not a cheap route. But looking through the selection, they look really nice, and there’s a few I’d be more than happy to own.

I don’t know what exactly I’d wear over it, as the neck would definitely show with even my men’s sweaters. I’ll have some time to figure it out I guess lol.

As well, going to the bathroom will be an interesting one too...

So in a discussion with a couple of coworkers, I think I am now convinced to try a bodysuit for a couple of reasons:

1) I tried on a skirt for the fun of it, and actually thought it looked nice, except for the sock bulge at the front. A bodysuit supposedly would help with that.

2) While I have lost weight, I’m still working on losing my love handles, and apparently a bodysuit could help minimize this?

I’ve seen there’s both men’s and women’s, but women’s bodysuits actually have some styles that could also be worn by themselves as tops?

Does anyone here have any experience with this? If so, please provide feedback.

The ones I’m looking at are inexpensive enough, $15 for a basic black one. I’m thinking maybe just pull the trigger for one and see what it’s like.

-Jeff 

Good morning from Kentucky, and Happy New Year!

Leading up to last night’s festivities, I had made the decision that I wanted to quit actively hiding my heeling from some close friends and family.

I didn’t go announce anything on Facebook, but I did make a New Year’s post on my Instagram account that has some followers who are coworkers, friends, etc. who don’t know yet about this side of me.

While I haven’t gotten any amazingly wonderful supportive comments, the fact that no one has freaked out, stopped following me, etc. in the past 8 hours is nice, lol. A few friends on there who I knew would be supportive have liked it and that makes me happy.

I hope to put myself out there more in the new year and perhaps help others find the courage to do so as well.

You are more than welcome to find my heeling account by looking for straight.in.heels

My family and I are back in Louisville, KY for the holidays...

So I wore my new Sorel wedges out to dinner last night with my parents, my wife, and our kids. I paired them with my skinny jeans and a blue t-shirt, similar to the post on the previous page that was quoted at the top of this one.

We went to a local place that makes amazing burgers. I ended up in the seat at the table that showed off my choice of footwear quite easily, and I may have done that on purpose, lol.

While I got a couple of looks, no one said anything, and I was so preoccupied that I didn’t even see much else if anyone even reacted to it.

However, there was a couple at the bar that noticed and I assume kept talking about me in heels even as we were leaving. This couple was waking out behind us, and I heard a short bit from the guy... “I bet his feet are hurting. I’d be ok with it if...”

Number one, my feet weren’t hurting in the least, they’re wedges!

Number two, what situation would it have to be for that guy to be ok with another guy in heels? I assume he likely was going to say if I was gay, no kids, or something of the sort. Sigh, a sign I’m back in a conservative area lol.

16 minutes ago, mlroseplant said:

I know you're exaggerating a bit for humorous effect, but if they're going to kick you out for that, you need to find another church!

If you believe my wife, I get gawked at all the time in church, but she hasn't said anything for a few years, so I assume that either she's given up telling me, or people have just gotten used to me. The first time I wore heels to a church function was in May of 2012, so it's been a few moons. If memory serves, the first time I wore stilettos to an actual church service was Easter 2013.

Nice, casual outfit, by the way--very similar to what I wind up wearing most of the winter, only different. One of these days, you will end up wearing 5" stiletto heels to church, and THEN they might have something to talk about.

Ha! Yeah, the church we attend now definitely personifies what I imagine from an open/inviting church. What I mean is that if anyone has taken notice, they really don’t care, or not enough to say anything to me.

That being said, the church we attended when we were living in Indiana claimed to be an open/inviting church, but you could definitely tell it wasn’t unless you conformed and acted like them. They were definitely a conservative Christian church.

Moving to California revealed some of the member’s true colors before we left, and I am thankful we don’t see those people anymore.

I love how you think I’m going to be able to pull off 5” stilettos! I usually stick with thicker heels, but I guess you never know.

1 hour ago, CAT said:

There is a hard foam like block with holes in it to create the wedge.   The insole has a the Sorel name on it and the bottom has raised circular bumps that match the holes in the hard foam wedge. 
 

I buy the Sorels at Sorel, eBay, a few other online retailers.  Dick’s now carries the Lexie wedge but I have not bought them there.   I think between the 2 of us and 1 of my daughters we have prob 15 pairs of Sorels     I have not heard of any fakes with this line. 
 

Thanks for the description! That’s ours to a T! I will have to see if Dick’s has any over here and if there are any good after Christmas sales. Best of luck with the surgery and thanks!

@CAT I am curious how yours looks under the removable insole? I am still fairly certain that the pairs we got are authentic, but when buying them not directly through the retailer, I always have a doubt.

Also, what stores do you find them in? I struggle to find them in stores other than online.

So it turned out I was wrong about my coworker finding my Instagram account about my heeling, BUT she had been paying attention to which heels I’d been wearing to work. So after a brief discussion, she now follows me and thinks it’s awesome.

I posted in the thread of @mlroseplant about church and heels, and thought I’d say a quick word about my late experience.

I had continued with the idea that I need to step out of my comfort zone in order to progress with my heeling. So a few weeks ago, I wore my new skinny jeans from American Eagle and paired them with my Sorel wedge boots. I figured it wasn’t a very feminine look, and chances are they’d go unnoticed.

The only people I saw that took notice were a daughter in her late teens/early 20s and her mother. They made some small talk to each other and pointed at my shoes, but neither laughed, snickered, or otherwise made a negative reaction. If anything, they seemed extremely curious. I didn’t get a chance to find them after service, but again I had no negative experience.

So for a couple of additional Sundays, I wore a similar look again, making it the norm. The one girl who works in childcare has checked them out, but nothing negative.

This past Sunday I pushed the envelope again, wearing my new Naturalizer ankle boots that match my wife’s pair. I had worn them once a month or two ago but with extra long jeans to hide most of the heel, etc. To push the envelope though, I wore just a long pair of jeans, thus showing off the fact I was wearing some kind of heel.

My wife wore her pair too, and this was by far the most notices I’ve received from other members of the church. I got quite a few double takes from women and even some from men. At one point the right cuff of my jeans got hung up on the cuff of my boot, showing off the entire thing. This happened while getting my son out of the child care area. While one mom took multiple looks then looked up at me to see it was in fact a man wearing heels, the ladies who watched my kid didn’t even bat an eye.

So the world didn’t end, I wasn’t excommunicated, and no one raked me over the coals for wearing heels.

One of the places that I usually look for deals on shoes is Poshmark. I’ve had decent luck lately with being able to find the style I want for a good price, even if it’s slightly used.

With just a few days before Christmas, as in this pst Sunday, I came across someone who was selling some new Sorel boots in various sizes. She had quite a few listings, and I can only assume she got them at a deep discount to have them listed so low in price.

When I opened her listing to read it, she had sizes 6-10 with half sizes in there listed, but all of the other sizes aside from 6.5 and 10 had been bought. Well it just so happens that those sizes are my wife and I in women’s heels!

I showed my wife, and she mentioned that she liked that look, and could see herself wearing them. So I asked if that should be our joint Christmas present to each other, and she said yes!

I had them shipped to where we are staying as we are out of town visiting family for the holidays. They arrived yesterday and was happy when we tried them on!
 

I must say that they are more snug than my Joan of Arctic wedges, but that’s ok. My right foot was the one that was tight, but thinner socks helped and I figure it will break in after a bit of wear since they’re new.

Yeah, and who in a first world country uses stoning people as punishment today?

2 hours ago, kneehighs said:

I find it fascinating how your niche for heels is acceptance at church. Quite valuable, if you ask me.  At surface level, I imagine there's a couple challenges which leads me to two questions.  Neither of which you're required to answer if your privacy or boundaries deem inappropriate.

1.  What denomination of church is it?  

2.  Has anyone ever thrown Deut 22:5 at you?

While I don’t want to hijack the thread, I will add that this has been something I’ve been working on/towards. I’ll discuss it more in my thread, but these past few weeks that I’ve been making my heels more noticeable, I’ve gotten some quizzical looks, but nothing negative as of yet, and the only person to throw Deuteronomy 22:5 at me was myself a few years back. I’m a non-denominational Christian, and my argument if someone were to try and use that verse against me, I’d politely ask them to read that entire chapter and tell me if they’re also ok with the rest of what it says...

Both pair look amazing! You are rocking those boots, keep it up!

2 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

Slightly? Those are gonna get caught in your bicycle chain for sure!

Agreed! Seeing that flare reminds me of leisure suits. Definitely not a slight flare

Good morning HHP. I discovered yesterday that a co-worker has seen my Instagram page the documents my heeling. Surprisingly, she hasn't said anything to me, and I suspect she's known for at least a week now.

How did it happen? A week ago yesterday, some of us at work were discussing Instagram and how a lot of people seem to be switching to that from Facebook. As well, they were talking about some of each others pictures they had seen on there. This made me realize that I haven't really looked at any of my co-worker's stuff on there, and thought I would give it a look-see.

Now when you look up someone's account, if you 'click' on it, it appears to automatically play any story they have uploaded, which is usually a picture or video that lasts on the screen for about 5 seconds before going to the next 'post' in the person's story, or just ending and going back out of it. Now what I didn't fully realize until yesterday is that for the first 24 hours after that story is posted, the person who posted the story can see everyone who has viewed it.

The co-worker who I was looking up was mentioned in my most recent post here under the 3) Boots at work - another co-worker paragraph. Sure enough, her most recent story had been posted for less than 24 hours, and I viewed it while logged in under my heeling profile, so then she had access. Now I did that over the past weekend, which again means she's known for roughly a week at this point. Even though she hasn't said anything to me, you might wonder how I figured this out?

Well yesterday morning, I went into work wearing some new jeans I had posted about on Wednesday. I was wearing the new jeans with my Sorel wedge boots, and a darker green t-shirt. Her and her fiance were waiting for the barista we have on site to open up his coffee stuff, so I stopped to say hi as I was walking past. She immediately asked if I was wearing new jeans and that they looked nice. I thanked her and said I was impressed she noticed. She then said 'I'm very observant' and gave a look down at my boots as if that was her way of saying she knew?

I assumed she had seen them at some point around the office and thought nothing more of it. Then on my drive home last night, I was thinking about the fact that I don't interact with this co-worker too much, so how would she have known? Then it hit me that I unintentionally revealed my heeling profile on Instagram when I viewed her story. I was extremely embarrassed when I first figured it out, but now I am not. I am more appreciative that she doesn't seem to have told anyone or made any derogatory statements regarding it. 

Part of me wants to test this further, but I'm not sure how.

The picture added to this shows the post I made on Instagram about my new jeans. If you are curious to see my Instagram, it is @straight.in.heels

Oh boy, so I have quite a few updates to post here. This will likely be a long post, so please bear with me.

1) Boots at church - So a while back(Nov. 10), I posted about wearing my new Naturalizer boots to church. I paired them with my jeans, blue t-shirt, and my khaki colored blazer that I had bought from Target. These past two Sundays have been on the chilly side, which enticed me to wear a sweater. I had purchased some sweaters from the Target App, and was looking for a reason to wear them. The brand is called A New Day, which happens to be one of Target's own clothing lines. I was glad I went looking online, because the blue sweater was not available in stores. Last week I wore the green sweater, and this week I wore the blue one.

Now I have been wearing the same Naturalizer ankle boots that I had previously worn. I didn't receive any compliments, but I also didn't get any odd or negative looks from what I observed. Because of this, I am thinking of pushing the envelope next week. I will either wear some different boots, or I'll wear my jeans that are about an inch shorter in inseam. Wearing the shorter jeans would allow me to show off more of the heel, obviously making it more noticeable to those who haven't already seen them.

2) Boots at work - I mentioned in the last post that I had a conversation with a co-worker and in a round-about way said that I wore heels, without actually saying it. This co-worker normally doesn't wear heels, yet sometime around Halloween, came in wearing a beautiful pair of black leather ankle boots that were mesmerizing. I couldn't stop looking at them. I never had the guts to compliment her on them at that point, and thus had to wait until she wore them again before I could get the chance to strike up a conversation. Fortunately, about a week and a half ago, she wore a different pair of cute ankle boots that I just had to compliment her on. 

As it turns out, I was able to have more of a conversation. There was a Thanksgiving Tree being put up at work, and people were writing what they were thankful for on different colored leaves and then putting them on the tree. We were both filling some out, so I complimented her on the boots she was wearing. I asked her where she got them from and she told me she found them at Nordstrom and the brand was Steve Madden. I mentioned how I liked the brand and that they had an outlet store a little bit further away that had a great selection. She said she'd have to try them at some point and thanked me. I told her I also liked Nine West and Frye and some other good brands to which she agreed.

The very next day, she wore the ankle boots I had been in awe of, and we were in the same place as the day before, so I took the opportunity yet again to tell her I like her boots. I mentioned that the pair she was wearing was a pair I had noticed a while back, and was curious about them as well. Again, she got them from Nordstrom, and the brand is Louise et Cie. They are a traditional black leather ankle boot with an almond toe, but with a zipper on the outside and in the zipper color was gold. She mentioned how she really liked them, and then I mentioned how I actually had a pair of Steve Madden that were very comfortable to me. She didn't ask about them, but agreed that they are nice. She hasn't been in early when I've had my heels on in the upstairs office area, so maybe she'll actually get to see some soon.

3) Boots at work - another co-worker: There is another co-worker I mentioned in the previous post who on this past Friday wore some cute mid-calf lace-up boots, similar in style to the Steve Madden Troopa that is so popular. I had decided that I would wear my Sorel wedges for the morning and see if they took notice. When I was upstairs, I had to stop by to ask her about some of our scheduled stuff on projects that have upcoming due dates, and don't appear to be capable of making their deadlines. I decided that it was better to get it done then instead of later. So I got up the courage and went to have the discussion. I made mention that I liked her style of shoes. She said that she had them for a while and they were a go-to pair for her. I told her I understood that because I have one or two pair that are my go-to as well. She didn't ask any further and we decided what to do about the projects. As I left, I wondered if the heels had been noticed, but she asked no questions and made no mention of it to me. So all-in-all, I would say that the world didn't end and I survived without incident. All is well with the world. Small steps in high heels.

Important note: My wife was reading this as I was typing it out, and she asked why there was no mention of her. I realize that she is my biggest supporter and really the only one that matters. The unfortunate side is that she isn't at work with me to hold my hand when I get nervous about wearing my heels. However, she is awesome in giving me honest feedback about what she thinks will look good on me. I owe it to her to keep me looking sharp, and keeping me from teetering too much in my heels. I am quite fortunate that she is so supportive and puts up with me, especially on Sunday mornings when it takes me FOREVER to decide on an outfit for church, especially my heels! 

 

Good morning! I wanted to take a quick minute to talk about my heeling adventure at work yesterday, and my forward progress.

As I have mentioned before, I have started wearing my Naturalizer ankle boots to work on Fridays. I usually get in around 6:00, and there is hardly anyone there, so I go relatively unnoticed as expected. From there, I head to our gym and workout for 30-40 minutes doing some running on the treadmill. Afterwards, I shower, put the heels back on, and head over to the nearby Starbucks for a Friday treat. I keep them on until I get back to my desk, which usually is by 7:15-7:30. A few more people will have arrived, and the possibility of someone else seeing me in my heels does go up. Up until yesterday however, I am not sure if anyone I had walked past had even noticed.

After a post I had read on Instagram, I have been trying this idea out where you give yourself an out for a certain number of times before you just do it. For me I have been trying using the number 4 or 5. This next step was in fact me continuing to wear the heels beyond arriving back at my work and heading to my desk.

My coworker who I have recently mentioned sits in the upstairs section of our building. I decided that 'screw it,' I will walk up there and talk to her, and see what happens. Now again, there's hardly anyone in the office at this point, but you never know who is around.

So I decided to make my way up the stairs to the second floor and purposefully went up the steps that would cause me to walk the longest path to get over to her desk area. Now the floors are carpeted, so there was no chance of someone hearing the click-clack of my heels and taking notice.

When I arrived at her desk, I stood there for a good 10 minutes talking to her and some of the other employees that sit around her about Friday and the like. I was standing in front of their area, which also happens to be a major traffic aisle for employees. It just so happened that there is this girl who wears extremely cute heeled ankle boots that was already in and walked past me to go fill up her water. I continued to talk to my friend and noticed that as this other girl walked back to her desk, she made at least a double or triple take at my shoes. In all fairness, I may have purposefully had one foot resting on the toe of the boot to ensure the heel was being shown off. Aside from the double/triple take, she made no comments or awkward faces. 

From there I went to talk to another employee in the upstairs area who I had questions for regarding some of the weekend stuff that was going to be happening for work. She also wears ankle boots pretty regularly, but they have little to no heel, which is a disappointment. I stood at her desk talking to her for a good 10 minutes or so, with the heels in view if she were to look down, but she never did while we were talking. As I turned to finally head back to my desk around 7:50 and slip out of my boots and into my Converse wedges, I could've sworn that she did in fact turn and look at them in time to see I was wearing heels. The reason I feel this was the case is because there was an afternoon meeting that both of these girls were in with me, and I caught them both at different times looking down at my shoes, I assume to see if they saw the heels.

So the point here is that I wore my heels for longer and in front of people/co-workers that I would normally hide them from. The end result is that the world did not end, no one sneered, laughed, joked, or commented in any way. While I consider that a win, part of me does wish I got a compliment or question about them, lol!

I will post later about a conversation I had with another female co-worker from yesterday that I essentially came out to about heeling, but didn't directly say it.

6 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

 

I have a similar situation with a female friend (not a coworker). We are not the same size, but our shoe adventures have caused much friction with the wife, to the point that our families have quit seeing each other altogether. Hopefully your wife is actually not jealous, instead of merely claiming to be not jealous, like my wife.

Yeah, as of right now, my wife doesn’t appear jealous. I admit though that the shoe sharing with my coworker has only just started, and even when at work is rarely in the forefront. It is more of an ‘oh hey, I’ve got a few minutes of free-time’ instead of a priority in my day-to-day

Just now, SF said:

That's really neat.  My wife would be jealous / not approving.  Does your spouse know???  Have fun....   sf

Yep I told her. My wife actually suggested that I give the pair I had to my coworker since she is more likely to wear them than I am

9 minutes ago, CAT said:

Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!   Does she know about this website?

My coworker? No, she does not.

Before I talk about my recent heeling endeavors, I wanted to take a minute to discuss a topic that has been talked about before, but until recently, I wasn't quite sure why I felt the way I did.

The topic is complimenting women who I think wear cute heels/boots.

For some reason, I have always felt that paying a compliment was in someway awkward, and I never knew why. I always worried that the girl might find it creepy or strange. Thoughts of "Why would a guy notice my shoes? Is he gay?" "Weirdo" "Creepy" etc. would always swirl in my head to the point where I freaked out just to pay a compliment. But over these past few weeks, I've realized that it's the fear of exposing my own heeling that has made the scenario awkward. Let me expand:

Over these past few weeks I have been more courageous in wearing heels other than my Converse wedges at work.

1. I started with wearing my Sorel wedge ankle boots into the office, only to change them after getting in.
2. From there, I progressed into wearing them after my Friday morning workout when I would leave the office for a Starbucks and then return.
3. Then I started keeping them on when I would go to the cafeteria at the office to get my coffee, potentially exposing them to more people.
4. From there, I started wearing the Naturalizer boots that I bought to match my wife's boots into work on Friday mornings.
5. Then I added them to my Starbucks run.
6. Now I keep my Sorel wedges on most of the morning, including my morning coffee chat with a coworker who I'll mention more about later.

In this span of 3-4 weeks, I have discovered that my comfort level for complimenting my coworkers has gone up. I can only assume that the increase in comfort has gone up due to the increase in comfort with wearing my heels.

With that being said, I have a coworker who I usually chat with in the morning when I get my coffee from the cafeteria, and she her tea. She is aware of my heeling and indulges me in my discussion of cute footwear that I wish I had, etc. Well, it turns out that we are the same shoe size! Over this past weekend, she had sent me some pictures of some heels that she owns, saying I could borrow them anytime I wished. In return, I sent some pictures and told her likewise.

One pair that she had which are super cute happen to be a pair of extremely comfortable Dr. Scholl's booties. She really liked a pair of Kelly & Katie heels that I own that I unfortunately would probably never wear. 

So today we each brought our respective pairs into work, each wore a shoe, and then proceeded to take a couple of pictures. I think they turned out really good! As we 'swapped' each other's shoes for a brief moment, I actually told her she could keep the shoes as an early birthday gift since I am unlikely to wear them. She was ecstatic and very grateful. It was a good feeling to know that someone else would be enjoying the shoes!

The instagram pictures are posted below.

On 11/15/2019 at 9:13 AM, kneehighs said:

It was actually a really fun conversation.  Her test of my brooch integrity was probably just a standard s__t test that girls sometimes disperse to weed out "beta" males. Her reply on instagram direct was, "Yes plzzz, f--k me pumps required.  Let me know your schedule next week."  

She didn't offer any compliments on my outfit.  The girl I went to the party with said I looked better than her.  It was near Union Square, Manhattan.

So you’ve got a follow up “date” with this girl? You’ll have to let us know how it goes.

@Barr that’s a great look! Where did you get the leggings from?

Wisdom