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I will stand and lecture for 3 hours at a time. The balls of my feet will burn by the end, but I will go to reflexology and get my feet worked on every once in a while.

I figure at least 10% of the guys who compliment me on my heels wish they had the cojones to wear high heel knee high boots.

I went from 1.5 inch heels to 4 inch heels in ONE minute. Found my balance no problem. BUT I had done years of ankle lifts, so my ankles were ready. An added incentive was I couldn't walk without 4 inch heels. I had a 26+ inch circumference on my calf, a level 3-4 tear.

In early November I flew in a pair of faux leather pants and knee high JS 4 inch boots. Only one at the airport in leather pants and one of the very few in heels. Be aware @Shyheels if you wear this look, you WILL be noticed. So dress smartly.

Sorry for you losses. Hopefully won't stop at the jelly strap heels. I 'heard' Santa is bringing me booties. Let's hope he got the size right.

I too have a faux leather skirt.

I love to wear my faux leather pants with my knee highs. Glad to know I'm in vogue. ☺️

Easy explanation: running shoes are porous and get wet inside when it is raining and in snowy situations.

Yes in Sydney, but north of the bay, so not Newtown. First floor flat in an area with older brick buildings. Near shopping and doctors. Only drove past it once back in 2016. New....something

My parents bought a condo for my grandmother and aunt in Newtown in the late 70's, sold it 2010's. I bought my current house in 2014 and it has more than tripled in value. When I put a new house on this lot it will then quadruple in value. That's my 2026 plan.

@Shyheels "1 don't do shorts" is the same as "I live in Britain."

Like @mlroseplant, when I started to wear women's shoes in (aka stopped wearing men's shoes), I hide them under longer pants. And those were at most 6.4 cm heels. Then when I had to raise my heel 4 inches I hide them at first. But it was a hot summer, over 100 F (38 C) daily, so I wore shorts and exposed my heels and got thicker skin. Now I wear my tall boots on the outside; yesterday I had my Jessica Simpson black knee highs on and got "that's a fierce fashion statement" from a waiter when I went to the restroom. I have about a dozen stilettos but I have to consider the surfaces I will be walking on. As a result there are only a few days I can wear stilettos. The places I go to now are NOT stiletto friendly, so I rarely wear them. But I will wear my suede JS knee high stilettos with short shorts in the summer. Now "that's a fierce fashion statement."😁

Women's shoes are made with wider toe and narrower heel, men's are usually just straight. Wearing men's shoes was like walking around in clown shoes.

Where's the flood? I'm also responsible for raising my work place average. 😀😀😀

I have never meet a pump that fits my foot. If one exists, it is probably harder to find than a golden unicorn. I have a wide toe box and narrow heel with a very high arch. The vamp on every pump I have tried cuts into my tendons, even with padding.

I get the "I love your heels, but I can wears heels any more" quite often. Last week at our holiday party, I had my short heel knee highs on (location was not heel friendly) effective 9 cm rise (heel-platform) and two men came up (different times) to talk about heels. Both said about the same thing, "I couldn't walk in heels like that." One was the Board's chairman.

They are size 11, Nine West shoes are narrow. I had 4 "love those heels" today. Maybe I'll wear my black ones tomorrow

So today I pulled out my Nine West leather knee high boots and measured the heel, 4.75 inches, just over 12 cm, no platform. Small block heel. I have these in two colors, wearing the dark red/brown ones today. Haven't worn these in many months but plan on at least 8 hours in them today at work. Don't plan on having any troubles in them.

I went from 2 inch to 4 inch in one minute, BUT I had done years of toe raiser on inclines to recover from multiple ankle reconstructions. Men's shoes were the problem for destroying my ankles and knees.

I have too take my heels off to go through security at airports. And I fly in knee highs on the outside.

But make sure whatever you buy fit WITHOUT pain. Life is too short for shoes that hurt.

I had promise to do several stories from my early November trip. On the first day of the convention, there was not my heels worn, only me and a few others. However the current leader, was in tall stiletto pumps, her normal ware. Although, many women talked to me about heels. However, on the second day there was many 3 inch heels and a number of 4 inch heels. And the third day a lot of heels. I also saw heels (high stilettos) at the up scale restaurants I had dinner at. === I just returned from a Thanksgiving trot. Only saw a few heels at each airport, BUT, and @pebblesf might be extra interested in this, I saw a flight attendant is 3 inch heels coming off a plane. Today at another airport I saw a flight attendant crew from Southwest where 2 women had at least 3 inch heels, one had a 2 inch heel, while the 4th had flats. Very unusual for a non-Asian airline flight attendant crew. I have stayed at hotels where about 90% of the female flight attendants from an Asian airline were in heels; that's where there are 24+ flight attendants (for the 16+ hour trip).

In the last house I had built (owner/builder) 30 years ago, the drywallers not only hung the drywall, they also mudded and taped it. I was the painter. I got a professional rig from my friend, a painter (who had a double hernia and couldn't paint for 6 months). In the house I am planning of building in the coming year, I plan to do all the inside and outside painting again.

And Happy Thursday to all those outside the US, even Canada has a different Thanksgiving.

I pulled my name out of consideration for a 6-month scientific assignment for NASA in Antarctica in the late 70's.