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13 hours ago, Shyheels said:

I’m sure there must be a degree of pent-up latent curiosity out there - what’s it like to wear, walk in, heels? There would have to be. Heels are an iconic part of the culture even if they are no longer so widely worn. Plus, for guys, high heels have an element of the forbidden. One would have to have very limited imagination not to have at least a teensy bit of curiosity and sneaky desire to see what it felt like to wear heels, even for an hour. And so, a bit of jealousy towards those who dared.

It took a while for shoes to find its way up to the top of my curiosity.  For much of my earlier life I shopped for shoes like a child - pick something somewhat comfortable and not too offensive looking, and throw it away a few months later when it is worn out.  Between this lack of real experience with nice shoes, and all the mainstream depictions of women kicking their heels off and rubbing their feet in pain, I had never imagined wearing heels would be any sort of interesting experience beyond walking on your tip toes.  But then I discovered cowboy boots, and heels, and this forum...

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24 minutes ago, mlroseplant said:

And finally @Bubba136 . Yes, it became painfully obvious to me that women's shoes are generally built closer, tighter, and slimmer than the same style men's shoe when I tried to use some women's work "style" boots as actual work boots. Since they did fit me well, comfort was not the issue, but the appearance was shockingly different compared to everybody else's boots, and was noticed and commented on.

 

The tricks to make women’s shoes look smaller and men’s shoes bigger without changing foot size are pretty simple and effective - thin, glued soles vs thick oversized overstitched soles, and higher heels slim the overall footprint.  I personally don’t like the bigfoot look, and I have small feet for my height anyway.  The slimmer look is one thing I enjoy about wearing heels.  

I’ve worn heels in all sorts of strange, crowded places in different cities and never noticed anyone finding it a novelty worth snapping a photo for.  I do think we live in a time now where such things just aren’t that jarring.  

So, rather than waiting for a return of heels in women’s fashion that will never happen, maybe the best way to enjoy heels now is just to wear them myself.  

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According to this article, 2020 should be the year of the man-heel:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-2020-should-be-the-year-of-the-man-heel-11601546429
 

Let it not stop in 2020!

Despite flying fairly regularly I don’t have pre-check status so I always take the 4+” boots off at the TSA checkpoint.  I’m sure some people notice and stare lol.
 

https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashion/comments/f5k1z5/high_ho_its_off_to_work_we_go/?st=KJ1VAXSN&sh=a78336ee

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9 minutes ago, Puffer said:

Yes, I agree that the basic loafer remains very much a male shoe (and a favourite of mine).   What I meant was that women 'borrowed' that style and often embellished it (with heels etc) to suit their purposes and we, in turn, should be able to steal them back in their embellished form, heels and all.   Loafers are (imho) one of the few styles that still look good with a thicker, often stacked, heel (and a small platform if present) - making them much more acceptable for male wear than, say, a stiletto court.

I say the same thing about cowBOY boots too.  Higher heels don’t automatically make them cowgirl boots...

A lot of the classic styles have come back in the last 10 years, so I would say go for it!  Like you mentioned plastics came back, browlines are back, tortoise is back, and even cat eyes and aviator styles are back.

All that said, I must admit that for most of this year my more interesting glasses, much like my heels, have sat unworn as I went back to wearing my rectangular semi rimless frames... mostly because they work best under my helmet...

On 12/17/2020 at 10:55 PM, Tech said:

If you're keeping this a secret from your wife, you need to change that, and fast! Otherwise you going to end up a single guy, over some poxy footwear.

Seen guys make the wrong choice soooo many times, its sad. But have also seen guys make the right choice, and work things out.

But dont make it "A thing". If you make it "A thing" and "I have something to tell you" then your making footwear into a huge problem that it isnt.

Most womens biggest fear seems to be "First the heels, then the skirt, then something else, then the sex change...

3 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

 

Not only that, the consequences of keeping secrets like that can be quite severe. My wife would get very upset if she didn't know the code to my phone or the password to my email. However, she never looks at these things, and I don't look at hers. But we could if we wanted. I would hand her my phone for inspection at any time, even if there is the potential that it might be temporarily embarrassing.

Yeah, the internet is a horrible place to keep a secret.  But it is a great place for exchange of obscure interests.  

It might be a fine line, but I think there is a significant distinction between the two.  I figure the more I make high heels another one of my obscure interests, the less it becomes a big deal that damages relationships.  I participate in numerous online forums of various topics, and they are so boring to my wife that she would never take the time to read it.  Heck, we have been married for 13 years and she still finds my own public, personal blog to be too boring too read.  When we want to know each other, we spend time with each other, not snoop on each other on the internet.  

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But what if I am crazy enough to go running in high heels?  

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4 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

For me personally, I can wear 2 or 3 inch heels if I want to, but I don't want to. I've said it before, if somebody told me that I could only wear 3 inch heels or lower, I probably wouldn't bother with heels at all.

For me, some height is still better than no height.  Every time I go out I wear cowboy boots with 3.5” heels.  I enjoy wearing 4+” heels but my wife objects to me wearing “girls shoes”.  I’ll take what I can get - 3.5” is still quite a nice sensation over the low flats that everyone else wears.