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People have to start somewhere.  For the vast majority of guys who have never worn 2” heels, I highly recommend they add them to their wardrobe.  The guys on YouTube who jump straight into 4” for 24 hours are mostly trying to make entertainment, rather than seriously considering the pleasure of regularly wearing heels.  I wonder if the author of the Vogue article continued to wear heels after his 3 day experiment.  It sounded like he would, but he didn’t say straight up.  I know from personal experience that sometimes it takes wearing 2.5” heels for a while before curiosity pushes us higher.  For this reason, the more guys we have wearing 2.5” heels, the better, even if they aren’t considered “high” by HHP standards. 

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1 hour ago, Mr. X said:

Rocks eh?  I hadn't thought of that.

Those boots are pretty tall but it still amazing the kind of stuff you find later in your socks when the boot shafts are loose like that.  Dirt, leaves, people’s cigarette ashes...

47 minutes ago, kneehighs said:

Surprised no one has posted this article from US Vogue.com

Men In Heels? I Put the Tricky Trend to the Test

Authors conclusion "The final verdict? Men’s heels are much more of a commitment than my go-to sneakers, sure, but can give you that extra pep in your step. I found myself walking taller, and even feeling more confident along the way. Sometimes, I even strutteddown a hallway at work, as though I was Bella Hadid. (I am most definitely not.) And that change of demeanor, at least for me, is worth the aching arches and pinched toes alone."

While the article is positive overall, I can’t help but wonder if some of the “pain” of wearing 2-2.5” heels that the author described may be a little exaggerated.  Many years ago I jumped straight into wearing 2” dress heels all day on business trips and I don’t remember feeling out of sorts at all.  On the other hand, I do remember how nice the soft Lucchese leather felt on the feet and calves.  Good quality and fit make a difference when it comes to boots and heels.  Maybe the author found “pains” because he was expecting them and therefore became sensitive to the changes.  

In my experience, moving to 2” and 2.5” heel wad such a subtle change that it had no impact on  daily life and lifestyle, and required no special “commitment”.  3” had a distinct feeling at first, but not one that really affected my daily routine any more than breaking in any pair of shoes.  For me, it wasn’t until 3.5” and 4”+ that I had anything worth writing home about.  

But I’ll take any positive direction towards men wearing heels - even if it is just inspiring urbanites to do what cowboys have done for centuries...

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12 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

That's pretty novel @Jkrenzer. Is that patent gray? Pretty cool. 

On another note, I like getting new tires, but I hate paying for them. Another item, like car batteries, where the price increases in the last 10 years have been university-like in their magnitude. 

I feel like tires have been steady, but now that you mention it, lead acid battery prices do seem to be climbing rapidly.  I wonder if it is due to demand from other applications.  I noticed a solar panel system using an array of these batteries for energy storage, and the replacement cost of those is quite high too.  So much for renewable energy.  

Nice to see this thread bumped, and that you have been heeling for years now.  I’m relatively new but I think we’ve been heeling in the same neck of the woods...

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I bundled up for the unusual cold weather this week, but I’ve already started thinking ahead with plans to stay in boots all year.

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There seems to be general ongoing admiration for how comfortable she is wearing heels.  When these pictures were taken, I remember people making a big deal of her bending and carrying children while in heels:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3807402/Let-s-hope-Queen-didn-t-Duchess-Cambridge-practices-parenting-technique-Canada-tour-saw-Prince-William-scolded-Majesty.html

1 hour ago, balletboot said:

This is one of the most relevant post yet. It is basically exactly what has been said between us during that night and next day. 

One of the things shes said was I'm "supposed to to protect her not be prancing around in heels." Of course in the heat of the moment I couldn't chime in much as she was to emotional to hear a single word I said. Of course as you all know we dont just prance around in heels, we just walk like every other human.

I think it will take time and actions to convince women that we are not putting our masculinity on the shelf when we wear heels.  This is why I am taking every opportunity to go out looking comfortable doing normal things while wearing heels.  Forgot something back in the car?  Yes I am sprinting, even while wearing 3” heels. Lifting my luggage at the airport?  Changing a flat tire?  I do it in 4+” heels.  Nothing changes.  I will still hold doors and elevators open for women, and bend over to pick things off the ground that get dropped.  

When I walk to the office at the beginning of the week I bring the whole week’s worth of lunch to keep in the refrigerator.  There is a gallon of milk and ice, among the other things, in the cooler.  I have two laptops in the bag.  Yes, wearing 4” heels added a new element to this routine at first, but it’s a fun routine that is now normal.  

1 hour ago, mlroseplant said:

I must also reveal the fact that back then, I wasn't wearing giant stiletto heels or anything, just slightly higher heels than a man would normally wear.

2 to 3 inch heels are relatively common standard heel heights in cowboy boots, and are also relatively “normal”.  I found that people didn’t really notice anything different until I went into the over 4” range.  

I agree that for those that still have doubts about the social acceptability of a man in 2” block heels, do what @mlroseplant did and just plunge right in to show that it is no big deal.  

3 hours ago, Puffer said:

Your English is certainly better than my French, mon ami!   

Don't take my tongue-in-cheek dig at foreigners (and their languages) too seriously; the English language has been greatly enriched by what it has acquired from elsewhere!   And the same is true of French and most other languages.   But clearly the structure of any language is likely to be different in many respects from that of others, so when words or expressions are 'borrowed', all sorts of irregularities arise.

English is my second language, and I have spent much of my life teaching children.  For me, the vast idiomatic elements of English are what make it a pleasure and worthwhile to learn and use.  I like that when we learn and converse in English, we are operating at a intersection of multiple cultural idioms.  

That said, this intersection can only be preserved and expanded if we learn other languages.  There are still concepts and phrases in my mind that seem only expressible in Chinese or German.  There just doesn’t seem to be a straightforward English word for it!  

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When I use the singular, in my mind I am referring to a singular design, so the word “design” is omitted but implied.  The full sentence in my mind is “My OTK boots have a 4” heel design.”  This is similar to saying “Her boots have a bright red color.”

This is just what goes on in my mind.  Not sure how this aligns with grammatical rules.  

I suppose if one decides to wear mismatched shoes it gets complicated.  If one says “My OTK boots have a 4” heel and a 3” heel” does each boot has two heels?  :p

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