p1ng74

I came across a picture of an exhibit featuring Buffalo Bill’s gear and noticed that he wore OTK boots :p

I noticed CA Boots will make you your very own pair... https://www.caboots.com/cart/product/buffalo_bill_custom_boots/

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@Chaosheels Ouch - we wish you a speedy recovery!  

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7 hours ago, HappyinHeels said:

Lovinheels,

I think some wedge sandals will work best at both ends of the trip. If you wore boots I doubt your feet would be comfortable in the higher temperatures. I saw a forecast for South Florida which showed, after a brief cooldown, high temperatures expected to reach 80-83F (27-28C) by Wednesday. Definitely not boot weather. 

Just depends on what you are used to.  I am comfortable in knee high boots all through the summer here in Texas and it gets well over 100.  It is to be determined if I will do the same with my OTK boots or if that is going overboard...

@Kjones92 congratulations on your first outing, it sounds successful.  In my experience, it only gets more fun from here.  If you live in an urban area there are lots of opportunities to create a walking routine to get practice.  Last year I started a new daily working routine.  On a good day I walk through a grocery store in the morning, walk to and from the office, walk down the street to a restaurant for dinner, and then walk around a mall/department store for as long as I wish to finish the day.  This routine started before I ever came to HHP or owning 4” heels.  When I wanted to go higher I just added them to the routine starting with the casual outings.  Now I wear the 4” heels into the office and am in them from breakfast until bedtime.  It’s pretty fun and satisfying.  

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Agree, I sit at the bar or lounge area at restaurants for dinner too because it is usually the same menu, it encourages more interactions, and it is probably more efficient for the restaurant that I not occupy an entire table for one.  Also, bar seating shows off those heels, rather than hiding them under a tablecloth!

7 hours ago, Shyheels said:

I have the same mixed feelings - there is a lovely moment when you settle into your airplane seat on the outbound journey, knowing that you are on your own, uncontactable for the next few hours, and outward bound with everything ahead of you. Ditto some evenings in the hotel. But mealtimes can feel isolating, when the waiter pointedly removes the other set of cutlery from the table, and you dine alone.   

When I was growing up people would tell me how depressing it is to dine alone, and I have colleagues today who still regularly order room service instead of eating out because of this.  To me that is even more tragic, as that is the ultimate isolation and the food is often not good.   

I remember taking my very first business trip and first meal “alone” when I was fresh out of college and finding nothing depressing about it at all.  There are people still all around you to interact with, as people have pointed out here, and just because you have never met before doesn’t mean they have to remain a “stranger”.  

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15 hours ago, HappyinHeels said:

p1ng74,

You certainly present a nice and natural look. I have to wonder though if it gets old being in a hotel all the time? I once lived in a hotel for nine weeks when my family moved from Arizona to Chicago in 1992. That was when I was working at O"Hare Airport. We tired of the hotel and the urban scene and were able to move into our home just two days before Christmas...in Wisconsin.  We've been here ever since. I had just one home-cooked meal in that nine week stretch at my cousn's house. I would imagine your outfits are a form of entertainment? I do wish you all the best in 2019. HinH

I have been traveling full time since 2010 and I still enjoy the pampering at a hotel.  I agree with @Shyheels traveling and being away from home helps me appreciate what I have at home more.  Though hotels also do a good job of delivering pleasant stays, so it works the other direction as well.  When I am at home I look forward to my next trip and hotel stay, and during the trip I look forward to going home.  It’s like any other cycle in life, really, and not one that most people get to experience so I feel fortunate.  

The same goes with meals.  My wife’s cooking has an appealing style that cannot be purchased at restaurants.  This drives up the level of standard by which I pursue meal experiences while I am traveling.  When I eat out I try to learn new taste sensations that I bring into meals that I make at home, so it’s like the cycle of growth again.  

I take all the indoor pictures of outfits from the hotel mostly because the lighting is much better, and yes it is something fun to add to the day especially when work at the office is boring.  

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4” heels all day today as usual, but I dressed down a little before heading down to the bar:

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1 hour ago, Shyheels said:

Ditto. I se no harm whatever in being labelled gay and would not be offended by it in the least. I happen not to be gay. I also happen not to be Norwegian, able to play the harmonica, speak Russian, or do brain surgery but if perfect strangers take it upon themselves to assume that I do, or am, any of those things, what do I care? No skin of my nose. 

Exactly, I have dealt with this my whole life.  Being Chinese here most people assume I am good at math and know karate.  Most of the assumptions are true, while others are aspirational to various degrees...

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1 hour ago, MackyHeels said:

In fact many straight men hide the fact of wearing heels. Being seen in heels alows others to assume he must be gay also. Only because the community welcomes Cd’s so if your seen displaying female heels on  social media lgays gravitate towards you. Like it or not whenever a man dares to wear feminine fashions he is boxed into a group and community namely GLBQ. 

When I was in high school, merely not having a girlfriend at any given moment was enough reason for guys to assume you are gay.  That shallow view of masculinity needs to be left behind.  I encourage any straight man who still makes daily decisions based on whether it makes they seem “gay” to quit being afraid and man up.  There are now entire professions (musicians, artists, nurses, teachers, clergy, etc) no longer staffed by men because of flawed views of masculinity.  I have two teenage sons and I hope they see too that I do what I think is good, rather than fear what other people might assume.  

Of all the reasons one might give me to not wear heels, the fear of being labeled gay will be the last one to make an impact on me.  

45 minutes ago, Shyheels said:

The fact that they are gay will, on its own, be enough to reinforce the stereotype, I'm afraid.  It isn't like there are a lot of similar videos out there made by straight guys - they are nearly all done by gays, so it is kind of a double hit. No straight-guy videos, loads of gay-guy videos - what is a person on the sidelines to think?  Especially with the stereotype already there, and going strong.

When I search “men high heels” in YouTube there is a mixture.  Yes, gay might be over represented but it is not a lost cause.  What I think there is opportunity for is showing true normalized  heel wearing - not this click bait “I tried X for 24 hours” thing that might be entertaining but not all that inspiring.  I’d be willing to put together something myself given a sufficiently clever idea but maybe YT is not the right place for it.  Perhaps just doing what we are doing, wearing our heels day in and out for others to see in the real world, is the best approach.  

Came across this new video today where a couple young guys tried going out in high heels for the first time:

Though the video was created with clickbait intentions, it actually supports the reality that it is perfectly fine for guys to wear heels.  It looks like they had fun, and nobody said anything negative or tried to stop them.  While my activities out and about are a bit tamer and don’t involve staging YouTube worthy scenes, this conclusion is consistent with my personal experience wearing heels for over a month now.  

As with their other videos, the Coyles’ present themselves in a way to show that they are gay, but I actually appreciated the fact that they did not make mention of it in a way that implied that the freedom to wear heels should be limited to or associated with being gay.  

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