Electroman

Ok I got a really scary site for ya...

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/dressmen/dressmenFULL.html

Yep. Everything you wanted to know how to dress yourself to conform to everybody else. Yep that's right, if you follow the advice of the author of the article in the site above, you will be normal. Yes normal.

God, my girlfriend is sorta old-school and even she thought the opinions in the site above were way out in right field.

Xaphod... I posted this link too use reverse psychology on you... dress any damn way you want to. If you want the job however I'm sure you may want to tone it down a bit.

based on the Payless sizing scheme, Size 11W or 12 Boots 12 shoes only 9.5-10.5 sandals.

My GF doesn't seem to support my liking to heels nor forbids it either.

For the past 1.5 years i've been wearing them, she's been the same. However also, I believe that it isn't the heel height that seems to bother her, its more like what does the shoe look like from the front! Its not what I expected but makes sense to me when I think about it simply.

For example, 1.5 years after we started dating, (and 1.5 years ago, which leads to 3.0 years dating) I suddenly thought it to be real neat to wear women's sandals. So I started to buy the fake brown leather sandals with no heels. She agreed on the styles. Then one night I wore my payless mannish laceup oxfords with 2.5 inch block heel (many of you may remember them). She cried asking why I wanted to wear them. But she also was gonna buy that same pair(smaller size of course ). So to make up for it I bought her some new boots. ( I Wanted her to wear boots anyway).

Since then, she has been with me in the payless's and I try on new men's and women's shoes. No real problem here.

To add to the story I got for 8 bucks some used laceup boots with 2 inch rubber heels from a thrift store. She was soso on them. I think they look masculine but after I wore them a few times with her, she told me one day while we were in Walmart that they definately look like women's boots. I learned that it wasn't the heel but the style of shoe that affects her.

Months passed. In payless again(to her request), and her and I split up in the store. She goes to size 7's and I go to size 12's in women's. Then I walk back to her. She asks me if I found anything. So we walk back and I show her a pair I like. She's cool with it. In fact, she really likes the pair of block heeled velcro strapovers I selected. She reminded me that they look like men's shoes and liked them on me. Unfortunately they were size 11's and were too small:

http://www.payless.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgmenbr=5000&cgrfnbr=15177273&prrfnbr=8934500&tlcname=Women&size=6.5&cg2rfnbr=&blc_cgnbr=15177256

(hope the link worked out, if not the payless shoe lot# is 13764)

I ended up special ordering size 12's for myself (largest size avail). She likes them and I wear them with her in public. I've gotten some glances from other girls and I think some younger guys and/or teen boys have followed me to check them out (in envy or curiosity, I don't know)

So this sorta proved to me it isn't what is in back of the shoe, more like what is in the front of the shoe that counts for her.

So she doesn't like the laceup boots but maybe some day I can get some zipup boots with block heels that look mannish.

Well that's my story with my SO in a nutshell.

NE- I agree! I'm in New England myself, and i've never seen a guy wearing heels up here (besides me of course). Men here wear mostly sneakers and your typical .25 - .5 inch heeled loafers and laceups. Some brown, some black. White collar men usually the latter. The more fashionable guys wear 1 inch boots and more trendy buckle/laceup shoes. Ya I usually see block heeled boots in the winter, some oxfords, some loafers. Younger girls seem to wear exclusively Payless stuff. 50+ women usually have pumps and only pumps. 30+ stray away from boots mostly, more on the loafers.