Nearly a teenager

[ohnoberty]

Just happened to notice the date I joined HHPlace, apparently it was 11.5 years ago. Another 18 months and I'll be a teenager.

How long has everyone else been here?

[Aly]

My profile says I joined in 2004!

[Shyheels]

I’m coming up on ten years in January. Seems hard to believe

[at9]

I joined in 2006.

[XtremeHeels]

I have been here since 2009!!!

[pebblesf]

Over ten years for me, and so appreciative to have found this website and everyone who participates

[Shyheels]

It’s a very friendly and accommodating forum - so different from some other forums I have encountered! Lots of different viewpoints and styles, but always expressed with tolerance and goodwill

[NrthEastHeel]

June 2008 for me, wow does time fly 😳😂

[crotchhiboots]

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             i joined in 2003.

[AlexC94]

I've only been here for 8 and a half years thanks to me making one in 2015. Jeez those days seem so far from the world we live in now.

[Shyheels]

Lots has changed in that time, and very little of it has been good

[mlroseplant]

I apparently am getting ready to celebrate 11 years next month, although I have been around much longer than that as a lurker. In the 11-15 years before I actually joined, I went from being an admirer to being a secret wearer to being a public wearer. I ventured out for the first time in heels sometime in May 2012, six months before I officially joined HHP. The world was less friendly to my fashion choices back then, and HHP was being run by some less than friendly people. So indeed some things have changed for the better, including the stability of my income.

I have run through my collection, and evidently I have very few pictures from those days, and in fact I can't find a single one from earlier than about 2015, by which time I had established myself as a regular high heel wearer. Here are some of my earliest what I would call actual high heels, i.e., 3 inches or more difference from toe to heel.

Edited October 15, 2023 by mlroseplant

[Shyheels]

Thats an interesting point - changes can also come from within. When I first joined I quite fancied thigh boots - they seemed to me to the Ultima Thule in this forbidden word of high heels, the most extravagant and theatrical. And I suppose they are. But as I evolved into this, became more comfortable with the idea of wearing heels, more accepting and open to exploring my tastes, I found that my tastes evolved too. Or perpahs I discovered what they really were instead of being distracted by the most theatrical version of them.  I've settled quite comfortably into knee and OTK boots, as well as embraced a fondness (that I see now was always there) for chunky-heels and ankle boots. 

At the start I liked the racy lines and proportions of 12cm stiletto heels, and while I can still see the appeal, nowadays I prefer the look of 10cm in stilettos and 8cm chunky heels - not so much for ease of walking, although thsat plays a part, but because my aesthetic has evolved. I'm quite settled in that, know my mind and buy accordingly. And happily.  

 

[mickeyunc]

I just checked december 24 ,  2004.   

[HappyinHeels]

Discovered site in spring of 2009 and joined very shortly thereafter. 14 quick years have gone by and I’ve added some 175 pairs of heels in that time. I should have a sale! HinH

[Ynotme]

Jan 29 2014 wow 10 years 

I haven’t been active here in a few mostly on Instagram @ynotme9911  still post pics of my collection 

 

[Shyheels]

We joined exactly the same day! 29 Jan 2014 - coming up ten years!

[Bubba136]

I joined 22 years ago on January 12, 2002.  Today is my anniversary of joining, in fact.

[Shyheels]

How time flies!

[mickeyunc]

December 2004 here

[Rockpup]

October 2002 here