Grand Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I saw the posting about the tendency (?) for some birth signs to be into HH more than others are. Well, I doubt we’ll find a connection… However, I had a thought. I was wondering how many of us happened to be shy when they were kids? It may seem like a strange question. However, as a shy kid, I remember probably spending more time looking at the floor (and shoes), rather than in somebody’s eyes. What do you think? Does this statement make sense? Were you shy as well? Just curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Personally, I don't see a connection between high heels and childhood shyness, but for what it's worth, I was shy as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highluc Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I was very shy as well. Be youself, enjoy any footwear you like and don't care about what others think about it, it's your life, not theirs. Greetings from Laurence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azraelle Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Likewise. Still am. "All that you can decide, is what to do with the time that is given you."--Gandalf, "Life is not tried, it is merely survived -If you're standing outside the fire."--Garth Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highheeled54 Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I was shy, still now. Also noticed that many of my friends wearing heels had "man" jobs or activities (army, police, high level responsabilities in companies, ). Could this be to hide this shyness ? Merry Christmas to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Heels Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I was extemely shy as a kid. I'm still kind of shy but not as bad. I'm not sure it has anything to do with my interest in high heels though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shoe Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I was shy too, painfully so, but now I have learnt to overcome it. Perhaps there is something there after all! Graduate footwear designer able to advise and assist on modification and shoe making projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamyam Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I was shy as a child, but now I'm (apparently) incredibly outgoing. But then, I work on-site, so I have to be. It's an interesting theory about shy people being interested in shoes because they're always looking down, but I'm not convinced. On the other hand, when you're a small child, crawling and learning to walk, adults look like a pair of shoes and a blur to you. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Overall, tho', I don't really ever wonder how I ended up this way, I just try and remember to enjoy it Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 As Spock would say: "Fascinating." For the record, I was shy as well when I was a kid. But, things have changed considerably for me today, after all, you can't be shy and wear women's shoes openly in public! :-D I don't want to LOOK like a woman, I just want to DRESS like a woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellah Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 ...after all, you can't be shy and wear women's shoes openly in public! :-D You said it, man! And viceversa: "You can't call yourself not shy if you dare not to wear HH in public!" _______________ HH forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 I believe it was Sherlock Holmes who said - after removing all other possibilities what ever is left must be the answer, however improbable it seems. I was and still am shy. -- unless I am wearing a skirt (Utilikilt today) or heels. Now the $64 question -- Why? As posted above you cannot be shy and wear either a skirt or heels in public. -- Brandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyguy Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 long time no post, hi again Was shy, am shy still. Is this a pattern forming here?? He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes. Brown's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobHH Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Yes, yes, yes, a pattern forms, or else no one else is replying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallSwede Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Just for the record, and to throw a wrench in somebody elses possible spanner; -I have *NEVER* been shy! Already as a kid was I pestering the "fellow" travellers on the buses or wherever I got the chance to chat with a stranger. I have most definitely inherited this behaviour from my mother who also never have shown any inhibition to chat with whomever did not make it away in time but felt compelled by decency to stay and listen to the "machine-gun" banter we both are capable of in any situation encountered until today. -Hmm, I wonder if it would be considered an act of police brutality if one of us got employed as (hostage/suicide candidate) negotiators...? -I'm quite sure we'd make a difference in the statistics TallSwede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shoe Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 You are obviously the exception TallSwede. Graduate footwear designer able to advise and assist on modification and shoe making projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julietta Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 I was shy too. I have learned to be unshy, well I have learned to behave in an unshy manner, but it has taken a lot of practice. I have always liked people though, and have always been chatty and communicative, but I prefer talking on a one to one basis. If I had to stand up in front of a lot of people and talk I would just die as I have done in the past when made to do this e.g. school exams, musical exams, work etc. I'm not convinced that this is the reason I love shoes though, even if a pattern does seem to be forming here, but I will keep watching this thread and can probably be persuaded. Love to you all and Happy New Year Julietta xx Let calm be widespread May the sea glisten like greenstone And the shimmer of summer Dance across your pathway "Communication is a two way thing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Yes, yes, yes, a pattern forms, or else no one else is replying. The really shy ones are lurkers, tho I fall in that category (or at least when I'm sober, which is nearly all of the time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nboots Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 also very shy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobHH Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 The odd thing is that I don't mind giving a presentation to a group or taking the lead in a meeting, so long as it is real work and not "political" BS. I learned that through training and practice in my job. But, I'm not aggressive or outgoing in social situations, even though I seem to have no trouble talking to girls. I like the companionship of a single person more than a party situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 I was very shy too, still tend to shyness around strangers and often find parties a real strain Man is born in freedom, but soon becomes enslaved, in cages of convention from the cradle to the grave - Jeff Waynes War Of The Worlds/Sung by David Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terayon Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 i was not shy at all and am pretty outgoing person when im with friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegant Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 In case of my family it's a classic Freudian BS. I'm the younger kid, and I've got a brother who's thirteen years older, and he's 34 now. He was always (from what I remember) closer to my dad and other males, whereas I was always closer to my mom. My bro's appearance is overtly male, judging by my standards and he was sometimes aggressive, and I'm more androgynous both in appearance and in psychology. He tried to impose that so-called "normality" on me, but he always failed, and I am who I am now. I don't try to fit in and pose as a heteric, a stereotypical "real man" (well, guys- you usually ought to have balls in order to wear heels, so you ARE real men!) or someone like that. What is good for a goose, can be good for any gender! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shoe Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Yes but having a sibling who is much older counts like being an only child in my book. By the time you were 6, he would have been ready to leave home... Graduate footwear designer able to advise and assist on modification and shoe making projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inscapable Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Yeah, I was shy. Still am, mostly. Maybe that's what it was. Maybe not. Other things are going on, least with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnieheel Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 OH YA! I was very shy in my youth up until just a few years ago. I too spent alot of time looking at the ground (shoes}. Now as you all can see by my videos and pics, I have over come my shyness and am very outgoing and happy wearing my heels any where I want cause if you can't be yourself, then who can you be?. real men wear heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy N. Heels Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Fascinating! This thread is suggesting a correlation between a person's emotional predispositon to avoid human contact and the desire to wear certain articles of clothing. While I find the concept totally illogical, I must say that it bears further study. Fascinating. - Spock Keep on stepping, Guy N. Heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inscapable Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Yeah, shy. In some ways, still am, but that don't stop me from getting up in front of a class I'm teaching or giving a briefign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docs41 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I was shy as a kid too, but not so much anymore. This sounds like a topic that we could get millions from the government so we could conduct a study! It's more worthwhile than some of the foolish things they blow our money on every day!!! If the shoe fits-buy it!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoegasmboy Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I was extemely shy as a kid. I'm still kind of shy but not as bad. I'm not sure it has anything to do with my interest in high heels though. I was shy too, but I don't see the link. But then again, that doesn't mean there isn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy N. Heels Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I had heard that the eldest boy tends to be closer to his mother and therefore has a higher tendency to dress in female clothes. So how many of you are the eldest? That includes me and it also helps that as a kid my local friends in our street were all girls One thought that occurs to me is: How does this rationale apply to twins? Moreover, what if one twin is really into skirts, heels and earrings, and the other is not? BTW, I am a twin and none of my brothers wear heels. Keep on stepping, Guy N. Heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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