Thes type of threads are always an interesting read. I don't think I can really add much if anything to the posts above but my caffeine starved mind started working when I saw the thread title on the menu page!
Do I really think that male high-heel wearing will take off?
Well you can never tell anything about fashion, and thats really how I see it. Fashion recycles itself around although I do not really see the platform boots that men wore in the late 60's and 70's as being "high heels" as such. Just as the younger generation are associated with trouble (I know this from peoples own misguided comments at me), high heels are associated only with women. The media of all sorts really doesn't help with this issue at all.
Spamming?
Can't say I've ever had any problems like that, no spam personal emails at least. If you really want to see how spam has destroyed a message board, you should take a look around Yahoo Groups. I was a member of no less than 13 of those groups who now use a pay-to-use site which has no trouble with spam at all. Unfortauntely they moved without me following them (since I won't use a pay-to-use site) and I figured it was just time for me to move on from there.
Me in heels outside of the home[/i]
Can't see this will ever happen. The furthest I got was cutting the grass in a pair of block 3 3/4" knee boots tucked under jeans; in the back garden when I knew my neighbour was away for a few days and I knew that no one would see. Did I enjoy it? Sure. But I think its more along the lines of being something I couldn't normally do. I would like to find out what its like to spend a full 9 hour shift at work in 4" heels but I'm not under any illusions about that ever happening - plus since I'll be moving to a more formal job with dress code etc soon anyway - it never will happen. Period, but hey there are some things in life which just can't be done by me (and others), so I don't complain. I find wearing heels relaxing...simple enough really!
And finally; general board thoughts
I have learned a serious amount about myself and my fetish since I joined this place, and there really isn't a way which I can thank people enough for sharing their information & experiences. I grew up thinking I was strange and alone with my intense liking for boots - not because of other people because no-one else knew about it - but because of lack of information. No-one else ever said that they were interested in them, at least no-one male. Once I got the internet however, I found there was quite a few people like myself with a liking for heeled boots - a few were self-confessed Cross Dressers, but hey if that floats your boat & makes you happy, go for it.
As for me, I'm quite happy sitting in boots or walking around the house when I'm home alone (even making my dinner in 5" heel boots), even watching a movie with a cup of tea and a pot noodle :lol: Its relaxing :)
True on the point there are few women here, I love to hear what they think about heels etc, and its true that I often read the "for gals only" board although I don't post on it; simply because its very interesting to see things from a different point of view including things which I either ignored or had never considered in the first place.