Originally Posted by heelfan

(apart from my super wife's continuous understanding and great support) occurred in my single days over 30 years ago when I was sitting at a table in a London coffee shop waiting for a blind date to arrive. I was beginning to think I had been too rash in wearing my supple light-brown spanish shoes with dark-brown 4.5" cuban heels, which were 100% visible to everyone due to my trouser-legs being pulled-up due to my sitting position. First, a black guy at the next table nodded down at them and said 'Yeah Man .... So Cool ........ they're all RIGHT!, and just then a cheery girl (my date) rushed over, sat down, introduced herself to me and straight-away grinned down at my shoes, saying they were 'Quite nice'. As if that wasn't enough to break the ice, she then APOLOGISED for turning-up in virtually flat shoes and said that in the circumstances she would be too short walking beside me. I immediately took the cue and offered to buy her any high heels of her choice, and after a few polite protests she allowed me to take her to a couple of shoe shops before she chose a knockout pair of yellow 4" stilettos which she proceeded to wear for the rest of the date, and several more dates afterwards. So much for me having worried about putting on my cuban heels!

Originally Posted by Bubba136

the smile on the face of a woman that realized that we were wearing identical shoes and from a rock musician that complemented me on my choice of footwear.

Originally Posted by SF

While in line at a bank a woman in her late 40's early 50's asked me about my shoes - thong slingbacks with a 2 1/2 inch heel. She said they looked nice - never did say anything about the shoes being womens or high heels.

Originally Posted by highluc

she casually asked me where I usually bought my shoes. I answered I had these shipped from the USA and that surprised her more than a bit. She then said she often had wondered where all the various styles she saw me in came from because she liked most of them and also asked my size. I told her 40-41 and asked if she had internet access. After she said yes I told her she could see my whole collection on line and she gave me a paper to note the URL after she heard I usually mentioned the place I purchased each style displayed. She thanked me and seemed excited to check my website as soon as she finished work. She (a 30 year old girl) waved at me when leaving and I felt a very happy man again walking back to my porch in my "unique" footwear.

Originally Posted by Bert

I also got some positive comments. In that bar there are some sofas/couches in a quieter corner and after some jumping around for a while we went to get a rest there. There were some ladies sitting in those sofas and the first thing one said to the others when I came to sit beside them was "hei katto.. ihanaa" which means something like "look, how great".

Originally Posted by genebujold

The remained crowd were all smiling, looking like they could have clapped, but were refraining from doing so out of respect for the lady. I turned to the mother and thanked her, and she said, "Don't mention it. You wear those quite well, by the way. Well, I'm off. Good luck!" The others didn't say anything, but I could tell by their glances and appreciative looks they were interested in, and not put off by the fact I was wearing heels. A couple of them made eye contact, nodding approval, one said, "way to go," to which I gave a short bow of thanks.

Originally Posted by hiheellover23

I had went to this gas station with the same ankle platform boots on and little did I know that there was a classmate that I remembered all the way back from middle school. She was always nice to me. But at this time I was about 18 or 19 and I was paying for gas plus I was real nervous walking in. So I spoke to her and then she had spoke to me and then she had walked from around the register and as soon as I got ready to walk up out the door she had seen the long spike of my heel and was like (OH no you don't you know you got to come back and let me see your shoes) So I was like OH SNAP maybe this was a mistake. She asked me if I was going out to a club or something. And I was pretty much like no I just wanted to try something different. Asked me where I got them and she thought they were so cute and was just so surprised that I could walk in them. So that was a true big head trip after that.

Originally Posted by blackslide

Women I dated became enthused about my shoes and we went shoe shopping together, and in one case went out on Halloween wearing pumpkin outfits with 3" stilletto orange high heels and black tights. One gal made me try on a pair of brown 3" stilletto heeled shoes in the store in front of the whole world (maybe 2 or 3 people nearby) to see. One gal encouraged me to try on and buy a pair of low heeled flats. Without a word being said, a female coworker and I had a shoe wearing contest. I wore a different pair of women's shoes every day, so did she. I won. I have over 500 pair to choose from. Most were loafer and low heeled styles since we were in a business office. She matched me in style and taste pretty much. It was fun, and not a word said.

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMarie

One year for halloween I dressed up as "The psyco B__ch Whore from Hell" in a short, short Denim mini-dress with Thigh-High soft black leather boots with a 5" heel. I also wore a fabulous rubber mask that was absolutely hideous looking. My new girlfriend at the time (we had been dating for just about 2 months at the time, and have been married for 10 years now) thought this was a perfect way for me to get dressed up and go out enfemme without too much hassle. You see, I had told her about my cross-dressing on our second date, not wanting this aspect of my personality to become an issue after investing any serious time in the relationship. Best to get it out in the open as soon as possible and move on, if neccessary. Anyway, I digress and I apologize. We went out to the local neiborhood dive bar we frequented as they have an annual Halloween costume contest. I had the time of my life. Nothing beats shooting pool in 5" stillettos and a short mini-dress. As the evening wore on, one of our friends asked me about my boots. She thought they were to die for and asked if she could try them on. I graciously took them off and handed them to her. It took me over an hour to get her to give them back to me. I was only able to do so after promising her that if I ever wanted to get rid of them, I would give them to her. The whole evening was a hit!!!

Originally Posted by white_6_inch_spike_heels

maybe its not the best reaction but it was definitely favourable: i was on the main street this afternoon, wearing my 6 inch heel cupid boots, jeans which don't hide the heel, black sweater and black leather jacket. all in all i thought it looked fairly slick. i've taken to riding the public transit these days as i enjoy the kooky reactions i get from all the other riders. anyway. i was standing on the main street waiting for the bus and i didn't realize i was standing right outside a women's beauty salon. at first i thought the hairdressers were coming out to check out the fine weather or maybe have a cigarette. none of them were smoking and they came out in pairs, only for a few minutes.
the bus was late so i started wandering up and down the street a little ways out of boredom. that's when i saw two of these hairdressers standing outside their shop, both of them staring right at my heels and smiling. one of them said: those are beautiful boots. the other said: you have great balance!

Originally Posted by Mickey S.

1.) Some years ago I had a chat with my best friend's (now: ex-) girl friend. We talked about this and that and discussion came to clothing and stuff. Somehow I got overwhelmed and admitted my big crush for hig heels to her. 'Ooops', I thought, 'shouldn't I have...?'. But: 'So what!' she replied, 'why shouldn't you wear this? If you like it then go ahaed. I don't think that someone would actually mind...'. I was really baffled and didn't know what to say. Anyway, that gave me a lot of confidence for my passion.

2.) Two weeks and a half ago one of my co-worker discovered my heel-wearing. I've been wearing 4.75" platform boots with quite a chunky heel for some weeks now. Of course, I wear them together with boot-cut jeans so the shoes aren't too obvious. When she discovered it she doesn't noticed my shoes in the first place but she found out by 'accidentally' walking right behind me since we left the company for home the same time that day and found that I somehow walked like a women, she told me. That had her to take a closer look at my shoes: 'You're wearing such high heels...' - 'Doesn't it look right?' I asked in return. 'No, no, I was just wondering why you were walking like women do when they wear high heels!'. I asked her if some of my other colleagues noticed already. 'Probably not. Maybe only women will ever notice [Short explanation: I work in the computer industry developing chip designs with almost all of my coworkers being male besides our team assistant and the two project coordinators; the girl who discovered my heel-wearing is one out of our three female engineers] since they know why someone walks that way you do right now...'. I gave her a lift (she asked for that the moment before she found out) and she still joined me so I knew my thing about high heels didn't make her feel uncomfortable being with me... ;o) So we continued to talk about that topic while driving home. She said she finds it funny/interesting but in no way ridiculous. She never met a guy like me who likes heels before, she added.

3.) One day I sat together with one of the other female co-worker at lunch time in the cafeteria and - guess what - discussion went to 'equality' (if this is the right term) and finally I said: 'Okay, if you girls want equal rights then men should be free to wear high heels as well!' - with a smile. She said: 'Why do you complain? That's what you've been doing for quite a while already...'. That day I also wore my 5.5" chunky heel loafers. Damn, she knew it. ;o) And I was so blind thinking that all my efforts to keep my heel wearing private would have been successful. After all I realized that it was somehow known and nobody seems to have an issue with this and so I felt/feel great. So I call it a good reaction of my 'environment' to my heel wearing.

Originally Posted by fashionablefun

Just this evening I wore my Western-inspired Antonio Melani boots (with an almost stiletto heel) into a fast-food restaurant. As I went to the counter to order, I think the clicking of the heels on the tile floor caught the attention of two young women nearby. Out of the corner of my eye I could see one of them whispering to the other. After placing my order I walked to the counter to fill my drink and I could clearly see in the window the reflection of one of the young women looking closely at my feet. I assumed their reaction was negative, but while I was filling my drink cup, one of the two came over to the drink counter and said to me "I love your boots". It was the kind of reaction from females that I love, but don't often get. It made my day.

Originally Posted by kiltsrgr8

The best reaction was when I was wearing my 3 1/2 inch dr scholls (sassey) with a blue strap . There were tons of people around and nobody said much untill this girl of about 24 or 25 came over and said , oh my god , I love those shoes , I told her where I bought them and she just kept raving about how great I (they looked) , my wife had to pipe up and say how I owned tons of them and the girl just kept comming back to see again and again , obviously a big fan of guys in heels , but it was great!

Originally Posted by genebujold

I heard the strangest compliment the other day, admittedly from a slightly inebriated woman, but an interesting compliment nevertheless. I was sitting at the bar in a local casino with my wife when a woman came up behind me and put both hands on my shoulders before saying, "I sure wish I could get my husband to wear something more progressive like what you're wearing. He's been stuck on the same style cowboy boots for the last 22 years! Good on 'ya, and cheers!" We slammed glasses and drank, and such was life.

Originally Posted by crotchboots-m

over 10 yrs of wearing,ive picked up 4 different women in my boots and fetish leather. i still she one of them once or twice a month...in my gear,naturally. so the pluses are more plentiful than the negatives in my view

Originally Posted by seraphelle

I don't have a problem with men wearing heels. If we do it, so can you. I know I don't dress purely for men, so it follows that men shouldn't dress purely for women. It doesn't really matter what we think about stilettos on men. I bet your shoes look great AJ!

Originally Posted by aspoint_girl

I tell you these new 3 strap pointy pumps feel like they are almost becoming a part of my foot. I can’t explain it – I just know Pointy Strutting is getting easier and easier and I am felling like so sophisticated and sexy at the same time – like I could take on the world or something. You know what I mean? It’s like these shoes give me an extra little bit of power or something. I tell you I cannot imagine why all women don’t wear them. They really don’t know what they’re missing! Even the walk from my truck to the front door gives me an extra little jolt of energy. You know what’s really funny too? Unless it’s raining or something I’ve been parking about twice as far away from the front door lately – just so I can stretch out the time I have on my pointies. I know that probably sounds a little “different” to some of you girls but I also bet the ones that know what I’m talking about REALLY know what I’m talking about… Right, girls?

Originally Posted by NikkiLaMignonne

The only guys I can see pulling that off are musicians...If you aren't one yet, you can always learn to play bass.

Originally Posted by jesselyn

:lol:I'll have to introduce them to my ex. He was always wearing shoes with a slight lift to them being so paranoid about his height. I say if you can carry them off, wear them and more power to you. The square provides a masculinity to the shoes. If they are secure in their manhood so am I . I don't think anything of guys wearing it.

Originally Posted by tiffanygirl

I didnt quite like them, But then again, if you feel good and it looks good on you, why not? :D

Originally Posted by kitty87kat

rock em man! :D

Originally Posted by frenchkitty

If they look good on you and you're comfortable wearing it then buy it!

Originally Posted by minxie

Why not? Whatever makes you comfortable.

Originally Posted by mighty_isis

I like the shoes.... i love the sexy/glam/rocker look on men! reminds me of Lenny Kravitz....

Originally Posted by Emery

WHY do I prefer high heels? I’ve thought about that one all my life, and I’ve never cracked the code of just what it is about a raised heel and a well-supported arch that makes me feel so much more comfortable. The closest I’ve come is to note that it feels as graceful as ice skating, a way to move through the world with greater poise and confidence. There is something aristocratic about it, too: the straight-backed posture, the control of gait, and – especially for a guy! – the added height. Put all those together and you have the beginnings of what makes heels so special to me.