sandra-leigh
11-02-2006, 02:07 AM
I started into the textured knee-highs a couple of months ago, and have been wearing them at work. So far, no-one has noticed, even when I'm wearing sandals -- and some of those knee-highs aren't much thicker than nylons (e.g., my toes would be clearly distinguishable through them, if my shoes were not covering the toes.) To be clearer about the "nobody has noticed": most of the time I'm in my office by myself, but even when I've been down to coffee with a group of people and have absent-mindedly crossed my foot over my leg, bringing the sock into clear view, no-one has noticed (fortunately!)
Well, I'd been wearing my existing ones a bit too much... can't take them home for laundry. So it was time to buy some more! (Oh, what I hardship!)
Now what I'm trying to figure out is this: Why, when I was shopping for these, did I decide that I definitely wanted to buy a pair of lavendar tights? Regular brown or black or navy tights can be mistaken for mens' socks (when worn sockless in said shoes), but lavendar is a bit far out for that.
I don't even have any ideas on what outfit I would wear the tights with en femme, but I bought them anyhow.
I think I'm starting to believe more strongly in the research that says that people don't really have reasons for their wants, they just have the wants first, and fill in the reasons afterwards!
Even when I was chosing them and buying them, I was thinking, "I don't know why I want these... but they are distinctly not masculine, and if someone were to happen to see them, there would be no claiming that I'm just wearing them for the warmth." And for some reason, right then, it was somehow a Good Thing for me to buy something that was obviously not male and obviously not in the "a guy just might have a practical reason for chosing this."
Historically, Tess-Leigh hasn't really been very femme; e.g., not much into lace or bright-coloured panties or other parts of the female aesthetic. I guess I still have some internal explorations left to do in that direction.
Well, I'd been wearing my existing ones a bit too much... can't take them home for laundry. So it was time to buy some more! (Oh, what I hardship!)
Now what I'm trying to figure out is this: Why, when I was shopping for these, did I decide that I definitely wanted to buy a pair of lavendar tights? Regular brown or black or navy tights can be mistaken for mens' socks (when worn sockless in said shoes), but lavendar is a bit far out for that.
I don't even have any ideas on what outfit I would wear the tights with en femme, but I bought them anyhow.
I think I'm starting to believe more strongly in the research that says that people don't really have reasons for their wants, they just have the wants first, and fill in the reasons afterwards!
Even when I was chosing them and buying them, I was thinking, "I don't know why I want these... but they are distinctly not masculine, and if someone were to happen to see them, there would be no claiming that I'm just wearing them for the warmth." And for some reason, right then, it was somehow a Good Thing for me to buy something that was obviously not male and obviously not in the "a guy just might have a practical reason for chosing this."
Historically, Tess-Leigh hasn't really been very femme; e.g., not much into lace or bright-coloured panties or other parts of the female aesthetic. I guess I still have some internal explorations left to do in that direction.