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or just because they feel good to wear.
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by Anon
The most popular pages in this blog are the personal stories. Here we have another one for you to enjoy, sent in anonymously. Thanks very much to the contributor!
When I was eight years old, my mother caught me in my room one night wearing my sister's white tights under my short pajamas. I was scared stiff, as I thought she would scream at me, and call my father over, who had quite a temper. Actually, she was pretty cool about it, and told me, as far as I can remember, "don't worry about it, there's nothing wrong with it."
I was quite relieved, but because of that, stopped wearing them. In fact, I had been doing so for about a month or two prior to being caught. All I know is that something inside me told me that I should be wearing tights, and that it was not fair that girls could wear tights at any time while I couldn't. Lucky for me, I had a sister 2 years older than me with an ample supply.
The week prior to my being caught, my parents were away, and my grandparents were babysitting. Every night, my grandmother would come into my room and ask me if I had picked out my clothes for school, and I would then show her my shirt, pants, underwear, socks, etc. One night, I was determined to wear tights to school the next day. I took a pair of my sister's brown ones and placed them under my shirt. When grandma came by, I proudly showed her my clothes, just showing her the lower portions of the tights to make them appear as regular socks. Boy, was I excited about the next day! The next day, however, I chickened out and didn't wear them, being scared stiff about being caught in school and being the laughingstock of the grade.
Fast forward until age 12 or so. One day while in school, I looked at a girl's legs, clad in grey tights. The switch was turned on again - I knew that when I got home I had to find tights and wear them. When I got home, I snuck into my sister's room, and it started all over again. In fact, throughout my teenage years I surreptitiously tried them on at any opportunity for a quick thrill, but felt guilty about it afterwards each time. Like others have written, I built up the courage to walk into a store and buy a pair for myself, and somehow got out without being caught! Most of the time, however, I availed myself of my sister's and mom's supply.
The desire to do so more or less fizzled out over the years, although I always enjoyed seeing women in tights/pantyhose, most of all my wife. After seeing an advertisement for Wolford tights, I insisted that my wife buy a few pairs. She was initially put off by the price, but after she wore them was converted over.
After about a twenty-year hiatus with only 1 or two relapses, I was recently traveling for business, and chanced upon a Wolford store. I went in to buy my wife some tights, which I did. The next day, during the meeting, my "switch" was turned on again! I actually left the meeting, went back to the store, and bought some in my size. I felt quite sheepish about it, but on the other hand felt great when I wore them for the first time in many years on the plane ride home. Before I got home, however, I threw them away in a garbage can, my sense of guilt overtaking me.
The next day, I thought: 1) I shouldn't feel so bad, and... 2) I want to buy more! So, I found the nearest Wolford store and bought more. I also felt that I had to tell my wife, since I did not want to hide anything from her. As I explained my history to her, her face had a rather surprised expression, but I think she was actually relieved that I wasn't telling her about an illicit affair with another woman. She looked at me and said something to the effect of "well, that is very weird, but many people have weird aspects to their personality, and this seems rather harmless." She did ask why I couldn't purchase cheaper ones! I explained to her that, as she knew, once you wear Wolfords, you can't go back.
At this point in time, I have realized that, at times, I enjoy wearing them. It is not a full-time obsession, and I can go weeks and even months without them, but at other times I have a "run" of a few days where I do. I never had/have a desire to wear any other articles of woman's clothes, just tights. My wife as mentioned has been surprisingly OK with it, and has even washed them for me at times. I joke about it with her intermittently, and thank her for understanding.
The way I look at it is as follows: 1) It is harmless and does not hurt anyone, and 2) If I enjoy doing so and it doesn't affect anyone, why not!
After finding your website/blog, it is good to see that my story is not that different from the others.
If you would like to comment on this entry, please click on the 'Comments' link below.
Some articles that I have stumbled across on the Web (most recently posted at the top).
Meet
the Men Who Dared to Wear Pantyhose - the results of a challenge to
men, with a video and comments. (Alberto Orso and Jonann Brady, ABC News,
16.06.2008)
Skirts
for women, trousers for men - a male writer acknowledges the
priority of male tights-wearing (Matthew Sorrow, fibre2fashion.com,
16.06.2008)
Which
current trends do you dislike? - a woman columnist deprecates the
bare leg look (Ellen Koven, news-journalonline.com, 28.05.2008)
Men
Go for It By Any Name Besides Girdle - mentions that men are turning
to compression pantyhose too (Cheryl Lu-lien Tan, Wall Street Journal,
15.03.2008)
Silkies
hosiery settles multi-state lawsuit - and how many of us buy by
mail order from Silkies? (Connie Thompson, komotv.com, 11.03.2008)
Are
pantyhose on list of what not to wear? - No, unless you wear strappy
sandals or suntan hose. (Clinton Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 23.02.2008)
Beginning of the end for laddered tights - Scientists are developing
a self-repairing fabric which could (it is claimed) have uses in the
hosiery world. (Lewis Smith, Times Online, 20.02.2008)
Sheerly
You Jest: Sheer Tights For Men? - A blog entry on Trendinista
(24.01.2008)
Ready
To Wear: The death of practicality - Opaques give way to sheers!
(The Independent, 28.01.2008)
Cabin
fever? Hah! Wintertimes real curse is Insanityhose - tights
better than flight socks? I think we know the answer already! (Helaine
Williams, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 20.01.2008).
Pilots
trial tights for ankle relief - tights better than flight socks? I
think we know the answer already! (Sydney Morning Herald, 20.01.2008).
Tights
arent just an accessory anymore - encouraging article (Sharon
Fink, St. Petersburg Times, 02.01.2008).
Is
it wrong for boys to wear tights? - a mother's blog entry (Rebecca
Barry, momlogic, 28.12.2007).
How
to get dressed - enthusiastic about good quality tights, and the
proper way to care for them. (Lisa Armstrong, Times Online, 22.12.2007
My
new take on the world of hosiery - "I THINK I am becoming
unhealthily obsessed with tights" says a female journalist. (Emma
Johnson, Liverpool Daily Post, 13.12.2007
'Older' articles are archived here.

