Advice for new wearers - I
by Geraden
I was chatting recently in the tights-excite.com chatroom with a man who admires tights on women's legs, and is lucky enough to have a girlfriend who knows about his preference for tights and wears willingly for him.
He has not worn tights himself and he was asking advice about whether he should try it, and if so how to go about it, and how to handle this issue with his girlfriend. He did not seem totally sure that he wanted to wear tights, but he seemed to be willing to give it a try. I hope I was able to give him some useful advice, and that has given me the idea for this article.
As soon as I started to write this I realised that it would have to be a series of articles rather than just one. I will be looking at three main questions in turn. The first one will be covered here, and the other two will be for future instalments. I will also fit in some advice about putting on tights/pantyhose, as this is, after all, a series for new wearers. So the topics that will be covered in this series are:
- should a man try wearing?
- how to buy your first pair?
- how to put on a pair of tights?
- whether to tell your girlfriend/wife/SO?
- what reaction might there be?
- dealing with misconceptions
- when and how to tell her.
SHOULD A MAN TRY WEARING?
I believe that every man should try wearing tights (or pantyhose, if you are from outside the British Isles). The trouble is that most people, and that goes for both men and women, have a preconceived idea that it is somehow wrong for a man to wear, or to want to wear, an article of clothing associated with the female sex. This oddly enough does not work the other way round! Decades ago women won the right to wear trousers without eyebrows being raised, so now they can wear what they like.
People should put aside these preconceived ideas. Let us follow a man who does so, and tries on a good pair of tights that fit him well. Of course, to get the full effect, it would be better if he got rid of his leg hair - if he has not done this already. (These days more and more men are doing so, whether or not they wear hosiery.)
He might find, particularly if he is young, that putting on tights produces some interesting and possibly pleasant physical effects. Whether these effects are welcome depends on the circumstances – where he is and what he is doing!
He might also find, quite apart from any sexual thrill that the tights give him, that they are actually nice to wear. They are comfortable, softer than the clothing he is used to wearing (nothing wrong with that – men's clothing for the last two hundred years has been designed around the premise that comfort is not necessary or even desirable).
Tights - they caress his legs; if the man spends time outside in the cold, well, tights are warm; if he is no longer so young, or spends a lot of time on his feet, he may find that tights help with aches and cramps in the legs; they also cover up some of the imperfections that creep in with time. In other words his legs will both look and feel a lot better if he is wearing tights.
By this stage the man may come to the conclusion that tights aren't so bad after all. He may have decided before hand that he would just try them once and take them off straightaway. Now he might want to change his mind and keep the tights on. He may think of repeating the experience and wearing them again tomorrow. He is well on the way to becoming hooked on tights!
And even if he isn't hooked, at least he can say he tried it once, and it did nothing for him. He will talk from knowledge and not from ignorance or prejudice.
I sometimes think that if I had unlimited money, I would set up a fund to buy a pair of tights to be sent by post to every adult male in the country. Ok, some men would bin them, some would take them to Charity shops and some would give them to their womenfolk, but I reckon a lot of men, given the opportunity, would try them on - seeing they have been given the opportunity to do so without having to beg, borrow, steal or even buy the tights. Many of those who tried them would decide that they were onto a good thing and become regular wearers. Oh well, it is a nice pipe dream.
If you're worried about your first time wearing tights try this first...
Hi Jamod
I have several pairs of M&S Leg & Body Toner tights, as well as M&S factor
8 and 10 support tights. I find the factor 10 too restrictive to wear for
long periods of time. Consequently, I don't wear them that often - unless
my legs really, really ache.
Hi Jamod (again!)
Hello Geraden,
I have been reading your blog for a few months now without
registering.....I tend to be a "reader" necessarily, for most forums I
visit, for the most part.
Hi Rick
Even non-support tights can offer a lot of benefits, the greatest of which
being cold-weather protection.
Hi Chris
I usual buy tights online from Tightsplease, My Tights, Figleave and
Wolford online -- I like Wolford Fatal 50 also Cotton Velvet, Matt Opaque
80 and DeLuxe 66 cos it so softy and very comfortable. My Tights and
Tightsplease can sell any tights for men as they are very happy with any
advice,etc.. same as Wolford as well. I used female style tights cos it
great to wear it. Wolford Cotton Velvet and Matt Opaqu 80 are very
warmest to wear in cold weather also very softy plus quite stronger as it
wont get ladder. I dont use men underwear as I used Sloggi brief which is
very soft as well - i only buy for suitable size and make me more
comfortable.
My wife encouraged me to wear a pair of her pantyhose saying that they will
help keep my legs warm during cold weather, at first I could not believe
how such a thin material could be so protective for cold weather and I
decided to give it a try. Now, after two months, I've been wearing them
everyday, she was right, they do help keep your legs warm during winter
and actually, they are comfortable to wear under your normal clothes.
Hi Geraden
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