Just “surfed in” from Google looking for something else.
Back in a previous life with my now ex-wife, I use to make an occasional snide remark about
pantyhose then one day I learned a life changing lesson.
I use to bicycle 2,000+ miles per year I still do a few hundred. During one of my rides I was on a fast down hill descent, I went into a corner and come out of it on the pavement through gravel I went down at aprox 22-25mph (OUCH, with other more colorful adjectives deleted). No broken bones, what caused the crash was a broken top tube on the bicycle. I lost a lot of skin, besides the pain of the crash, broken bicycle; you should have heard the wife!!!!
Well my right side looked like I was hit with birdshot. My wife could not even stay in the bathroom while I was putting on all the bandages. The first Monday at work was pure torture the pants rubbed everything and everything screamed in pain. I knew that I had to protect the sores from the pants. So I summoned up some courage and ask my ex-wife if she had any
tights I could wear. We were about the same size. She did and that’s when I discovered
pantyhose had socially redeeming value.
This could have been a really good bonding between us unfortunately I had my head up my ass and had problems with this mental image that men do not wear
pantyhose it’s a “girrlly” thing. So yet another opportunity was missed.
Flash forward 17 years I was given the opportunity to extract my head from my ass. Now I have a drawer full of
pantyhose. They do have a purpose in life. Most recently I came home from a plane trip and my legs ACHED really bad I pulled out pair of “graduated compression
pantyhose - GCP” and wore them for a week the leg pains went away, so I stopped then one Monday at work I got up from my desk and almost had to sit down again my knees hurt so bad, back into the GCP I now wear them after any heavy exercise and while at work so at least 50% of the time. Google "graduated compression
pantyhose", check out; http://www.legluxe.com/index.php?cat=126 they look pretty sexy to me!!
Along the way I also learned about kilts the Scottish one’s and then the Utilikits. I gave up on the Scottish kilts as soon as I found Utilikilts. Since then I also figured out on a hot day even Utilikilts can be to hot. So I now have some plain lightweight skirts for hot weather. May be I might go back to shorts & PH for some occasions.
The very first time I wore a Utilikilt to work was for Halloween as part of the costume were bright red
tights and turtle neck, black Utillikit. The very first comment from the first woman that saw me was “I hate you” huuugh? “you have better legs than I do!” (2,000 miles a year on a bicycle will do that.)
I like the look and feel of high quality hosiery, when wearing a skirt, Utilikilt even shorts; the hosiery lends a finishing touch that just makes the whole outfit look better.
For those who complain about fit and comfort - dump the grocery store brands and go buy some that are your size, ask for help if you need it.
Oh yes I have been removing hair from legs for many years now.
by Guest on Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:19 am 
