Embarrassing Story:

[USNguyNskirt]

Anyways, I went to Walmart the other day. Was in a little house dress and some denim and wooden sandals. Well my Dog had chewed up the Sandals and tore the rubber piece of the bottom of the heel. No big deal I figured. Anyways went to our HUGE SuperCenter Walmart dressed. Anywho, went back to the video game section to pick up what I came in for. Asked the attendant for some help. He got the game for me. Said I would have to pay for it back there. I said no prob. Well u rememebr that rubber piece? Apparently it has a function!!! I took a step forward on the heel without that piece, all my weight on that foot. Needless to say wood and tile has a considerable amount of lack of friction. I fell straight on my *** grabbing a cd rack to keep me from completely falling and sending CD's flying EVERYWHERE. So if everyone wasnt already looking at me for being a guy in a dress, they definitely were looking at me NOW!!!! The attendant just asked if I was alright. (I could see in his eyes he was thinking "thats why guys dont wear heels and dresses moron"), but he said nothing. This should be an encouragement to everyone. Be yourself and to Hades with everyone else.

[Departed Member]

Prithee, what's a house dress? With the missing heel (hence possible limp?), etc., I'm getting a mental picture of Herr Flick of the Gestapo on one of his missions in "'Allo, 'allo"!!!!!!!!!

[crfriend]

Thanks for sharing that with us, USNguy -- and with a very fine telling, too! Wonderfully done.

Your final observation is bang on.

[boca]

USNguyNskirt -

Embarassing moments are part of being human, and as you did you got up, fixed the situation and went on as if nothing went on. This is how to get beyond them, and to get on with life.

A couple of weeks ago I was bicycling in a skirt. I was bicycling on a sidewalk and came to a crosswalk that did not have a ramp (:irked:), to which I figured I could simply jump the curve and continue on. Well apperently I was travelling to fast and hit the curve and did a forward flip over the handlebars, in front of rush hour traffic on all sides. :/

Well I got up, took my bike off the road and went to back onto the sidewalk to inspect my bike and continued on. Your situation was definitally more in personal contact with customers/clerks in the store face to face, but there is still the feeling of dozens of eyes following your every move. I let it go and laughed it off as a fact of life that accidents occur and the only way to get around them is to prevent them as much as adequetly possible, and then just laugh off the rest of them.

[Bravehearts.us]

Sometimes, if you can’t laugh at yourself, you can’t help but laugh at the situation.
Lar

[AMM]

... apperently I was travelling to fast and hit the cur and did a forward flip over the handlebars, in front of rush hour traffic on all sides. :/

Well I got up, took my bike off the road and went to back onto the sidewalk to inspect my bike and continued on...

If you went over the handlebars and the only damage you suffered was to your dignity, I'd say you did pretty well.

Obligatory Bike Safety remark: your were wearing a helmet, I hope?

-- AMM

[Milfmog]

Oups, edited to move post to a new thread rather than hijack this one.

Sorry folks.


Ian.

[talon2mech]

Great story USN, but don't feel ashamed because it happens to everyone.

I am a freelance contractor. My company does remodels and repairs. I was on a roof of a 2 story downtown building working on a cooler in my UK. I was drawing quite a crowd of stuffy downtown office workers when the wind kicked up and practically threw my UK over my head. I flashed about 70 people on the sidewalk and across the street in a tall office building.

[Skirt Chaser]

This should be an encouragement to everyone. Be yourself and to Hades with everyone else.

And you lived to tell the tale, no less! This is a great confirmation that even when "what ifs" happen you survive.

Quiet Mouse

[davidinnwga]

Anyways, I went to Walmart the other day. Was in a little house dress and some denim and wooden sandals. Well my Dog had chewed up the Sandals and tore the rubber piece of the bottom of the heel. No big deal I figured. Anyways went to our HUGE SuperCenter Walmart dressed. Anywho, went back to the video game section to pick up what I came in for. Asked the attendant for some help. He got the game for me. Said I would have to pay for it back there. I said no prob. Well u rememebr that rubber piece? Apparently it has a function!!! I took a step forward on the heel without that piece, all my weight on that foot. Needless to say wood and tile has a considerable amount of lack of friction. I fell straight on my *** grabbing a cd rack to keep me from completely falling and sending CD's flying EVERYWHERE. So if everyone wasnt already looking at me for being a guy in a dress, they definitely were looking at me NOW!!!! The attendant just asked if I was alright. (I could see in his eyes he was thinking "thats why guys dont wear heels and dresses moron"), but he said nothing. This should be an encouragement to everyone. Be yourself and to Hades with everyone else.

I guess you could of worn another pair of shoes instead of the broken ones? Im sure you had another pair.

[skirttron]

You know, that problem with little rubber piece on the sandals reminds me of what we sometimes lack: lifelong experience of wearing this stuff. I know when I first got my tinted lip moisturizer (AKA lipstick I guess), I screwed the lid right back down without retracting it first. Isn't Walmart just the best for going out in a skirt though? You can be right out there amongst the crowd and no-one says anything dumb becuase they're too busy shopping.

[Dennis A Lederl]

That used to be a indoor dress, sometimes an older dress no longer good enough, that women wore around the house while doing chores.
Back when women dressed and looked and acted like women.
Men went to work and women stayed home to take care of the house and children.
Very little teenage gang activities back then. No time for it when the mother was at home and supervising her children after school.
Does anyone know that most child predators access children on line between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. during the hours after school before the two working parents get home.
Dennis A. Lederle
:rolleyes:

[Skirt Chaser]

Back when women dressed and looked and acted like women. Men went to work and women stayed home to take care of the house and children.

The idea that women dress and act a specific way was just as stiffling for the women of the past (and now) as it is for the men of today who wish to break from current tradition. These stereotypes aren't based in reality but cultural expectations. Women have always found employment and wore what the job required of them, the idea of mother at home with the kids is a class based role. Housekeepers, nurses, waitresses, and teachers were certainly mothers too. The June Cleaver image was only a portion of society and even the woman that fit that stereotype did not always find it satisfying.

As long as I have wandered of the topic of menswear I'll note that children are at risk online when parents do not supervise their Internet activity. That happens even when parents are in the home at the time. Mothers working outside the home are not a problem, or even a new occurence. I'd also guess that gang activity is linked more to class than mother's employment.

Quiet Mouse