| There's just no way for you to imagine what it is like | | | | to try the shoes on. I felt very ashamed and I hated |
| to wear 5 inch heel shoes if you have never worn a | | | | it at first when I wore the high heeled shoes. |
| pair before. If you wear high heeled shoes, then you | | | | However, it started to grow on me after a while. I |
| will be towering up on a tiny spike, perilously | | | | began to like the challenge of walking around the |
| suspended above the ground. This is exactly how it | | | | house in high heel shoes. I also liked the way it made |
| feels when I wore one, although this may seem to | | | | me shake my hips while I walked. I was getting to |
| be an exaggeration to you. I almost fell over when I | | | | the age where I liked attention from the boys, and |
| put 5 inch heel shoes on for the first time. | | | | wearing 5 inch heel shoes would give me just that, |
| I grew up as sort of a tomboy so wearing high | | | | although I still felt like a tomboy. |
| heeled shoes for the first was kind of a rite of | | | | However, my sister never allowed me to wear her 5 |
| passage for me. I prefer climbing trees with the boys | | | | inch heel shoes again. My sister kept the 5 inch |
| or playing football rather than doing the things other | | | | stiletto shoes away from me, once she found out |
| girls my age would do. I also felt that going to church | | | | that I liked it. Nonetheless, I did get to wear prettier |
| was the worst activity because I hated all those | | | | shoes from then on. You see, my mom was willing to |
| fancy dresses and skirts. I would not even look at | | | | indulge me with a few trips to get new clothes |
| high heel shoes at that time. However, my older | | | | because she was thrilled to see that I was getting |
| sister forced me to try her 5 inch heel shoes on. | | | | more into girls' shoes and girls' fashion. It was really a |
| My older sister literally made me put on her 5 inch | | | | lot of fun, and it actually gave me more freedom. I |
| heel shoes when she was babysitting me. I was | | | | could still dress up like a boy when I wanted to, but I |
| trying so hard to escape that she had to hold me | | | | also got to dress up like a girl. I also bought my very |
| down and would not let me get up until I promised | | | | own 5 inch heel shoes as soon as I got old enough. |