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Thursday, April 13, 2006

Thoughts about being embarrassed

I am, at times, embarrassed about how my legs and feet look. Also about the appearance of the supprt stockings I was prescribed. Most of the time nobody can see the purple staining or the stockings, but in the summer, when I wear shorts and sandals, people can see my feet, ankles and legs.

A couple weeks ago, I wore my stockings (knee highs) to softball practice where I coach my 10 year old daughter. One of her teammates looked at my legs and "stared". Well stared was my interpretation. I was embarrassed.

I did enter the "International Male Sexy Legs Contest" on our Carribean cruise, where I got the opportunity to model my legs to a few hundred people on board and be closely inspected by the 5 female judges to determine my legs "sexiness". It was all in fun of course. Though I did take home one of the five medals given out. Even if it was in the "hairiest legs" category and not the "overall sexiest legs", I did wear the medal proudly for about a half hour on the ship deck. Embarrassment was not a factor here.

I decided before I left, that I wasn't going to bring and wear my sockings on the cruise. Partially that was due to my embarrassment.

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