{"id":4157,"date":"2013-02-26T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=4157"},"modified":"2020-08-09T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T17:06:26","slug":"no-permission-required-to-wear-boots-and-western-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=4157","title":{"rendered":"No Permission Required to Wear Boots and Western Wear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheezy peezy, this stuff never stops. But let me advise, first, the word &#8220;can&#8221; as in &#8220;can I wear cowboy boots with a suit&#8221; is asking for permission.  Like, &#8220;please, mommy, can I, can I huh?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Directly from my statistical analyzer, here are the latest &#8220;can&#8221; questions that have directed visitors to my website or this blog:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>can i tuck jeans into cowboy boots<br \/>\ncan i wear a black belt with brown cowboy boots<br \/>\ncan I wear a cowboy hat inside a store<br \/>\ncan i wear cowboy boots without socks?<br \/>\ncan you wear black cowboy hat brown boots<br \/>\ncan you wear brown boots with black cowboy hat<br \/>\ncan you wear cowboy boys and khakis<br \/>\ncan you you wear cowboy boots with business dress clothes<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And this is just one glimpse of hundreds of questions that direct visitors to my website or blog every day.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, guys, if you are the age of majority, you don&#8217;t need permission to&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tuck jeans into cowboy boots.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/how\/howto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asked and answered here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>wear a black belt with brown cowboy boots.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asked and answered here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>wear a cowboy hat inside a store.  You can, if you want, but a man with common courtesy and manners usually takes his hat off indoors. However, men who have less hair on top than they did when younger sometimes wear a hat indoors &#8212; to hide the bald spot.<\/li>\n<li>wear cowboy boots without socks.  Well, you can, I guess &#8212; provided you enjoy blisters.  Seriously, fellas: socks were made to provide some protection to the feet when walking in boots.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here are my recommendations for socks with boots<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>black cowboy hat and brown boots.  Yep, no problem. No one cares, no one notices, and I guarantee that the Western Wear Fashion Police will not confiscate your hat or boots if their respective colors do not match.<\/li>\n<li>cowboy <u>boys<\/u> and khakis?  While I never recommend wearing boys (the young&#8217;uns are rather messy little critters), I betcha this question was really, &#8220;cowboy boots and khakis.&#8221;  Answer: yep, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/gen\/bootkhaki.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see here. No Big Deal!<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>cowboy boots with business dress clothes.  Yep, see here. I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?cat=40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wear boots with business attire regularly<\/a> &#8212; no one ever says anything. Honestly, any concern about wearing good-looking dress cowboy boots with business attire is all in your head. Get over it &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">man up<\/a> and pull on your boots!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh well, another day, another way to assuage the fears of momma&#8217;s boys.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear cowboy boots!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheezy peezy, this stuff never stops. But let me advise, first, the word &#8220;can&#8221; as in &#8220;can I wear cowboy boots with a suit&#8221; is asking for permission. 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