{"id":514,"date":"2009-08-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2009-08-14T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T08:00:00","slug":"when-am-i-bootless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"When Am I Bootless?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone asked me recently, “are you wearing your boots in that miserable summer heat that the DC area is known for?”<\/p>\n

Um… yeah. Seriously, I don’t own any shoes. I have no other footwear. Whenever I walk outside, I always have boots on. I may change them more often if my feet get hot. I am not one of those guys who likes a sweaty feeling.<\/p>\n

However, there ARE times when I don’t have boots on. Yep, I admit it, there are times when am barefooted. In the evening when I do not have to go outside any more, I may take my boots off, curl up on the couch next to my honey, and just relax.<\/p>\n

There are some guys who have said that they sleep with their boots on sometimes. I never have been interested in trying to do that, much less actually do it. My feet need to breathe when I sleep.<\/p>\n

There are times when I have been so exhausted that I have fallen asleep with boots on, only to have an uncomfortably warm feeling in my feet awaken me. Then I’ll kick my boots off and go back to sleep. I just can’t sleep through the night with boots on. And for me, I don’t have that type of interest in boots that I would want to do that, anyway. (There I go again … not fetish, not fashion: boots to me are practical, functional, footwear. That’s all.)<\/p>\n

Seldom am I bootless, but there are times when I am. When it is hot as blazes outside, and I am cool and comfy inside, I may not wear a thing at all… except if you label it a “birthday suit” (wink).<\/p>\n

Life is short: wear your boots!<\/p>\n

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