{"id":90,"date":"2008-05-21T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2008-05-21T07:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T11:31:00","slug":"being-an-out-and-open-leatherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Being an Out and Open Leatherman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yep, I enjoy leather. I always have, since I got my first motorcycle while in college. Being a biker is a fairly easy “excuse” to wear leather and tall boots. But that’s only for public impression, for those who don’t really comprehend an interest in leather.<\/p>\n

As I’ve blogged before, my interest in boots and leather is an avocation<\/a> — a hobby — and something that is pleasurable. It’s comfortable, durable, and forgiving for my body type. I wear leather almost every day, in public, and as readers of this blog are aware, display my gear on my website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Being so out and open in my community and as a minor public figure is not a problem. That’s because my community has a casual and mature kind of tolerance<\/a>. But being out and open on the Internet has occasional consequences that have to be dealt with. For example, some guys who visit my website<\/a> but don’t read the FAQs<\/a> perceive that I may want to “play” with them, a code word for having sex. Or that I might want them to visit to do things with or on my boots. A few have sent me email messages suggesting we get together.<\/p>\n

That’s a consequence I accept for being so “out there.” Actually, in a way such a come-on is somewhat flattering to me as an older, greying, bearish man. I am quite able to respond by saying, “thank you, but no thanks.” There hasn’t been a one who has failed yet to understand the second line that I write, “I am in a monogamous relationship with my life partner, and we don’t play with others.” A few may think this sounds harsh, but it is just a description of my reality and my life. My partner is my one-and-only, and I never have nor will do anything to cause him to question my integrity and commitment to him, and to “us.”<\/p>\n

Life is short: wear your leather and your boots, and enjoy life!
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