Birthday Party

While I was at a cousins birthday party this last Friday evening, I decided to wear blue denim shorts with gray tights that I got from Target almost 2 years ago. One thing that I didn't think about was that other family (family to my cousins) would be there. So during the evening, someone who I haven't seen much asked me "So why the stockings?" My first response in my head was "These are tights, not stockings", but I knew what she meant. The first thing that I thought of was to shrug my shoulders and act like it was nothing, so I did that. So she replied to that with "Is it because they are comfortable?" and I said that they where. She agreed that they where but that she gets worm wearing them. Then I tried to point out that today was a good day for them seeing that it was cool and a rainy day. She agreed and that was the end of it. This would be probably my second time being asked why I was wearing tights, and both where from family (or near family). For the most part, people will not see it or if they do, not do anything about it. Even with all the reviews people give when they find out that men are wearing tights or pantyhose openly, how weird it is and that they will rip them off anyone that wears them, or something like that. They really don't mean it in real life, they can say that on a posting because that may be what they feel at the time, but in real life, they will just go on their own life and not bother you because you chose to wear hosiery openly.