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I Wear Short Trousers

I wear shorts whenever it's warm enough. This year that was between around April and Early October
As boy growing up I wore shorts until age 14. They were compulsory at school until age 12 but my mum kept me in them until 14. Some boys were kept in shorts until 16.
Parents often punished boys by putting them back in shorts when they were naughty.

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strictshorts · 61-69, M

I wore shorts to Junior school up to the age of 11, absolutely all the time. If you wore long trousers you were considered to be a sissy. So all the boys wore shorts. I cannot remember it bothering me, even walking to school in the snow.

I remember being very disappointed that I could not wear shorts to senior school, but largely made up for it at home wearing casual shorts almost all the time. Mainly the very brief denim shorts prevalent in the 1970's. Though my mother sometimes insisted on me wearing more formal shorts when she wanted me to be decent. So I did wear grey flannel shorts and neat corduroy shorts at various times right through my teens. Among the more unusual shorts worn were pairs of denim bib shorts, which I found to be OK.

I certainly still wear shorts very regularly even in the winter to this day.