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I Wear Short Trousers

There was no compulsion to wear shorts at home but were worn nonetheless as I wanted to. However the reason I wore grey flannel short trousers for meals out etc was that my mother said you can wear long trousers or nicely tailored grey shorts. I just want you to be smart. My choice was to wear grey school shorts as I hated having trousers flapping around my legs.

It depended on the occasion as to what I wore them with. Sometimes polo shirt, other times white shirt tie and blazer. A sort of short trouser suit. My grey flannel shorts were as per the 1970’s very brief. With an inside leg of about one inch. I did get one or two looks wearing them when I was 15-16 but I had athletic tanned legs and my shorts fitted me well and did indeed look very smart.

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deletedsy

It's really nice that you were able to appreciate the beauty of shorts at such an early time, when you could still wear shorts in a good looking manner. It was a pity that I was only able to appreciate the shorts after 30s.

strictshorts · 61-69, M

@deletedsy Hi I think it was quite early. I can remember to this day how disappointing it was that I had to wear long trousers with my school uniform at secondary school from the age of 11. I was not one of those boys that thought wearing long trousers made me grown up, it was just far more comfortable wearing shorts. I made up for it by wearing shorts all the time at home. I still hate having fabric covering my legs including my thighs. Though I have to at work.