Being cold was start of it 4 me, when my mom made me wear them under clothes in winter. I had to wear em for a school play too. I just got used to them and now I pretty much rarely wear socks, I just use tights.
I have always loved wearing tights since my mom made me wear them as a boy because I complained my legs were cold under my school shorts. I was humiliated at first but then got to enjoy them. My mom later enrolled me into ballet classes.
@dunpender: Hmmm... sounds like a pointless 'rule' to me. Long johns are more appropriate because... they don't have feet? Odd, isn't it, how the only difference between long johns and tights are feet, and yet it's somehow inappropriate for a guy to wear them. Ahhhh yes; the horror and evil of a boy wearing tight cotton under his pants, on his legs... WITH FEET. Without feet; okay! Go right ahead! With feet? Inappropriate! Man, humans are weird.