High Heel Saga

I have always stood (in my flat footwear) against wearing high heels for one major reason that I could not walk in it. I bought my first fancy footwear with slight heels for my school farewell because all other girls were buying it. I wore it just for the farewell party and stored it safely to wear it in college after few months. The actual reason being that my legs ached when I tried to walk in my normal speed which is pretty fast.
College life began with high expectations and no restrictions and I chose to walk tall in my heels. 2 days with the heels and I realized that they were not meant to be worn when one has to run after Mumbai locals and BEST buses in an overcrowded city. I resorted back to flat footwear and have slight memory of my Mom giving away those less worn sandals to my cousin.
I swore to wear flats for the rest of my life untill I was engaged to a guy who was a good 6-7 inches taller than me. Under family pressure, I bought one cheap pair of golden heeled sandals to match with my wedding lehenga and told my sister to steal it right after my wedding ceremony so that I do not have to bear the brunt of walking in them post marriage. So dutifully she performed this task without anyone (read Mom) getting a wisp of it that she forgot to even steal her Jijaji's shoes.
My husband never told me to wear heels but kept on giving slight hints of how he wished to marry a tall girl before he met me:;. Finally after more than 7 years of our marriage, I bought a pair of heels. Today is my first day of wearing it to office and I must tell you that I have started loving it. I can see my collegues's face sitting at their desk when I walk past their cubicles. I don't have to look up to the tall man at the tea stall in the food court. I dont have to envy other tall girls walking past me.

But the best outcome of all this is to see a beaming husband when I confidently walk beside him and look like a perfect match:)