Some thigh-highs stay up without needing a garter belt. And I'm not repeating hype; I have several pairs that stay up all day without a garter belt

Don't they roll, too, or get too tight? That's what I don't like -- feeling like I have a rubber band around my thighs.

They don't roll, and they're not *tight* like control-top hose (or Spanx) are tight. They have 3 bands of rubber (but not, like, rubber bands, like you can shoot off your finger) around the inside of the tops of the stockings, and the rubber is what grips and keeps everything from sliding (or rolling) down. They're brilliant.

t edit Not rubber; silicone bands. Either way, they hang on tight.

Hey all! An entire day without work-place shooting! It's an improvement since yesterday. Anyway, on to a different matter: I got an invite to join Google+ yesterday from someone named [name redacted] and I went, "... who?" and was about to delete the email, then I realized that he might be a Buffista (there are some Buffista-sounding people in his circle). I only have, like 3 people in my Google+ circle and don't even know if I would ever use it (ETA: actually, I just realized this is the email through which I do my fannish stuff, not my RL email -- I don't even have a Google+ account with this email), but I didn't want a nice Buffista I know by some other handle to feel I was ignoring him.

(Once I get an answer, I'll edit out the RL name from the post.)

ETA: Thanks, -t! And thanks for the invite, dcp. For now I'm holding off joining Google+ with this email -- Google's done some ishy stuff with the privacy policy recently so I'm being a bit ginger with what to do with the accounts I have, especially with the extra one I established with a pseudonym. Wasn't there a big kerfuffle a few months ago as to how pseudonymity was not allowed with Google or something, or am I remembering that wrong?

I think that's dcp, Vonnie.

the rubber is what grips and keeps everything from sliding (or rolling) down. They're brilliant.

They do sound good. Mostly, though, I just try to avoid stockings when possible. ::sheepish::

Is Take part of her name?

Copy/paste fail.

I own neither argyle nor Spanx. I wore hose with garter belts until they introduced that magical pantyhose. (I sure am old)

I still almost never wear hosiery. Even at fancier events here women go bare legged. About the only time I would is a business function if I weren't wearing pants. I think the last time I did was a funeral. On the rare occasion I do they are uncomfortably warm.

I always feel like thigh highs look much better on a model than me--they seem to just dig into my thighs--not in a painful way, but in a "now I have a dent in my thigh silhouette" kinda way, bulging above. But if I try them larger they fall down.

Yep, that's dcp.

They officially make man-spanx. Except I see they've now changed the name to Manx: [link]

Also, uterine prolapse is for real and no joke. But failing that, uteruses do not tend to wander.

I think I might have wine and chips for dinner. That's OK, right?

Potatoes and grapes, what could be healthier?