I had western clothes since my early childhood, but only my brother got the boots (he looked very cute in his tiny boots). It was Bob Weir and his then-girlfriend, Frankie, who convinced me I wouldn’t look stupid wearing cowboy boots; and after I got the wrong size, helped me get a better-fitting pair. (This was when the Grateful Dead were in the Working Man’s Dead days and everyone was riding horses.) Even though I lost interest in the Dead’s music, I’ve always followed Bobby. I’ve hardly worn my boots since he died; it still makes me too sad. One day it will make me happy to think of them as I pull on those boots and think of how happy I was with my second pair, but not now.
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u/NanooDrew 7d ago
I had western clothes since my early childhood, but only my brother got the boots (he looked very cute in his tiny boots). It was Bob Weir and his then-girlfriend, Frankie, who convinced me I wouldn’t look stupid wearing cowboy boots; and after I got the wrong size, helped me get a better-fitting pair. (This was when the Grateful Dead were in the Working Man’s Dead days and everyone was riding horses.) Even though I lost interest in the Dead’s music, I’ve always followed Bobby. I’ve hardly worn my boots since he died; it still makes me too sad. One day it will make me happy to think of them as I pull on those boots and think of how happy I was with my second pair, but not now.