The wrong trousers?

After a chance mention on a radio show, I dug out my very own leather trousers... It must be getting on for 12 years since I bought them, and they still (almost) fit. Perhaps I'm hopelessly out of touch, but I do still think that leather trousers are kinda cool...
I have had another couple of pairs... one was patently far too short, even when I bought them, and they subsequently never got worn, and the other pair were/are industrial quality motorbike versions from when I had my bike...

Out of curiosity I looked into the price of new pairs on ebay... and was kinda shocked on 2 fronts... one the price - are cows more valued now? and two, most advertised pairs had less than veiled gay references... My acquisitions were based on the rock 'n roll lifestyle attached, with never a thought to getting bottom action... When did the gays steal that sartorial icon?? I thought it only counted if you had the matching leather cap, and a bushy moustache...

I had hoped that my leather trousers wouldn't appear as a shameful link back to my younger days, the same way an old teddy jacket might have been for a generation past, but I must admit, my ever approaching (increasing) middle age spread does threaten their 'cool' rating :( Still ARSE to that I say... I'm as young as I feel, so I'll probably dig them out again in another 10 years, criticise how 'old leather obviously shrinks' and do the jive, til I keel over from the exertion!

And to think... I could have donated them to oxfam or suchlike when I stopped wearing them (which to be really honest - I never did much), and missed out on all this nostalgia...

But I don't think I'll be wearing them to work anytime soon...