Boys in Heels (Uncontrollable Laughter Part 1)

It is hard to pick out just one instance when my friends and I broke out into fits of uncontrollable laughter. It does not take much to get me to laugh; I’m the type of person who laughs at pretty much anything. Moreover, when you put me with my friends I laugh so much more because we feed off of each other’s humor. For these reasons, I find myself uncontrollably laughing a lot, which makes it extremely had to just pick one instance.

However, the most recent time I can think of when I just about fell over because I was laughing so hard happened just this past Tuesday. I am a member of the Alpha Chi Omega fraternity and our philanthropy is domestic violence. I know at this point you are probably thinking, “What is so funny about domestic violence? You have a pretty twisted sense of humor, Courtney.” Just keep reading, I say, and you will soon understand. October is Domestic Violence awareness month, so my sorority puts on a domestic violence awareness event called “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.” In the event, a group of four men from various fraternities will sign up to be a team. Then, these teams do a relay race around the commons... in heels. The guys literally go all out and run as fast as they can in the heels. Some sprint, others struggle a bit and fast walk. I am not kidding, one guy had sparks coming out from his heels he was running so fast. He made “hot wheels” a real thing. Basically, this event is one of the funniest things I have ever laid my eyes on.

This year, my roommate, Tori, and I were coaches for one of the fraternity teams. We had never met these boys before, but as soon as we did, we could tell they were particularly excited for the event and wanted to win. Before our team was up to race, the boys wanted to practice running in heels. Right when one of our team members put his heels on and stood up, the first thing out of his mouth was, “Why do you girls do this to yourself? This is painful!” He continued then to try and walk in his heels, although it was more of a waddle.

The boys practiced walking in their heels until it was their turn to race. I don’t think I have ever seen four men so excited to run around in heels. To say the very least, it was prime entertainment. Soon, it was time for the team to race. All of them were put in their prospective positions along the relay. Next, the flag was waved and the race started. Our first team member ran his portion of the race with flawless grace. Our second and third person also did a great job, although they rightfully struggled a little bit. At this point, we were in an amazing position to win the race. I could tell my team members were ecstatic. We had a lead and if we could keep it, we would win! However, everything went downhill during the last portion of the race when it was handed off to the last team member to run. As soon as he began running, or should I say a semi walking and trotting, we lost our lead quickly. It was all okay though because it was just about the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. At that point, I could care less about winning because watching my team member running in those heels was enough entertainment for a lifetime.

We came in second to last for the race, but it was such a great time that no one on my team cared. By the end of the race, we all could not control our laughter because it was so funny. The boys also could not believe that they had just run around the TCU commons in heels. Although it might have been a “you had to be there” sort of thing, I like to think the image of boys racing in heels is pretty hilarious.