Having completed Jeremy Chandler’s series, “My Summer in Pantyhose” I’m ready to post. I hope to post twice a week; Tuesdays and Thursdays. The purpose of this post is to bring everyone up to speed as to what’s happened prior to when I took up the story.

   That said, I encourage you read or reread the original work by Jeremy Chandler found here.

Chapters as indicated.

   1 Jeremy’s synopsis: Jamie is caught wearing his mother's pantyhose on the last day of school. His mother gives him an unusual option to avoid punishment for dishonesty..

   Jamie has come home from the last day of eighth grade. His sister being on an overnight with a friend and his mother not due home for nearly three hours, he decides to indulge in his favorite pastime as he has at nearly every opportunity since he was eleven. He goes to his room, strips and puts on an over size tee-shirt that covers him to mid-thigh. He then goes to his mother’s room, purloins a pair of her pantyhose. Skillfully putting them on, he proceeds to the family room to watch some TV.

   Lying on the couch, he’s caught unawares, when his mother arrives home about two hours early. Yes, caught with consequences. To his surprise, she’s not angry or concerned about him wearing hose, only that he’s gone into her room and borrowed them without permission. She feels he need to be punished for that. Trying to get creative and explore just what it means, she gives him a choice of two punishments. Be grounded for an undetermined time or wear pantyhose all day, every day for the rest of the summer. To her surprise, he chooses to wear pantyhose. He surely didn’t think that one through.

   2 No Jeremy synopsis

   His mother goes out the next morning after instructing him to shower and shave his legs. She returns with several pairs of pantyhose that are to become Jamie’s. He’s instructed to put on a pair with some shorts over them. He then discovers his mother won’t put up with him being a hermit and they go to pick up his sister, Julie.

   Concerns arise about what to do about Jamie’s friends, Mike and Todd who are both on vacation for two weeks and what about Julie’s friends, one of whom is known to just show up unannounced.

   3 No Jeremy synopsis

   At church on Sunday we find that Julie has told her best friend Samantha about him wearing pantyhose. She assures him that she’s cool with it and won’t pass on the information. They compare their hose covered feet.

   After church, on the way to Jamie’s grandmother we find out that she was in on the decision to offer the option of wearing pantyhose over grounding. While having lunch with grandma on Sunday Jamie is informed that he’ll be spending weekdays at his grandmother’s, since his sister is working full-time this year. No computer, no access to friends when they come back from vacation.

(Author’s note: How is that different from grounding?)

   4 No Jeremy synopsis

   Jamie settled in for his first week with grandma. In short order he finds that just because he’s with grandma, doesn’t mean he’ll be inside all summer. Monday finds him going grocery shopping with grandma. He’s surprised that no one seems to notice he was wearing pantyhose even though he’s got shorts on. Wednesday he has to accompany his grandmother to her hair appointment, where because everything half-price on Wednesdays, he’s treated to mani-pedi. Just to complicate things a girl from his class ends up in the chair next to him for her manicure. She finds out he’s wearing hose when it comes time for his pedicure.

   5 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie talks to Julie and Samantha about his trip to the salon, goes shopping with his grandmother, and meets a new friend.

   Julie’s friend, Samantha comes to visit and informs Jamie that she’s decided to wear pantyhose in sympathy for him. She cajoles Julie into putting on some. Then at grandma’s Jamie finds out that it’s really easy to get runs in his hose. Grandma takes him to Target to get some spares and also gets him some slippers – pink fuzzy slippers. He meets a teenage girl who gives him her number and tells him to call her sometime.

   6 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie, Julie, and his mother go on a shopping trip to the mall.

   Jamie calls the girl from Target, but they only have time to exchange IM names and find out she’ll be a freshman at his school in September before her sister needs the phone.

   Jamie discovers that his grandmother isn’t the only one to think that he should go out in public with his hose on display. His mother thinks he needs some new shoes with softer, smother inside surfaces; something designed to be gentle on nylons. IE women’s shoes. She also takes exception to his baggy shorts and he leaves the mall with three pair of women’s shorts. Definitely not baggy and definitely short. Hardly something most men would wear.

   7 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie talks to his dream girl and gets a surprise IM request.

   Sunday at church, finds Jamie interacting with his dream girl, Megan. He’s had a crush on her for a couple of years and there she is initiating a conversation with him. He finds out that she knows about his mani-pedi and that he wears hose. The girl at the salon was a friend of hers. He’s in seventh heaven as he contemplates the chances of really becoming friends with her.

   Later at home he gets an IM request to friend the girl from Target.

   8 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie has a serious talk with his mother and finds out what Elizabeth really thinks about him.

   Jamie’s mother has a heart to heart with him. She explains her actions in buying the shoes and shorts are part of her trying help him discover who he really is in light of the fact that he likes to wear pantyhose and has experimented with her slips. That as a result of him saying he thought she was trying to make him look like a girl. She gets him to admit that he does like the clothes, but is concerned about looking like a girl. They come to the conclusion that he’d just as soon stop right where he was in the exploration of the meaning of his penchant for pantyhose. He does have to admit that he doesn’t regret deciding to wear hose for the summer and contemplates how much he’s enjoying the extra attention he’s getting from girls over it, including Samantha but especially Megan.

   He IMs the girl from Target and she reveals that she thinks he’s gay. That shoots down any desire to talk with her and puts him in a funk. In desperation he talks with Julie and she assures him that anyone who really knows him doesn’t think he’s gay. It’s probably the first time she’s interacted in real compassion toward him.

   9 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie talks to Megan

   Jamie takes note that both Mike and Todd would be back from their vacations over the weekend an has some concerns as to their reaction to him wearing pantyhose, but pushes those thoughts to the back of his mind.

   Samantha reveals that she’s talked with Megan and that Megan is wild about him wearing pantyhose. She used to think Jamie was just some boring geek but now he’s very interesting. And she wants to get to know him better. At Samantha and Julie’s urging Jamie looks up her phone number. He hesitates calling her for fear this is some colossal joke. But Samantha assures him that it’s not and he makes the call. Even while he’s dialing the number he struggles with the concept that any girl could want a relationship with a guy who wears pantyhose.

   It turns out that she really said that and in the course of the call, they make a tentative date for lunch the next day,

   10 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie meets Megan for lunch.

   Jamie’s mother picked out some less than desirable clothes for him as he overslept and insisted that even though the shirt she had chosen was his sisters that nothing he had would work with the shorts for the day. They were likely to be late if Jamie didn’t go along.

   Grandma seemed to think that this was some sort of “play date” and acted like it. Jamie wanted to meet Megan on his own, but Grandma insisted on meeting Megan in person before leaving them to their lunch.

   After some initial awkwardness, they settled into a nice conversation over their meal. Toward the end they made a tentative date to see a movie.

   11 Jeremy’s synopsis: Jamie gets some new clothes and goes to a movie with Megan.

   Jamie's mother thinks Jamie needs some nicer tops, since he had to borrow one of Julie’s so on the way home they stop at Mohls to buy some. They run into an old friend of Mom’s and get invited to a barbecue to renew the relationship. Jamie’s not too keen on it so his mother says he can invite Megan.

   Jamie’s movie date with Megan turned out to be a disappointment. He thought she had invited him to see a movie with her, but in reality, she had invited him to join her friend Kim and two of Megan’s cousins as they went to a movie. The only part that seemed like a date was that Jamie bought her drink and she shared his popcorn. In the end, Kim catches the attention of three jocks from the high school and the four girls go off with them leaving Jamie with nothing to do but call for his ride home.

   12 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie deals with the aftermath of his movie-date with Megan and breaks the news about his pantyhose to his friends

   A busy chapter. After his non-date movie excursion with Megan, Jamie couldn’t bring himself to face her and begged off sick for church. His mother and sister went without him. When they came back Julie told him that Megan had asked after him. He wanted to be disinterested.

   In the afternoon, he got a call from Mike. Time to face the music. At Mike’s, he outs himself to Mike first thing. Todd wasn’t there so he had to do it all over again when Todd showed up. It was a non-event for Mike, but Todd obviously found it hard to take.

   At home, after some painful soul searching, Jamie deletes an email from Megan.

Monday while at Grandma’s, Jamie goes with her to the fabric store and meets Lucille, the owner of the store and longtime friend of his grandmother.

   Tuesday, Jamie gets a phone call he can’t avoid from Megan. He’s short with her and hangs up on her. Megan won’t give up that easily and rides her bike over to his house. He reluctantly hears her out and they make up.

   13 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie spends the evening at Megan's house.

Authors note: Starting with this chapter Jeremy switched from first person to third person, allowing him tell us about a lot of things that Jamie doesn’t witness first hand.

   After their tear fest, Jamie and Megan go for a bike ride and end up at her house where he meets her mother and sister. Her sister makes a big deal out of Jamie wearing pantyhose. They end up playing chess. Jamie is surprised that while he thought he was a competent player, Megan easily checkmated him. They talked and Jamie invites her to the barbecue.

   As it starts to get dark, Megan’s mother tells Jamie that his mother called to say he should have been home by then. Megan’s mother gives him a ride home and on the way back, questions the relationship between Jamie and Megan.

   Jamie’s grandmother calls his mother to tell her about Lucille needing someone to work the stock room at the Fabric Barn.

   14 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie goes to his job interview.

   At the start of this chapter we find out that while Mike is OK with Jamie wearing pantyhose, Todd has pegged Jamie as being gay and is homophobic. Mike defends Jamie but Todd askes directly that Mike not invite Jamie and him over at the same time.

   Grandma has been talking with Lucille and it seems she wants to hire Jamie if he’s interested. The job will be mostly unpacking new shipments and restocking shelves. Part-time work, three days a week to start.

   Jamie is up for it and Mom wants him to make a good impression so she’ll pick out some nice clothes for him to wear to his interview. Everyone seems to think her choices are great, though Jamie thinks they are a little over the top and hopes he’ll be able to wear shorts.

   Jamie goes for the interview and is a bit ambivalent about working at a fabric store, but gets the job. He asks after he’s hired if he can wear shorts and Lucille explains that she doesn’t allow her employees to be bare legged and that everyone either wears slacks or nylons with skirts or shorts. When Jamie’s grandmother points out that Jamie already wears pantyhose, Lucille approves saying it a good idea to wear hose with a light support as he’ll be on his feet all day.

   15 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie's first day on the job.

   Jamie starts his job and meets his coworkers; Kelli, Margaret and Tabitha. Kelli is a bit abrasive, but Margaret and Tabitha are nice and not put off by his pantyhose. Jamie does good work and Lucille is pleased.

   Early in the day, Jamie’s pantyhose is noticed by a customer who goes to Lucille. Lucille informs the customer that it’s her rule and that she thinks they look good on him. After consideration, the customer agrees.

   We find out that Tabitha’s family has moved to this side of town and she’ll be a freshman at West-Central as will Jamie.

   At home Jamie has a phone message from Mike. He wants Jamie to come over. He tells Jamie that Todd is ditching him as a friend. Mike, however, still want’s to be friends.

   On the way home, Jamie stops by to visit Megan. She’s just come back from the water park with her two friends, Kim and Nikki. Jamie notices there is a subtle difference in Megan’s demeanor when her friends are around.

   16 Jeremy’s Synopsis: On the job day two.

   On his second day on the job, Jamie works closely with Tabitha cleaning up the craft area and restocking it. At one point, he drops a plastic box of beads. It breaks and beads go everywhere. In the process of picking them up, he uses his shirt to form a makeshift pouch, exposing the top of his pantyhose. Lucille comments that he should wear camisoles if he’s going to be doing that.

   Tabitha proves easy to talk to and at one point while they were in the stock room to get what was needed to restock she ask how he got started wearing pantyhose and he recounts how he started at age eleven and how he got caught. She’s impressed by his courage to choose to wear pantyhose.

   Later in the chapter, we find that Megan’s little sister Melissa, who’s taken a dislike to Jamie, has hatched an evil plan to embarrass him and Megan. Her friend, Carla, is in on it and is gleefully behind the idea.

   Then we find that Megan gets railroaded into accepting a double date with Josh Martins by her friend Kim while she dates Josh’s friend Kyle. Josh is a BMOC and is considered one of the most desirable jocks in school. Kim can’t understand why Megan’s not delighted to be going out with him.

   17 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Megan's night out,

   Megan was more than a little miffed that she’d let Kim accept a date with Josh. Sure, he had a great reputation; football hero, top jock, leader of a group of jocks. To hang out with him would put her solidly in the in crowd. But still she felt disloyal to Jamie. Never the less. She was committed to the date.

   It was supposed to be dinner and a movie. Dinner turned out to be burgers and fries at the food court at the mall; the busy food court. They couldn’t find a table with more than two chairs. The girls ended up sitting on the guys’ laps. This gave Josh an excuse to be handsy. Megan was both afraid and excited to be treated that way. The more it went on the more she like it. She was lost in the moment when Julie and Samantha walked up and said hi.

  Suddenly, she felt guilty. Here was Jamie’s sister witness to her infidelity. To make thing worse, Josh maintained his amorous assault while she tried to both remove his hand from her thigh and carry on a conversation with Julie. She had to confirm that she was going to the barbecue with them on Saturday. After Julie and Samantha left, she was put in the awkward position of defending Jamie to the group, who all thought he was gay.

  Things went south from there. The idea of a movie went by the wayside in favor of “taking a ride.” They ended up in a dark parking lot of a city park where Kim was eager to enter a tongue wrestling match with Kyle. When Josh tried to make it a competition things got to be too much for Megan who got out declaring she need to take a walk; Josh walks with her. After one lap, it became apparent that Kim had been pinned. The only thing visible were her feet. Josh and Megan took another lap to give them time to finish up.

   Julie and Samantha debate the merits of telling Jamie as opposed to not.

   18 Jeremy’s Synopsis: Jamie and Megan attend the party but there's trouble at the party and a storm brewing at Megan's house.

   Melissa and her friend Carla were plotting against Jamie and Megan.

   Jamie and Megan attend the barbeque with his mother, Julie and Samantha. Beth, the younger daughter of his mom’s friend has taken a dislike to Jamie and causes a disaster that requires Jamie to change his clothes there and then. The replacement clothes scream “sissy.” In the aftermath, Megan declares herself his girlfriend.

   19 No Jeremy synopsis.

   At home, after the barbeque, Jamie’s mother gets an idea and gets Jamie to try a dressy pair of shorts with the black hose he was forced to change into as a result of the disaster. She likes the look and vows to take him shopping for some dressy shorts of his own.

   20 No Jeremy synopsis.

   Jamie’s mother stood by her decision to buy some dressy shorts for Jamie to wear for work. She got him to wear his mary-janes to church, because, “They'll look better with the outfits you're trying on.”

   Megan goes to church alone, while Melissa attempts to find Megan’s email password.

   21 No Jeremy synopsis

   Megan and Samantha get invited to go shopping. Megan helps pick out shorts and blouses. Jamie buys matching camisole sleep sets after Megan tells him she has one.

   Meanwhile, Melissa finds Megan’s password.

   22 No Jeremy synopsis

   Megan decides that Jamie having three sleep sets to her one won’t do so they go back to the store where she buys three more. Jamie asks her for a date and she kisses him. After they got home his mother and sister helped him decide where to go on the date and what to wear.

   While Megan gets a call from Josh and an invitation to go on a date to a beach party Saturday. Not knowing what Jamie has planned or even when their date would be. She puts Josh off hoping Jamie will want to have their date on Saturday. Josh elicits a promise if she finds out her tentative plans don’t include Saturday that they’re on for the beach party.

   Julie confesses to Jamie that she has a boyfriend that is in college and needs Jamie to keep a secret. Jamie sleeps in his new cami set wearing the same color as Megan said she would be wearing.

   23 No Jeremy synopsis

   Jamie wears his new clothes to work. They were accepted all around as an improved look. He has an encounter with an Avon lady and ends up wearing lip-gloss. Much to his dismay, everyone thinks it looks great on him.

   Jamie calls Megan to firm up the plans for their date. He suggests a movie at the mall on Wednesday. Megan likes the movie, but suggests that they go on Saturday. Jaime panicked about her putting him off and insists on Wednesday.

   Megan told Jamie about her teaching cheerleading to middle school girls. Then Josh called and cemented the Saturday beach party date.

   Julie asks Jamie to keep their mother busy on Saturday to clear the way for a beach party date with Aaron.

   On Wednesday Jamie goes on his date with Megan wearing the blue, side zip, shorts that Megan had a hand in picking out. Megan initiates a kiss and Jamie suffers a bad encounter with a couple of girls at the mall and it was Megan standing up to them.

   Megan tells him about the beach party on Saturday, but fails to mention she going as Josh’s date.

   24 no Jeremy synopsis.

   Megan went to her final day as cheer instructor. Her friends, Nikki and Kim talk her into getting a new bikini for the beach party. She would “need something extra special to entice Josh.”

   Jamie’s grandmother treats him to lunch at the local burger hang out. It so happens that Megan and her friends also end up at the same place at the same time. It’s obvious that Megan’s friends don’t like Jamie but Megan leaves them for a few to sit with Jamie and his grandmother.

   Jamie tried to call Megan, but Josh beat him to the punch and tied her up for forty-five minutes so Jamie gave up trying to call her

   Megan shows up at the Fabric Barn to visit Jamie at work. Everyone is impressed, including Kelli, with Megan being his girlfriend. After work, they give Megan a ride to the store where she’s is going to buy a bikini for her date with Josh. She still doesn’t admit that it was a date with Josh, letting on that is was just a beach party with friends.

   Jamie’s grandmother buys him two skorts at the same shop.

  On Saturday Megan is picked up by Josh. She though that she’d be one of many in his father’s Cherokee, but he’s in a convertible with beach chairs in the back. She really was his date. At the party, Megan ends up sitting on Josh’s lap while she eats. When she asks for something to drink she discovers that there is no soda, only beer. Josh convinces her that one or two beers would be no big deal. Unfortunately it wasn’t one or two, but six or eight or more. As the sun nears the horizon, Megan, in a drunken stupor, watched Nikki get carried off over the shoulder of some guy. Josh necks with her getting extremely handsy. A little later, a very drunk Megan tells Josh she needs to go home, unaware that Julie and Aaron have seen her necking with Josh. Instead of taking her home he throws her over his shoulder and marches off in much the same manor that she’d seen Nikki get carried off. She complains that she needs her stuff and pounds his back. He slaps her on the butt and carries on walking.