The "kids" wear their boots over their pants around here. I am not a "kid", and I keep my pants over my boots. The girls tell me all the "cool cowboys" do it that way. I tell them there is no such thing as a "cool" cowboy, a real cowboy doesn't care if he/she's cool, those are wanna be's. However, I also wear my long broom skirt with my boots when we go dancing, so what do I know...