Kyle,I wear exactly the same dance belt! I find it feels comfortable and looks good under tights. There is a really good book by Robert LaFosse. He grew up in Texas and became a dancer with American Ballet Theatre, then he was on Broadway in "Dancin", and then he went to New York City Ballet. He said a really cool thing about the first time he put on tights; he said he felt as though he had worn them in a former life. I know exactly what he meant. I had the same feeling when I first got put in tights. But he went on to say that his first dance belt was a big shock cause it was so uncomfortable. Honest, that wasn't my experience. Me and two other guys in my dance school all got dance belts at the same time, and the other two were complaining and complaining. But I felt fine in mine. In fact for a while I was cutting end of school close with my Tuesday/Thursday afternoon ballet classes, and I wore my tights and dance belt under my school uniform all day long. And I felt fine and it never made me feel sore or uncomfortable. I still wear my dance belt instead of underwear pretty frequently.Jay [/i]