Shoes - why the hell do we women do it

[LynneSin]

Ugh!

I love these shoes - they make my feet look smaller than what they actually are (I'm size 11) and they match great with so many outfits including my jeans.

They're these awesome pair of Michael Kors clogs with 3.5inch heels - they look absolutely marvelous but they're killing my poor toes. But I'll still find at least one outfit a week to wear them

Why do we do it

[Sugar Smack]

1. I don't do it!

I have 4 pairs of cheap, comfy shoes. :) I must be an aberration.

[buddhamama]

8. let's start an aberration group

;) i have six pairs of shoes total- including my Van tennis shoes and, a pair of 'loafer' style shoes that i swear i have had for about fifteen yrs. :) Hi Sugar Sugar! :hi: :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

14. Hey mamamama!

An aberration group sounds lovely! Hey, this is nice! I 'bout drowned in GD this past week. It's great to see you!!

:hi: :loveya:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. I'm with you!

I can't find cheap ones that fit my foot, though...

[philosophie_en_rose]

48. I don't either.

I buy cute chunky shoes at Ross. I'm not about to break an ankle with silly shoes.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. I used to do stuff like that, but I'm all about comfort now.

I don't wear heels higher than 2.5 inches. If a shoe hurts my feet, I stop wearing it. I don't have bunions, corns, hammertoes, or anything else that comes from wearing ill-fitting shoes, so I must be doing something right.

On the other hand, I have a lot of shoes (although not much compared to some women I know, lol!), but I wear them all at one time or another.

[Sugar Smack]

4. That's why you look so happy!

:pals: :* :D

[LeftyMom]

3. I don't.

:shrug:

[Sugar Smack]

5. You've got that cute bunny slipper thang going on.

;-)

[LeftyMom]

6. Yep.

I ought to bust those out today. It's cold in here.

[LostinVA]

7. I mainly wear Doc Martens, running shoes, and flip flops

With the occasional foray into Eastland stuff.

You silly straight women...

on edit: I do have "real" shoes for funerals, weddings, job interviews, etc.... I do dress up and get semi-girly on those occasions. Of course, the shoes are what we used to call "ballerinas" -- no heels.

[Lilith Velkor]

13. I call those my fancy kung-fu shoes

It's funny, I haven't thought for quite some time about how similar dancing slippers are to the ones I wear in kung fu.

Heels are right out for me, and I'm usually straight. :shrug: Come to think of it, I know more guys who wear heels than wimmin. Hrmph.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. You are so gay.

*shakes head*

[Mutley]

9. I don't.

I refuse to wear shoes that kill my feet. Life is just too short.

[billyskank]

11. I think high heels are stupid anyway

:hi:

[Mutley]

38. Good to know.

:D

:hi:

[tigereye]

10. I don't wear heels

I'm more of a flats person. I love boots, but none of em have much more than a 1-2 inch heel, if that.

My tai chi teacher who's a chiropractor fusses about women wearing heels all the time. He can't understand why women want to ruin their feet. I've been listening to him complain about this for 15 years....

[Avalux]

12. Because we're vain and they look good.

I admit it - I am short, and when I wear heels I'm taller and they make my legs look longer. I don't buy the assertion that we do it for men; they just look better. I do trend towards thick heels cause they don't hurt as much and I won't squish my feet in the ones with really pointed toes.

I have shoes similar to this one that I just love:

[RebelOne]

15. I used to wear spike heels all the time.

Now in my old age, I dress for comfort.

[miss_american_pie]

16. Well I do it because I'm tall

and when I wear 3.5 inch heels, I get to be really tall. :D :hi:

[billyskank]

17. You'd be MUCH taller than me

:scared:

[miss_american_pie]

19. Exactly

A little healthy fear never hurt anyone. ;) :hi:

[billyskank]

20. Seriously

I'm such a shortarse.

[miss_american_pie]

22. I think I remember you posting your height before

My husband is shorter than you are.

[raccoon]

18. I don't. New Balance, Saucony, Easy Spirits, that's me. nt

[youthere]

21. I'm all about the shoe baby...

I'm vain about shoes and I'm not ashamed to admit it...okay I am.
SOmething in me says that a cute shoe is worth whatever torture I have to endure. Logically I know I shouldn't do it, but damn! We're talking really cute shoes!

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Haha..

I don't. Go Packers! :hi: :P

[billyskank]

24. .

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. ...

:loveya:

[hedgehog]

26. All I know that after years of buying mary janes and ballet style shoes

becaues I only wear flats, I found the cutest pair of shoes I've ever seen. They were flats with style! I wore them once, then my dog ate one. Is this a sign from above or what?

[jrandom421]

27. I remember a friend

Who was so freaked out by her brother in law, who, after bedding down his 9 children, said "Janis doesn't need to be chasing a career, even if she graduated in the top 3 of her law school class, so I keep her pregnant in the summer and barefoot in the winter", with her younger sister beaming adoringly at him, that she went out and bought 16 pairs of shoes just to put under her bed.

[u4ic]

28. I find shoes an annoyance

I wear them only because I have to. I don't own many, because I find few comfortable and stylish. I can't wait to get home, toss them off and walk around barefoot.

I don't like runners, but do love sandals in our (all too brief) summer.

[barb162]

29. I don't do it anymore

but I still have a bunch of high-heeled beautiful shoes in the closet

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

30. I have a couple of really hot but uncomfortable shoes.

I wear them when I need to dress up and want to look hot. Actually, the fuck-me boots aren't too uncomfortable, but the stilettos get pretty uncomfortable.

Much like Lost, I usually wear Doc Martens, sneakers, and flip-flops, though.

[hfojvt]

31. 3.5 inch heels

How tall does that make you?

I doubt if men care how good your shoes look, except for the small percentage that have foot fetishes. Except I had a woman tell me once that high heels put women's bodies into a 'fu$% me' pose. I am not sure how that works, but I think it is more about the heel than it is about the toe, or how cute the shoe looks. A guy told me way back that he thinks women dress up to impress other women, not to impress guys.

[maxsolomon]

34. men like heels

they lengthen the leg, enhance the buttocks.

you don't have to be a fetishist to appreciate it. just straight.

[hfojvt]

36. that's not the heel or the shoe

it's the pose - 'enhance the buttocks'. So a pair of shoes with the same heel, even if it wasn't 'totally cute' and didn't pinch the toes, would have the same effect. And the straight man wouldn't be noticing the shoe - he'd be noticing the other factors.

[bicentennial_baby]

35. it's actually not that small of a percentage...

Or so I've found...But there is a distinct difference between shoe fetish and foot fetish. Many foot guys want them barefoot :)

[idgiehkt]

45. sometimes I think it's all about childbearing

maybe the uncomfortable get-up says to the man "I am willing to be really uncomfortable for a long period of time for you, and I can take some pain." :shrug:

[One_Life_To_Give]

32. To look men in the eye?

At least that is the reported reason why the Queen of France wanted a pair of heels. She wanted a pair of shoes like the men of the French Court were wearing at the time.

[Patiod]

42. Man, I wear heels and I look them...in the bald spot

I'm about 6'1" - 6'2" in heels

[reyd reid reed]

37. I dunno, but every once in a while I catch myself doing it, too

Wearing a pair of shoes that hurt my feet, just because I love 'em for one reason or another. Then I get home, start rubbing my toes and wonder what the HELL was I thinking and swear never again.


Until the next time.

[xchrom]

39. for the same reason gay men do -- life is short

and i wouldn't be caught dead in ugly shoes.

[skygazer]

40. Because cute shoes rock the universe

Yeah. Shoe junkie here. :eyes:

[Nicole]

41. Same reason we wear bras

Sometimes looks are more important than comfort.

That said, as soon as I get home the shoes & bra are off!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

44. Yeah...I don't...

I'm anti hammer toe. I refuse to kill my feet just to make my ass look good. My priorities are RIGHT! Flats are the way to go.
Duckie

[Nikia]

46. Uncomfortable shoes are as oppressive as the burkha

Women have over nine times as many foot problems compared to men mainly for that reason. They are impractical and limit a woman's physical abilities. For this reason, I do not wear shoes with a significant heel.

[Crabby Appleton]

47. for shoe fetishists