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I was born with feet in the 1st percentile of the population and they stayed that way even despite getting taller. Now every shoe shopping experience is awkward af.
As a woman, I think it's stupid that shoes are gendered in the first place. My shoe size is in the realm that exists for both men's and women's shoes. So in shoe stores I can grab the same sneakers from the women's and the men's section. Just sort the damn shoes by size and let people pick the ones they like ffs.
The first few decades of my life I assumed that there'd been all sorts of important orthopaedic/podiatry research done into the difference between men and women's feet, gaits etc that meant wearing sports shoes sold as "women's" would in some way cause my feet long term harm. Nope, it was bullshit marketing all along.
I wouldn't be surprised if on average women's feet were narrower than men's, but even if that's the case, just make narrow and wide versions of shoes and let people pick the ones that fit their feet. Surely there are men with narrow feet and women with wide feet. It just makes no sense.
You know it's become a personal beef when you know the trade name of the device that insults you.
Haha yes indeed. You don't know me Brannock device! Some men have footlets and that's okay.
Some men have footlets and that’s okay.
What an odd childrens book this would be.
Wow dude, that's crazy. Like, in a cool way.
My great-uncle was very small when he was born - the family story is that he used to sleep in a shoe box instead of a crib until he was almost a year old.
Probably not your shoe box, though.
Probably not your shoe box, though.>
Oh no, you didn't
Haha bro thanks. And you're right my shoe box would be too small for any baby!
I had a girlfriend who had the inverse of your problem — her feet were far too large for shoes aimed at women. She ended up becoming friends with a bunch of drag queens, and finding that the specialist store they got their shoes from was the best place for her
Why do they measure your feet as an adult? Is that common in the US? I don't think i had my feet measured since I was 15 or so.
Edit: I also want to applaude you for wearing Spiderman socks in this specific post!
Cause it takes about 30 seconds and makes sure you actually have the right size shoe.
Speak for yourself... I use my Brannock device each morning to check my feet and see if my junk got bigger from the chemicals.
Do your feet hurt a lot? It sounds like a lot of pressure on a small area
Good question. You would think but my calf and foot muscles are quite strong to compensate for what I lack in foot surface area. They do get sore after a long day but nothing too crazy.
I'm just confused by why you keep getting your feet measured. I haven't done that since my feet stopped growing, I know my size by this point
How I imagine it:
"I'm size 3"
"No you're not"
"Yes I am"
"You can't be"
"BRING THE DEVICE"
So I'm not sure if you know this, but in the US the big kids sizes and the adult men's sizes are the same. For example, a men's 5 is the same as a big kid's 5.
Next time you need to use a Brannock device and you're sized out, have them get the one for the kids.
How are you with stiff breezes I imagine there must be a lot of swaying?
Skinny 5'3 guy here. I've had that experience buying pants. "Maybe you'll find something in the kids' section".
I swear to fuck there was another lemmy user that was really tall but had like size 4 feet and there was a pretty cool AMA
Well? Is what they say about big feet true of the inverse?
Yes. Small socks.
Do your feet hurt after a long day of standing/walking like being at an airport or something?
Yes they do. But I don't know if it's any worse than a "normal-footed" human's feet.
Fair point
If your feet stay the same size why don’t you just order online? I know testing them out can be nice, but you can return online orders.
I can’t remember the last time I went shoe shopping in person, because I know my size and which companies I need a larger or smaller size shoe for. Also why would they keep measuring you if you know?
You're right I usually do buy online. I only went in to a fancy running store that just opened up because I do run and was wondering if they had anything other than youth sizes so they had to measure me (and I took this photo because I thought it was hilarious). They did in fact have a better running shoe for me!
Dude this is insane. First I feel like you'd be more prone to falling over or something? Like top heavy?? But on the other hand you can probably go up most stairs without feeling like you're about to fall to your death. I have average foot size for my height and all stairs I have to be on my tip toes. Honestly have wished I had smaller feet many times in my life. Thanks for sharing! Not something I ever thought was a thing.