Love being barefoot?

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » March 26, 2008 12:27 pm

With summer coming, I figured I'd ask....all kidding aside.....anyone else hate having their feet covered?

The only shoes I wear are flip flops, thong sandals, and backless clogs sometimes in the winter. I absolutely hate any shoes that make my feet feel confined. If I wear tennis shoes to the gym, I have to change into flip flops before leaving. I shovel snow in flip flops. And don't even get me started on socks.

I think it's genetic. My dad and aunt never drive with shoes on and always go barefoot too.

Anyone else have this issue?

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » March 26, 2008 12:31 pm

Yup, I do! Can't stand shoes, they're the first thing I take off when I get home, even before my coat. I don't mind socks in the winter.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 26, 2008 12:32 pm

Paging Longboardn'......

Al's in the Barefoot Society, or whatever they call it. http://www.barefooters.org/

I'm just happy that it looks like I can put away the boots for the season. Just like I did for the first time two weeks ago.

STL PARROTHEAD · Post by **STL PARROTHEAD** » March 26, 2008 12:34 pm

IrishPirate wrote:Yup, I do! Can't stand shoes, they're the first thing I take off when I get home, even before my coat. I don't mind socks in the winter.

SAME HERE... I hate shoes!

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » March 26, 2008 12:36 pm

I love being barefoot at the beach or at a pool, but other than that, I HATE dirty feet! It's a hangup... if I had dirty feet and a dirty face and could only wash one before bed (like who's really gonna limit me on that??)... I'd pick my feet.

Anne Bonny · Post by **Anne Bonny** » March 26, 2008 12:37 pm

I want my feet free!

I have to wear Business Casual at work so I cheat and have "Dress Flip Flops" or boat shoes. So far so good nobody has sent me a memo yet.

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » March 26, 2008 12:39 pm

carey24 wrote:

I think it's genetic.

Does that make us "Sole sistas"?

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » March 26, 2008 12:40 pm

It felt SOOOO good to walk around my deck barefoot the other day... (first day of Spring.) Think I'll go do it now and dig some more leaves out of the pool.

When I was a kid in the summer, I'd wear shoes one day a week, to church on Sunday, so I know what you mean.

Now, though, with fallen arches, I can't go shoeless or even wear flipflops unless they have arch support. (Good luck with that!) My heel will kill me for a week afterward, so I gotta have these running shoes or orthotics most of the time.

Enjoy it while you can, carey!

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » March 26, 2008 12:42 pm

Anne Bonny wrote:I want my feet free!

I have to wear Business Casual at work so I cheat and have "Dress Flip Flops" or boat shoes. So far so good nobody has sent me a memo yet.

me too! I get away with some slip on leather sandals and Birkenstocks and dressy flip flops if i have a skirt on.

I have black heels for funerals only and that's the extent of my dress shoe collection.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 26, 2008 12:45 pm

flip flops are evil and must be destroyed

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » March 26, 2008 12:46 pm

carolinagirl wrote:It felt SOOOO good to walk around my deck barefoot the other day... (first day of Spring.) Think I'll go do it now and dig some more leaves out of the pool.

When I was a kid in the summer, I'd wear shoes one day a week, to church on Sunday, so I know what you mean.

Now, though, with fallen arches, I can't go shoeless or even wear flipflops unless they have arch support. (Good luck with that!) My heel will kill me for a week afterward, so I gotta have these running shoes or orthotics most of the time.

Enjoy it while you can, carey!

my knees bother me sometimes and I have superflat feet (also from my dad). check out "fit flops". they're a lil expensive but they have support. I wear them to the gym now instead of tennis shoes.

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » March 26, 2008 12:48 pm

LIPH wrote:flip flops are evil and must be destroyed

I have 34 pairs! and I still buy more when I see them.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » March 26, 2008 12:49 pm

No sane person would wear shoes unless they have to.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » March 26, 2008 12:51 pm

carey24 wrote:
carolinagirl wrote:It felt SOOOO good to walk around my deck barefoot the other day... (first day of Spring.) Think I'll go do it now and dig some more leaves out of the pool.

When I was a kid in the summer, I'd wear shoes one day a week, to church on Sunday, so I know what you mean.

Now, though, with fallen arches, I can't go shoeless or even wear flipflops unless they have arch support. (Good luck with that!) My heel will kill me for a week afterward, so I gotta have these running shoes or orthotics most of the time.

Enjoy it while you can, carey!
my knees bother me sometimes and I have superflat feet (also from my dad). check out "fit flops". they're a lil expensive but they have support. I wear them to the gym now instead of tennis shoes.

YAY! Thanks for the tip... I'll check em out. Who'd a thunk it?

(Right now, I'm wearing my son's outgrown skateboard shoes... talk about support, but feminine or stylish, they ain't!)

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » March 26, 2008 12:56 pm

If I went without shoes in the winter, I probably wouldn't have any toes left...

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » March 26, 2008 1:32 pm

we can easily wear sandals year around here, and flip flops almost year around...I spend most of the summer barefoot

however, I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot and hadn't been doing the exercises to keep my foot limber..

I wore my Birks, which I adore, and was in extreme pain for almost 3 weeks. I'm not sure if it was from the Birks or my not doing the required exercises.

I do my exercises faithfully now, but haven't tried the Briks since then..

considering I have 3 pair of Birks, and they aren't cheap, also a new pr. of flip flops I've hardly worn, I'm hoping it was my negligence in not doing the exercises......

I'm hoping I can wear the Birks, flip flops, and go barefoot, soon.

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » March 26, 2008 1:35 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:If I went without shoes in the winter, I probably wouldn't have any toes left...

my feet crack then bleed by the end of february. I have to slather them with shea butter. I still refuse to wear shoes in the winter.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » March 26, 2008 1:37 pm

carey24 wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:If I went without shoes in the winter, I probably wouldn't have any toes left...
my feet crack then bleed by the end of february. I have to slather them with shea butter. I still refuse to wear shoes in the winter.

I was talking about frostbite.... Shea butter won't save you from -30 temps...

RAYRO · Post by **RAYRO** » March 26, 2008 1:40 pm

LIPH wrote:flip flops are evil and must be destroyed

NO!!!! We love our flip flops........

For me I love wearing my cowboy boots in the winter...but come the other 3 seasons....it's my beloved flip flops

Post by **SMLCHNG** » March 26, 2008 2:05 pm

No .. I can't - bone spurs in both feet, plantar faciitis, and damaged nerves. And I'm actually one of the odd ones. I like my feet in sandals (NO FLIP FLOPS-HATE THE THING BETWEEN MY TOES), tennis shoes, slippers, or just socks.

Walking on the beach is the one place I love to be barefoot, though.

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