Submitted 3 weeks ago by Leggomylego@lemmings.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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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.
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
Okay Hank Hill.
Peggy Hill!
I have this problem, but width only, not overall size.
I just wear men’s shoes, and even those are wicked hard to find. There isn’t really a category of shoes for my size (not big enough overall for drag shoes to be right, but far too wide for normally sized women’s shoes - I wear 6-8 [brand dependent] 4EW in men’s) and I’m not willing to spend a fortune on shoes to have cute custom ones made, so men’s shoes and sandals are my options. Boring.
Did you call her L?
Same here, and now our seven year old is already a size 3, like OP.
I’m 6’3 with what I thought were fairly small feet at 10.5/11. OP’s on a whole ‘nother level, but hopefully saves a lot of money on sneakers at least!
AFASS - Assigned Female At Shoe Store
…i shop women’s shoes when i can; they generally offer a much wider selection…
And they’re so much more comfortable, it’s ridiculous. It’s like the shoe industry decided, several decades ago, that men don’t want comfortable shoes.
Lmaoooooo 🤣🤣🤣💀
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 guess weight is more important than height for that maybe. Tall often means heavier but not necessarily.
The foot is a lever. A shorter lever has to bear less load.
Uh, no, that’s actually the opposite of how that works. Pressure is force per area, and torque is the cross product of force and length (at right angles). The smaller the area, the higher the pressure. The smaller the foot, in this case, the harder the muscles have to work to create the same torque (or moment). #ThanksForAttendingMyPhysics101TEDTalk
That would be relevant to the calf muscles, but the lower surface area of the feet means higher pressure in terms of psi or pascals.
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 dann 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.
Not just shoes, all clothes. We can come up with better terms, like tapered or straight line. Whatever would be most descriptive. It’s ridiculous.
To be fair, I don’t think it’s “ridiculous” to sort e.g. jeans into the broad categories of “typically wider or slipper hips/thighs compared to length” or t-shirts into “typically broader back vs. typically larger chest”.
The mens/women’s categories are probably the coarsest categories that makes sense, since the average man’s and women’s body are so different in so many ways.
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”
Or like look at the size 3 they currently are wearing.
I only got my feet measured for a new pair of running shoes at a new running store that just opened up. You’re right - I don’t have to combat the Brannock device on a regular basis.
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.
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.
I don’t think anybody is asking to measure his feet, but these measurement devices are practically everywhere that shoes are sold, so it’s easy to check for yourself.
—what size?
—three
—… please come this way
It’s absolutely not common unless you’re getting custom shoes or some other 1%er activity
Every shoe store I have ever been to, including thrift stores, had one of those foot measuring things.
Do you NOT try to fit into any clothing you buy?
TL:DR He says his dong is normal sized.
I want to believe you, but I don’t see that question asked or answered anywhere.
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!
Glad you got it worked out, what kind of shoes did you end up buying if you don’t mind me asking?
My brothers feet are massive and he can never find shoes that fit properly. Mine are a bit wide, so I always have to get a size up to be comfortable, but I manage.
The feet might not change, but shoe sizes are not consistent. Even two shoes of the same make, model, and size can differ. When your feet are very small, the tolerances are also very small.
This. My feet are very wide. Every once in a while I’ll find a good fit (usually have to go overly long), and hope that the style is manufactured for more than a year. Otherwise it’s a nightmare finding an actual fit.
Skinny 5’3 guy here. I’ve had that experience buying pants. “Maybe you’ll find something in the kids’ section”.
Those are not bad. They fit better and honestly look better. Tight shirts shouldn’t only be for buff guys.
Went out with my cousin who is 5’ 4". He buys pants at the kid section.
I tried to poke fun at him and this short king eviscerated me how I had to pay a “Height tax” since his clothes are durable and cheaper.
180cm tall guy, with longl back and short legs. Actually knowing it’s impossible to find pants that are short enough has made buying them easier. Once I accept I need to take them to a seamstress to have them shortened anyway, I just need to find a pair with the right width.
Sadly no such simple solution for most shirts out there being too short.
I have the same problem with shirts. If it fits across my chest it’s too short, if it fits length wise it is baggy across chest and stomach.
Recently I found a brand that offers a extra long sizes. Eg if the sizes are Small, medium and large they offer small+, medium+, large+. The only difference is the cut is 5 cm longer.
Get a sewing maching, even better, an overlock. Buy the bigger/longer size and sew them thinner. Its surprisingly not that hard.
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.
I think that’s the normal way of walking upstairs. I bet even OP does it.
I thought the normal way was to crawl up on all fours like an animal
My balance is not too bad actually my body has had my whole life to adjust to its situation with my feet. I also go up stairs quickly on my tip toes but yeah I do always feel that stairs have ample room for my feet. Another positive is I pretty much never stub my toes.
Bruh was a deer in his past life
I swear to fuck there was another lemmy user that was really tall but had like size 4 feet
Ya I remember that. They had a pic of them in business attire I think
Dope, they’ll go down in Lemmy history for having funny proportions
You have different shoe sizes for men and women? WTF?
Well? Is what they say about big feet true of the inverse?
my sister’s foot size is 12. She has larger feet than me and I’m AMAB
My size (9) is constantly sold out. I was wondering if you experience fewer sold-out issues with your size.
I used to know a guy they called “Princess” because he had slightly smaller feet than average. He was a little short, very manly beard, muscular frame, deep voice. His feet weren’t even notably small or anything; he played football and you couldn’t really tell they were anything to write home about at all. Because they weren’t. He wore a size 40 I think, that’s like size 7 US. And yet: Princess.
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.
Get me a small man’s foot-suit, please.
Those feet must look like hooves.
Have you looked into shoe inserts that essentially reduce the size of the shoe interior? My friend has extremely small feet and faces a similar problem of not finding shoes that are small enough, and I think she’s had some luck with the inserts
Can we see a pic of your feet with your legs in the shot too? This is very interesting
Do you have small hands too?
Is the size of your forearm same as your feet?
Shoes must be cheap then lol
Gender binary is bs anyway
I bet your stiltwalking skills are exemplary.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You know it’s become a personal beef when you know the trade name of the device that insults you.
Leggomylego@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Haha yes indeed. You don’t know me Brannock device!
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What an odd childrens book this would be.
Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I think the word is “footsies”. /s