Reply
Fri 6 Jun, 2008 06:20 pm
I have always suspected that my feet are small.
My tiny, dinky sister (she probably weighs about 95 pounds) wears a bigger shoe than me and the other day I went to buy Mo shoes and his feet are just a bit smaller than mine. (He wears a boys size 3, he is 4'2" tall; I wear a boys size 5, I am 5'7 inches tall. (Yes, I buy some of my shoes in the boy's department because they're a lot cheaper.))
A boy's size 5 equals a womans size 7.
So anyway, I'm just curious --
Are my feet small?
Could this account for my clumsiness?
Re: Do my feet look fat in this?
boomerang wrote:I have always suspected that my feet are small.
My tiny, dinky sister (she probably weighs about 95 pounds) wears a bigger shoe than me and the other day I went to buy Mo shoes and his feet are just a bit smaller than mine. (He wears a boys size 3, he is 4'2" tall; I wear a boys size 5, I am 5'7 inches tall. (Yes, I buy some of my shoes in the boy's department because they're a lot cheaper.))
A boy's size 5 equals a womans size 7.
So anyway, I'm just curious --
Are my feet small?
Could this account for my clumsiness?
Hmmm...I don't think they're much smaller than mine.
I don't think I am clumsy.
What sort of clumsiness?
Do you fall off your feet a lot...kind of topple over because your centre of gravity gets beyond the arc of your feet? :wink:
A women's size 7 shoe isn't small for women of our generation - but they're miniscule if you look at women 20 or 30 years younger - they all seem to have boats instead of shoes.
I think size 7 is average, I'm an 8, thus a 6 in boys. High end shoe stores always display shoes in a size 5 - now that's small.
Oh I know this is such a silly question but I really am kind of curious.
I don't topple often but I have toppled on occassion where drinking wasn't involved.
ehBeth wrote:A women's size 7 shoe isn't small for women of our generation - but they're miniscule if you look at women 20 or 30 years younger - they all seem to have boats instead of shoes.
Gee, I know boobs are getting bigger, but I didn't think feet were going that way too.
Everyone topples once in a while.
littlek wrote:Everyone topples once in a while.
So says the resident beer expert.
Green Witch wrote:littlek wrote:Everyone topples once in a while.
So says the resident beer expert.
Oh geez! Is that what I am?
I'm amazed by the number of young women I work with who wear size 10, 11 or 12 shoes. I've also noticed that it's getting more difficult to find shoes under size 8 for women. I buy my dress lace-up shoes in the boys section at Rockport - 5.5 - can't find anything equivalent for women in my size (the two pairs under size 8 seem to be gone before I arrive in the stores).
If it weren't for Toronto's sizable Chinese community, I don't know where I'd look for shoes (their shoes seem to rarely go over 8.5).
Ooops. A lot of you slipped in after dlowan.
Maybe my sister (she's 50) just has abnormally large feet and Mo is of the big - foot generation. Sis is maybe 5'1" tall. She's itty bitty with boat feet (don't tell her I said that, she nearly killed me for even suggesting such a thing).
That is interesting, eBeth -- why are feet getting bigger is it because people are getting taller?
littlek wrote:Green Witch wrote:littlek wrote:Everyone topples once in a while.
So says the resident beer expert.
Oh geez! Is that what I am?
Among many other things. I don't consider it a negative.
GW - ok, then..... <grin>
I always thought the lack of size 7.5 was due to demand. I thought that they were scarce because there were so many of us out there with that size shoe.
I agree with ehBeth. For example, my sister is 5'8" and wears a size 8. My daughter is 5'3" and wears a 9.5. She couldn't wear my shoes after age 12 (thank God). Their feet ARE getting bigger. But I do think for 5'7", size 7 shoes might be on the small side. That's what I wear and I'm 5'2 and I think mine are small - well, they look that way in some shoes, anyway.
I think you should take to wearing big heavy steel-toed boots. You will never topple over in those, guaranteed. And I believe they go or don't go with every style these days.
And they wouldn't look small. Another guaranteed.
Problem solved.
My 8 year old niece wears a women's size 6.
oh wow...I wear a size 6.
when I was a teen/20's I was a 5 1/2
I don't topple often.
My dearly departed best friend and roommate and I both wore the same size shoes. She was tall (5'10" which I'm told is tall for a woman of our generation) and I don't consider myself short (I give myself a half an inch to be six feet), but she came from a big family (her dad was the tallest fighter pilot in the US Navy--6'6"). But we both wore mens size 9s. It had advantages cause I could slip on her shoes for those late night calls of nature (mine or the kids),
She would complain sometimes because she said that her selection was limited--but it really didn't matter because being tall she usually wore flats.
Now the kids--they all had skis. Fortunately they were boys.
So all in all---I would consider your feet tiny.
Rap
I don't tip over, but I had a fairly long run of tripping. Turned out my boots were too heavy. Looked great, but I wasn't working hard enough to lift my feet. Lighter shoes fixed that for me. No more old-skool sneaks for me, they weigh too much.
Mame wrote:I agree with ehBeth. For example, my sister is 5'8" and wears a size 8. My daughter is 5'3" and wears a 9.5. She couldn't wear my shoes after age 12 (thank God). Their feet ARE getting bigger. But I do think for 5'7", size 7 shoes might be on the small side. That's what I wear and I'm 5'2 and I think mine are small - well, they look that way in some shoes, anyway.
I think you should take to wearing big heavy steel-toed boots. You will never topple over in those, guaranteed. And I believe they go or don't go with every style these days.
And they wouldn't look small. Another guaranteed.
Problem solved.
My walkers have soles MUCH bigger than the shoe bit......I don't topple in THEM.
I'm 5'9" and wear a shoe size 9 - 9.5 depending on style. I wish my
feet were smaller, as the selection for sizes 7 to 8 is usually so much
better.
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace