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findmeaunicorn · 2025-06-29T14:11:36+00:00

I’m addicted to wearing leggings 🤦🏻♀️🤣 Next it will be the crocs 😱

TheignT · 29/06/2025 21:39

I'm 71 and I've never worn leggings or crocs, is it too late? Have I missed the boat? I do wear pyjamas.

Petitchat · 29/06/2025 21:37

Oojama · 29/06/2025 21:05

I’m almost three months postpartum, with three under four. So I’ve lived in my leggings for the past 4 years and 9 months. They are unbelievably comfortable and practical, but as soon as I’m back in my jeans and the baby has stopped vomiting everywhere I’m probably going to have to burn them all.

And Crocs, eek. I know I shouldn’t. But I started wearing them at work (NHS) - bliss! Then got a pair for the garden, and occasionally popped to the shop in them. Before you know it - leggings and Crocs had happened to me. Take the as a cautionary tale! 😂

😁 😁

Congrats on your three under four.
Phew!! Hard work...

Gettingbysomehow · 29/06/2025 21:32

And my feet hurt.

Gettingbysomehow · 29/06/2025 21:32

I'll admit to having two pairs of Hotter shoes. A pair of trainers for work in the NHS so comfy and a pair of a animal print walking sandals which do look quite trendy under trousers, mainly because I wear 5.5 E fitting which most shoes don't come in. I like a perfect fit. And I am 63.
I don't tend to wear "old" clothes and shoes. I love fashion.

Gettingbysomehow · 29/06/2025 21:24

If anyone ever sees me in crocs or uggs they will know I've totally given up on life.
Also a flowery dress with a short denim jacket and white trainers. Yuck.

LadyAddle · 29/06/2025 21:20

Jabberwok · 29/06/2025 15:29

Shorts and long socks are my biggest fear as a man in his 50s...but it's coming

Watch Ice Cold in Alex, and just channel John Mills rocking the look in shorts and long socks. Definitely NOT Anthony Quayle, looking repulsive in very short shorts and rolled over ankle-socks, oh dearie me.

Oojama · 29/06/2025 21:05

I’m almost three months postpartum, with three under four. So I’ve lived in my leggings for the past 4 years and 9 months. They are unbelievably comfortable and practical, but as soon as I’m back in my jeans and the baby has stopped vomiting everywhere I’m probably going to have to burn them all.

And Crocs, eek. I know I shouldn’t. But I started wearing them at work (NHS) - bliss! Then got a pair for the garden, and occasionally popped to the shop in them. Before you know it - leggings and Crocs had happened to me. Take the as a cautionary tale! 😂

HowAmITheCatsGranny · 29/06/2025 20:55

Even in the late nineties (maybe into early noughties) my work dress code was either tights or tanned legs with heeled court shoes when wearing a skirt. My dm (born in the 50’s) definitely considered bare legs to be unprofessional.

WearyAuldWumman · 29/06/2025 20:54

godmum56 · 29/06/2025 20:46

camel toe

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Oh...

Petitchat · 29/06/2025 20:52

I always remember the day I first went out without tights.

It was that scorching summer of '76 and the bare legged feeling was absolute bliss.

godmum56 · 29/06/2025 20:47

Pistachiocake · 29/06/2025 20:39

Nothing wrong now-they have pockets and are better made these days-I agree thin 90s leggings should stay in the past!. But decent leggings and trainers are ok for work (or most things) these days. If you look at pictures from the 60s/70s people wore suits of whatever all the time, yet few of us would dress very formally even at the office now. And guessing that a lot of people on here are running around after little kids-isn't it better to have leggings and trainers at the park, than a skirt, tights and heels, as our grans might have felt forced to wear?

how old are you thinking your gran was/is?

godmum56 · 29/06/2025 20:46

WearyAuldWumman · 29/06/2025 19:47

I'm trying to figure this out. Is it something to do with shiny shoes? [/baffled]

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camel toe

Pistachiocake · 29/06/2025 20:39

Nothing wrong now-they have pockets and are better made these days-I agree thin 90s leggings should stay in the past!. But decent leggings and trainers are ok for work (or most things) these days. If you look at pictures from the 60s/70s people wore suits of whatever all the time, yet few of us would dress very formally even at the office now. And guessing that a lot of people on here are running around after little kids-isn't it better to have leggings and trainers at the park, than a skirt, tights and heels, as our grans might have felt forced to wear?

Middlemarch123 · 29/06/2025 20:07

I love my crocs, 12 years old and still as good as new. So comfy.
My DD is a doctor and they all wear them on shift because they support and are comfy.
I wear leggings in the winter. Don’t give a toss what people think. One of the joys of being older!

Helpmechooseausername · 29/06/2025 20:05

I live in crocs at home. What else are you supposed to wear? Bare feet / socks only / slippers make my feet ache so much! Crocs really support my feet and are so comfy. Hate them with no socks though so always wear them with little socks. And never in sports mode 🤣

x2boys · 29/06/2025 19:56

MaySea · 29/06/2025 18:04

My friend started out like this and by then end of the year she was totally dependant. Now she needs to wear 3 or even 4 pairs a day to get the same hit.

😂😂😂

WearyAuldWumman · 29/06/2025 19:47

silentlyleavetheirlife · 29/06/2025 19:46

I don’t, I heard a man say once, women only wear them to show of their vaginas 😆
in the same convo the other male replied, it’s usually fat women that wear them 🤨

I'm trying to figure this out. Is it something to do with shiny shoes? [/baffled]

silentlyleavetheirlife · 29/06/2025 19:46

I don’t, I heard a man say once, women only wear them to show of their vaginas 😆
in the same convo the other male replied, it’s usually fat women that wear them 🤨

godmum56 · 29/06/2025 19:46

WearyAuldWumman · 29/06/2025 19:45

I need Cosyfeet to accommodate my orthotics. Granny shoes all the way...(I've been advised that lace-ups are best for my feet.)

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I tart mine up with different laces.

WearyAuldWumman · 29/06/2025 19:45

godmum56 · 29/06/2025 19:44

Hotter are not wide enough for me. I am mainlining on Cosyfeet. Hikers for the winter, trainers for the summer. Its bliss to finally wear wide enough shoes.

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I need Cosyfeet to accommodate my orthotics. Granny shoes all the way...(I've been advised that lace-ups are best for my feet.)

godmum56 · 29/06/2025 19:44

Asunciondeflata · 29/06/2025 19:33

One day....one day your feet will be hot and swollen, you'll struggle to stand up for long,then the siren call of Hotter will beckon you forth.....

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Hotter are not wide enough for me. I am mainlining on Cosyfeet. Hikers for the winter, trainers for the summer. Its bliss to finally wear wide enough shoes.

SmudgeButt · 29/06/2025 19:36

I used to wear leggings when I did a lot of walking. We used to go hut to hut in the alps every summer. Now I only have bike shorts and that's so that my fat thighs don't clap when I'm wearing a dress (very rare occurence)

Crocs. No never. Can't abide rubber footwear of any sort. I am however addicted to Birkenstocks. But that's been the last 30 years of my life.

tsmainsqueeze · 29/06/2025 19:35

x2boys · 29/06/2025 15:58

But they are so bloody comfy .

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I have the joy of wearing crocs to work everyday and i love it !
Also i have worn leggings around the house since lockdown , i am reliving the 80's ! i confess to wearing them to a garden centre today too and i don't really give a shit !

HowAmITheCatsGranny · 29/06/2025 19:34

Sock wearer here 👋 in northeast Scotland.. it hit a balmy 20° here today lol but I’m not a fan of bare feet anyway

Asunciondeflata · 29/06/2025 19:33

Barney16 · 29/06/2025 17:51

My mother wears Hotter shoes. She buys them from the garden.centre. My daughter has strict instructions to wrestle any, I ever, in the future, express a preference for, from my weak and aged hands.

One day....one day your feet will be hot and swollen, you'll struggle to stand up for long,then the siren call of Hotter will beckon you forth.....