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To own 40 pairs of shoes?

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ClarissR · 23/10/2025 15:55

Remodelling the wardrobes and DH thinks so!

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OhDear111 · 24/10/2025 08:52

Only 40? What’s wrong with you!!!? Get buying.

Chattanoogachoo · 24/10/2025 08:48

I've at least 40 pairs and it doesn't concern me in the slightest.
I've had a horrendous bout of plantar fascitis a few years ago and I'm very careful about my footwear since.I wore a pair of Wonders boots yesterday and marvelled at how amazing they are.Shoes and coats are the main focus for me.

Eenameenadeeka · 24/10/2025 08:44

If you have the space to store them I don't see the problem

TeaRoseTallulah · 24/10/2025 08:42

I have easily that many , I need a big cull. They aren't fancy ones but I'm always on the hunt for the comfiest shoe .

tstc1387 · 24/10/2025 08:40

I’ve got

drM’s x 1
Chelsea boots x 1
slip on vans x 1
Nike air force x 1
crocs x 3
DrM sandals x 1
going out heels x2

my Nike air force have seen better days though and I’m going to be needed a new pair soon! 🤣 this thread makes me realise I don’t have many shoes

TheKeatingFive · 24/10/2025 08:15

Yeah I'd easily have that many and I don't consider myself to be a 'shoe' person particularly. Naturally there are some I would wear very rarely, but if the storage space is there I don't see an issue.

UpMyself · 24/10/2025 08:01

@HundredMilesAnHour , I don't have many pairs of shoes either. I have boots, sandals, slippers, trainers, wellington boots etc

Lochnesslassie · 24/10/2025 07:52

HundredMilesAnHour · 23/10/2025 18:37

Wtf? You don’t own any actual shoes????!!! You own footwear but no shoes?!!

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Now you mention it no, I don't have any actual shoes, just footwear as you say.

The last time I had proper shoes was for a wedding. That was pre covid. I wore them once then sold them on eBay

NeedWineNow · 23/10/2025 20:22

Only 40???

ImogenBrocklehurst · 23/10/2025 19:41

I think I probably have about two hundred and fifty pairs. I look after my shoes and rarely throw them away. So no, YANBU.

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 23/10/2025 18:48

Well they're not all shoes?
Some boots.
Some trainers.
Some wellies.
So if l add mine up including slippers?
Let's see.
6 pairs of sketchers trainers.
4 pairs of Ankle boots.
2 pairs knee boots.
1 pairs of mid calf boots.
8 pairs of sandals ( l go abroad and lot)
4 pairs of sliders.
4 pairs of ballet/ mary Jane shoes.
2 pairs of suede wedge loafer type .
And my guilty pleasure ...
11 pairs of slippers. 😶
Exactly 40.
Normal to me.
Had many more when younger.
Heels and stilettos.
Platforms etc.
Im now 66.
Apart from the Slippers.
And Skecher trainers.
They are all Clarks.
Roll on the January sales.
( Some I've got from Vinted) Skechers .. 3 pair l bought in sales abroad).

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 23/10/2025 18:45

I once worked with a woman who always wore fab shoes. She once admitted to me she had at least 120 pairs which she kept in their boxes along the walls in her bedroom.

freedo · 23/10/2025 18:45

@ohyesido well that makes even less sense 😆😆

Clarabell77 · 23/10/2025 18:44

That much choice would make my brain hurt and I’d probably only wear a few pairs on rotation anyway. Project 33 has been a godsend for me, but each to their own.

TheatricalLife · 23/10/2025 18:44

I've got well over 100 pairs, but the majority are in the roof boxed up. They are from my pre-children days of clubbing and office work (where it was normal to wear heels daily) and though I doubt I will wear most of them again, I can't stand to get rid of them.
I've got about 16 pairs either downstairs to wear or in my wardrobe, and most are trainers and boots.

ohyesido · 23/10/2025 18:44

freedo · 23/10/2025 18:40

@ohyesido how do shoes relate to how beautiful someone is?

I guess you don’t get the concept of irony

freedo · 23/10/2025 18:40

@ohyesido how do shoes relate to how beautiful someone is?

freedo · 23/10/2025 18:40

My downfall is sandals & trainers as I wear these most days.

ohyesido · 23/10/2025 18:39

PolkaDotPorridge · 23/10/2025 18:37

What is the point of this comment?

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What is the point of yours?

HundredMilesAnHour · 23/10/2025 18:37

Lochnesslassie · 23/10/2025 18:05

Your wardrobe must be the size of an entire bedroom!!

I have . . . .

1 x Brown boots
1 x Black boots
1 x Trainers
1 x Sandals
1 x Slippers

BUT . . . . I am no longer allowed to enter any retail facility that sells bags or purses

Wtf? You don’t own any actual shoes????!!! You own footwear but no shoes?!!

BIossomtoes · 23/10/2025 18:37

You’re an amateur @ClarissR. I have well over 100 pairs. You must try harder!

PolkaDotPorridge · 23/10/2025 18:37

ohyesido · 23/10/2025 15:57

How rich and beautiful you must be

What is the point of this comment?

HundredMilesAnHour · 23/10/2025 18:36

Purplecatshopaholic · 23/10/2025 16:16

40? Amateur. Lol

Exactly. 40 is barely entry level. You don’t qualify as a shoe lover until you reach at least 3 figures.

As for the people who “can’t imagine having that many pairs”, they clearly lack imagination. Their loss.

UpMyself · 23/10/2025 18:35

Neither are mine.

freedo · 23/10/2025 18:31

Mine aren't cheap though.