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Oh god just looked down - whats on your feet, does it show your age??

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Whatsonmyfeet · 03/12/2025 22:37

Just that really!
in my head I’m not my age.

keep catching myself & think WTF.
what’s your WTF 🤬

Named changed - want the fun mumsnet back

Oh god just looked down - whats on your feet, does it show your age??
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ilovesushi · 04/12/2025 07:49

Always sheepskin slippers or sheepskin boots which are house use only. I have reynauds and get very cold feet.

Op your very neat and dainty slippers do remind me of my MIL who passed 5 years ago in her 80s. But that's not a bad thing - the slippers I mean.

ExquisiteDecorating · 04/12/2025 07:51

Moshulu here too, so warm and comfy. I have crocs but have to limit how much I wear them because they set off my plantar fasciitis again. I live in Birkenstock clogs (shearling and plain) outside the house in autumn/winter/spring and get so many compliments on them, often from people much younger than me and they are the best for someone like me who needs arch support. The moshulus are flat inside but short spells around the house are fine, in lockdown when I wasa wearing them a lto more I had to put arch support insoles in.

Oh god just looked down - whats on your feet, does it show your age??
Randomchat · 04/12/2025 07:56

Furry crocs here too. Once a lovely, cheerful baby blue, now just grubby and battered and the fur is all flat. Now I'm thinking about it maybe I should ask for a new pair for Christmas.

But I'll put some trainers on when I leave the house.

user1471538283 · 04/12/2025 08:04

I like your slippers! I've got a slip on pair with fake fur around the top. My DS laughs at them because they make my feet look really small. I care not.

The years I skipped around even at work in heels. Since badly spraining my ankle this is no longer and I'm fully embracing comfortable footwear!

JurgenKloppsTeeth · 04/12/2025 08:04

Ancient Moshulu felt slippers. Have just bought some sheepskin slippers with a thick lining as my feet get really cold WFH and I’ve already had my first chilblains 🥶 Keeping the Moshulus for putting the bins out.

GumFossil · 04/12/2025 08:06

If my husband ever questions my draconian household ban on all slippers, I’m going to show him the OP’s photo. 😂

TimeForATerf · 04/12/2025 08:07

Real sheepskin mules, they have been my staple slipper in the winter for years and years since I bought some Ugg ones. I only bought the Ugg ones a couple of times as they are ridiculously expensive and the soles are shite and very slippy.

I now buy unbranded ones with thick soles, you can’t beat a real sheepskin slipper.

MannequinsArePeopleToo · 04/12/2025 08:08

I'm between slippers at the moment because I can't decide whether to go for:
Fur lined crocs
Fur lined Birkenstock clogs
Or to stick with the thick Nordic socks I wear under boots for dog walking.

But to answer the OP question. I like your slippers and I'd wear them. I'm 66 but slippers are just.....slippers, right? 😎

snoopythebeagle · 04/12/2025 08:09

Grey socks. I own fleece boot slippers but they’re more for popping to the car or the bin.

marriednotdead · 04/12/2025 08:12

Another Moshulu bootie fan, complete with arch supports! These are the old ones that I keep at DDs (I stay over one night a week). The current ones at home are getting tired but there’s a new pair waiting in the wardrobe. I’ll probably shuffle them all along in the new year 😄

Oh god just looked down - whats on your feet, does it show your age??
WineBeforeWhine · 04/12/2025 08:14

I wear the same OP - Moshulu slippers are the best.

ExquisiteDecorating · 04/12/2025 08:16

Mine are my 3rd or 4th pair pf Moshulus over about 20 years, I just can’t imagine buying any others now. I have a mule felt pair for summer, the bootees have only just come out of storage for winter.

scalt · 04/12/2025 08:19

They say that loose or backless slippers are one of the main causes of elderly people "having a fall" at home, especially in conjunction with those extremely perilous household things: stairs.

I'm not old enough to worry about this for myself yet, and I don't care if my footwear is granny-like. My ideal indoor footwear is: Ugg boots, fur-lined Birkenstocks (with enclosed heel), Converse sliders like the ones Meghan Markle is wearing in the photo of her as a teenager outside Buckingham Palace (found on Vinted), or trainers. And I wear all these without socks.

Zippedydodah · 04/12/2025 08:25

I’m wearing my favourite slippers, I think I got them from Pavers.

Oh god just looked down - whats on your feet, does it show your age??
ShinyWorthKeeping · 04/12/2025 08:52

Barefoot here, I never wear socks or anything on my feet at home although I do complain about cold feet all the time.
In unmumsnetty fashion I do have a tattoo on each foot though.

DuchessofStaffordshire · 04/12/2025 08:52

Crocs! I'm wearing a bright orange pair at the moment (post run) adorned with jibbitz specially chosen by DS13. They're great for post workout sore legs and feet and for taking the bins out. Also much more forgiving and durable so no need to replace frequently.

onwardandupwards · 04/12/2025 08:58

The grinch socks from mcdonalds 😂

Cheersminesalargeone · 04/12/2025 08:58

Ugg tasmans for me can’t abide cold feet

GentleSheep · 04/12/2025 09:00

Spotted Padders slippers with socks. Had tartan ones last year!

racoonsinbins · 04/12/2025 09:03

Bare foot briefly. I'm in my early sixties but oddly my feet are the one bit of me that hasn't aged. The rest is overweight, wrinkly and saggy, but my feet have barely changed for over 40 years.

Barrenfieldoffucks · 04/12/2025 09:05

Had to unexpectedly take teenagers to school due to road closures, accidents, bus cancellations etc. So am now killing time in town to let the rush hour pass so I can get home again. Rushed out with nothing bar my phone and car keys so am having coffee and a brownie in a coffee shop.

topcat2014 · 04/12/2025 09:07

To all those who never wear slippers, do you just have the heating on loads?

Mumofsoontobe3 · 04/12/2025 09:07

2 white socks that dont match and my 1yo has hung his shoe on my big toe. I did have slippers on, one is hanging off the Christmas tree. DS2 is wearing the other.

TheBewleySisters · 04/12/2025 09:11

Maribou trimmed mules of course, to go with my satin, Maribou trimmed negligee. Just the thing when opening the door to the milkman.

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louderthan · 04/12/2025 09:12

I cannot bear padding about with bare feet, or even just socks. Gives me the nerve! So I wear flip flops in the summer and crocs with socks in the winter.