Second toe longer than big toe

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Not an AIBU but wanted to see poll results plus it’s a Sunday evening and I’m bored…

My second toe is notably longer than my big toe.

It’s called a Morton’s toe its recorded prevalence varies in different populations, with estimates from 2.95% to 22%.

Doesn’t really bother me but none of my friends have it so was wondering if any MNers have it. I seem to have inherited it from my father and apparently it is more common in men.

It is supposedly associated with naturally athletic people, which fits with me but definitely not my father!

So, is your second toe longer than your big toe? (YABU - No, YANBU - Yes).

Surely everyone can pick up things with their toes?

Yes I do and my third ones are too. I’m fairly athletic but always have a black nail or a missing one because I am so clumsy (lost count of how many times I have broken toes too!).

I constantly have a bruised or missing toenails too - I suspect because it's impossible to find shoes that fit me and don't give me blisters because my other toes are sliding all over the place!

Yes, mine are, though weirdly my second toe on my right foot is very very substantially longer than my right big toe, while my second toe on my left foot is only fractionally longer.

Yes me, and all three of my DC

Dh has this. He is not and has never been athletic.

I understand that Bill Oddie has such toes too.

DS’s third toe is the longest! Weird huh?

Only on my right foot.
It's a pain in the ass buying shoes because of this since my right shoe has to be a bit bigger than my left. When I was a child, my parents had to buy specially made shoes to accommodate this and it made me feel like a freak.

As for being athletic, that would be great if it were true. I get winded getting off the couch.

Yes, longer second toe on both feet and I've given this to my daughter too.

It can be tricky buying wellies as the second toe rams up against the rubber and is painful!

@Galaxyheart i was just about to write exactly the same first sentence. I have no idea what my siblings toes look like but might now ask them to send a photo.

Yes I can spread toes and pick things up. So can many of my family.

Remembered a diagram like this (hopefully the picture has worked) from when I used to do ballet. I think I'm more Roman than Greek, but my 2nd toe is slightly longer than my 1st and 3rd.

DH and I both have longer second toes than big toes. I am not even vaguely athletic, he is, or was rather, slightly athletic.

Yep...but I am certainly not athletic! Annoys me because if they were 'normal' sized my shoe size would be smaller!

Definitely Greek here.

This is the same for me!

Yes on both feet, I was told it's a Viking thing called Nordic toe and being a redhead I thought it made sense 😂

I interviewed a tow reader once and was informed that a long second toe means ambition. Since then I have noticed lots of celebrities have long second toes.

My second toes are longer. I keep very fit and active, but don’t think I’m a ‘natural athlete’.

My feet are incredibly dexterous though.

I've found my people 😂

My second and third toes are both longer than my big toe. Inherited on my mum's side of the family. Summer footwear is a nightmare. Never wear open toe sandals.

And if I don't pick my feet up properly when I walk, sometimes my second long toe drags on the floor.

Yes, ‘Greek toe’ on both feet, and toes generally long and thin. I’m a runner, so I suppose athletic! Can be tricky finding footwear 🤪

Depends on whether you have really tiny toes.

How does it make wearing pointy shoes harder though? Surely the more diamond shape of the toes would make it easier.