Hate having big feet

[PoppiCan]

Anyone else? I have size 8 feet and I really hate it! They are huge and sometimes I have to get a 9 if the shoes are tight, I’ve always hated having such big feet as a woman, im not tall either so it’s not even in proportion, even my daughter has got my big feet as shes 9 with size 5 woman’s feet, I dread to think what size she will end up as, gone are all the pretty young girls shoes as most dont go up as big so shes 9 having to wear adult shoes, finding nice school shoes is hard. AIBU to hate having big feet!

I have not read the full thread, but it has brought back a stinging memory from 1967 of being aged 18 in a Milanese shoe shop. My shoe size was then 6.5. Shop ladies gathered together to look and exclaim that my feet were 'troppo grandi' for anything they had to sell.

58 years on, they keep me upright and give me stability. They've been size 8/42 since my first pregnancy. This year I decided to wear Wide fittings henceforward.

But if you don't send back the message thst you want particular styles in particular sizes, send back the message! If you are disappointed by the offerings of a brand or retailer, send an email of complaint to Customer Services for that brand or retailer.

Customer pressure works, though it takes time. (You only have to compose the email once. Save and reuse. Perhaps contributors to the thread could work on one together?)

Doesnt everyone have things they hate about them though? I also hate my son because it’s big and wide i dont know anyone that doesn't dislike a part of them

You are not BU to have an opinion and feelings,

but I wouldn't call a size 8 "big feet". I am not surrounded by giants and it's a pretty standard size? I can buy any shoe I like, where do people shop that size 8 is missing in women section?

Only downsize is that you can't buy kids shoes so you pay full adult price for adult trainers instead of the exact same version for half the price in the kids department.

My running trainers are 1 or 2 sizes up, and I have no problem finding them either.

shows that it's a standard size!

I dont' know where you shop, but many women shoes are suitable for kids? Just more expensive, that's true.

It's ironic, many women wear flats and comfy but feminine shoes, when you see some very young girls with ridiculous little heels they can't walk with.

Guessing you don’t mean your son!

Yeah there’s plenty I don’t like about me, but I don’t want to pass on any insecurities needlessly to my kids. It’s not inevitable that big feet are a thing you hate and think are ugly - it’s annoying enough finding shoes to fit them without an added side helping of shame and embarrassment. I take a lot of care to not talk badly about them to my kids who have the same thing, and I actively try to say stuff like “stupid shops for not catering to us, but our feet are great for walking with” and daft stuff like that. I’ve got a big nose too and so have lots of my family but my mum would always call it a “fine proper nose” so I don’t have any hang ups about it.

Size 9 here and I'm 5ft 8. My daughter is 14 and a size 8. It sucks. I get so fed up with my sis in law who thinks it's funny to joke about our feet. Grrrr

I have size 8 feet. I don't think they look particularly big. I don't have a problem finding shoes either.

5ft 5 and size 8. I have to say, no one has ever commented on their size, not once. I do wear sandals etc in summer. I mean if I stare at them for a while I suppose they do look quite long but day to day I don’t think they stand out. But if yours are quite wide as well perhaps it makes it more obvious? As people have mentioned though, probably a good idea to model self acceptance of them around your daughter, even if neither of you like your feet.

Me too. I don't mind them but it's annoying that shops don't carry much size 8 stock. I also need a wide toe box so even harder.

Do you mean thumb?

I'm glad you've started this thread OP. I'm 5'4 with extra-wide, big feet of size 8 now. I was shamed as a child and had to wear ugly, clumpy shoes that did me no favours. As a teenager, I squeezed into high-heeled shoes and loved that they made my feet look smaller but of course have paid the price with bunions. I hated skinny jeans being in fashion for years and years because they highlighted my big feet. I'm so glad that bootcut jeans are back in fashion because the little bit of material flatters an oversized foot.

I have mesh black trainers (never coloured!) with arch support which I bought through Amazon and they look okay, in fact I have a stock in case they go out of stock: they are that rare thing, immediately comfortable from the first wear.

I also have shoes, bought on Amazon, which have a bit of an arch support and round toes with a good toe box and they make my feet look not quite so enormous. I wish I could find flattering boots but so far am unsuccessful

I love shoes and if my feet were proportionate, I know I'd have loads of pretty styles but alas, I can't do anything to bring attention to them and now I can only wear supportive flats.

Omg that was meant to be nose 🤣🤦‍♀️ teaches me for not proofreading

Yeah I guess they are just not as cute like for example she wanted some Disney stitch shoes she saw in the shop but of course they didn’t have her size, women’s shoes are more “grown up” looking

Yup. I have size 8 and they’re REALLY wide too. Never gonna fit in beautiful shoes!! 😩

My feet are as wide as they are long. I sympathise with you

It's horrible when your feet change size too. I used to have nice, neat size 6 feet. I bought lots of lovely shoes, Irregular Choice was a favourite. Then I developed bunions and now the only way I can get my tortured twisted feet into anything other than trainers is to buy size 8s. I need it for the width, and I often have to buy men's shoes too because the toebox of women's shoes tends to taper too much.

So now I live in trainers and walking boots. I miss my lovely quirky shoes, but I can't even get my feet in them any more.

I'm size 8, although I often go to an 8.5 or 9 in trainers for extra comfort. I'm 5 foot 10 though.
It definitely used to be that a 7 was 40, 7.5 was 41 and 8 was 42 but doesn't seem to be any more.

the price is an issue, I don't disagree

but sizes are not?
https://www.freemans.com/products/mickey-mouse-trainers/_/A-912777_8?ns_mchannel=pla&ns_source=google&ns_campaign=control-womens-footwear&utm_medium=pla&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=DEP%3AWOM_CAM%3ASale%20Products_THE%3AGen_CHA%3AShp_CFO%3AFeed_ADV%3AFreemans_PLA%3ASA360_INV%3AGoog_OBJ%3AConv&ns_mchannel=pla&ns_source=google&ns_campaign=DEP%3AWOM_CAM%3ASale%20Products_THE%3AGen_CHA%3AShp_CFO%3AFeed_ADV%3AFreemans_PLA%3ASA360_INV%3AGoog_OBJ%3AConv&ns_linkname=22862406231&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22862406231&gbraid=0AAAAADplBR9ErpCJIsVqMUa5dptib7aPr&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1Pi4u9CClwMVWJNQBh2RVwGzEAQYAiABEgKPB_D_BwE

https://www.shoezone.com/Products/Disney-Stitch-Pearl-Womens-White-Lace-Up-Shoe-16819?siz=39&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23415472045&gbraid=0AAAAAD0frgqAhAC_NVdY3ACicLldy_u6k&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1Pi4u9CClwMVWJNQBh2RVwGzEAQYAyABEgJTc_D_BwE

I hear you! I have big feet but they’re also really really wide 😩. 8EEE. I can only buy on line and even then most of them are ugly granny shoes.

never been able to wear pretty shoes 🙁

I'm a 7.5 to an 8 depending on the shoe. I definitely think choice has become a lot better since I was young I used to really struggle, but now there are a lot more options

They were school shoes but thanks for looking anyway

I hate having big feet too!
I also have size 8 feet, and they are wide, and flat.
I basically have flippers instead of feet!
I live in trainers, I’ve never been able to fit into the pretty shoes. I dream of wearing a pair of sexy high heels but they just won’t fit.

I am a true 43 which in old money was a 9 now I’m a 10 🙄

JD Williams is good for conventional court shoes for work and formal events

@littlebilliie- I’m glad you bought that up!! Since when was a 41 a 7.5??! It used to be an 8!