Anyone else with size 8 feet and feel paranoid about how big they are!

[carrottopper]

Just that! Hate them

I'm at the other end of the spectrum (1.5-2 depending on style and brand) but I empathise as I imagine we face a lot of similar issues. I appreciate that manufacturers make more things in common sizes because that's what they sell but those of us who are either bigger or smaller than average do get a raw deal. I don't hate my feet, but I hate how difficult it is to get shoes. I dream of being able to go into a shoe shop, try a range on and then choose the ones I like instead of "Well they vaguely fit and aren't absolutely hideous. I'll take them."
I also hate the "jokey" comments that I hear a lot. Why do people even feel the need to say anything? And they all seem to think they are clever and are the first to make a comment that I have heard thousands of times before.

Yes, I have got small feet haven't I, did you think I hadn't noticed? No, I don't fall over any more than average, I haven't lost one of my glass slippers and Prince Charming isn't hunting for me. Yessss, I am aware that there is no VAT on children's shoes thank you, but most shoes in my size are designed for people who weigh about 3 stone and like Peppa Pig. Do you fancy trying to run a half marathon in flashing Lelli Kellys? No, me neither. So, no, actually I don't think I am "lucky" to be able to wear children's shoes. And yes, I have tried putting cotton wool in the toes of size 3s, and using innersoles and no, those grippy things that you can stick inside the heels don't work either.
I have struggled to find shoes for about the last 40 years and have tried everything and everywhere so please, random stranger in the queue for the cashpoint, don't try to educate me, no matter how well meaning you are. I will smile and nod, but in my head I am playing Small Foot Bingo and wishing you would fuck right off.
I imagine there are bigger foot equivalents to these comments and I share your frustration. Why can't people just mind their own business? There is nothing wrong with not being average!

Fortunately my lifestyle does not have much demand for “ladies shoes”, but I do wonder sometimes if I subconsciously became a civil engineer so I could spend much of my working life in wellies!

I know this is largely cultural but my view is that 6uk+ feet look great, usually long toes..i have an irrational fear of adults with tiny hands and feet. Obviously, important thing is that they are healthy but being totally shallow i think 7, 8, 9 feet are beautiful. Footwear models usually have longer feet. It certainly didn't hinder lots of models and actors being size 7+ uk.

I couldn't get the big deal of feet size in the movie "I Feel Pretty".
Most guys just like to have feet bigger than yours rather than actively seek tiny ones.

I am genuinely shocked/delighted at the replies. I don't know anyone who has feet bigger than a 6.5. I used to be a 7 until I had my children and they seem to have grown to an 8 now. I am super conscious of them and feel people do look at my feet. I'm just slightly under 5'7" and would love size 6/7 feet

I love my size 8 feet. It's never occurred to me that I would prefer a smaller size.

Mine are 8/9 and I'm only 5ft 4"
If I was 5ft 7" or above I think they would look in proportion. As it is they do look too long, in my opinion.
I couldn't wear skinny jeans and ballet flats when that was the fashion, because my feet looked like flippers. My outfits are chosen with footwear in mind 😏

Iv bern a size 7 since I was 11 years old! I'm 5'7.5"
Iv had a couple of pairs that have needed to be an 8 and recently realised anything open toed or sandals etc also needs to be an 8 and that why for years they have never looked right!

Certain shoes give me clown feet like converse so I don't wear them but apart from that I never really think about them.
They are my feet and they do exactly what they are meant to and that's enough for me!
Like you most people I know have smaller feet but then I'm normally about an inch or more taller so meh whatever.

All feet are kind of ugly imo so I'm never going to love them.

One thing that does slightly rankle is less are made so sometimes you can't get my size if it's a popular shoe and I never get the cheaper price

It never occurred to me that you could be short and have big feet!!!

I’m a size 8 and I’m baffled as I’m 5ft 3. Both parents have small feet.

I’m 5 foot 8 and hate my size 8 feet, also hate how many shoes come up small and there’s usually not a larger size to go up to. Like they can’t even make it so size 8 means size 8.

Im an 8 sometimes a 9 but im 6 ft tall would look daft with small feet

Gosh, I’m five eight with size seven and a half and often buy an eight, and I think my feet look perfectly fine and in proportion and not remotely big 🤷‍♀️

They are very narrow though so this may make them look smaller/daintier. They certainly don’t look big.

I’m 5ft 2 and a size 7 ! I think I’m part hobbit .

I also had size 7 feet until I had my first child. Then they went up to size 8. Thankfully they didn’t go up anymore on my second child lol.
I don’t mind them. I buy men’s runners cos they’re usually a better fit. I don’t feel like my feet look huge. I’m almost 5ft 6

Like Carrottopper my feet have grown since I had children - used to be a 7-7.5 and now firmly an 8.

Used to bother me more than it does, I quite like my long feet now, though as others have said, I do have to choose my shoes carefully as some just look like boats.

Also agree that you can find some nice bargains if you have large (and probably also v small) feet.

I've been an 8 since I was about 12 years old (a long time ago!), and it was definitely more difficult to get shoes then than it is now. It's never bothered me - isn't size 7 the average these days anyway?

I quite like being able to buy either women's or men's shoes, but I've never been into "girly" shoes...

Yep, I'm 5 ft 8 and used to be really paranoid about them when I was younger, but I've realised lots of other people of my height have big feet! I'm careful about what shoes I wear though - if it's lace up ones the laces have to start far down the shoe near the toe or I look like a clown!

Mine are a very wide 7 that look ridiculous in those slip on women's styles.
Your feet are the right size to support your body and move it around. I really hate this idea that we have been brainwashed with..that women should take up as little space as possible.

I'm an 8. I hate it. I feel masculine and injust feel embarrassed asking for size 8 in shops.

Size 8 and only 5'6 but has never worried me as they don't look huge I don't think.

I'm a wide 9 and 6'. I hate having big feet, I cannot get nice shoes and I feel really self conscious in heels

I'm 6ft and am so self conscious about my size 8s

I'm 5'10 and my size 7.5/8 feet are in perfect proportion to the rest of me. I've never been in the least embarrassed by them.

I remember NY eve this year, my friend's husband was stood at the side of me in the kitchen and I was wearing heels and he said 'How big are your feet?' In a shocked way. He is the same size as me. All my friends are roughly the same size and size 5/6

@carrottopper

I remember NY eve this year, my friend's husband was stood at the side of me in the kitchen and I was wearing heels and he said 'How big are your feet?' In a shocked way. He is the same size as me. All my friends are roughly the same size and size 5/6

That kind of comment would really upset me.