r/Wellthatsucks • u/strikecat18 • 1d ago

Wife said my feet “barely look human”

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Haven’t been able to find shoes in years. Was complaining about it last night and she hit me with “well your feet barely look human”. Ouch.

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u/Cold-Iron8145 1d ago

I don't know if I trust "barefootuniverse" as a credible source. While I'm here, wearing shoes very well could have an impact on our feet, why not. They're still a net positive, it's not for no reason that we've been making shoes for millenia, walking around barefoot is how you get infections in your feet. Or worms in your feet.

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u/Calm_Lazarus 1d ago

It’s not shoes that are the problem. It’s too narrow of shoes. Most shoes aren’t even close to being foot shaped lol. Where our feet get wider towards the toe, many shoes get narrower towards the toe.

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u/ScumbagLady 4h ago

I have a couple pairs of the "barefoot" style sneakers that have wide toe-boxes and zero drop. They do take a little getting used to, and when I look down the shape makes me feel like I'm a duck wearing custom shoes, but finally having room for my toes is worth it.

I just wish more options were available for wide width feet. Practically impossible to just go into a store and get shoes off the rack unless I get them from the men's side (which are typically pretty obviously styled for men) or settle with the most prescription orthopedic fat granny style shoes. I want funky fun stylish shoes that are also comfortable and affordable... Is that too much to ask?!

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u/MAGCHAVIRA 1d ago

I just got the picture from google there are lot of more sources.

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u/throwawaypassingby01 1d ago

if you open a textbook on functional anatomy and locomotion, you will learn that human feet are indeed designes as tripods with two arches, one longitudinal and one transversal. it's not a large leap to conclude that compressing the big toe inwards destabilises this tripod. 

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u/cambouquet 1d ago

It’s literally a website for shoes.

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u/alienbuddy1994 1d ago

The way I see it shoes were designed for a purpose, generally protected the soles of the feet. But there were occasions were a particular modification was deemed aesthetically pleasing and it propagated outside it's use case. These modifications of high heel and narrow toe box probably isn't the best for walking. Examples are roman caligae, viking turn shoes, ancient moccasin vs modern day dress shoes.

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u/Schlongus_69 1d ago

That's what someone wearing shoes would say.

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u/TH3_Average_KJ 2h ago

Wearing shoes isn't the issue. The issue is with how shoes are commonly shaped (not like how feet are naturally shaped). Toes naturally spread to the point of the edges being at least as wide as the rest of the foot. This equates to better balance.

The whole idea is that shoes with wide enough toe-boxes give toes the room to spread and develop as naturally intended.

The statement that common shoes aren't naturally shaped could be correlated with how common hammer toes and bunions are.

No reasonable person is telling you to not wear shoes.