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12 years ago

How many pairs of shoes do you have?
How many pairs of shoes can you ware at one time?
Just kidding, lovely pair of shoes.

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thunderbird

12 years ago

Here's a picture of my formal shoes, when I'm looking for pots of gold:

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

Finally, a thread on "my subject" ... 30 Most Weird Shoes in the World
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- HeySal 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  Finally, a thread on "my subject" ... 30 Most Weird Shoes in the World
  
  Okay - thanks a lot. Now I need more money. I want a pair of #8, the second pic in #12, #15 and #26, oh holy - guess I need to go finish this report.
  
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  Originally Posted by HeySal
  
  I want a pair of #8, the second pic in #12, #15 and #26, oh holy - guess I need to go finish this report.
  
  Yes indeed ...
  
  And both pairs in #21 ... they're far too flat, obviously, but just so "interesting and unusual", I'd love to try them.
  
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KateOranum

12 years ago

This might be the strangest thread I read here- but this is so much fun! I love it

Well done

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Lucian Lada 12 years ago

Originally Posted by cricketguy

How many pairs of shoes do you have?

Not enough, apparently.

Originally Posted by cricketguy

How many pairs of shoes can you ware at one time?

Well, I can try to fit some flip-flops into some slip-ons, which in turn are squeezed into a pair of military shoes. Given the fact that I can do it with different pairs for each foot, that means ... 6?

Originally Posted by cricketguy

Just kidding, lovely pair of shoes.

I know, they are gorgeous (ohh, I now sound like a shoe addicted freak!)

Originally Posted by jennie smith

Nice Shoes!

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Originally Posted by thunderbird

Here's a picture of my formal shoes, when I'm looking for pots of gold:

So how is it working out for you? I am considering ordering them from ebay (they even have a massive 5% off discount! )

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Finally, a thread on "my subject" ... 30 Most Weird Shoes in the World

Is that your personal collection?

Originally Posted by KateOranum

This might be the strangest thread I read here- but this is so much fun! I love it Well done

Well, not for now, until more people decide to contribute
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HeySal

12 years ago

I fully still believe the old addage: "never trust a woman who wears sensible shoes."

Okay - I do wear sensible shoes sometimes. I have tennis shoes for hiking, although, in the mountains even those aren't considered "sensible" - and most of my rock hunting excursions I am wearing sandals instead of the big heavy boots that some people wear to avoid snakebites. I still have this thing for stilettos with ankle straps - and knee high moccasins. Guess what all that does is make me a typical female. So if you thought I was strange or out there - I'm really not.

What I've never seen, though, is a woman that gets turned on by guys shoes - not in the same fashion that men have foot fetishes, that is. I just can't see a woman crooning and panting at a guy to go put on his Tony Lama's. LOL.

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12 years ago

I didn't like the top ones in 21 - but I'm thinking the bottom ones might look sharp on. I'd want em in a different color. I don't think I'd try to dance in them though.

The mice (28) are cute as hell, but as house slippers, not shoes. Some of those things look incredibly painful.

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RutledgeAlice

12 years ago

Cool shoes. Really awesome! I wanted to post shoes of my dream but I can't while I'm new on the forum

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automaton

12 years ago

Well, these are my favorite shoes:

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Daniel Evans 12 years ago

Originally Posted by automaton

Well, these are my favorite shoes:

I'm guilty of Crocs too but admitedly I keep mine a tad cleaner!

Festival or a farm?
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Daniel Evans

12 years ago

Originally Posted by canyon

I believe shoes do tell much about a person.

Are you from Russia, Germany, Holland, Sweden or Denmark?

Don't ask. I'm just feeling that vibe from those shoes.

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Fernando Veloso

12 years ago

Can't we just get along with flipflops or barefoot?

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automaton

12 years ago

Daniel, both because it was a farming festival.

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Daniel Evans 12 years ago

hehe! bonus point!
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DireStraits

12 years ago

WTH @ 22 (The Nude Shoes)?

Everyone's heard of the age-old strategy of hotties purposely befriending not-quite-so's in the interest of contrast, but walking on a pair of stubby pregnant chicks is a whole new concept, and no way to treat a friend.

The Iron Lady shoes would be hella cool if they didn't evoke images of you know who. The words kinky and Thatcher don't bear writing in the same sentence, so instead I'll just say they remind me of Meccano and would make a (8-year-old) man very happy.

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LeeLee

12 years ago

Originally Posted by canyon

Anyway, here's my favorite pair for now. Too bad winter is almost over: Creative Recreation DIO MID BLACK PATENT

I would love these!

Originally Posted by HeySal

I fully still believe the old addage: "never trust a woman who wears sensible shoes."

Seriously? When it comes to shoes and clothes and makeup men are usually so much more sensible than women. I have always believed this gives them an edge we could easily remove.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by LeeLee

I would love these!

Seriously? When it comes to shoes and clothes and makeup men are usually so much more sensible than women. I have always believed this gives them an edge we could easily remove.

They are sensible when it comes to the women they would consider making a lifelong mate. Not so when they are just ogling hotties. Men ultimately want women who look and dress like super models - there are just very few who have the strength of security to be able to handle one if they got her. They settle for women who are plain and sturdy because they have an impression that these types of women are more trustworthy, loyal, and practical.

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

Amazon.com: Fifty Shoes That Changed the World...
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- Lucian Lada 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Daniel Evans
  
  Are you from Russia, Germany, Holland, Sweden or Denmark?
  
  Don't ask. I'm just feeling that vibe from those shoes.
  
  Well, I'm somewhere in the Balkans, but still, the winters are not so soft.
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  Amazon.com: Fifty Shoes That Changed the World (9781840915396): Design Museum: Books
  
  I hope that's not an aff link!
  
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  Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by canyon
  
  I hope that's not an aff link!
  
  It is, in fact, an affiliate-link. But the Forum's, not my own: I think it gets inserted automatically, if you link here to an Amazon product.
  
  Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso
  
  Can't we just get along with flipflops or barefoot?
  
  No, indeed not ... some of us wouldn't be tall enough, that way.
  
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  Daniel Evans 12 years ago
  
  No guy likes tall girls.
  
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  Lucian Lada 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Daniel Evans
  
  No guy likes tall girls.
  
  You mean taller than him or tall in general? cause it's a big difference.
  
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  Daniel Evans 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by canyon
  
  You mean taller than him or tall in general? cause it's a big difference.
  
  Above average which is supposedly at 5ft 4.
  
  Those shortcake men who fall below that need to borrow the heels.
  
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LeeLee

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

They are sensible when it comes to the women they would consider making a lifelong mate. Not so when they are just ogling hotties. Men ultimately want women who look and dress like super models - there are just very few who have the strength of security to be able to handle one if they got her. They settle for women who are plain and sturdy because they have an impression that these types of women are more trustworthy, loyal, and practical.

Between super model and frump there is a whole range of women. Sorry but I don't see the point in ruining my body just to snag male attention. And my sensible shoes have nothing to do with my body image at all. They have to do with common sense.

Besides, I prefer a guy who likes a physical lifestyle. And I think it is unfair to men to say they only pass on super models because they can't get one. Most men don't lack the security to handle a super model, they are just better at separating fantasy from reality than you are giving them credit for.

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Lucian Lada

12 years ago

Originally Posted by LeeLee

.Most men don't lack the security to handle a super model, they are just better at separating fantasy from reality than you are giving them credit for.

Most men don't know how to say "hi" to a women. They think it's a special technique or formula. Why do you think the pick up industry is so developed?

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Dennis Gaskill 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Finally, a thread on "my subject" ... 30 Most Weird Shoes in the World

There's a whole lotta photoshoppin' goin' on at that site. But shouldn't #14. the Banana Shoes, be called ... ahem, slippers.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by LeeLee
  
  I don't see the point in ruining my body just to snag male attention.
  
  Neither do I; but that doesn't make me willing to wear flat shoes.
  
  Originally Posted by LeeLee
  
  I think it is unfair to men to say they only pass on super models because they can't get one.
  
  Maybe so, but the underlying basis of the observation certainly seems statistically valid enough, to me: how many supermodels are there, and how many men?
  
  Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill
  
  There's a whole lotta photoshoppin' goin' on at that site.
  
  Ooh, is that right? I never know how to notice these things ...
  
  A man and his wife are cleaning out the attic and they find a shoe repair stub in the pocket of a very old jacket. "Hey - check this out," the guy says, "this stub is 20 years old. I wonder if the shop still has the shoes." So the next day the man goes to the shoe shop and asks the owner if he still has the shoes. The owner disappears into the back of the shop for about twenty minutes. When he returns, he replies happily, "Yup, believe it or not, we still have them. They'll be ready next Thursday."
  
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DireStraits

12 years ago

Originally Posted by canyon

Most men don't know how to say "hi" to a women. They think it's a special technique or formula. Why do you think the pick up industry is so developed?

Most men know how to say "Hi" just fine, it's just that a lot of self-absorbed chicks - hot or not - see any form of acknowledgement from a guy they don't instantly find attractive as an invitation to sit on his crotch, because he's obviously a sick deluded pervert, and that must be met with scorn and ridicule.

A lot of uber-hot chicks (and some that aren't) also, realistically - certainly in this country - lack sufficient depth to engage in any conversation that doesn't satisfy their continual childlike thirst for compliments, flattery and encouragement. If your very being in their breathing-space isn't an immediate turn-on for them, you're outta there - stat.

Is it any wonder that so many desperate guys feel the need try their hand at techniques of fantastical sorcery and psychological manipulation if they're to stand any hope of getting somewhere?

Fortunately, guys on the whole age far better than women, so by the time they're pushing 40, having squeezed out a few little 'uns and gone through a divorce or two, the tides have well and truly changed.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by DireStraits

Most men know how to say "Hi" just fine, it's just that a lot of self-absorbed chicks - hot or not - see any form of acknowledgement from a guy they don't instantly find attractive as an invitation to sit on his crotch, because he's obviously a sick deluded pervert, and that must be met with scorn and ridicule.

A lot of uber-hot chicks (and some that aren't) also, realistically - certainly in this country - lack sufficient depth to engage in any conversation that doesn't satisfy their continual childlike thirst for compliments, flattery and encouragement. If your very being in their breathing-space isn't an immediate turn-on for them, you're outta there - stat.

Is it any wonder that so many desperate guys feel the need try their hand at techniques of fantastical sorcery and psychological manipulation if they're to stand any hope of getting somewhere?

Fortunately, guys on the whole age far better than women, so by the time they're pushing 40, having squeezed out a few little 'uns and gone through a divorce or two, the tides have well and truly changed.

Some women avoid contact with guys they aren't immediately attracted to because they are sick of being hit on by every dude that comes near them, too.......and it's just easier to not have to go through the rejection rock and roll. When it gets to the point that most guys that approach you end up wanting more than just friendship in the first damned half hour they talk to you, it tends to make you skeptical.

So don't blame women in whole for their attitudes. There are one hell of a lot of men who never approach a woman at all unless they are physically attracted to them.

I'm 57 freaking years old and still can't ask 99% of the guys I meet to my home without them thinking it's their opportunity to get some. When someone asks me to do something with them that might be fun, I still feel I have to qualify that if they are just looking for a friend to go with them, great, but if they are looking for more than that, find someone else - and even then many act as if they never heard me say that a few hours later.

There is a guy that lives down the road from me that I am dying to be friends with - we have a few very similar interests and he's generally real fun....and I think we might be able to fandangle some business together........but every time I go near him he starts his "ou baby, baby," bull****. When I don't respond or refuse to come over when he calls, he thinks I'm a bitch. So what am I to do but stay away?

What's even worse is that a lot of guys will say "yeah, I just wanna be pals" and it's all fake. They put up a friend act for a little bit but as soon as they think they can get away with it, they are on you.

Guys like that make women act the way they do and make it hard for honest guys that would be happy just to be someone's friend to get near anyone. All those "how to pick up women" courses aren't making it any better, either.

So don't blame the pretty woman for seeming to be unapproachable. Some are just bitches that will eat any poor unsuspecting sucker for lunch and spit out the bones -- but many are just sick of the same old crap and it takes extra effort to get through the barrier.

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DireStraits

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Some women avoid contact with guys they aren't immediately attracted to because they are sick of being hit on by every dude that comes near them, too.......and it's just easier to not have to go through the rejection rock and roll. When it gets to the point that most guys that approach you end up wanting more than just friendship in the first damned half hour they talk to you, it tends to make you skeptical.

So don't blame women in whole for their attitudes. There are one hell of a lot of men who never approach a woman at all unless they are physically attracted to them.

I'm 57 freaking years old and still can't ask 99% of the guys I meet to my home without them thinking it's their opportunity to get some. When someone asks me to do something with them that might be fun, I still feel I have to qualify that if they are just looking for a friend to go with them, great, but if they are looking for more than that, find someone else - and even then many act as if they never heard me say that a few hours later.

There is a guy that lives down the road from me that I am dying to be friends with - we have a few very similar interests and he's generally real fun....and I think we might be able to fandangle some business together........but every time I go near him he starts his "ou baby, baby," bull****. When I don't respond or refuse to come over when he calls, he thinks I'm a bitch. So what am I to do but stay away?

What's even worse is that a lot of guys will say "yeah, I just wanna be pals" and it's all fake. They put up a friend act for a little bit but as soon as they think they can get away with it, they are on you.

Guys like that make women act the way they do and make it hard for honest guys that would be happy just to be someone's friend to get near anyone. All those "how to pick up women" courses aren't making it any better, either.

So don't blame the pretty woman for seeming to be unapproachable. Some are just bitches that will eat any poor unsuspecting sucker for lunch and spit out the bones -- but many are just sick of the same old crap and it takes extra effort to get through the barrier.

Undoubtedly ...

Not all women can be tarred with the same brush, of course (and that isn't my intention), but then again, neither can all guys, all of the time.

Guys who come on too strong and/or won't take a hint should be prepared to deal with forceful rejection. And I think most are, taking it in good humour. However, there are classier and more effective ways for women to make their wishes known than by shouting down with profanities, insults and mockery every innocent guy who so much as breathes near them, or even rattling off appeals for backup in a way that implies to all around that there's a savage on the loose who needs sorting out. All manner of hostilities can ensue from that; it's enough to make anyone wary. Again, I'm not saying it always happens, just that it seems to be a growing trend.

The justice system works on a presumption of innocence for a reason, and few would use high crime rates as an argument for changing it. Yet that's precisely how many seem to operate in dealing with people in day-to-day life.

Perhaps a little more tact and tolerance is needed by all.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by LeeLee

Between super model and frump there is a whole range of women. Sorry but I don't see the point in ruining my body just to snag male attention. And my sensible shoes have nothing to do with my body image at all. They have to do with common sense.

Besides, I prefer a guy who likes a physical lifestyle. And I think it is unfair to men to say they only pass on super models because they can't get one. Most men don't lack the security to handle a super model, they are just better at separating fantasy from reality than you are giving them credit for.

Separating fantasy from reality. Yes, but in the long run, if a man really has a choice, which do you think they will choose? If you have an opportunity to be with someone who looks like Johnny Depp or Ashton Kircher (assuming you like the personality, too) - are you going to settle for someone less attractive? I know some women who did - just because they are afraid of keeping him. I also know one that married the great looking guy that other women were frightened of....and has the happiest marriage of all of them, LOL.

I don't quite understand how people feel stilettos are bad for your health. I love them. They make me stand straighter and keep me more able to keep sharp balance. By keeping me standing straighter and the angle they make me walk at keeps my derriere toned and stomach muscles flat. Those are all qualities I need when I slip on the tennis shoes and go climb the side of a mountain. They also make it a lot easier to spin on a dance floor because they force you to restrain your balance. How is this harmful?

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LeeLee

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Yes, but in the long run, if a man really has a choice, which do you think they will choose? If you have an opportunity to be someone who looks like Johnny Depp or Ashton Kircher (assuming you like the personality, too) - are you going to settle for someone less attractive?

I don't quite understand how people feel stilettos are bad for your health. I love them. They make me stand straighter and keep me more able to keep sharp balance. By keeping me standing straighter and the angle they make me walk at keeps my derriere toned and stomach muscles flat. Those are all qualities I need when I slip on the tennis shoes and go climb the side of a mountain. They also make it a lot easier to spin on a dance floor because they force you to restrain your balance. How is this harmful?

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A Scientific Look at the Dangers of High Heels

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Phys Ed: The Dangers of High Heels - NYTimes.com

From my personal experience, I was fortunate to have hit my peak "style" years when high heels were chunky and platform. So they were still dangerous from a balance point of view but less of a strain on the body.

I changed to low heel pumps during my corporate days and I eventually started wearing primarily flats. Then about 10 years ago, I was having pain in one heel. My doctor recommended I alternate between wearing a lot wedge shoe and a flat to vary the carrying load. It worked. My heel healed and I now wear a variety of sensible footwear.

My main thing with stilettos and such is a feminist thing. I consider teetering around on high heels only slightly less anti-female than binding. When we think of the mutilation of binding we all go ewww. Yet we voluntarily inhibit our natural mobility with torture shoes. And yes they are torture. I have yet to go anywhere women are wearing them that they are not complaining about their feet. And if there is drinking and dancing involved, they are barefoot as the night goes on. Apparently carrying around high heels is as attractive as wearing them.

And while I am on the topic of feminism, why are so many top women's shoe designers men? Yet I have yet to see men wearing anything but sensible shoes unless they are cross dressing.

As for Ashton and Johnny, they are pretty to look at. Since I don't know either of them, I see them as a packaged product for my consumption. Not as potential mates.

I married a gorgeous man and fought over the bathroom mirror for over 20 years. But I didn't marry him for his looks. I married him for his brains or it never would have lasted that long.

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Originally Posted by LeeLee

I consider teetering around on high heels only slightly less anti-female than binding.

Ah ... that'll doubtless be one of the reasons we disagree so strongly, then: I don't consider them "anti-female" at all (but I also don't "teeter" in them).

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Bruce2Jenner 12 years ago

I like these pics
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DireStraits

12 years ago

I started wearing Caterpillar Colorado boots (and sometimes Timberlands) a few years back and find them pretty comfortable and - dare I say it? - practical, for guys.

Not fancy, nor even that expensive, but look smart enough (I reckon) with some decent, dark straight-leg jeans, check shirts and a nice jacket. Come in lots of different colours/shades. I usually get a dark brown but I've also got a black pair.

Rustic, I suppose. Slightly grungy, even. S'alright by me.

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clow1

12 years ago

can i have one of your shoes lol

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Tessa Holmes

12 years ago

Ok, your shoes are nice. Enjoy!

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HeySal

12 years ago

I LIKE the look of high heels on me. If I didn't, I wouldn't wear them no matter what a guy likes. I spend more for a high heel just to avoid cheap shoes that will hurt my feet. I have several pairs that are extremely comfortable and I can wear all day without one problem whatsoever. And yes, if I drink enough they come off - because the balance factor goes away when you are tipsy or drunk. However, I've taken off flat shoes when I dance, too, if the sole isn't a material that allows for gliding and spinning. I used to have 4 pairs of dance shoes made specifically for the dance floor (I used to teach ballroom dance).

As far as studies go - I don't give a rip what anyone says. I find I have better muscle tone when I wear heels often than when I don't. I don't have ankle problems and my foot problems (caused by crooked bones, not anything external) are not one tad worse in one shoe than another).

As far as feminism? Sorry. I LIKE to dress up and look awesomely hot now and again. I don't feel it makes me less of a person in any way shape or form. So what if a guy thinks I look great? Is that a crime now? I still reject any guy that thinks that he doesn't have to have respect for my mind power. If I'm seeing someone and he finds the way I look sometimes extremely exciting, I don't find that negative. I will never be so feminist as to forget how much I love an intensely romantic evening now and again - spangle, flash, flowy satin dresses, flowers, dancing, and some hot romance are awesome for the soul even if not a 24/7 reality.....but I don't dress for that 24/7.

Incidentally - the only time I ever hurt myself in a fall, I was wearing tennis shoes. The only heels that ever hurt my feet, I donated. The only man that ever whined if I didn't "dress sexy" often enough for him, I ditched off. I do what suits my own moods. Dressing in heels is one of those moods I do, and always will, indulge. I don't ever feel, and will never feel, that dressing to the nines makes me any less independent or intelligent. When someone tells me I look great my answer isn't "chauvanist" it's "thanks".

It may be observed, too, as I've had many drop dead gorgeous friends, that the true test of looking great isn't if men notice -- it's if other women do.

All said and done.........I retain my right to LOVE my high heels.

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LeeLee 12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

I spend more for a high heel just to avoid cheap shoes that will hurt my feet.

I don't own any cheap shoes and I thank G-d I have the means to wear good shoes. They do have the edge on comfort.

Originally Posted by HeySal

As far as feminism? Sorry. I LIKE to dress up and look awesomely hot now and again.

I did not equate dowdy and feminism. I spoke only of practices and products that in my opinion separate men from women and not in an intelligent way. I see nothing wrong with looking nice or even smoking. If you got it flaunt and even if you don't who cares as long as you are happy.

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All said and done.........I retain my right to LOVE my high heels.

I don't recall saying you can't. Last I checked, within the law, we both have the right to do what we want... and say what we want.
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