»
Discussion
»
pipTalk Lounge
»
Barefoot habits
| pipTalk Lounge |
|
Barefoot habits |
|
|
Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas 
|
Yeah, I know. Odd topic. I was wondering though how others walk barefoot. For some reason, when barefoot I'd always walk on the balls and toes, but not with the heel. Often, since I can spread all my toes, I'd be splay-footed for increased balance and traction. Gotta tell ya though, stubbing that little toe does cause one to see how much that lil critter contributes to balance. I guess that habit of mine goes back to my childhood, since there was this patch of stickers between our house and the public swimming pool on the prison farm. Balls and toes tend to thicken up quicker from wearing shoes and not, like the heel. Howsoever, getting those tines stuck in the tender parts by the arch can be rather painful. Hence the balancing act. Not to mention that almost all mammals do the same thing. It's perspective that makes their hind legs look backwards.  |
||
| © Copyright 2005 Alastair Adamson - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
somethin' chronic. And funny thing is, I can't stand for my feet to be dirty. So I'm always sweeping. And people who spit fear my wrath.  |
||
|
serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
AND??? The absolute worst thing in the world to step on is a slug. That goo has to be scrubbed off. ew. |
||
|
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Well now, barefootin' is a chronic habit for me...but it was when an ex-brother-in-law [whom, I would admit, I still consider a not-so-ex-ex] said, when I was pregnant [both times] he would call up, asking "are you barefoot?" and I would literally wail at the walls over his inane jokes... but I love being barefoot.... and am one of those folk that, the moment they hit home, kick the shoes off...at times its been known for my shoes to hit a wall or such...given whatever temperament of the day allowed.... and the only time I wear shoes? Is when I have to do so... or it's very very cold.... and you wouldn't know cold if it bit you!!!  |
||
|
Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Cold...hrm...that's like, what, mid 70's F, right? |
||
|
Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I think I must be a child at heart because shoes don't interest me at all. I know women who have a CLOSET full of shoes. I take my shoes off when I get home. If I don't leave my house during the weekend, those darn things could sit by my front door for TWO days and never touch the outside. (I even go to the mailbox in bare feet) But I always look down when I walk..don't want to step on anything that might hurt. I had a sandburr in my foot once when I was a kid and I thought I would DIE from the pain. Now? I just hope it's not a stray nail from the roofers. |
||
|
Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Yeah, I was a barefooted while still a child, then was an adamant shoe wearer. I still love my boots (not the cowboy kind). But one thing I learned once I got here was that shoes and heat don't mix all that great, and I really don't care for sandals. So I go barefoot indoors and in the shed, and sometimes to check the mailbox if it's one of those rare days below 90 F. Otherwise, I have some old ratty slip sandals for traversing the street to the box. 120 F air temp equates to pavement hot enough to actually cook an egg, and there have been many demonstrations to educate the unbeliever. |
||
|
Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I don't do shoes... And I don't look down either. That's probably why I almost stepped on a snake in Ron's back yard. He warned me about ticks, but he didn't tell me about the snakes!! Anyway - Cape Cod is a great place to go barefooted. Why would one wear shoes of any kind when it's so much fun to let warm sand run between the toes? Foot cream is a MUST - Lots of it...  |
||
|
Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Okay, I find myself absolutely compelled to respond to this thread (much to Ali's chargrin...in a minute, I'm sure) because I have actually seen his feet... and they are SO cute! *laughing* I used to tease him and tell him he had flintstone feet.  Sorry baby (okay, not much - but oh thanks for the reminder of a time when I could laugh) PS - And, yes, I too find that my feet are much more comfortable without anything on them. And Serenity, slugs are the worst...second in line? SUGAR. BRRRR |
||
|
Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I can do my best writing, only when barefoot! |
||
|
Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
What are shoes? |
||
|
Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
Why do I have this image of West Virginia and a sixteen year old erstwhile vixen named Ellie Mae? P.S. /pip/Forum91/HTML/003446.html [This message has been edited by Huan Yi (01-30-2005 12:32 AM).] |
||
|
GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
No shoes for me. I do wear socks a lot around the house but if I want to go out and get the mail or anything then I just shed the socks and go barefoot. They're thin socks, because I can't stand a seam on my toes. Tight socks, because I can't stand them loose. And black. Because black socks never get dirty... I used to go without socks more often, but at a young age my parents discovered that spiders and I have a magnetic reaction with eachother. Somehow, they cling to me. So I started wearing socks to bed because I hate spider bites on my feet. But during the summer when fewer bugs bother me my shoes go back to the closet and stay there. God bless feet. |
||
|
PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
I go barefoot at home all the time. I like to be barefoot in the yard in spring and summer because we finally killed all the crabgrass and other ickies and it feels velvety-spongy. I only wear shoes to work and to the grocery store. Other than that, I prefer my feet to be nude. |
||
Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Well, I sure love my shoes but I love going barefoot too, so it's all in the balance. I got some of the girls in here hooked on ma beaded footsie girlie jewelry too See Ali? There's nothing prettier than a sexy foot really, dressed and ready to go. However, it has to be a well-manacured, taken-care-of foot. |
||
|
Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
*sobbing* I am a foo-foo girly girl!! I have about 25 pairs of shoes...I love them. I hate going barefoot...not even in the house (just socks there). Slugs? you think? what about dog poo! (my Dad, he didn't stop whining for days..no pun intended) "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
||
|
Kellie_Cantrell Senior Member
since 2002-05-22
Posts 1667New York |
I have a foot phobia. Okay, so it sounds worse than it is. I have extremely ticklish feet so I can't stand anything on them... socks shoes whatnot. So I were flip-flops... I can barely stand them but if I have to wear something on my feet it is the least amount as possible. I can run on gravel..sprint too. Jump up and down.. I can't cartwheel though because my hands aren't used to it. and I can spend 365 days barefoot. even in the snow. As long as nobody makes me wear my shoes. I have 44 pairs of flip-flops.and( 1 pair of tennis shoes and 1 pair of nice black dress up shoes) that i hardly ever wear |
||
Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
I love goin' barefoot..in the summertime that is. But, like Karen, cannot stand to have dirty feet so I am constantly scrubbing them throughout those hot, hazy days. I don't, however, like walking barefoot on wet grass for some strange reason. Gee....maybe it's because of those slugs Karen was talking about.  Sharon! Where can I get me a pair of those hotsy totsy foot fandangles?! Huh? Please tell!  |
||
|
serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
E-Bay! (Sharon graciously gifted me with a jeweled pair and I love them!) I have several sets now. (I started doing that so I could go into stores barefoot--no shoes, no service? Ha--tell me dem ain't shoes!) But alas, as a life time barefooter, I do not have picturesque feet--but perhaps... hmmm... maybe.  (and btw? Dog poop ain't the worst--it cleans off easy. Slugs? sigh...if you don't know yet, consider yourself fortunate.) |
||
|
LoveBug
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
"Why do I have this image of West Virginia and a sixteen year old erstwhile vixen named Ellie Mae?" I'm not 16 and I'm definently no vixen, but I am from the GREAT state of West Virginia, and it's a sometimes thing for me. It was much more as a child, but now I'm a grown up (sigh). I always walk in the balls and toes of my feet, even in shoes, ever since I started walking. My mom even took me to the doctor to see if I was ok, and she just said "It's ok, she'll just always be careful" Oh, make me Thine forever |
||
|
Cloud 9 Senior Member
since 2004-11-05
Posts 980Ca |
Loved loved being barefoot as a child. I am o.k. with it now. I usually walk on the outer sides of my feet. I am not sure why. I think the next thing closest to walking on a slug is walking in chicken and dog poop. uuuurrrrgggg!!!!!!!!! |
||
|
LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Hate shoes, going back as far as before I was born, hehe....was barefoot all the time...and today, in the winter, I wear these really neat woolen thingys which have little tiny skid things on the bottom...love em.... hehehehhe, laughing at Serenity's comments... |
||
|
Capricious Member
since 2002-09-14
Posts 89California, USA |
I am a bit of both ... I love going barefoot, and usually do so when I am at home. In the summer I wear sandals outside only because the pavement gets so very hot, and for some reason I have a hard time driving barefoot (driving standard anyway). However, I have more shoes than I'll ever need. In fact, more than fit in my closet (which is admittedly tiny), so they're constantly spilling out onto the floor, and I'm always tripping barefoot over my shoes. |
||
|
Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Heh, I've always been a minimalist. One pair of Vibram soled hiking boots, pair of off-white canvas decks for general running around when not wearing boots or doing below house work, and slightly chewed sandals for checking the mail when the asphalt is soft. The rest of the time, either barefoot, or socked if too chilly. Never could get the hang of barefoot clutching, or even with sandals. Just don't feel right, especially while continually shifting during traffic. |
||
|
Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
lets go back to that foot jewelry for a sec.. reminds me of a set of cool bracelets I got from Hot Topic once...but this is a family forum... with that in mind, doesn't the foot jewelry get in the way of things? i.e. snag on stuff? break and go flying everywhere? "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" ~Sarah McLachlan~ [This message has been edited by Susan Caldwell (01-31-2005 09:02 PM).] |
||
|
Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
The better variants of foot jewelry are like that pictured earlier. They are the foot version of 'hand flowers', or chain filigree ornamentation which graces the top of the hand, connecting at the wrist and however many fingers the wearer desires based on style. When I was still active in the SCA, one person I knew went from making chainmail to making chain jewelry and ornamentation for chain (coifs, hauberks, gloves/guantlets). For foot versions, it'd ride the same as the hand flower. Around the ankle, across the top of the foot, and connecting to however many toes the wearer desired based on style. |
||
|
serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
My generic pair of barefoot sandals are the ones I made myself. It's basically crochet strings, ornamented with beads and a little metal doo-dad that gives the appearance of sandals. So, no, they don't get in the way of anything, as they lace up, slave-sandal style. Now the more ornamental stuff requires a bit of care, but for the most part they are no more bothersome than an anklet. If you like really fancies, try checking under the jewelry targeted for belly dancers. Lotsa bells and jinglies, and much fun too, especially on those occasions when one's feet are in the air...er, keeping time.  |
||
|
littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Ok, only in the summer, seeing as it is about seven degrees here right now, do I always walk barefoot. I love the Earth beneath my feet especially when I am gardening. Other than that, it is sandals, always sandals, open toed. So the world can see me perty toesies. (I need help) |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
