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Nope, no problem with shoes here!

i am so uncomfortable in shoes that most of the time i don't wear any. i must wear some when i go walking in certain areas here, because i live in the desert and cacti and mesquite and goat-head thorns are common. i must wear shoes to some restaurants or stores in town, too. for those times, i wear some loose fitting flat shoes with flexible soles. TOMS are my lately tolerable ones. not only do i find them comfortable enough, they give free shoes to children in poverty whenever someone buys a pair.....and as an added bonus, they have fun patterns.

I, too prefer to be barefoot. When I have to wear shoes, I go for comfort (and if they happen to be stylish, great).

Same here!

Mom recently tried to get me to buy shoes for Grandpas' wedding. I refused. People aren't going to care what shoes I wear, just that I'm there so I'm "included".

No, I'm the opposite, I love pressure especially on my feet so I always wear really tight shoes done up as much as I can. When I was little I had a big pile of heavy blankets at the end of my bed because I couldn't sleep unless I kind of rooted my feet under the weight.

I actually work in the footwear industry, doing sculpting and modelmaking. We are encouraged to wear the company brand sneakers (trainers), but I prefer waterproof boots (I like to be prepared). I've gone through many styles, but I finally found some that are comfortable and wear well, no laces, I bought multiple pairs in case that model was discontinued.

I've been tempted to get some crocs in hopes that the ventilation would keep the foot dryer and have fewer problems with athlete's foot.

We in the industry are very dismissive of crocs. Besides being ugly as hell, and a sure sign that you don't care how you look, they aren't breathable at all, which is why they put the holes in there.

They're not made for running or off-road riding, that's for sure. But when a $4 pair of plastic sandals outlives 3 pairs of trainers at $40 a go, and the fact that I can stand up all day, added to the fact that I won't be bringing anyone home anyway = "don't let your good looks screw you". People are going to find me weird no matter what I have on my feet.

@Eric - I was always having sweat issues until about 9 months ago when I put my initial bias aside and tried a pair for cheap work shoes. Now I have my work pair and a dress pair, both in black. No more blisters on hot days for me. The holes do help with air circulation, and the sizes run large for their number, as do the China clones, not to mention they also stretch a bit with regular wear. As long as you're not doing anything like playing tennis or trying to start an old Harley they're fine for cruising around in.

My son despises wearing shoes, he takes them off as soon as he can and rather risk getting splinters or thorns in his feet than wear shoes. He also struggles to get them on, even if they simply have velcro straps. They are pretty big stress on our day, shoes.

I remember it taking me a long time to learn to tie my own shoes. I was easily the last one in my elementary school class.

It's not that uncommon. I didn't until I was 11 and I know someone who didn't until they were the same age.

Same with the childhood finicky shoe-preferences, especially how my socks felt inside my shoe...if the seam of the sock wasn't exactly on the sides of my feet, I would throw a fit for ages. I think I spent several years in only rain boots because I didn't have to deal with the shoe tightness/looseness. I've outgrown most of that and have found that my hyper-sensation awareness is now primarily focused on how the waists in my clothes fit; if they're even minutely too tight or exert even slightly more pressure on my waist than I'm used to, I can't stand them. I have immense respect for girls and guys (ha) in skinny jeans because I don't think I'd remain sane in them for more than a few minutes.

I love wearing white athletic shoes. They personally make me look fast (American football quarterback Joe Namath popularized them in the late 1960s, and he wore them during Super Bowl III, when his New York Jets won it.)

This is exactly me. I buy shoes a half size larger than my actual size and buy wide-fitting even though I have average-width feet, because I need to take my shoes off over and over. I take them off and pick them up with my toes. I like the feel of the leather as I pick them up in that way. I can't stand wearing shoes for very long and even in public I sometimes take them off and go barefoot because shoe-wearing bugs me. I'm pretty flat-footed, too.

I prefer loafers over regular shoes. I never learned how to tie my shoes, therefore my preference for loafers is justifiable.