The person who first said, "the struggle is real" must have had wide feet, because it is most certainly one of the realest struggles out there. You want to look cute and stylish, but you end up looking "meh", simply because shoe makers don't understand that not everyone has perfectly shaped feet. It sucks, and people who don't have wide feet can't relate at all. You can try, but you WILL NOT succeed, and I am here to tell you just how "sucky" it is.
1. You probably won’t be buying high heels any time soon.
Not all types of shoes are made wide, and heels are one of those types of shoes. Sure, maybe you can squeeze into them, but if they have a pointed toe? Forget it! As a result, you don’t know how to walk in heels, so, if by some miracle your feet become normal or you find wide width heels, you walk in them like a new born deer.
2. Large shoe stores like DSW are so frustrating to be in.
Stores like DSW or Famous Footwear hold hundred of adorable shoes, but you’ll be lucky if you find one pair that fit your freaky wide feet correctly. Every time I set foot in there (no pun intended) I go in hoping to find something cute, and end up leaving empty handed, frustrated, and in tears. Sometimes, I end up going in knowing I’ll find nothing. It makes shoe shopping, a thing most women love to do, a form of torture.
3. When you do find wide width shoes, they’re the clunkiest, ugliest things on the planet.
You have two options: men’s shoes or these clunky, wide-width things in the back of the store. I’d rather go barefoot.
4. You’ll squeeze your feet into a shoe just because it’s cute.
I mean, after all, they'll stretch out eventually, right?
5. Blisters are inevitable.
Forcing your wide feet into those that are too narrow will cause blisters, especially if you are using these shoes to work out or if you walk around a lot. Sure, the more you wear them the less it’ll happen, but it’s still going to be an issue. Just apply your band-aids and keep on going!
6. Buying socks is tricky.
You can’t buy just
any cheap pair of socks. They can’t be too thick, or they won’t
fit inside your shoe. They also can’t be too chintzy or they’ll
just rip as your force them over your big ass feet. You have to find
a happy medium.
7. Boot are cute, but don’t always fit right.
Just because you have wide feet doesn’t mean you have wide calves, and shoe makers haven’t figured that out yet. There are plenty of girls who have wide feet and normal sized calves, but they are stuck buying wide-calf boots that don’t fit right in order to keep their feet from getting squished. On the flip side, some girl squeeze in their feet to wear boots that fit nicely over their calves. We just can’t win!
8. You get so jealous of all of your friends with normal feet.
Your friend has normal feet, and wears these super cute strappy sandals, but if you try to wear them your pinky toes would bulge out the sides. Your other friend has on cute heels that you’d never be able to walk comfortably in.
9. You typically got straight from UGGs in the winter to flip flops in the summer.
These are the only two kinds of shoes that are weather appropriate, and fit a wide foot. They’re, personally, my go to (aside from converse, which were NOT made for wide feet).
10. Taking your shoes off at the end of the day is the most orgasmic, freeing feeling in the world.
Finally barefoot – the way God intended.
So, if you are a person with a normal sized foot, please, enjoy your cute boots and sandals and things, because some of us just can't get your big puppies to fit into them.
#thestruggleisreal
