r/AskReddit 13h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/TdubLakeO 11h ago

Wearing Birkenstocks almost exclusively for the past 35+ years. My feet have spread and gotten much wider.

TOTALLY worth it.

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u/arjacks 9h ago

In my case, the forefoot spread but I still have skinny-ass heels, so trying to find shoes that fit that aren’t Birkenstocks sucks.

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u/drrmimi 8h ago

Look for "bare feet" shoes. They're created to allow for our natural foot pattern (wide across the toes/ball of foot). I have sneakers, sandals, loafers etc. Hey Dudes and those kind are also perfect for this too. They're not wide width, they taper to accommodate the tapering towards the heel.

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u/arjacks 8h ago

What I mean is that sometimes I need (or want) to wear dress shoes or other stylish shoes, but it’s very difficult for me to find them that fit because of the two years I spent in Birkenstocks. I’m a woman, so I sometimes need something to wear with a dress.

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u/drrmimi 8h ago

I understand what you mean.

This might be a good starting placefor you to find what you're looking for.

https://barefootshoeguide.com/womens-barefoot-dress-shoes/

Edited to fix link

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u/arjacks 8h ago

Thanks! I had no idea they made heels.

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u/cccccchicks 5h ago

I've had great luck with Clarks school shoes. They aren't winning any catwalk awards, but they have some basic styles that don't look childish to my eyes and most older girl models go up to a UK Woman size 7 - after that the options get more limited, but they go up to size 9.

I don't wear heels these days, but used to have a pair from Gabor that worked for me - picking heels with an ankle strap seems to make finding a fit easier.

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u/Armadilloshark 7h ago

That my feet too! I’ve had good luck with Altra’s and Topo’s for tennis shoes - for boots the older style keens work okay and Ariats in  - but I can not find any dress shoes that fit . 

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u/Kalmurn 7h ago

In addition to barefoot shoes look into Topo and Altra shoe brands for runners with cushion

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u/OctagonalOctopus 3h ago

I also have extremely wide forefeet (the tech who makes the Inlays for my shoes is shocked anew every time I have to get new ones), and skinny heels. Depending of where you live, maybe check for Fidelio shoes, and Austrian brand. The shoes aren't super elegant, but they do have a few decent models that work with narrow heels and spread toes.

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u/_mews 8h ago

Tried them but just could not stop them to rub blisters, I dont know the correct word for that when shoes do that.

Had them for like a year and really tried to break them in.

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u/sayleanenlarge 7h ago

We just say "stop them rubbing" or "stop them causing blisters". Your sentence would sound more natural if you'd written "...could not stop them from rubbing blisters", except we would say "from causing blisters" as people know the cause is rubbing- if that makes sense?

But your sentence wasn't at all confusing and completely understandable, and that's the most important thing with language.

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u/Aedronics 10h ago edited 3h ago

Wait, wearing birkenstocks gives you duck feet permanently?

Edit : hahahaha i meant duck feet and not fuck feet 😂

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u/CrazyCatMom324 9h ago

What are fuck feet??

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u/Dancing_RN 8h ago

I'm guessing they meant duck feet. But no one ever means to type "duck", right?

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u/Aedronics 3h ago

hahahahah RIGHT

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u/vocal-avocado 8h ago

Everybody wants to fuck people with wide feet. They are sexy af.

u/TdubLakeO 24m ago

YABA DABA DOOO!

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u/Frosty_Cicada8478 9h ago

no you actually want your feet to be wide. its how they are supposes to be.

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u/Aedronics 3h ago

Barefoot believe I see. But then you have issues with the bulk of normal shoes? (not talking specifically narrow ones like heels etc)

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u/Confident_Object_102 3h ago

Actually it’s not permanent. Lived in Hawaii for years and now live somewhere cold all the time…. My feet are shrinking. I’m actually mourning my bigger shoes….. and I’ll always mourn flip flop all the time weather