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Happens. Sent you a pm Never mind says you can't receive messages

Totally agree. You just can’t

Many of mine, not all, are ON college campuses; maybe more adminastrator types, but some faculty and students.

Try living on a narrowboat and you’ll imagine it soon enough! 🙂

Well we’ve got California and England confirming mine

We just had Iowa confirming my observation.

Thanks for the explanation. Woke up today with a bit less pain, so am cautiously optimistic. Perhaps I have been trying to do/expect too much too soon. Frustrated because I can't get a PT appointment until June, trying to do the exercises at home. The electric ice machine/pad thing is great also. I just don't want to do anything to mess up my recovery. I have noticed in the past that wearing my boots does improve my posture, and helps with some occasional hip discomfort. My buddy just got a new hip, so am hoping that goes well for him. So want to try my boots, but that is probably a mistake for new. Need to get some nice low heeled riding boots like Shyheels has advised.... For now, perhaps I will back off a bit on walking around, use the cold machine more and do more of the exercises... Don

Definitely not giving those up. Just too many other pairs that are either worn out, or just have lost their appeal and not worn anymore...

Yah, not possible. Not desirable. Not happening. Don, Not giving up your red stiletto boots I hope.

Leeds and York are both university cities and I see heels there right across the age spectrum - not loads of them, but they’re not rare either. Maybe it’s just Holland

I know it's very First World of me, but I cannot imagine having only 12 pairs of shoes.

I can remember that from about 1995 to 2005 was a dark time for heels--or at least stilettos. It seems all the girls were wearing "Spice Girls" giant chunky heeled boots. This was following a period in the late 80's-early 90s when stilettos were everywhere. Not everywhere at once, but at least 50% of girls had stilettos in their closets, which got brought out for special occasions. A few would wear them every day, but not many. I can remember shopping with my ex-wife in the late 90s, and you literally could not find a pair of shoes with 4 inch stiletto heels in normal shops. Then after the Turn of the Milennium, stilettos slowly but surely came back--only this time sporting giant platforms. Again, you didn't see them everywhere all at once, but they were definitely out there. After we decided that 6 inch heels with 2 inch platforms were no longer a desirable look, it was sort of a slow downhill slide, which became a fast downhill slide during the pandemic. Then it never really recovered. I do say I see more high school girls wearing heels than I do college girls. And I also live in a college town, 200 m away from the college, so I also see a "massive overabundance" of young women. My son is still in high school, so I get to see the younger crowd, too. I see lots and lots of belly buttons, but few heels. But not zero heels. The idle desire is still there, have no doubt. I know this because even young girls will often ogle my shoes and say they wish they could wear them. We've been through all that discussion before. The societal pressure to wear heels is gone, so they don't wear them much, if ever. I can't really blame them. Also (but not as an afterthought), Don, I hope your knee gets better. This getting old business is for the birds!

My foot doctor has done one of my ankle reconstructions, toe work (hammer toe), and a tendon leak. She says that the height of my arch puts my foot into the rare catergory. Then you add the large girth toe box and narrow heel pushes it to 1%. That why she says I should wear at least a 2 inch heel to absorb the arch. Since I changed to women's, I finally have shoes that fit my heel and I have stop having ankle problems (reconstructive surgeries). And 4 inch heels helps my hip. Knees ... 4 surgeries, one took 6+ months to recover, the last one's recovery was less than two days (they cut out a fold in my cartilage). Both of my MCLs have been strand over the years and I use KT Tape when they act up. That calms them down. But my daughter was off work for 5 months and at 15 months now, she still has limitation. ACL replacement. So count your blessings Don.

I live and work in a university city, which has a massive overabundance of young women. The only time I see a woman in heels is when she is in her 40's and 50's.

You definitely should! They are so handy in so many circumstances - so you can wear tall boots as a matter of course

Interesting, been ok for me. Let's try. I will send you a pm

Would love to get a pair of tall riding boots. Would also like some Hunter "refined boots".

Perhaps it is you that is living in the odd spot. I certainly see heels where I am, in the north of England. They are not ubiquitous, but it’s not like seeing a UFO either. If I take the train into Leeds or York I will certainly see stilettos.

I remember you saying that before, but I NEVER saw any of that. All I ever see is an ocean of flats. You might live in a tiny island of abnormality, where the women still wear high heels, because for the rest of us it's like seeing a UFO.

When I tried sending people Christmas greetings last year, if I made a new message and tried to send it I got a message saying so-and-so could not receive messages. I had to use an old message, if I had one, and respond to it. Very weird

I hope your recovery picks up! That would be no fun. Do you have any low/flat heeled boots you can wear in the interim. Because of my off-grid living I have several pair of low heeled knee boots so I can wear tall boots every day- a lot of the time heels would be I’ll-advised or downright dangerous.

Twelve is a good number. They all get used and become comfortably familiar

Please explain what a 1% foot is. I just had knee surgery, a little discouraged with the outcome so far. Have quickly figured out that the doc's two week recovery claim was "optimistic". Really want to wear some boots during recovery, but surely don't want to wear anything that will hinder the repair/recovery time....

I'm thinking I could downsize my collection to around 12 pairs also. Looking forward to downsizing my life for sure....

That is what I thought, how it has always worked for me on this site. Nonetheless, I checked my mailbox anyway, but did not find any unread messages...