What's your shoe size?

[prolesunited]

I used to be a seven but my foot expanded over time and I often have to buy an 8.

So, what's your shoe size and has it stayed the same since you've been an adult?

[BigDaddyLove]

1. 11.........

Though sometimes it seems to shrink or grow depending on the particular shoe that I try on.

[Fenris]

2. 13

And single.;)

[terrya]

3. 10 1/2

My feet have gotten bigger, as weird as it sounds. I used to wear a 9.

Terry

[Richardo]

4. 13 here, too....

...been that way (clown length) since high school. :-)

[Awsi Dooger]

66. Same, 13 since high school

Now I wear dark shoes, at least. White ones really accentuate the clown effect.

I'm 13 B, just wide enough not to slip out of a medium. My dad got stuck with 14 AAA and insists he's never had a proper fitting shoe in his life.

[Braden]

5. 15 EEE

impossible to buy for. I usually end up cramming the boats into 14's

[Beaker]

55. try these sites-

I wear 16's, and have had good luck at Vans.com and OddballShoes.com

The Internet has been a godsend for those of us who wear MEN'S sizes.

[Braden]

75. thanks!

I go into a store knowing that there might be One pair of shoes that will fit me.

Usually a pair of geriatric walking shoes.

[everythingsxen]

58. I'm in the 15 club too

LOL

[waylon]

6. Why? Why do you want to know? Who you been talking to?

What have you heard?

[Don_G]

7. 10E

With the odor of 24 EEE's.

[flamingyouth]

8. 9-1/2 - mine used to be a 7 too

But I guess that's what 20 years of working on my feet can do. Also, I broke my right foot, so that one is a half-size bigger than my left. Will I be wearing a 12 in 20 more years?!? :shrug:

[trof]

9. Which one?

Left or right?

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. 8 -1/2

I have little bitty feet

[Mattforclark]

11. 10.5, stayed the same so far

[caledesi]

12. 5 (tops)! You could say I am, uh, petitle. nt

[prolesunited]

17. Oooh, I envy you

I bet you get the best deals at shoe sales! That and 6's are usually all that's left.

[dolo amber]

19. I'm a 6

and yes, it is THE best size to be for bargains. ;)

[prolesunited]

20. Rub it in

why don't you! I think 7-8 are the most common, so there usually isn't much left for me. No fair! :-(

[dolo amber]

27. Look at it this way...

Maybe your feet will grow a bunch, then you could get all those spare 10s-11s dirt cheap! :evilgrin:

;)

[NorthernSpy]

52. "all those spare 11s"

Oh, I wish! More than once I've wound up looking for shoes in the men's section. Please, people who make shoes: women are getting taller. As women get taller, they also get bigger feet.


Mary

[prolesunited]

76. Hi, Mary

Welcome to DU. :hi:

I'm only 5'2" on a good day, so my issue is finding petite-sized clothing than shoes. But then again you probably have the opposite problem with clothes.

[geniph]

29. Nobody EVER has my size!

It's nearly impossible to find decent shoes under a size 6, particularly if your feet are wide.

A lot of shoe manufacturers start their wide sizes at 7. If I wore a 7, I wouldn't need a wide, but I would trip over my toes a lot!

[caledesi]

51. Don't envy me. At one time the "sample" shoe was 5.....not anymore

If you like real nice leather shoes (which I do), size 5 is almost impossible to find, believe me.

Course, you are talking to a shoe addict....60+ pairs. Many I got on Ebay.

[jpgray]

13. 11 (nt)

[arcane1]

14. 11-12 depending on the shoes themselves

more or less the same throughout my "adult" hood

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. 10.

I have big feet.

[skippysmom]

23. also a perfect 10!

But I'm 5'9", so I think I'd look pretty funny if I had smaller feet.

Except that I hate that shoes that look so cute in the sample -- usually a size 6 or 7 -- don't always look so cute in size 10!

[greatauntoftriplets]

34. Agreed, size 10s always look like clodhoppers.

I am 5' 10".

[DEM FAN]

16. Mine. 13. It's Better To Have BIG Feet Than To Have A BIG Head.

;-)

[Sandpiper]

18. 11

Since high school

[Cuban_Liberal]

21. 14 EEE

And Paddy wear a 15 1/2 EEE!

[camero]

22. 10 1/2

My feet grew until I was about 23 and they've stayed the same since.

[scarlet_owl]

24. 9

I have long, skinny feet holding up my big fat body.

[nuxvomica]

25. 9 1/2 EEE

Great for swimming.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

80. 9.5EEE as well

I have to buy 10.5 shoes for these boats.

[ornotna]

26. 12

same size since high school

[geniph]

28. 5-1/2 D

Shoe salesmen often find it hilarious to ask me if I wouldn't just as soon wear the box. x( Duck feet!

You should see what my size 5-1/2 shoes (men's size 3-1/2) look like next to my stepsons' size 14 and 15 clodhoppers!

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I have been a size seven since I was about 12 years old

But recently I have discovered that I am now a 6 1/2! I thought that the opposite was usually true. Has this happened to anybody else?:shrug:

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[ornotna]

32. That's nice

but what's your shoe size?

[corporatewhore]

43. i bet he has a large shoe size

[KG]

50. he's a bot, he's got wheels or treads or something...

:crazy:

[Rhiannon12866]

64. LOL! You made me laugh!

I like to picture him looking like R2D2! That would make him more loveable than demanding, LOL!:D

[Deja Q]

33. My shoes are larger than Grovelbot's, nothing more need be said!

:evilgrin:

[DebJ]

35. I've heard pregnancy makes women's feet get bigger....after asking

around to a lot of Moms, this seems to be true. It also happened to me.

[DebJ]

36. My son wears a 20 and he's only 21 years old.

[prolesunited]

38. WOW!!!

:wow:

Is he really tall? Where do you find shoes?

[DebJ]

42. only about 6'10" or so (I can't reach that high to find out ha! no really,

he really doesn't want to know....it's actually depressing being that tall.

All shoes are bought over the internet. Waste of time trying anything else. Once in a while we even get a clearance sale on the net.

When he was in middle school, he grew three complete shoe sizes in three months. That was like $2 a day just for shoes!

[Beaker]

56. Have you been to Oddball Shoes.com?

I wear a 16 or 17, and have found them to usually have a decent selection(although admittedly not a lot of 20's- but they do have some...usually.

OddballShoes.com

[Nikia]

37. 8

It has stayed the same since around the time I hit adulthood several years after I stopped growing in height.

[Endangered Specie]

39. 12.5 4E

[Bertha Venation]

40. Women's: 11W. Men's: 9.

My feet have grown. In high school I wore a women's 8.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. Me too...

It's so hard to find the right width that when I'm looking for anything but walking shoes, (I'm sold on SAS brand), I've started ordering from a catalogue that carries almost all widths in all sizes and styles.

[Bertha Venation]

72. what's the catalogue?

Agreed. It's so hard to find decent shoes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

81. It's called Maryland Square

http://www.marylandsquare.com

Have you ever tried SAS brand? The catalog doesn't carry them; but there's an SAS outlet in Rehobeth, DE. They aren't cheap; but they're good quality shoes; and to the best of my knowledge, 100% American made.

[MacCovern]

41. 12 but 13 for bowling shoes

actually 12 EEE is more like it.

[VOX]

44. 12 B

But at 6' 5", I'd look strange if my dawgs were any smaller!

[SmileyBoy]

46. Mens 11.5.

[Lostmessage]

47. 7 1/2

I use to be an 8 1/2 and I went down to a 7 1/2.

[RebelOne]

48. 8 1/2 but a 9 in boots

[arwalden]

49. 12

[Beaker]

53. Men's 16 or 17, depending on the type of shoe.

For sneakers, I've found Vans.com to be a great place to buy online, as most of their shoes go to 16- and when they first opened up their internet store, I was just the second person to buy from them online.

For all around selection of large sizes- OddballShoes.com is a fantastic site- They carry all of the over size 13 shoes from most major name shoemakers- even into the 20's in some cases.

If I'm buying leather "dress" shoes or Nike's, neither of which I wear anymore, I need a 17.

[Blue-Jay]

54. Five more replies (OK, four) and I win our bet.

OK, sure, there wasn't an actual bet.....

[greatauntoftriplets]

61. Hey!!!! I'm a woman!!!!!

If you can't figure that out from my username.

[prolesunited]

68. Wanna make it 100?

So, what would I win?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

57. I know what you're doing!

:evilgrin:

Will the man with the biggest feet in the closest proximity to the midwest please stand up?

[Beaker]

60. any special reason...?

size 16 in chicago...(and yes, it's twue...it's twue ;-) )

[prolesunited]

69. Damn!

You're on to me. :evilgrin:

Did you notice how many men have responded, bragging about their big shoe sizes? BTW, is that really true? Is there some sort of scientific evidence?

[Edge]

59. 10 1/2

[Blue-Jay]

62. He shoots, he scores!

44 EUR, here.

(what's that odor?)

[populistmom]

63. 9or 9& 1/2

Sometimes medium, sometimes wide (I'm a C width which is hard to find) depending on the shoe. My feet jumped about a 1/2 size after having children. I used to more of an 8& 1/2 or 9.

[Sean Reynolds]

65. 14.

And I'm only 5'10 and weigh about 140!

[Rhiannon12866]

67. Big feet, big heart. n/t

[LWolf]

70. Shoes:

7 - 7.5, depending on the maker of the shoe. But I can't buy most shoes made for women.

It's 7 WWW; my foot is almost square shaped. Between the wide, wide, wide bottom and the really high arch, I can't get more than a few toes into regular women's shoes. I pay too much money for special sizes, and still have to get shoes that lace, so that I can loosen the part that fits over the top of the arch.

If I can find men's size 6, they fit better. Boys' shoes also fit better, although they aren't as good as mens'.

My shoe wardrobe includes:

canvas sneakers, WWW, in several colors. Can be washed, breathe during scorching desert temps 6 months out of the year, and I wear them under dresses and pants alike. Flat, no platforms.

lace up boots, flat, no heels; some for fashion, some for hiking, some for horsey activities. I have to say, though, that I don't wear my riding boots often. I spend just as much time on my horse in canvas sneakers as I do in boots.

men's bedroom slippers with rubber soles, so that I can wander around in my yard without having to put shoes on. Big enough to slip in and out of without lacing. I've been known to wear them to get-to-gethers at friend's houses, and leave them at the door so I could go barefoot. I have so far never been stopped or stranded while wearing slippers to drive places.

rubber thongs to keep the ground from blistering my feet in hot weather. My favorite pair, bought in Hawaii 5 years ago, just gave up the ghost. Thin, soft rubber, cloth bands. I'm in the market for a new pair.


What you will not find on my feet: heels, pumps, etc.; anything that is uncomfortable, restricts movement, or restricts what surfaces I walk on.

[alwynsw]

71. My shower sandals are a size 12

and they've been that size since I was 12.

[prolesunited]

73. You're just teasing me, aren't you?

Trying to entice me to share all of my hot water with you. ;-)

[Whitacre D_WI]

74. Big, but not too big.

12E.

[Westegg]

77. 17EEE

The lads call me "Bigfoot." The ladies? They just call me.

[Ramsey]

78. 9

But sometimes 9.5. Don't know if some shoes are made smaller or if my feet are getting bigger.

[bif]

79. A solid 12

That's all I'm sayin'

[prolesunited]

82. Who would have thought

that a shoe size thread would turn out to be a public service for the DU community. It looks like we hooked up some people with shoe outlets that will meet their needs.

Ya gotta' love this place! :-)