Glass shoes are extremely uncomfortable, trust me
A glass Chelsea in particular. Also, ankle socks in a Chelsea would be a bold choice with normal materials
Most women’s socks: “Fits size 4-10”
My sock size: 11
And this, friends, is why I buy my socks from the men’s section. I don’t have the patience to pick up my stupid socks every half hour.
For me, it’s that they often say that they fit up to size 8, and I am a true 7.5 (as in, a 7 will not fit me and an 8 will not fit me).
Do I want socks that are a little tight or socks that are too big?
It’s worse with shoes, though, especially when you are looking at ones designed for a niche context. They will often not have half sizes at all. For example, I have wetsuit boots that are sizes 7 and 8. They both fit poorly. I can get the 7s on, but they are way too tight, and I slosh around in the 8s. I have water shoes in the same sizes. 7 is too small to put on and 8 flops off the back of my heel like a flip flop.
My feet have a full size difference between left and right. Shoes are just expected to be uncomfortable.
This is actually a common thing and there is a shoe exchange club you can join. Problem is that most people, like me, have a larger left foot.
Serves them right for wearing ankle/invisible socks.
Crew socks (or larger) are superior socks.
In shorts, unless you’re kicking a ball, high socks make you look like a dork
Does that scare you?
Accept your dorkness or the world will eat you alive.
Ahh yes, a fellow 40+'er. That mix of GenX/Millineal style before high socks rolled back into fashion.
Until you hit knew high, then you’re giving off an entirely different vibe.
Ok boomer
Any socks that do this get repurposed to apply shoe polish. There are other uses, but that’s the one I recall using them for last.
Mid shin socks or nothing
Try that while working on a farm, in the pasture, in 100° heat.
Get a lot of guys wearing Chelsea boots to shuck corn do ya?
I’m not sure what this comment is referencing but nah. It’s just me on a small farm, small herd. This shit just happens when you wear the wrong sock with boots. And you never know it’s gonna do that til you’re in the middle of something and it does it. I always just end up taking the socks off and stuffing em in my pocket lol.
I live in a rural city. It’s pretty common for high school kids to “volunteer” to go shuck corn on local farms. The boot in this picture is a Chelsea, a slip on shoe that’s only a boot because it covers the ankle and is generally made of leather. There’s a large patch on the side made of stretchy material, and it would be absolutely the worst boot to wear on a farm.
Also, have you tried sock garters? Boots with no socks might be less comfortable than a garter. Though I avoided that problem by just buying new socks constantly
I have not tried that but I will look into it now. I don’t find it too uncomfortable without socks, I’m kinda used to it. But I could understand that for others though. Thanks for the suggestion!
I have what is ostensibly a desk job, but when I was in the Marines, my go-to socks were, believe it or not, dress socks, and inside out so you wouldn’t feel the seams on your toes. A buddy turned me on to it and I never looked back. I was always fortunate enough to not have issues with blisters or anything, so maybe I’m just lucky, but a good, calf-high dress sock was my sock of choice.
But my regular life shoe is the Puma Classic, and if I have on short pants, I’ll don the lowest possible sock. As some others have mentioned, the rubber grips in the heel are great. But if I’m doing a hike, for example, and wearing boots, even my mid-ankle Merrells, I’ll wear a calf-hig sock, no need to play games.
Gotcha, thanks for the advice.
Hurts just to look at.
Show me wet socks in boots in the middle of a cold winter to win this contest.
I have socks with grippy rubber on the inside heel that, very successfully, prevents this.
“I pretend like everything is okay on the outside, but deep down inside…my shoe my sock is falling off”
Also you’re in bed with your feet under the covers while it’s happening.
And you’re wearing jeans.
Wet jeans.
Somewhat even more annoying with ankle length socks and non-tall shoes - works fine with many, but with some particular pairs the socks run down just enough to make it impossible to fix without untying the shoes.
This is why I stick to opaque footwear that you can’t see through unless you’ve got special powers like a superhero or you’ve got special equipment, if you know what I mean.
Turns out laces have a purpose
With a blister forming on the heel.
