what age did you start barefooting?

tell us!

 

to be exact 11 for me!

 

I was born barefoot.

 

Weren't we all?

I started my "conscious" barefooting, so to speak, when I was 14 and had found and joined our local One-World and peace movement group, where a lot of hippie-spirited and counter-culture folks were gathering. Bare feet were a trademark among them and I also found out that it just feels better in warm weather to have my feet enjoy their freedom. So, from late spring to early fall, I was barefoot among them as well as alone, including many barefoot days at high school, too.

After graduating from high school and going to college, I converted into a full-time barefooter, enjoying pedal freedom on a 24/7 basis.

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

It started for me around 15.

 

when i was a fetus.

 

20 for me. It's only been a few months.

 

Around 5, then almost non-stop (sans attending school) to age 13. It ended abruptly after that.

 

after my 30's .:wheelchair:

 

I was 32.

I started wearing flap-flups when I was 26, before that I never wanted anyone to see my feet.

 

Fairly recently. I don't remember exactly when, but I had a lot of new ideas and shifts in perspective when I came to uni almost 3 years ago. Before that I never really thought about it and always wore shoes where it was "normal" to wear them.

 

as a small child. i grew up in rural mississippi. when i was growing up you shoes were worn to school and church. almost every kid i remember we played barefoot.

 

yeah, i was born both a barefooter and a nudist... who among us was not born both of those things?

since that time, i have been a simi-barefooter and simi-nudist.

i'm sitting here, right now, both barefooted and nude!
:2thumbsup:

 

I've always preferred going barefoot since I can remember or at least wore flip-flops, even at school but I'd say I went barefoot full-time when I was 18 shortly after my first daughter was born. For the next 5 years I travelled the world and did the festival circuit, a proper hippy chick I was and hardly ever wore footwear of any description. The nomadic life may be over but my feet are still bare. I'm also naked right now too

 

Well, to alter that title of a certain Huey Lewis song: It's hip to be bare!

:sunny:

Wiggling bare toes, currently bare all over at the computer, as usual at home, too,

~*Ganesha*~

 

My barefoot life started fairly late in life. I've been a full time barefooter since around 21 but throughout my teenage years I had a few random spurts without shoes that lasted a couple days/weeks.

 

Probably about 7 or 8 and still enjoy it even though now I only have one foot and use crutches.

 

Well, I started to go barefoot in public going to the beach when i was about 15 yo. After that i started to looking for other barefooters walking around downtown Rio de Janeiro, most of the hippies and homeless guys.
But I only get real courage to do that more frequently after I discover The Dirty Soles Society, actually society for Barefoot Living and discover I'm not alone....

 

From when I can remember.In South Africa ,barefooting is a culture thing,especially under white afrikaans speaking people.From kindergarten kids go barefoot,and almost 80% of all primary schools are barefoot cultured,and bare foot is written into the uniform codes.
As a child,I went to school barefoot.In the former regime,white kids went barefoot by choice,while in many african cultures it was due to poverty.Since the new regime,public schools are mostly model c schools,I.e. Mixed ethnic schools.Its interesting to see,that since mixed schools started,barefooting has substantially increased,as most of the primary schools are bare foot schools!
When I was a child,shoes were literally just for church,and barefooting to school was strongly enforced,even though it was mostly by choice.Now days, a new barefoot revival started,and in the biggest church(Dutch reformed),more and more children attend church and sunday school barefoot,and even their mentors/teachers attend barefoot.
As for me,I am an ardent barefooter and nudist,I only wear shoes to work,because of health resons.(I am in the critical care field).Otherwise I am always barefoot,whether to church,opera or shopping,barefoot I am always.
So when did I start?From birth.

 

when i first became a hippie(late 60's). it's been part of my lifestyle ever since. of course living in a colder climate at first limited me to spring and summer. but as i wandered around the country as i was getting older, i went barefoot more and more often. it represents a physical and spiritual connection to mother earth. this matter brings to mind our friend jon the barefoot pilgrim whom i encountered online a number of years ago(give us a shout,jon!). let's hear some more little snippets, people. paisley skye.:sunny: