Being barefoot since childhood.

I’ve been going barefoot all my life, still I was wondering how the experiences of being a barefooter differed from people like me and those who stared later in life. For example, being barefoot has always been a way of life for me, but those how start later must view it as a amazingly liberating experience. I’m just curious.

 

mmm ... I dunno ... I am much more barefoot now than years ago ... and it definitely feels much better ... I guess I got there gradually though, so just a progressively better experience.

 

I started later - after high school. Yes, it was incredibly liberating at first. Like anything else, I guess the mystique wears off eventually. It's still great to be barefoot all the time, don't get me wrong, but, it's not like the first year or so when you finally realize - wait, I don't need to wear shoes.... Try talking to a backwoods Kiwi sometime about being barefoot - most of those people don't even realize that it's a topic...

 

i can remember going to school in the first grade.. somehow sneaking out of the house in just socks. no one noticed all day.


i used to get into trouble all the time for not wearing my shoes outside. my parents assumed i'd catch a cold or some dreadful disease and die from going without shoes.

i remember one time my grandmother calling me a "little devil", in front of all my friends, for ignoring her and going out in the rain barefoot.

i also remember a doctor telling my mom i need to wear tight fitting shoes because my feet would be so wide and flat by the time i was a teenager that i woldn't be able to walk .. ugh i hated the shoes she made me wear after that.

i also remember being the best tree climber in the neighborhood and one of the fastest runners.. even though i was barefoot.


i rarely tell my kids that they have to wear their shoes. i usually give them the option. shoes or barefoot?

 

You rock girl, LOL!!!

 

I grew up in a rural area, therefore I was always barefoot. However, as I grew older I conformed to standards and wore shoes. As I have gotten older I have adopted an attitude of who gives a f*ck. I live as I please. I have been a barefooter for the past 5/6 years. I am happier and more comfortable now than I was previously.

 

how is it being barefoot there after the floods and all? lots of junk on the streets?

 

I reside in the French Quarter. The French Quarter, Uptown, Marigny and parts of the Bywater did not flood. It is estimated 80% of the "city proper" flooded. Therefore, my major problem was avoiding debris. Because of the tremendous amounts of debris in all areas of the city in the initial aftermath, I wore flip flops out of necessity.

As progress has been made cleaning the city I have return to venturing barefoot. However, so much of this city is still in ruins. There are construction debris items and gutted materials in the areas that flooded. Therefore, whenever I must visit an area that was flooded, I wear flip flops as a precautionary measure.:$

 

I grew up in a very rural area, so I was pretty much barefoot from the very start. I never received much grief because my parents were from the same area and grew up the same way. Mom was always barefoot, so I was too.
I couldn't have it any other way, to this day I either go barefoot or wear flip flops. Regular shoes are only for work.

similar to Boogabaah, the doctor did "warn" me of what happened, but I'm damn proud of how huge and tough my feet are. they were allowed to grow naturally and are now perfectly formed.

 

I would question anyone's theory that tight fitting shoes are better for your feet than none at all. If you think about it, if the structure of a foot is under constant support, why would the body naturally build a support structure such as the arch if it wasn't needed? I would think that strengthening the muscles of the foot by being BF would be natural support and the body would adapt accordingly. Look what happens to womens feet that are cramped in those fugly shoes all day. They end up with bunnions or bent toes.

 

I think what those doctors meant is that naturally formed feet from growing up barefoot won't comfortably fit into most adult women's shoes. But I think that shoes on women look weak and stupid anyway. Big, tough, naturally formed bare feet are so much healthier, stronger, and just super cool. I'd love to see some pics of those country feet, margaret48!

 

I spent several of my teen years on a farm being barefoot, weather permitting and I loved it. I was recently on a farm and really wanted to go barefoot but couldn't because of broken glass and rusty metal everywhere. The previous owner kept it like a junk yard.

I'm strongly considering spending more time barefoot. I think I get this "liberating" thing.

 

When I was little I would run around all the time without shoes .... thats why the bottom of my feet are so rough ... I was watching my baby videos and 99% of the time I was barefoot .... I always rember running around my yard with no shoes playing in the dirt... I also remeber trying to go to school with flip flops on during the winter lol... that wasnt one of my best ideas LOL I was only 7 ... still today I some what barefoot most of the time ... but since I am from Pa were the wheather changes I cant do it as much as i would like to. I thought I would share that with you all LOL
Peace<3
Katy

 

I was born and raised barefoot when I do HAVE to wear shoes I wear Sandels

 

I too find it hard to believe that something that has evolved over untold centuries, our feet, all of a sudden "needs" support. Maybe someone just "needs" to sell us some shoes so they can make a buck. I grew up being a sometimes barefooter, but I find that I have been more and more dedicated to going barefoot as I get older and more sure of what I like and who I am. Now I go barefoot nearly everywhere: to work, to shop, to events, all summer. I am still just an indoor barefooter in the winter, Too cold here.

Going barefoot just feels right and natural. I can't see that ever changing.

Thanks for the forum.