I live in a really uptight stuck up rich neighborhood. Maybe thats an overstatement, but thats how i see it. Im so excited about being able to go barefoot again now that winters over, and it seems like stores everywhere keep yelling at me. Theyre rude about it too! I havent seen signs on the windows or anything, and now my boyfriend is always bugging me to put my shoes on cuz he doesnt like us getting yelled at. Poop on that. What a buzzkill. No one ever seemed to care or notice last summer... poop on brunswick haha.
Brunswick, Ohio huh? I lived in northern Ohio for many years, my travels took me through your town several times. I can understand your snooty neighbors in Strongsville freaking out about bare feet but I guess things are changing in Medina county as well. Medina and Brunswick were farm towns years ago, my guess is no one cared if you were barefoot in a store. Looks like the snobs have invaded that town to. What stores have you gone barefoot in? I'm curious.
Yea, Brunswick used to be awesome when i was a wee little girl haha. But not anymore, Its all snooty with big houses and stores and poopy people. Ive gone into plenty of stores barefoot, but the ones i got yelled at in were Giant Eagle, (grocery store) Gas stations, the library, the florist and mr. hero haha. I get yelled at at school too but theyve gotten over it, considering they only have to see my pretty face for another 2 weeks. woooh!
I'll leave it for those of you who know that part of Ohio to sort this out, but the snooty crap can appear anywhere. I don't mean to make light of this, but one thing I notice EVERY spring is that the newness of it all sometimes freaks people out. That's especially true it is isn't "warm enough" by everyone else's standards. In another month when it's hot, and people are more used to seeing bare flesh, some of them will lighten up. But not all of them. I have a different metabolism than most. I'm outside so much that what feels frigid to most Mainers feels great to me, especially when I'm in the sun and out of the wind. So I'll be damned if someone else's body thermostat dictates how my body should work. When I'm good to peel off, that's it! For pity sake, what in hell do gas stations give a crap for? This never stops amazing and annoying me. I never use the quick pick gas places for anything but gas. If they kvetch about bare feet, I tell them that I don't need effing shoes to pay for my damn gas, (or would they prefer I just slip out without paying?) and to stop being so stupid. Not like I'm buying any of their food or anything. As if that matters either. Gotta love living in the land of the free.
Ugh, I know how uptight towns are. Just keep walking barefoot and maybe people will start to get used to it. It worked in my old college, my house and my town.
Some people who come on to me about it, and the shorts, start out sounding hostile, but on responding to them, they suddenly switch to amazement and admiration----like "how do you do it, it's awesome!" Some of them. Not all. And some display envy. I've had many admit that they wish they could do the same thing. In my public garden where I'm seen by thousands, it usually feels like I'm being checked out, which I enjoy. I get some nice comments there. My favorite was a middle aged couple who saw me with my pruners and all the plants around me. The comment: "You get to do all this, in this beautiful place, and bare foot, too!"
I'm surprised at the strength of the reaction against barefooting in the US, we have a similar Anglo-Saxon culture here in the UK, but no one ever has a problem with bare feet, even in upmarket stores.
I have no idea what our farking problem is over here. We're the freest nation on earth, presumably. Hah. Maybe in some ways we are. But not when it comes to things like this. But remember, it's a huge country, and each state, or each mini region within a state, can be very liberal. There is a sprinkling of such cool places all across this continent, and I include Canada in this, as well.
My advice: ignore them. Looks won't hurt you! As long as you enjoy being barefoot, why should you pay attention to those who dont experience the fun of it?
In my town i dont have big troubles with barefooting except for a naziskin that keep yelling about my feet every time he spots me. lucky that there are also my freak friends who usually overvoice him. he is back around again and I cant wait for him to go back in jail where he belongs. not a nice thing to say but since running a .357 pill through his goddam brains rotten by heroin isnt very hip nor advisable it's my only chance to get rid of that human furuncle.
If you have nice feet and want to go bare- JUST DO IT! They will get used to it. And if they don't, that's their problem. And if your boyfriend can't handle and/or join you in going bare, get a new one!
