my ONLY problem with this section..

is that when i do post here i get all sorts of PM's and emails from people that ONLY want to talk about feet. my personality has nothing to do with the fact that i hate shoes. i honestly would rather not talk about feet all the damn time in PM's and emails.. and would rather only talk about it here.. in this forum section.
okay maybe thats being a little selfish or unrealistic, but at one point it got so bad i had to delete a lot of barefooters from my friends list on other sites and stop coming here, to this section, all together. i think people find one common interest they share with a stranger and beat it to death trying to make a friendship based on whatever it is.
sooooooooooo if you do PM me or email me, please talk to me about more than just my shoe-free feet. i know you will also appreciate that i do the same.

 

We'll spam you to talk about Alien/Monkey hybrids instead...

Seriously, though SPAM sucks, no matter how well-meaning...

 

ahahaha.. no one has ever PM'd me with an alien/monkey question.

but yes.. it gets old really quick..

 

LOL! I know what you mean. I get a lot of the same thing... as much as I don't discussing my barefooting ways.

 

Hi! I am just a beginning barefooter from Montreal. I seriously started bractising barefooting this summer, but actually wasn't seen barefoot except of two public places: a grocery store and and a supermarket near my house. At home I am always barefoot and by the end of the day I can't wash up my soles, especially heels as they get black-dirty.-))) Girls, would you please tell me how you manage to solve the problem of dirty soles? And what kind of advice can you give me, a beginning barefooter? Your opinions are valuable for me-))

 

I don't get why being barefoot is such a big deal. Why not have a "I don't wear glasses lounge" We can spend hours talking about how awesome it is not wearing any kind of glasses.

 

Four minutes with a stiff bristle brush, hot water and liquid soap and they'll be good as new.

Walk a mile in my moccasins, or lack thereof, then come back and we'll discuss it. Either that or perhaps you might enjoy evangelizing celibacy in the love & sex forums...

 

i like being barefoot sometimes but most of the time i wear sneakers wana hang out

 

Hey Boogabah, I feel your frustration. I think the problem is that this group was intended as a place where barefoot hippies (after all this is HIP Forums) and beach bum types could come and discuss the trials and tribulations of going barefoot in everyday life. Just like the good 'ole "Barefoot in Public" group used to be.

However, due to the fact that there is no screening process for this group it seems that most of the people who regularly post are anything BUT hippies. I could be wrong but I feel the majority of posters are either foot fetish creepers, or over age guys who are obsessed with going barefoot. Some of them actually have photo albums of their feet for God's sake. Where have all the barefoot hippies gone, Boogabah? [as you and I raise our hands]

 

^^ you should consider loosening up on your ideas of categorizing people and sticking labels over them, also consider losing the judgments you make on the people here. just because they don't conform to your idea of a true barefooter or hippie doesn't mean they are "creepers" or "foot fetish" or "over age guys."

 

Aside from foot fetishism and foot pics, did you ever stop and think that some individuals just might find that going barefoot in public is creepy?? There are some people out there who get freaked out on the sight of seeing naked feet.

Just a thought.

 

I'm sorry that you don't see my frustration, DazedGypsy. I am just agreeing with Boogabah. You and Boogabah are among the few people on this forum who I would probably hang out with in real life. Like Boogabah said, there is more to us than our feet. I know Boogabah for a while and she is a true life hippie. Please excuse the label "hippie". She is NOT a guy who is obsessed with feet or foot fetish. She just happens to not wear shoes, and wants to talk from time to time about problems that she may encounter or positive notes about living barefoot, as do I.

Believe me DazedGypsy. I have seen this time and time again. People try to start up "barefoot groups" or discussion boards, even actual meetup groups. With no "screening process" what happens is the floodgates open and all of the foot fetish / creepers come in and take over. You can tell this when you see nothing but close-ups of dirty feet as defaults (instead of faces). After this happens, the young people who are just experimenting with barefooting or want to learn more about living barefoot are completely scared away. Those who are not scared away at first are harassed via email by the foot fetish guys (as Boogabah is describing).

In the past, I even had people try to befriend me on the other social networking groups, just so that they could send out emails and friend requests to any girl who appeared barefoot in any of my photos. Now tell me that is not creeper-ville. It's downright embarrasing to me to have to explain to my school friends why they are getting these emails just because they dared to go barefoot one day. Sorry if this reply sounds heated. I am usually a calm laid back person, but this topic just set me off on a tangent.

 

Absolutely right. I get dirty looks all the time from people grossed out that I don't have shoes or just because my feet get dirty. But why would those people be discussing anything on a "barefoot forum"?

 

Because they like the reaction it gets? It's like in the Christianity forum for example - it's like a war zone in there at times!

If you are happy being barefoot - then forget everything else. Let it be, after all, you are the only person to get upset from it all.

 

Ok, calm down. Let's not turn this into a major discussion. This is an open forum, if you don't like what you are reading here or find some posts offensive to you, you can go somewhere else. Plain and simple, that's the beauty of the internet. May I suggest joining the Society of Barefoot Living? No foot fetish posts there, it's a moderated forum about folks who love going barefoot.

 

I actually did belong to that group at one time, but it's just not my scene. I have NOTHING against gay people but the one time I tried to attend one of their meetups it was all (mostly over age) guys. No girls. And I even got critisized by the majority of gay men in the group for even mentioning girl I know who go barefoot. At that point I decided the group is not for me.

Like I said, I want to hang out with youger hippie folks who I have more in common with.

 

:banghead:The SBL is not a group based primarily on barefoot gay men, though I'm sure there are members with that sexual preferance. However, there are lots of females who have joined the group of varying age ranges.

I'm sorry I don't see where you got the idea that this group is a place only for gay men.

 

Sorry I was misinformed. Now that I think of it, I went on 2 outings with the group. It was ALL guys, a majority of them were gay (maybe all but 3). i.e. NO GILRS came out to any of the events. I am stating this based on MY OWN experience. I was also criticized by the group because they asked me to take photos of other barefooters at the shore for their website gallery. I was told that I have too many pictures of barefoot girls and not guys. Like I said. I have nothing against gay people. May they live long and prosper. Just not the crowd for me.

 

But, did you go to the meeting to meet girls or to share the like of barefooting? I am getting a little confused about this now.

Anyhow, I think that's me done on this thread - I don't like arguments

 

Well, I do wish to experience barefooting with a similar peer group to myself. And yes, since I am single and since I am not gay it would be enjoyable to talk to hippie-minded girls.