I hate shoes. I hate the way they confine my feet. They always feel heavy too. And I have seldom seen any shoes that I find attractive.
When I was a baby I seldom wore shoes. At that time babies wore booties, socks, or were barefoot. I was probably barefoot.most of the time.
As I got a little older I had very few times that I needed shoes. All children in the area were the same.
When it came time for me to go to school I had to wear shoes to school. At that time girls and boys wore dress shoes to school. Tennis shoes were only worn in the gym.
When I was grown suddenly I needed shoes for everything. Except home. I did not wear shoes at home. With no shoes I even took the garbage out for the garbage men to pick up. Even in the winter when there was snow on the ground.
Our little family moved to Tennessee. My husband had a new job there.
Shoes were seldom required there. I was even barefoot when I went to the grocery store,
For a day out I often took my children to the state park. No shoes required.
Because my husband was a truck driver he was usually gone all week. Family time was on the weekend.
I was having another child. There was no hospital near us. When my babies finally decided to be born they were born quickly.
My husband thought it was not a good idea for me to be alone with three very small boys when it was time to go to the hospital. We were going to stay with my parents in Detroit.
We were almost to Ohio before I realized that I forgot my shoes. I had set them by the front door so I would remember them.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to buy shoes in Detroit when you have none to wear into the store?
This is truly a unique post. Never thought of shoes this way, or being barefoot. In my culture (India), we don't wear shoes inside the house at all. In the north, where it is dusty, we have some separate slippers to wear inside the house but the "outside" shoes are outside shoes. I started wearing slippers inside the house bcs the heel started to hurt on the hard tile floor. :)
ReplyDeleteI love learning the way people live in other places. Thank you so much.
DeleteFun story! "Tennis shoes" is what we called them in the upper Midwest as well. When I moved to NYS I found they were called sneakers. And, of course "pop" became "soda."
ReplyDeleteSoda sounded strange to me too. Tennis shoes were gym shoes. It is interesting how we speak in different parts of our country.
DeleteFunny, I just thinking today how much we went around barefoot in the summer as kids! I wouldn't dream of it today! And just like you say, I remember walking to the store with no shoes!
ReplyDeleteSimpler times allowed us to live simpler lives.
DeleteOh, and "Tennis shoes", I still call them that! Except I say "Tenny shoes", I guess that's how it sounds when I say it.
ReplyDeleteI know a lot of people call them tennies.
DeleteI must confess complete ignorance to your final query.
ReplyDeleteThere is no store anywhere in Detroit that allows you to enter while shoeless. I had to borrow a pair of Daddy's slippers to buy shoes.
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