Ladies high heal shoes! Did wearing them ruin your feet and in what ways?

A lot of my career was in or around offices. I don't remember many women wearing anything more than a two inch heel, and usually much less. I wasn't out clubbing at night so I have no idea whether more heel was worn there.
 

RadishRose said:
Oh my, I am so sorry. How did that happen?
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When I was in the Navy, I went down to the pier to help unload a delivery. The driver had a bunch of 6-gallon cartons of milk on a cart and pushed them onto the elevated tailgate. The front wheels went off the edge and stupidly I thought I could hold them...being young, dumb and full of *** I kept them from falling for a whole 30 seconds. Once I realized I couldn't stop it, I pushed off and turned. That's when the full cart came crashing down on top of me. I sustained a 33% compression fracture of the L2, 2 herniated discs and nerve damage. I was told I would never live a normal life unless I had surgery...I refused and have dealt with the results ever since.
 
His Dudeness said:
When I was in the Navy, I went down to the pier to help unload a delivery. The driver had a bunch of 6-gallon cartons of milk on a cart and pushed them onto the elevated tailgate. The front wheels went off the edge and stupidly I thought I could hold them...being young, dumb and full of *** I kept them from falling for a whole 30 seconds. Once I realized I couldn't stop it, I pushed off and turned. That's when the full cart came crashing down on top of me. I sustained a 33% compression fracture of the L2, 2 herniated discs and nerve damage. I was told I would never live a normal life unless I had surgery...I refused and have dealt with the results ever since.
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Well, you sure are brave! Good luck to you.
 
One day, on my way to work, my stiletto heel got caught inbetween paving stones and wrenched my ankle, it wasn't too bad an injury. I also once fell off a pair of platform sandals šŸ¤­

Most of the younger women I know today tend to wear trainers or flats and only change into heels when they reach work or wherever it is they are travelling to. Much more sensible :)
 
I wore reasonable high heels šŸ‘  but only for short spirts. I wouldnā€™t work any place that suggested I had to wear them. The only time I wore high heels was if I was wearing a nice dress where high heels just looked nicer. My heels were never more than 4 inches but Iā€™d be one inch short of 6ā€™ and I liked being that tall. The extra height gave me extra confidence. Now the biggest heels I wear are 2 inch boots and itā€™s rare that I wear them. My runners have 1 1/4 inch heels which are perfect for me.
 
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I have to admit that I don't have much experience wearing high heels. But at every formal event, my women folk got out of them as soon as they could, and vehemently complained how bad their feet felt. Somehow, I remember hearing that we, men, don't know hard and painful looking good was.
I could never figure out how they walked wearing them.
 
I never wore high heels in my life. But I do think theyā€™re pretty. They just felt like a torture device to me and I couldnā€™t walk in them.
Also, in the back of my mind I always wanted to be able to run for my life if the need arose. Canā€™t do that in heels.
I have a relative that wore high heels 100% of the time. Sheā€™s in her 50ā€™s now and has permanently deformed feet and back trouble.
 
I wore high heels for many decades, but never pointy toed shoes - even when they were in style. I always managed to find rounded toe shoes - probably because older women demanded them. Pointy shoes were the foot killers to me - couldn't even get out of the store with them.

Since I worked in the fashion industry, I knew chasing fashion was bunk so I wore what I liked whether or not it happened to be in style.

No physical repercussions from heels. As for back and knee problems? I know at least as many men as women with back and knee problems, and none of the men wore high heels.
 
StarSong said:
I wore high heels for many decades, but never pointy toed shoes - even when they were in style. I always managed to find rounded toe shoes - probably because older women demanded them. Pointy shoes were the foot killers to me - couldn't even get out of the store with them.

Since I worked in the fashion industry, I knew chasing fashion was bunk so I wore what I liked whether or not it happened to be in style.

No physical repercussions from heels. As for back and knee problems? I know at least as many men as women with back and knee problems, and none of the men wore high heels.
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I never wore the pointy toed high heels either. In fact, I never wore any shoes that were uncomfortable. For my height I had fairly small feet. I wore a 7.5 to size 8 and was a tad over 5ā€™7ā€. I especially liked wearing high heeled sandals so my painted toe nails could be seen. I also loved those long skirts where if you twirled the skirt would flair straight out. Now Iā€™m more a Birkenstocks kind of women. Being comfortable is most important to me. Luckily one can still be fashionable AND comfortable.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
For my height I had fairly small feet. I wore a 7.5 to size 8 and was a tad over 5ā€™7ā€. I especially liked wearing high heeled sandals so my painted toe nails could be seen. I also loved those long skirts where if you twirled the skirt would flair straight out.
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I don't expect this from women my age anyway. But I'm not dead yet and I still find the imagery appealing in my minds' eye.

I'd never expect anyone to risk pain or long-term injury just for fashion though.
 
dilettante said:
I've always thought those really pointy shoes that make women look like some sort of unrolled-elf-toes alien are absurd. No idea why it might be desirable for one's feet to look longer than they are.
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If you had been a teddy boy @dilettante you'd have worn a pair of winklepickers. :)

Actually, nowadays they are called Goth pikes which are very similar to a pair of boots I had in the late 1970's but, unfortunately, I think they might have had a fetish vibe at the time as whenever I wore them, I got chatted up by creepy folk :eek: :)
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I have to admit that I don't have much experience wearing high heels. But at every formal event, my women folk got out of them as soon as they could, and vehemently complained how bad their feet felt. Somehow, I remember hearing that we, men, don't know hard and painful looking good was.
I could never figure out how they walked wearing them.
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Heels just make you feel much more elegant. A friend of mine has a very fashionable daughter who wears the highest shoes I have ever seen in my life! Her heels must be at least 6-7 inches high and her foot is almost parallel to her ankle, like she is walking on her tiptoes, I loved high heels but, I could not have walked in heels that high.
 
I wore high heels but I think by the time I was in my late 30s I started wearing low heel pumps. At some point, I developed heel spurs. I don't remember what year it was and I don't know if wearing high heels caused it. I was told by the podiatrist to get rubber soled shoes and wearing high heels ever again was definitely out of the question.
 

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