Why don't you wear sandals?

[taterguy]

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[Denninmi]

1. Sorry, I think sandals on men are particularly disgusting.

Women, ok if they take care of their feet, have a nice pedicure, nails done, and the sandals are stylish.

Men, yuck. I guess it's just my own prejudice. I don't go barefoot, either, ever, except in bed.

[LWolf]

2. I do, but not very often.

I don't wear "sandals" in bare feet, but will with socks which can be washed more easily than the sandals.

In hot weather, I'll wear reef shoes, which I like better than regular flip-flops because they are softer.

Generally, though, I won't wear either if I'm going to be standing or walking much; I've rolled my ankle so many times that if I'm going to spend any time on my feet, I wear orthopedic shoes built for supinators.

They aren't sexy, but they are secure.

[Shrek]

3. Too cold 4 months of the year

The other 8 months it's sandals every day.

[littlewolf]

4. ugly hairy feet ... nt

[Tom Ripley]

5. I prefer to go barefoot rather than wear topless shoes

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. I need my hands and feet bare in order to stick to the sides of buildings I'm climbing.

[cliffordu]

7. Sandals every day

Keens. I have no other shoes. Thick wool sox for the winter, barefoot in the summer. Perfect.

(Rode my bicycle cross country in a pair of Keens...)

[Populist_Prole]

8. I just don't feel right in them. I never wear short pants for the same reason.

I'll lounge about at the beach or poolside in swim trunks with bare feet and maybe a T-shirt, but if I walk around in public I want long pants and closed toed shoes.

[Kali]

9. heh, that is about as formal as I get

barefoot most of the time, flip flops (thongs, dammit I am old enough to know thongs as shoes, not underwear) tevas with socks in really cold weather.

[Jamaal510]

10. It's not my style.

I always wear tennis shoes (when it's warm) and boots (when it's cold and/or raining). And around the house, I either wear loafers or walk around in my socks. I just think they are more suitable for women to wear.

[OriginalGeek]

11. I live in Florida and also have extraordinarily beautiful feet

for a man.

I love my Tevas.

Mine are similar to this but I've had them 5 or 6 years...




Now I have a friend whose feet look like a Hobbit's. I wish he would wear sandals much less.

[kwassa]

12. They don't look good with webbed feet.

[noamnety]

13. Toenail fungus is less than $1 to cure.

Mouthwash and vinegar.

Seriously, mix them in a little jar and each morning and night use a qtip to put it on the nail(s). I saw this on Dr. Oz in Winter, started it during Feb break. After fighting the ick for years and years, going through prescription meds that damage your liver (and never fully cured the problem), this is what worked for me. I have a tiny little piece of discoloration that hasn't grown out yet - like the size of a lentil, but at my last checkup I showed it to the doctor and she said there's no more infection there at all, it's clean. That's just the growing out bit from where it had originally lifted off the nailbed.

When I started this in Feb it was half my big toenail, the full length of the nail, that was nasty.

Talking about my fungus infection isn't a normal sharing thing for me, but damn I wish someone had told me this sooner. It's so ridiculously easy and basically free if you have mouthwash & vinegar at home already.

[riderinthestorm]

15. Wow! That's good to know. Do you mix it half and half?

[noamnety]

16. I did a half and half ratio.

And I made sure anytime I showered (usually morning, but sometimes in the afternoon after a workout), that I hit it right afterwards because that's when the nails and skin are most absorbent.

[Curmudgeoness]

24. Any kind of mouthwash? Any kind of vinegar?

Antiseptic mouthwash like Listerine, or minty mouthwash? Or does it matter? Apple cider vinegar or white vinegar?

How long did it take to see results?

Just curious. You know, it isn't for me.

[noamnety]

28. I went for white vinegar.

I don't think this is the time to pull out the balsamic, but if I'd only had apple cider vinegar I'd have used that, I can't imagine it makes much difference.

And Dr. Oz. said listerine, but I had an open bottle of crest pro-health complete which is an alcohol free one, so I'm using that. I did a little research online after I heard it on his show, and the most important thing seems to be DO NOT USE THE GREEN LISTERINE because it will dye your toes green and it won't scrub off.

And you won't see results any faster than the nail grows, which sucks. Someone else I know started in May. He had a pretty bad infection for decades and couldn't treat it because the meds he was already on prevented him from taking the prescription pills for fungus. He said one big toenail was completely messed up, with some other toenails not as bad. Last time I talked to him was a week or two ago, and he's just starting to get clean growth at the base of his nail bed, so that was 4 months to knock out the active infection plus see clean growth. It's definitely a test of patience - something to start now if you want to show off your toes next summer.

I wish at the start that I'd taken a photo for my own reference and then once a month so I could measure progress.

[Broken_Hero]

14. can't find them in my size, nt

[Quantess]

17. #1 I walk a lot. Sandals chap my tender skin.

#2 Sandals are unsexy.

In that order. Both are overwhelmingly convincing reasons.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

18. 'cuz the vandals took the sandals

Actually I think they look funny on guys, and I'd rather walk around with bare feet if possible.

[taterguy]

22. Fucking vandals

Did you hear about what they did to the pump handle?

[fbguy_144]

19. wear them all the time

very comfy

[MrSlayer]

20. I have an irrational hatred of men in sandals.

It's weird but I fucking hate it. I want to heel stomp their insteps for affronting me. And I have no real reason for this, I'm just offended by it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Seeing them on other guys makes them look like Fred Flintstone to me

especially the flip flop sandals. They look barefoot. And they wear them virtually everywhere, even in office buildings.

[mythology]

23. I much prefer sandals and regret I can't wear them to work

But outside of work, unless it's winter, I wear sandals basically everywhere, to the point of having tan lines on my feet. I don't care for the feeling of most shoes.

For those who say it looks unattractive, given how much barefoot training I do, my feet were going to be disgusting anyway.

[Curmudgeoness]

25. Because flip-flops are more liberating. nt

[barbtries]

26. i do,

all the time. too hot for shoes around here.

[kwassa]

27. I thought Sandals were resorts in the Caribbean.

All-inclusive.