LMAO

How can a post from a male OP about shoes be that long?

OP has to point out his excellent taste in footwear.

Clearly has a foot fetish.

man I thought I was bad, 8 pairs of shoes. #1 = old stinky pair of tennis shoes, use em when I don't wear socks while working in and on the house. #2 good tennis shoes, use them when going out to non formal events. #3 & #4 dress shoes. Use them a couple of times a year when I have to.#5 & 6 are work boots, Redwing slip ons and Danner water proof for when the site is nasty. #7 are tevas for the boat. #8 are sorrels, sub 20 degree weather or snow.

My wife on the other hand has multiples for every condition. I usually toss 6 pairs of her shoes a year, she hasn't noticed yet. Been married for 20 years now. Every time a box shows up at the door for her some things going in the back of my work truck and getting tossed in the dumpster.
It's amazing how many shoes are stock piled in my kids closets and in my garage. Once a year I make a covert sweep and toss numerous pairs.

When I was a kid I had one pair. When they fell apart I got my older brothers.

I bitched about how many clothes and shoes my wife had once, she then asked why I had so many tools in the garage. That's when I kinda got it. She better never toss out my tools though.

No, tools have a unique and different use or application for the job needed or required. Yes, having around 8-12 pairs of shoes makes some sense based upon the occasion or conditions, the rest is just out of want.

Not that there's anything wrong per se with variety. No different than most people don't just wear the same outfit every day. One could easily get away with wearing tan pants and a white shirt for life and be appropriately dressed for 99.9% of the time. Einstein and other eccentrics have worn the same outfit day in and day out, and it suited them just fine.

I buy new shoes about 5 years after my old ones are worn out. Ditto for t-shirts, shorts and sweats.

Depends on how much I liked the shoes in question. Some back in the day when I was young stayed in the heavy rotation until the bitter end. Walking a tight line, and on the cusp of becoming walking stink-bombs.

My toes literally stick out of my favorite shoes. Since I have flat feet and specialty shoes make a huge difference with my knees, replacements are $100-125. So I'll wear them until the soles fall off.

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I never have to figure out which hammer goes with the screwdriver I have to use.

Man, I'm real apathetic about shoes. I wear Filas...my wife hates them.... she thinks that the only people who wears the type of Filas I wear are white trash and old dudes. I don't even care....I think they are comfy, so I wear them.

Really? I always thought FILA was the ultimate black people shoe.

I tell my wife that I will drop her off at the mall and let her shop all day.
I can't tell you how many times in the past I've waited for her to get done shopping, all while silently planning a murder.

With a 15 month old in tow now, there's no goddamn way that I'm waiting for her to try on her 1859719057105871058101st pair of jeans at the 1897101st store we visit.

:D I love it! Women are so adorable! Your wife sounds awesome.