{"id":318,"date":"2009-01-04T00:05:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T00:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=318"},"modified":"2009-01-04T00:05:52","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T00:05:52","slug":"how-do-they-walk-in-high-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/how-do-they-walk-in-high-heels\/","title":{"rendered":"How do they walk in high heels?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shoes<\/a>We went out shopping today. Saturday is the day we usually get the week’s groceries and run errands. So, in the course of doing that I happened to spot a nice looking young woman coming in from the parking lot as we were heading out. Leather jacket and large purse, nice turtle-neck sweater, jeans, and cute strappy heels at least 3 inches high maybe more.<\/p>\n

I don’t wear heels. In fact, I trip over shadows, so heels would just add a level of danger that I’m not comfortable with. Even my dress shoes are flats. When I do get something a bit higher in the heel — well, we are talking maybe an inch and that’s without a separate heel just a wedge that lifts the heel higher than the toe of the shoe. My highest heels are on sneakers and that’s because the whole sole is so thick.<\/p>\n

So, the upshot is that every time I see a woman in extreme high-heels, I just stand in awe that they can not only walk in them but maybe even talk on the phone carrying on a conversation at the same time. If it was me, I’d look like one of those comedy skits or that scene in Miss Congeniality<\/em><\/a> where Sandra Bullock as the newly pressed and polished FBI officer comes out of the hanger looking like a million bucks and falls off her heels and lands on the ground. Later she has to hold onto things because her balance is all off — that would be me but not looking even close to the beauty of the actresses just managing the pratfalls.<\/p>\n

A long time ago, I worked with a woman who wore heels all the time. She said her Achilles’ tendon had shortened and she couldn’t wear normal shoes. She had to have at least an 1 1\/2 to 2 inches of heel or her feet hurt and she couldn’t function. Why do women do that to themselves. While I can admire the balance required to walk in them, I have to wonder why women wear them. They pinch the toes and make your feet hurt and yet women continue to wear high-high heels. Why? I’m stumped.<\/p>\n

In fact, when women friends complain about their feet, I’ve been known to say, “Then why wear them. Get something pretty and<\/em> comfortable.” The response is usually what you’d expect if you’d suddenly dropped sixty IQ points and grew a second head. Again, I’m at a loss. You see, I’ve never been a girly-girl. I always was a bit of a tomboy and boys got cooler toys. I actually preferred Lincoln Logs and chemistry sets to dolls and doll clothes. In college I was in a lot of science and technology classes … often the only woman in the class — so not being a fashion queen or even having someone to key me into the whole fashion thing, there’s a lot of things I just don’t get.<\/p>\n

I’ll never wear high heels and don’t understand the women who do so when it causes them pain. But, I certainly have to stand in awe of their ability to balance and walk across broken gravel in shoes that see me making a quick trip to the emergency room for a broken ankle or leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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