I'm 5'7" with size 15 feet. Shoe shopping is a nightmare.
I'm 5'7" with size 15 feet. Shoe shopping is a nightmare.
So, I’m a pretty average-height guy—5’7”. Not tall, not short, just… there. My feet, however, did not get the memo. They are gigantic. Size 15. Which means I leave footprints that suggest someone much larger (or possibly Bigfoot) passed through, got spooked, and took off running.
People always comment. First, the double-take. Then: “Whoa. Those are… big.” And finally, the classic: “How do you even find shoes?”
Badly. That’s how.
Shoe shopping for me is like searching for an ancient artifact. Store clerks disappear into the back, only to return shaking their heads, as if I’d asked for a unicorn saddle. “We might have one pair in the back…” And what they bring out is always tragic—some orthopedic dad sneaker the size of a small canoe, usually in a shade best described as “beige disappointment.”
For a while, I tried to hide it. I slouched. I crammed my toes into size 13s like a Victorian woman chasing a terrible beauty standard. I even considered custom shoes—until I saw the price and briefly thought maybe barefoot life isn’t so bad.
But now? I’ve embraced it. I don’t tip over easily. I get extra legroom on buses just by existing. And when people ask about my shoe size, I just smile and say, “Great for swimming.”
Bro, you should become a boxer. The amount of force you could generate with those feet would be insane.
Did your uncle disappear one day and leave you a mysterious envelope?
Is your best friend a gardener?
Is another of your friends too tall to stand upright in your house, especially in his pointy hat?
For some reasons your feet look waaaay bigger than they are. My feet are the same size and I can agree. Buying shoes is a nightmare. Luckyly we got a store that sells all kinds of stuff and this is the only place I am able to find shoes that fit and that aren't absolutely ugly.
Could we get a "-What's up doc ?"
Haha! I feel part of your pain. I also wear size fifteen. I got the height to go with them, though. Still, I live in Korea, and well, they do not have big feet around here.
You should start an onlyfans for your feet. Then you could buy custom shoes with the money.
How much better at swimming are you than your peers?
You’ll grow into it
You could see your feet coming around the corner then about 10 minutes later you show up.
You look happy, though. I can’t imagine why 😉
Bro could hang 10 off an awning
Get the ring to Mordor Mr. Frodo.
Donald duck lookin ass
where you shoe shopping?
I wear size 16 shoes and never really had a problem finding shoes at places like Footlocker or Famous Footwear.
They don't always have my size in exactly what I'm looking at, but when they don't they've always had it in a similar style/brand.
Do not attempt to hide behind a curtain.
My sympathies. I'm allergic to latex and shoe shopping was dreadful. My reaction was delayed, so my feet would itch after a day of wearing the new shoes, at which point they're not returnable.
I finally found a brand that doesn't use latex in their adhesive or soles. I'm loyal AF to that brand. I suspect you're similarly loyal to whatever shoes work for you.
If you need to just start commissioning custom footware, might I suggest you go for the classic Poulaine?
Bro can ski barefooted.
Seriously though, good on you for owning it, you sound and look like a fun person
Edit: You get that 🗝️ joke a lot, I'm sorry for not reading the comments first
If you wore lifts or high heels you'd be taller and your feet would look smaller. And your butt would look cute! But you'd pay a price in stability.
My feet grew before the rest of me, then I caught up. So was in 5th grade a 5 foot tall person with size 9 (women's) feet, but over the summer grew 6 inches, then it slowed down and I landed around 5'9" and a size 10 feet.
My coworker though has the same size feet at 5'2", she could be your sister!
Your feet look like you could just walk around on your toes and have an extra joint in your legs.
I've got similarly large feet and instead of saying "let me grab my shoes" I often say "let me grab my canoes". Always kills if you weave "canoes" in as a replacement for "shoes" with a straight face
LOL. Kind of like clown shoes.
Well at least you know if they roleboot the LOTR Trilogy you have a solid career path
I mean, that’s a bookstore. Maybe try a shoe store?
IS IT TRUE??
Honestly thought my brain was exploding and that this was a forced perspective pic and that you are actually a 8ft giant leaning back for effect
I have sympathy... I have size 17 4E. From 12-17 my age was my shoe size. I stopped being able to get shoes in store for the most part at 13
Edit: I have had the best luck recently buying shoes here https://bigshoes.com/
Last year I found Nikes my size. Then they immediately went out of stock after I got them. This year the next version was available when I just happened to check the site. I bought two pairs and another pair of more dressy casual shoes
Visit discount/overstock/past season clearance sale stores and websites. I swear all they have left is extra large and extra tiny sizes, no normal sizes left.
Ok, this sounds merely quirky and unusual on the surface other than the shoe difficulty. Any other real problems (or benefits) with this? Joint issues, can’t run well? Something people might not know is a problem with unusually large feet?
my feet aren't large but wide and tall, like I have to undo the show laces like 3 notches to fit. and if I get a size higher then my toes have a gap between the tip of the shoe.
I recognize that pain even if I'm not 100% in the same situation. trying shoes for me is also annoying, I specifically do not like when clerks try to help you or ask for your size because it almost always doesn't work (oh yeah you're size 13 but hmm your feet doesn't really fit the width) I would much rather just try things on my own. naturally that doesn't work on your case so you must have it rough
Sideshow Bob is real!
Honestly your sense of humor about this is great, although I suspect you've been telling some of these jokes for years 😅 I know what that can be like, I'm a big person so I got height, shoe, etc jokes for days.
My favorite:
Someone: "how tall are you?"
Me: "tall enough"
Someone: (ideally says) "tall enough to what...?"
Me: "... To party 😎"
(Reference: https://youtu.be/-DEwAZ0ozTs)
So... I'm sorry to do this, but...
You're not a 'pretty average height guy'.
I can't be 100% certain of your nationality, but it seems English is your first language, and you measure yourself in Feet/Inches so chances are you are American...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_human_height_by_country
The average adult male height in the US is between 5' 9" and 5' 9 1/2".
You'd have to be in Saudi Arabia, or Mexico, or South Africa, to be an average height adult male.
For Americans, looks like the standard deviation is in a broad range between 2" and 3", looking at other sources, and most SD estimates seem to be between 2.25" and 2.5".
So... you either are or are quite nearly a standard deviation shorter than the average adult male.
You are in fact short, statistically speaking.
You'd be somewhere in roughly the 10th to 25th percentiles range by differing exact figures plugged into height distribution calculations, meaning 75% to 90% of adult males are taller than you.
I feel my your pain on the shoes, I also wear size 15 but I'm 6'5", with the added blessing of a proportionally long torso. Shirts are impossible but it's a bummer going to an Amazon (because no store stocks size 15) and seeing options go from like 10,000 down to 100.
I really like onitsaku tigers, I just buy them on repeat.
I wear size 15 XX-Wide (6E) shoes and buy them online. It's not really a problem for me. There are plenty to choose from, and sites let you filter by size.
Peggy Hill vibes
Dude can add one foot to his reach just by standing on his toes.
Ryan Stiles' shoes would like to talk to you!
I understand physical stores not stocking size 15, but what about online?
Stub toe risk must be higher than normal.
Should've gone into swimming
You're obviously a giant size hobbit.
I can relate. Getting shoes is quite hard. At least my feet don't look out of proportion since I am quite tall. Luckily where I live Humanic has a astore with a big sizes section where I can usually find something.
I mean, no one's talking about those hands either...
