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what do you think, I think that since I have a chair at my cashier job, that would be a good place to do it…
Just push down foot on the petal, should be the same with any type of shoe.
why on earth are you wearing 4” stilettos? Do you know how much damage that does and can do to your feet?
Throw them under a truck. Then throw them in the garbage.
They need to be broken in? So that’s what the problem is. I’ve been wearing mine for years and they still hurt. I’ll just try breaking them in now.
SaysMe and OOM +1
Burnt steak – I think the best way for someone wearing 4 inch heels to break is to shout at their husband/date “WATCH OUT!”
PBA – were you that retarded girl I went out with who was complaining about her shoes while I was trying to have a serious discussion about pink elephants?
Oops, sorry. I thought you were telling the famous joke about pink elephant shoes.
How do you kill a pink elephant shoe?
With a pink elephant shoe gun.
How do you kill a pink elephant?
Put it on 4 inch stilletos.
Without even reading his reply, I just KNEW Poppa would have something to say!
BTW, why on earth would ANYONE want to wear stilettos? Besides being extremely bad for the feet, causing potentially permanent damage to the achilles tendon and forming bunions, these shoes are designed specifically to be NON-tzniusdig. Their nickname is a very profane expression.
I am a little surprised to see frum women everywhere, wearing these (I am not being judgmental here, just taking note of the fact that this is not what I would typically expect to see on the many Yeshivish young women I see at Simchas, based on their feelings about tznius). About the only thing I can think of in their zechus is that if you are attacked by a mugger while wearing them, they make a good weapon.
About the only thing I can think of in their zechus is that if you are attacked by a mugger while wearing them, they make a good weapon.
Well, yes. But not quite as good as a real stiletto.
Also, thanks.
One reason I married my wife is that she NEVER wears high heels and as a result her feet work like feet should work and not like the mangled mess of tangled bones, flesh, and skin that too many women have given themselves.
Vogue
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huh? I dont drive
Posted 9 hours ago #
break, as in car brake. homophone
Vogue: Rock on. If you’re single, I have a friend who likes a girl in heels. I’ll tell him to join the CR and it can get shadchanus!
To everyone asking why she would wear stilettos: Maybe she is wearing the 4″ stilettos because her husband likes the way she looks in high heels (maybe she’s even my wife!). Maybe she’s single and trying to stand out like the shadchanim keep telling her. Or maybe she just likes to look good.
A lot of people just need (or, to be honest, just like) having a couple added inches in height. I would wear heels except that I already have orthopedic problems- I wore them to my cousin’s wedding and it felt so cool to actually be able to see over people’s shoulders. They can also sometimes give a more polished, sophisticated look to an outfit than flats can.
One problem is that “in” heels now are usually either espadrille-style wedges (average about 5″) or stilettos- shorter and more sturdy heels are not really being worn very much. You’re limited by what they sell. Four inch stilettos are actually very chilled and orthopedically sound compared to what I see people wearing.
burnt steak- uch seriously, youre so racist.
OP- use a hammer
Ok, I’ll give a serious response.
The best way is to ask your au-pair or live in to wear them for a couple days.
The easiest way is to let your kids play with them and wear them for a few days.
The hardest way is to ask your husband to wear them for a few days.
The worst way is to let your younger sister to wear them for a few days. (try getting them back)
The hippyest way is to wrap them in seaweed and soak them in rainwater.
The Jappyest way is to ask your live in to do the hippyest way.
According to my orthopedist, stilettos are absolutely NOT orthopedically sound in any way, shape, or form. They are VERY attractive, and very attractING, and THAT is the reason why I don’t get why people who otherwise talk about tznius all day long, would even consider wearing them. They are distinctly untzniusdig, as they call attention to the leg in a very suggestive way.
Mind you, I am not saying women should not wear attractive clothing and shoes. This SPECIFIC type of shoe (especially in the Goyishe Velt) has a very immoral and suggestive connotation. For a woman to wear them in the privacy of her home for her husband to see – great idea. To be in public in them, just seems to me to be a little bit hypocritical for women who are forever talking about what constitutes proper neckline,skirt, and sleeve lengths, colors of clothing, fitted or loose. I guarantee you the men are noticing the stilettos at least as much, if not more than, the hem and necklines.
As to the added height issue – I am 5’2″ ( and shrinking, according to my doc). There are espadrilles, platforms, and 2″ wider heeled dressy shoes, all adding height without being overly suggestive. Mind you, I don’t really care what anyone chooses to wear on her feet. I am just expressing my inability to “get” how otherwise frum, modestly-attired women, rationalize wearing this type of shoe which is unquestionably not a modest look, when there are other fashionable shoes around. Stilettos were out of favor for a long time before they came back in recent years. And that was because of the orthopedic problems they cause. Oh well…
Toi
beware the cleats
burnt steak- uch seriously, youre so racist.
please explain how I am a racist
and if you think that homophone is a racist. I was pointing out that break and brake are homophones. I will provide the definition from dictionary for you.
maybe just completely misunderstanding you, but I was trying to make a joke. Unless you thought I meant to say women can’t drive. but that would not be racist. It would be sexist.
homophone
noun
1.
Phonetics . a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
2.
a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English.
Cut off about three inches. Should be comfortable then.
oomis, I agree with you. It doesn’t make sense that someone who is very concerned with tznius would wear extremely attracting shoes. But perhaps that is not something they’re able to do right now and they figure wearing looser fitting clothing, and a more subdued shaitel is what they can do and shoe’s are what they need.
I expect my wife to wear stilletos.
burnt steak- chill i was joking. you didnt get it. my bad. it was kinda vague.
If my wife wore 4 inch stilettos she would make me look like a dwarf.
I’d just like to point out that I haven’t seen one helpful comment yet. Which, of course, is why I use the CR for entertainment 🙂
To melamed zechus on Bnos Yisroel — many of them are unaware of how it looks in the eyes of men.
MCP: After hearing all of the abuse, why would someone who actually wears stilettos and would have experience and advice actually come out of the woodwork? 🙂
oomis: Of course they’re not ACTUALLY orthopedically healthy. I’m just saying that they are compared to the heelless 6-inch heels I saw on Pesach. (I’m not kidding- they’re six-inch heels but they just cut out the heel so that you’re standing on your toes. Insane.)
The fact is that shorter shoes (between 1-3 inches) are just not really considered “cute”- and because that’s the case, people don’t make “cute” styles in those heights. It’s a vicious cycle. Personally, I wear flats usually because I physically can’t wear heels above a certain height. If you want to go any higher than that (and I, being oomis’s height, really do sometimes), it’s kind of hard without buying toe-busting, foot-mutilating, “I’m-pritzusdik” high heels.
Though, to be fair, I’ve seen very tasteful high heels, so don’t blast Vogue for that necessarily. If you have good balance and the shoes aren’t really flashy it’s 100% possible to pull off.
I don’t have advice for you, Vogue, but wear your shoes in good health!
Obstacle – ok, I get your answer.
” This SPECIFIC type of shoe (especially in the Goyishe Velt) has a very immoral and suggestive connotation.”
I cannot say exactly what this type of show is called in the licentious non-Jewish community as the term is entirely inappropriate for a frum site; the term “suggestive” is an understatement.
Mysogynistic pieces of garbage. Made to torture women. Think: bound feet of Chinese women. And anyone who would pay $500+ for two scraps of leather on a sole just because it says “Manolo” ought to have her head examined and be enlisted to work in a yeshiva office the day before the raffle to see the value of a buck!!!
Yes, I hate these heels and the delusions of the women who buy them.
I am NOT having fun.
This works on all shoes made of natural materials, wear them with damp socks (not too thick or they will stretch too much) until the socks dry. Use a hair dryer on low if you are in a rush. It will fix the spots that rub but won’t help whatever strain you are putting on your arches.
To melamed zechus on Bnos Yisroel — many of them are unaware of how it looks in the eyes of men.
This is how it was for me until I got married.
About the shoes being misogynistic, in general most women dress for other women rather than for men.
It doesnt matter who you dress for. What matters is, if halacha approves of how you dress.
for the men out there: women have no idea how anything looks in the eyes of men. especially in a religious environment where men do not rudely comment on the looks of women who are complete strangers to them as they walk by. women will continue to walk around blissfully unaware of what the men are thinking. don’t think they are out to get you; they just have no clue about the way your mind works or what your eyes see.
The hardest way is to ask your husband to wear them for a few days.
That’s the most comfortable way. Because then he’ll never ask you to wear them again.
To Burnt Steak: “Petal” is a part of a flower. “Pedal” is a foot-operated device, such as a brake pedal in an automobile, or the pedals on a bicycle. And you wonder why you are not well understood?
Live right, I do not blame the women. I blame the schools and the male relatives (especially, the husbands) who do not make them aware of that fact (and other similar ones).
That’s the most comfortable way. Because then he’ll never ask you to wear them again.
touche
nfgo3
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To Burnt Steak: “Petal” is a part of a flower. “Pedal” is a foot-operated device, such as a brake pedal in an automobile, or the pedals on a bicycle. And you wonder why you are not well understood?
Thanks for correcting me. =D
just realized that is another homophone. Wish I could say I did that on purpose.
microwave. i am very serious. used to do this with point shoes in dancing
Vogue: You too with the inserts? My shoe inserts always bunch up in my flats. The problem is that heels cause a whole host of other problems so I just end up with smushy insoles instead. But the rare times I do wear heels, the insoles work SO much better.
stilettos are great. everyone should wear them and then walk across a lawn to aerate the ground.
obviously this should not be done on shabbos due to the malacha of aerating the ground.
this was the most entertaining thread! thank you for the laughter!!
I would wear stilettos but they don’t look right with my sweat socks.
I would wear ’em too but they don’t go with my beard.
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