ShoeplayJ wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:38 pm
Right on! The library is my favorite spot for such things, especially since they usually tend to have rules in place about patrons keeping their footwear on.
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Ditto for places like cafes, as well as shoeless nylon toes resting on the public floor, with the shoes nearby. Having the shoes within view is crucial! It's like the special sauce added to the seasoning that is nylons!
When we were dating, my wife would be shoeless at the drop of a hat when we went out to eat. As time as gone on, she's become a bit more self-conscious that people are looking if she takes her shoes off. I keep trying to encourage her that no one's watching under the booth, and that women have a free pass on it, but she's still so cautious. I wonder sometimes if I inspired the concern!
I love the idea of her going shoeless in a bookstore, but she worked at bookstores when she was younger, and so she knows how well those floors are kept clean (i.e. they're not). She gets fussy and uncomfortable if she feels like her feet are dirty. She'll play with her shoes the whole time we're at a retail store, but she will not walk in her stocking feet.
When we went furniture shopping this winter, though, she would test every couch by sitting on one stockinged foot, because that's often what she does at home. However, then her other foot would dangle, and she finds it uncomfortable wearing shoes when her feet don't touch the floor, so she would have to slip her other shoe off, too. I did nudge them aside a couple times when I'd sit next to her...but then I'd have to nudge them back so she could stand up again!