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Do your Feet Shrink as you get Older??

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FannyCornforth Tue 14-Dec-21 14:17:53

Hello
I’m pretty certain mine have.
I was a size 4.5 when I was in my early 20’s; then they suddenly grew when I was 25 (everything did - I grew two inches in height confused).
Up until recently I was a size 6 (in shoe only of course), and now they are definitely getting smaller again (alas, nothing else is).

Hetty58 Wed 15-Dec-21 01:35:05

Everyone should get their feet measured, as they may change in size over the years. People often wear the wrong size, usually too small. Mine increased from a 5 to 6 and became even wider. I think, like TillyTrotter, they've spread.

Men's shoes always fit me - as it's only women who are expected to have dainty little feet. FannyCornforth, my wrists and ankles are very small - with big, wide hands and feet - very fetching!

Witzend Wed 15-Dec-21 09:03:57

I wish!
Mine have just got bigger. Or wider, anyway.

Jaxjacky Wed 15-Dec-21 09:08:32

Mine are the same, size 7, wrists and ankles still slim.

Witzend Wed 15-Dec-21 09:11:11

Hetty58

Everyone should get their feet measured, as they may change in size over the years. People often wear the wrong size, usually too small. Mine increased from a 5 to 6 and became even wider. I think, like TillyTrotter, they've spread.

Men's shoes always fit me - as it's only women who are expected to have dainty little feet. FannyCornforth, my wrists and ankles are very small - with big, wide hands and feet - very fetching!

Funnily enough, in an Oxfam ‘Superstore’ near a dd’s house, I found a pair of ‘different’, unusually styled brown leather lace-ups, in a sort of very short boot style. They were shelved with the women’s shoes, looked brand new, and although they were a size 6 - I usually take a 7 now - I tried them on anyway.
They fitted fine and were extremely comfortable.

Once home I looked up the brand - which I’d never heard of - and realised that they were actually men’s shoes!
I’ve worn them loads for walking and traipsing round the shops, etc., and they’re still blissfully comfortable.

Shinamae Wed 15-Dec-21 09:20:16

Mine are still the same size 8, flat feet, very weird toes but I am thankful for them as they do enable me to walk,otherwise not too happy with them and I never ever ever wear sandals. I remember when my kids were small my son was about six and he said mummy you have got witches feet! Thanks for that son.

Marydoll Wed 15-Dec-21 09:30:39

I used to be a size 4, Fanny, when I was svelte and slim. Unfortunately, due old age, rounded stature and a multitude of stress fractures in my feet, I am now a tight size 5!

henetha Wed 15-Dec-21 10:14:01

Mine have stretched. I used to take size 5 when I was a young woman. Now I'm only comfortable in 7 (or six and a half sometimes).

Calistemon Wed 15-Dec-21 10:25:57

Mine have "relaxed" too, I imposed to take a 5, now a 6.

Calistemon Wed 15-Dec-21 10:26:14

Imposed????

Used

nanna8 Wed 15-Dec-21 10:37:47

Mine have got longer. I have always had a very narrow foot and they are really long and narrow now. I think they are 7 in the uk, not sure. They are 9 here.

Baggs Wed 15-Dec-21 10:38:25

My feet are the same size they were when they finished growing in my teens. However, I sometimes buy a size larger now so that I can wear thick socks but still wiggle my toes. I also only wear flat, foot-shaped shoes like Birkenstocks "Gary" style or a make I came across this year called "Groundies".