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Dear Robin,
OK, so I’m non-binary and I’ve been recently dressing more femme, but I have no clue how to buy shoes. I normally just go to a thrift store and buy whatever. But when I try to do that with women’s shoes my feet are too big. People tell me to buy them online but I have no clue what size I am or even how buying clothes online works. So I’ve basically just been wearing the same old shoes with holes in them.
TIA,
Almost shoeless
Hey hey,
Good question and thanks for asking! I’m a huge subscriber to online shopping. But before you can buy your shoes online, you’ve got to actually try some real-life ones on first to get to know your size. First, head to any shoe store where you can just grab different sizes of shoes right from the shelves instead of having to ask a sales clerk to get every different size and shoe your heart may desire. By going to a place like this (for example, Payless or Shoe Warehouse) you won’t have to waste your time waiting for someone to fetch various sizes. Take this time to pull out several sizes of the same shoe and give them a test drive. Once you’ve found a pair that fit, try on a different style of shoe in the same size. See if you can start to find consistency in the sizes, and then you’ll know exactly what to purchase online. Hint: the bay.com surprisingly has an excellent selection. Just add things to your cart, press checkout, and get that credit card limit raised.
Robin
Dear Robin,
My husband’s feet are smelly. Like, really smelly. It’s starting to upset our cats, and I’m not sure what to do about it! Help!
Sincerely,
Closed nose
Hello,
That’s a real problem because society still hasn’t made foot deodorant a mainstream thing. And I’m assuming your husband doesn’t know you hate the smell of his feet so much that you wrote to an actual newspaper about it seeking help, so it would be difficult to subtly make him use foot deodorant without feelings getting hurt, correct? One thing that has helped me with a past roommate’s stinky soles was to put dry tea bags in their shoes during the night. The tea bags suck all that grossness out. Then before your husband puts his shoes on in the morning, swipe those teabags out and into the compost. He will never know and maybe this will limit your cats’ annoyances.
Robin
