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by Tania WL One day my little sister Sharleen (when she was in 4th grade) went on a field trip to a forest reserve here on the island. It was really beautiful, and the weather was perfect. It was a little cool and sort of misty up in the mountains. Sharleen really loves nature, so while her friends were taking a break and playing games, she decided to take a walk along the creek and see what interesting things she could find. She felt her feet were getting hot and sweaty, so she sat down, untied her shoes, and took 'em off. Since she wasn't wearing socks, she was immediately barefoot. Aahh...it felt fantastic! That was actually against the rule since she was at a school function and wearing her uniform, but she didn't give a fuck. Her feet had to be free in such a wonderful place! She figured if she got caught, she would just apologize. No big thing. She didn't want to carry her shoes around either, so she just left them on the ground. She would put them back on ...
Going barefoot in the old days
the following is a comment from someone in the USA:
"When I was a kid (a long time ago), in the summertime I only put on shoes on Sunday to go to church."
isn't that wonderful? that was before my time though, but i've heard that was indeed the case. as soon as school was over in the spring, everyone would leave their shoes off and not wear them again until when they went back in the fall except for those who went to church on sundays.
i've also heard that in the old days many even went barefoot to school or even to church perhaps? after all didn't God tell Moses to take off his sandals before stepping on holy ground? so why do people have to wear shoes to church nowadays?
kids in those days certainly knew how to have a good time going barefoot all the time or at least most of the time. sadly today almost everyone wears shoes all year. they surely don't know what they're missing.
maybe someone reading this can relate their experiences going barefoot in the old days. and if there are kids reading, for heaven's sakes, have mercy on your feet, enjoy life even more, and go barefoot at least once in a while!
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by Tania WL One day my little sister Sharleen (when she was in 4th grade) went on a field trip to a forest reserve here on the island. It was really beautiful, and the weather was perfect. It was a little cool and sort of misty up in the mountains. Sharleen really loves nature, so while her friends were taking a break and playing games, she decided to take a walk along the creek and see what interesting things she could find. She felt her feet were getting hot and sweaty, so she sat down, untied her shoes, and took 'em off. Since she wasn't wearing socks, she was immediately barefoot. Aahh...it felt fantastic! That was actually against the rule since she was at a school function and wearing her uniform, but she didn't give a fuck. Her feet had to be free in such a wonderful place! She figured if she got caught, she would just apologize. No big thing. She didn't want to carry her shoes around either, so she just left them on the ground. She would put them back on ...
a barefooter from germany wrote the following in my guestbook: I'm a barefooter from germany and try to live without shoes at least half of the year. Usually I start in april and walk on bare soles till end of september. At work I have to wear shoes, but flip flops are ok. The rest of the time I'm barefoot without any break in this six months. I prefer to go barefoot in the city and love to harden my soles by walking on rough surfaces like asphalt or gravel. The dirtier a street, the better for walking barefoot. So usually my soles are grey and sometimes black. I enjoy very much to be barefoot in public, particularly when all the other people are wearing shoes. It's great to show them my bare, dirty feet. pretty cool huh? again it shows that there are people who love going barefoot in many different countries. are you from germany? is it common to see barefooters there? please share your experiences going barefoot even if you're not from germany :)
recently i took a part time job delivering phone books. since i did it by myself in my own time i got to do it barefoot! it was the coolest thing. i walked barefoot from house to house in different neighborhood that i otherwise would not have gone to. many people smiled when they saw me but there was no mention of my naked feet. by the time i got done at the end of the day my soles were nice and black :) i did that for one whole week. even though it was a little tiring it was a lot of fun. and hey, i got paid for walking around in bare feet :)
by sharleen wl a couple of days ago there was a discussion on the reddit barefoot sub about being barefoot in mud. the op wrote: "i just love it when the mud oozes up between the toes and covers my feet." i love being barefoot in mud too but i don't get to do it very often. however this reminds me of my experience when i was a kid around 12 years old. our family was on vacation and staying at a mountain resort. one morning as i woke up i stepped out the back door. the morning was warm and the air smelled faintly of tropical flowers. i stood on the edge of the meadow behind the resort, my bare toes sinking into the soft grass. "i'm glad i don't have anything on my feet," i thought to myself with a grin, brushing my hair out of my face. so i set off toward the far end of the meadow where a trail dipped down into the woods. the ground was cool and damp from last night's rain and before long my feet were speckled with mud. the deeper i went the messier i...
a barefoot girl's story going shopping with her strict religious mom by sharleen wl this is a rather long post but a pretty fun story. so i want you to get comfortable. get your favorite drink, maybe play some soft music, be barefooted (if you aren't already), take off all your clo... oops, i'm getting carried away. i mean, you don't have to do that. unless your like me of course, lol. anyway, relax and enjoy! my dad is away on a business trip and my mom is home alone. so yesterday she called me and asked if i would wanna go shopping at the mall with her today (saturday). i love shopping so i said sure. she knows that i'm a barefooter and has kinda accepted the fact, so going barefoot to the mall with her shouldn't be an issue. i wake up a little earlier this morning cuz i wanna eat breakfast before going shopping. need the extra energy. the temperature this morning is 61 F which is cold for hawaii. i slept with my windows closed but i still feel a little cold...
by sharleen wl so there have been like a number of discussions in the reddit barefoot sub about going barefoot and the asian culture. some of the popular questions have been like 'why don't you see very many asians go barefoot in public?' and 'what is it like to go barefoot in asia (or name a specific country)?' or 'i'm planning to go to (a specific asian country) and wanna know if i should go barefoot in public there.' as an asian girl i find this topic interesting. so lets talk about it a little. barefoot asian girl with filthy feet across many asian cultures, going barefoot is far more than a matter of comfort - it's a gesture rich with cultural meaning, spiritual symbolism, and centuries-old tradition. going barefoot as a sign of respect in countries like japan, korea, india, thailand, and much of southeast asia, removing one’s shoes before entering a home is a deeply ingrained custom. bare feet - or feet in socks or house slippers - are seen...
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"The old days" huh? Depends what you mean by the "old days" ... 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, most kids went barefoot at least some of the time during the summer, often the whole summer. But then you grew up and had to wear shoes, as people in those times got dressed up when going out most of the time. But they all had that collective memory of going barefoot as kids. No explanation needed as to why, or how, it was obvious that gradually getting used to it in the spring made your feet tough by summer. Then in the late 1960s a segment of the adult population started going barefoot - the hippies. Continuing to go barefoot into adulthood and breaking all the "unwritten social rules" of how you must dress in public, and how you must wear your hair, made the conservative older population of the USA quite angry. And combine that with the fact that they were against the Vietnam war, made the average person associate bare feet in public with being un-patriotic. So signs began to appear on doors - "no hippies allowed", "no long haired men", "no bare feet". Then by 1970, the "hippie" fashion (or more precicely, anti-fashion) hit the mainstream. Soon most young people looked and dressed like hippies, because it was cool to do so, even if most did not actually belong to any hippie communes and had little interest in the politics and anti war movement. So you would see lots of young people in their teens and twenties, - mostly young women, from what I remember, I was a teenager in the 1970s - going about their daily business, running errands and shopping barefoot. In malls, grocery stores, banks, in the streets of most downtown areas, including New York City. So you did miss those so-called "old days". Once the 1980s came along, there was a rapid decline in the numbers of people going barefoot in public, as styles changed, and fancy athletic shoes became hip and cool to wear. Amazing how people quickly forgot about going barefoot in public, and how common it was, and today most young people don't even know this even happened.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, the good old days. Well growing up in the 60's and 70's, I saw plenty of bare soles. What changed was the coming of "thongs", or "flip-flops" as they are known today, and as I remember it, everyone was wearing them during the summer and to school. Seeing someone barefoot anywhere, as it is today, become a rarity.
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