My girlfriend May has been wearing high heels everyday since before I knew her (she's 21 now). She usually wears 4" high sandals which she looks gorgeous in, but they're already starting to damage her feet.
Her Achilles tendons are tightening and shortening. When she's barefoot at home, she walks on tiptoe. She says it hurts for her to walk normally, on flat feet. Even when she's sitting, her bare feet are bent as if she were wearing heels. Again, she says it hurts for her feet to be flat on the floor.
Her arches and calves cramp every night, and I massage them and help her soak them in hot water.
But STILL, she insists on the high-heeled sandals. She says she CAN'T and WON'T wear flat shoes.
When I warn her of future consequences, she just hugs me and tells me that I should keep massaging her feet and she'll hold my hand for support when she can't walk normally anymore...
Yeah, she's very cute, but I DON'T want her to damage her feet! What should I do??
2007-01-05 10:30:59 · 5 answers · asked by may's boyfriend 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Again, she's 21, not 70!
2007-01-05 10:31:55 · update #1
Go to where her stash of heels are and take a table saw to them!
2007-01-05 10:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mr_B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her that she's beautiful even without the heels and you care for her that you can't see her like that. It's not normal that she can't walk in flats. Hell, I'm a ballet dancer and we have to be on our toes and I can walk fine in flats. It's not healthy, so get her a professional help now before it's too late. She's only 21. She has a whole lot to look for in the future. You don't her want to be in a wheelchair by 30, do you?
2007-01-05 10:45:52 · answer #2 · answered by Just me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One day, after she's crippled her feet--and she WILL...my mother did--she will be in continuous pain, have to deal with painful surgeries, get unsightly bunions and hammer toes and curled-under nails and be REALLY UNHAPPY that she did NOT USE HER BRAIN. Hmm, stilettos or wheelchair, stilettos or wheelchair...DUH!
2007-01-05 10:39:48 · answer #3 · answered by Iseult 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her to a podiatrist if you care about this girl maybe a doctor could knock some sense into her
2007-01-05 10:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by Sublette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear ya. But she is hard headed. Eventually she'll start having problems.....and all you can do is support her, and tell her I told you so.
2007-01-05 10:35:00 · answer #5 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋