Befriending other barefooters?

Just thought I'd ask how others feel about this as if you're like me you'll have plenty of friends who think you're mad and/or just accept your barefoot eccentricity (if that's what it is), but I don't have any barefoot friends. On the rare occasions when I see someone else (male or female) out and about barefoot I always feel I'd like to befriend them as their mere barefootedness makes them interesting to me and I think they must be "my" type of person.

However it's not always easy to make an approach, mainly because the moment is always so fleeting. I have made some approaches, for example in shops, along the lines of "hi, I know it's none of my business, but I'd just like to say how nice it is to see someone else barefoot. I don't know why more people don't do it". (This on the basis that I'd be really encouraged if someone made such an approach to me).This has always sparked a small discussion; on the last occasssion a girl admitted to me that she was barefoot 24/7 as soon as it was warm enough. However it then seems inappropriate to start asking for phone nos etc based on that fleeting acquaintance, plus I don't want to come across as creepy.

Yesterday on the tube I saw a barefoot girl and would have loved to have said something, but she was deep in conversation with a friend and also I didn't want to risk everyone else listening/staring.

Has anyone else made friends with another barefooter, and if so, how did you go about it?

 

there is at least one guy living in my town who is a part time barefooter and the only one i know who you can spot around, or he drops to a friends house barefoot , sometimes im there too and we make a majority :2thumbsup: . but on saturday evenings when we meet he is most often in flip flops or sneakers, which gives me the chance to pull his (shod) leg.

 

I think its a great idea to acknowledge other barefooters you encounter when out and about. A nice quick "I like your footwear!" is a good icebreaker. See where the conversation goes. Instead of asking for a phone number how about issuing an invitation to a barefoot walk? or heading someplace for a snack? Who knows - you may end up becoming sole mates!

 

I do that a lot, when I see another barefooter once in a blue moon. Either that, or say "You shouldn't go barefoot. It's illegal, and a health hazard" and point down at my feet.

 

Being Japanese, if I catch you wearing shoes in my house you get bopped on the head with my bamboo sai lol I got new hardwood floors so that is part of the reason. it's this decorative sai I have that's not real..but still cool. I like it. during the summer its barefoot or flip flops if it's too hot for me

 

Ever try setting up a barefoot group? Headaches! Going barefoot is a pleasure; getting another to come along is...not.

 

All my friends wear shoes.

 

No one goes barefoot around here but a few little kids. It would be nice to have some barefoot friends to go hiking with.

 

Speaking of little kids. I've seen three kids below the age of 10 who occasionally go barefoot around here, just within the neighborhood, and only one adult who I spotted barefoot outside of a KFC.

 

In my recent outings barefoot to Slough, Windsor and London I have not seen a single like-minded person. It's quite frustrating. Few people know I am a barefooter; none of my friends habitually go barefoot. It would be nice to have other people around who are similarly (un)shod

 

I kinda like the notoriety of being the only barefooter in Bulwell (well until last week when I saw someone else at last, but they were a bit 'chavvy' and had a screaming child iunder one arm !) but it always staggers me that when I visit 'town' (Nottingham) I'm still the only barefooter around. So, sadly, the opportunity to at least wink at a fellow barefooter has never presented itself yet However, I would definitely say something, just not sure what. I'm fairly spontaneous anyway, so no doubt it'd be something tongue in cheek.

 

So If You Were To Star In The TV Series "Little Britian", You Would Be The "Only

Barefooter In The Village"...



Cheers Glen.

 

Correct LOL :biker:

 

Although my partner hardly ever barefoots outside the house I'm with a lot of like minded people when we're on the festival circuit. Mind you one of the other mums turned up barefoot on the school run this morning, after numerous comments about my bare feet and how she wished she had the courage to do the same she's finally walked the walk! Mind you I think she was still anxious about the reaction from the other mums so she made some lame excuse about mislaying her flip-flops and running late...

 

Thanks for the interesting responses. My partner is the same as yours, IB, though her daughter is starting to follow my example. I did once take her daughter to school when I was bf myself. No one commented to me though a few stares, especially from the kids. I gather I caused a few negative comments though so I have refrained since.

 

Hi charlie35,
Summer is here and you can lead the way with your barefoot exaple. Just make a point to say hi with a smile. Others on the fence will be encouraged by you. Some cities have barefoot clubs. Maybe join one of them. For me I just go without shoes because I want to and encourage others follow my leed.

 

I was selling some of my daughter's clothes when a teenager did a triple take leaving the store. She saw me look at her and them she smiled at me.

 

I walked to McDonalds with my sister and her friend, and I saw another guy barefoot in there. (I'm surprised there was no hassle for either of us, cause I've noticed McDonalds usually has that "no bare feet" sign, even the location I went to had that sign, but he and I didn't even share eye contact, much less exchange friendly comments. I noticed he might be a person trying to hide that he's barefoot. he wore really long pants, that covered around 3/4 of his feet.

 

Very similar here in Exeter. Oddly I somehow feel "vindicated" for being barefoot on the very rare occasion that I spot another barefooter - and it makes we want to do it even more.

I'd love to have friends that go barefoot too, but realistically I don't think its likely. A barefoot meet in the big smoke would be good, as long as I don't have to organise it!!!!

 

I'd be up for that! maybe before the summers out??