The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. While the initiation is as simple as standing up, the long road that lies ahead involves a lot of wear and tear. And that’s where my life becomes a little bit complicated — choosing a good pair of footwear.
You might wonder what could the difficulty be given the choice of shoes and slippers on display in the shops? That’s where genetics plays a really crucial role; being born into a family of unbelievably tall people does have some serious drawbacks!
You are gifted with really long feet and to top it,
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So with a little confidence, I enter into a footwear shop in my locality. I ask the sales person to show me any model I can try out. I did seem very desperate given the fact that for the last two years, a unisex model is all that I could wear. The salesperson smiles looking at my feet and says, “Madam would you like to check out the men’s section? I’m sure there might be a couple of them which will fit you.”
Dear cobblers and shoe manufacturers, I have a sincere request. Since I belong to the tiny group of people with big-broad feet, please help us out. We do leave behind, literally, bigger and noticeable footprints in the sand.