80% of women will cripple themselves for those sexy Louboutin’s. Even if they don’t fit. Here’s why.

Come on ladies, I’ve done, you’ve done it, we’ve all done it. We’ve shoved our feet into shoes that are just too small for us (be it in length or in width), walked around the boutique like Bambi on ice (in severe agony) and still gone home with the shoes anyway.

Why do we do that? Why do we risk crippling ourselves for a pair of too-small shoes? Is this one of life's great mysteries... maybe.

Our intentions are mostly good. But listen, the road to hell is built on good intentions. Is that saying true? Maybe.

Here’s why I think we squeeze our feet into cute shoes knowing good and well we’re going to pay the price later.

1. When we buy the shoes, we genuinely believe they will stretch to fit our feet. And when I say genuinely believe, what I mean is we seriously hope they will stretch. Because damn it we are going to buy them anyway... sorry toes!

2. We just have to have them. Now. Our fashion sense won't let us leave them behind. We have been reading the trend reports for months and constructing our entire mental wardrobes around them. If we don't get this pair of insane beautiful (and too small) platforms home with us, the whole wardrobe is ruined, and no-one wants all that effort to go to waste, right?

 

What you just read was when our intentions are good. But sometimes, they’re not so good. Sometimes they are down. Right. Bad.

1. Sometimes we think no one will notice. We convince ourselves  that no one will notice us walking like a zombie from The Walking Dead or someone who just had an extensive rectal exam.  We reason with ourselves. “This shoe is fabulous, so I’m fabulous.” Even if they’re a full size too small. But that reasoning could be because of the illusions caused by the epic amount of blood loss in our mangled feet.

2. We can't handle the truth. They are just too small. We don't care what the dumb foot measuring machine says, we can get into those stunning size sevens and that’s that. And even though we wear a 7 1/2 we’ll never, ever give up. Especially on these amazingly sexy Louboutin’s.

So ladies, I’ve done it. You’ve done it. We’ve all don it.

And now it’s time for a dose of truth... If the shoe doesn’t fit, you must acquit.

Oh what a terrible ending.

Joy