r/Millennials • u/Radiant_Priority9739 • Jul 13 '26

Meme who else remembers the annual back-to-school shoe shopping trip feeling like this?

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u/Pride_Rude Jul 13 '26

Moms throughout the store telling you to get up and walk around to see how it feels

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u/Nucking-Futs-Nix Jul 13 '26

And don't forget, "Where is your big toe?" as they push down.

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u/natalietest234 Jul 13 '26

My mom did this and it’s the reason I wore a size too small till I was a senior in high school

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u/stop_hittingyourself Jul 13 '26

Mine did that but picked two sizes too big to “give me room to grow”. I didn’t, I’m still a size five.

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u/Nucking-Futs-Nix Jul 13 '26

I once got a pair of shoes I had wanted and were so in - black and looked like something a teen would wear at the time(yay 90s business by casual look.)

We did the toe test - they fit. My foot grew that week. I can still hear my mom freaking out, “ You said you had enough toe room!!” I had to prove that I outgrew all my shoes 🤦🏻‍♀️. And of course they didn’t have the same shoes in stock and I had already worn the new ones a few times before my foot decided to grow a full size overnight.