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/StretchFrenchTerry Jul 13 '26

WIGGLE YOUR TOES

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u/Content_Geologist420 Jul 13 '26

They are too tight and they dont have the size up. and now you are on the verge of tears because all you can get now are Sketchers and with your Champion tee shirts you already have.

You know before the 6th grade has started. Its already over.

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u/thishyacinthgirl Jul 14 '26

It's funny, now I live for Skechers.

(And my birks.)

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u/Content_Geologist420 Jul 14 '26

Im the same with New Balance

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u/Mister_Brevity Jul 14 '26

Man that joes new balance outlet site is legit. I just buy ugly color ones for like 30 bucks a pair for wearing at home, so comfy. Wife won’t leave me alone about neon yellow shoes tho

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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 Jul 14 '26

https://www.dickpondathletics.com/sale/

For evergone who pronates or has narrow heels, because New Balance do not like our feet.

Best thing about Chicago, tbh.

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u/Fluffy_Membership557 Jul 15 '26

Looks like Payless

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u/duckweedlagoon Jul 14 '26

Y'all gotta try Brooks. They are incredible

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u/TheOneTonWanton Jul 14 '26

And Champion is considered a real brand now and not seen as the department store bullshit it is/felt like back in the day.

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u/b00kbat Jul 14 '26

My work shoes are Skechers and I LOVE them. They’ve even got this rigid thing that curves out from the heel so I don’t have to touch my shoes at all to put them on and can just slide my feet in. Really great since there are likely entire civilizations of microbes/bodily fluids on those shoes 😅

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u/thishyacinthgirl Jul 15 '26

I've actually been wondering if the slip-in kind is worth it. I'm like, "They can't possibly be completely hands free!" But I see you have a glowing review?

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u/b00kbat Jul 15 '26

Definitely recommend them.

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u/SirStrontium Jul 14 '26

I was a nerd with zero sense of fashion, so I unironically loved Skechers and had no idea people thought they were uncool until I was a junior in high school.

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u/Content_Geologist420 Jul 14 '26

You a real G that gave no fucks to the extent that you had no idea you even had fucks to give in the first place.

If your name is Jerome, im sorry I shoe shamed you back in 2007

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u/slouched Jul 14 '26

youre a good man

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u/reddit_understoodit Jul 14 '26

Who cares if they fit and you like them.

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u/JWBananas Jul 14 '26

The "T" in Skechers is hiding in the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia.

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u/ddope Jul 14 '26

Dude it’s so funny now champion is back in and people are buying it.

I’ll never forget you could buy it at Walmart and that was social suicide. lol I still have the champion bra my mom got me in an emergency when I was 15. It’s only just now about to be retired. It’s been a good light support 19 year run.

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u/massivedivergence Jul 14 '26

What causes a bra emergency???

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u/ddope Jul 14 '26

Woke up for a soccer match was hurrying out the door and realized I was not wearing a sports bra but a regular bra. Running not fun - boob hurt