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Originally Posted by Hitch
Rumple, seriously, shoes should NEVER be painful or uncomfortable to break in. If they are, they are the wrong size or wrong last for your feet. Please believe me on that.
Hitch
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I only make an exception for Dr. Martens, it's because when they're new the leather is stiff and usually (but not always) the top of my toes, where they bend, get sore until the leather has become supple. My last pair of Dr. Martens weren't a problem to wear in. The Mary Janes were, but that was because they were slightly too big IIRC (I couldn't be bothered to wait for the right size to be ordered). But once the leather has become supple Dr. Martens usually last me years, the biggest problem is me taking care of them.
I have weird feet; my toes are long, so that end of my feet are wide, but my heel is very narrow. I just can't wear narrow-toed shoes. My walking boots are men's boots, as are my Timberlands. Dr. Martens, even with narrower toed shoes, are wide enough not to smoosh my toes together. Looking back I'm amazed at how I was able to wear pointy cowboy boots during my secondary school years.