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in Oz we call them "thongs."
i wear thongs every day to this day. i have them on now. pink ones.
that is all i wear in summer. (i have a spare pare of sandals in case i cannot go somewhere with my favourite footwear.)
When growing up = as a child.
In the USA, "thongs" are specific pieces of underwear. I've heard that elsewhere what we call flip-flops are called thongs, though.
I guess my question should have been specifically directed at those who hate clothing tags and such, who are more affected by things like that. Someone not affected by things like that I wouldn't expect to be bothered by flip-flops, but I would expect it of someone who is bothered by tags, seams, etc. But that's the thing about humans, everyone is different in so many ways. I'm just having odd thoughts lately, over-analyzing everything and seeing how it relates to my having AS.
Hey Tim_Tex ... good to see you around, but I thought you left! lol
Anyway after I initially tortured myself with them, I got used to wearing them until my dog destroyed them. I haven't worn any in a couple months now, so I wonder if it would bother me trying to wear them now if I got a new pair.
i wear all cotton and cut tags off everything. (or rip them off when i am lazy.)
and i wear thongs on my feet.
it's funny actually, because my thongs (as in flip flops) are my preferred footwear because of my sensory integration dysfunction. i cannot stand shoes, but i love thongs as they enable me to have coverage on the soles of my feet withouth the containment. I toe walk in bare feet or in socks as i cannot cope with the feeling of my feet touching ground surfaces.
in winter i wear work boots (Blundstones or blunnies as we call them here.) i usually get a size a bit too big so i have room for my feet.
it is interesting. our sensory issues are often so complex and individualised.
and i like the thread.
11 Mar 2009, 10:20 pm
If flip flops are what I think they are - I hate them - can't walk in them, they make me clumsy, same as slippers with no backs to them - I get cramp in my calf muscles with those cuz I try to somehow keep the things on my feet by tensing my feet. with flip flops I hate the bit between the toes and I also hate the way they slap on your feet, the sound and the feel, hate how they sound on others feet also. I like no shoes at all when possible best. Or my tall new rock boots
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I prefer sneakers... they are more comfy on me most of the time.
12 Mar 2009, 4:19 am
Millie,
Do you toe-walk in thongs? What always hurt when I wore them was the plastic thing wedging into the spot between my toes - a foot-wedgie.
no. i don't. there is nothing structural about it.
I toe walk whenever my feet are bare and hitting the floor or ground. it is somehting to do with sensory integration dysfunction and the feel of the floor or ground in contact with the soles of my feet is repulsive.
hang on....that quote is a joke? oh..ok.......
as for the foot wedgie
- i suspect we aussies are so acclimatised to thongs (flip flops) we have callouses in that crack.................(between big toe and next.)
