Is it normal that my boyfriend likes me to wear shoes without socks?

After several drinks Friday before last at my favorite sushi place, my new boyfriend told me that he has a kind of foot fetish - where he specifically likes it when a girl wears her shoes barefoot without socks

I tried not to laugh, and just said that sounded fun... then I checked to see if I was wearing any socks, lol. I wasn't. TBH, I don't wear socks just all that often anyways, hadn't for years. But he said he hates sandals? I asked him more and It was really specific: close toed and close heeled shoes without socks. So like high heels always good, ballet flats good, ankle boots good, sperrys topsiders good, tennis shoes good, keds good, etc.

Ha, then he told me that if He would buy me whatever shoes I wanted if I would wear them barefoot - so I was like: Yeah, Deal!

So far I've gotten two free pairs of shoes and we've only been dating a little over two months, and he asked me if I wanted to go shoe shopping again this weekend and I'm like: Sure, Why not!?

So is this normal? I've never heard of anything like this. Do all guys just like weird stuff and never tell you?

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  • rayb12

    I mean you could've researched this is literally the most popular fetish, easily in the millions probably hundreds of mil globally

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    • Becky95

      Yeah I had no idea!

      I mean I knew that foot fetishes are a thing - but I had no idea that there was a widespread fetish for specifically girls to wear shoes without socks!

      Who knew so many guys were really really into that!

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      • rayb12

        I did lol

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  • Dot123

    I love knee/thigh high socks on a female. Ankle socks are pretty cute as well.

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    • Becky95

      Yeah honestly I've never really been into the whole knee high socks thing - like some girls can pull it off just not like me

      Ankle socks might be ok if they were super low cut and like no one could tell you were wearing socks maybe?

      But really I just lost socks so much I practically never had a matching pair so I'd usually just wear my tennis shoes without socks if I was going to the gym or running errands or whatever it was just easier to not have to look for socks right?

      or like if I was going to school I'd just slip on my old broken in Keds I always wore or if going to work I'd wear the same old cheapo pair of black ballet flats that had like molded to the shape of my bare feet and were so worn out they were practically falling apart and falling off lol

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  • RoseIsabella

    Socks rule!

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    • Becky95

      lol I know some people really love their socks that's for sure!

      My feet are so cut up and blistered and covered in bandaids right now after traipsing around all over today in the brand new hard leather shoes he bought me - honestly, I probably really badly need a pair of socks - but he made me throw all my socks away and promise to never wear socks again and I said ok - so looks like no socks for me !!! =(

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      • RoseIsabella

        That's insane! There's no logical reason to take orders from such a stupid man, especially when it's about something that causes discomfort! Why on earth would you agree to such foolishness?

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        • Becky95

          I mean, I kinda like that it turns him on so much tbh - like, he's so into it that it's hard not to want to use that to my advantage kinda?

          Like he's pretty much said if I wear this new pair of fu my high heels he bought for me that have a zipper on the back and wear them barefoot without hose or tights that he will take me to any restaurant or bar or club I want tonight!

          So like instead of trading off on me picking dinner or what we do one night and then he picks the next - I get to pick every weekend or night that I want if I wear shoes he likes, so it's like a different bargained for exchange of that makes sense?

          The other thing is that I really didn't wear socks with my shoes that often before - and I really haven't much since middle school- just those shoes were either really comfy to wear without socks like tennis shoes or running shoes I wear without socks every time I'm working out or every day at the gym

          or like whenever I was not working out and like just going to school I'd wear a really old worn out pair of Keds or a super duper worn out pair of converse low tops that were falling apart and uh, were getting a little ripe lol ....or like for work I wore the same super broken in worn out pair of black ballet flats I've had for years that I've used to wear so much they were practically molded to the shape of my bare feet but they have like zero padding or arch support and they got so worn out they were practically falling off my feet when I wore them and they clicked like I was wearing flip flops or something lol

          Ok, not even joking there - my shoes were crazy worn out and I was in desperate need of new shoes !!!

          This guy I'm dating comes along and tells me he wants to buy me new shoes and now I have 3 new pairs of really fancy shoes that cost between $120-$180 each !!!!

          I've never even owned shoes this fancy before or high heels like this!

          And now he wants to take me shoe shopping again today and said he wants to buy me another $200 worth of shoes but that if I really want to I can convince him to buy me up to $500 worth of fancy dressy or stylish shoes that I get to pick out subject to his approval!!!

          It's a little crazy I know but it's so hard to say no to a guy that wants to shower me with expensive shoes and take me out to fancy dinners and fancy bars or clubs and pay for everything for me!!

          He even said he has prime tickets to some football game tomorrow on Sunday and that he wants me to go and wear a fitted jersey for his favorite player that he will buy me today if I also wear either his favorite skinny jeans that show off lots of bare ankle or a short white tennis skirt that I have worn (hilariously) out to clubs before and then wear whatever high heels he tells me to wear!!!

          Look, I know that's not the most like feminist thing in the world for me to wear the shoes this guy buys for me and promise to never ever wear socks again even if my shoes are giving me blisters - but bandaids work great especially the new padded fabric kind and it seems a small price to pay in exchange for me to wear certain shoes for him in exchange for him buying me like $500 worth of new shoes then paying for a $200 fancy dinner then cover at a club that I'm sure is $50 or more and then buying me like $50 or $60 worth of drinks and covered the Uber home and then covering game day tickets that are worth like $300 or $400 each plus food and drinks there so like another $50-$60 easy - I feel like I'm getting a lot of value out me wearing the kinds of shoes he likes for me to wear!!

          I hope all of that makes sense ?

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          • rayb12

            Ya, but u saying the word feminist killed my boner :(

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            • Becky95

              No I'm not a feminist!!!

              I just told you I am wearing the shoes that my boyfriend told me to wear and am wearing the clothes he wants me to wear !!!

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  • Nickvey

    used to be the style, no socks

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    • Becky95

      Yeah I mean, I had a few pairs of really worn in broken in shoes I wore all the time and usually never wore socks so I get it

      It's just that now he is insisting that I throw away all of my socks so I was like ok that's a bit over the top but whatever fine I'll throw them away !

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      • RoseIsabella

        Why would you throw out all your socks?

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        • Becky95

          Well he asked me to throw away all of my socks and promise that I would never ever wear socks so I said ok

          I did actually donate them to hurricane relief!

          So I technically didn't "throw them away" like in the garbage I Just gave them to someone who will use them more

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          • RoseIsabella

            Yeah, I'm just not to too keen on doing stuff for guys that interfere with my life. I don't care to take orders.

            To be completely honest he sounds very controlling.

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            • Becky95

              He is a little control if - maybe more than a little

              But he's really sweet to me so it's hard to say no!

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  • SniperMoose

    It's certainly not normal, but if you're okay with what he's into and since you both benefit from it I'd say there's nothing wrong with the situation.

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    • Becky95

      Yeah it's hard to complain about a guy buying me shoes!

      Even if the new pair he bought me are giving me terrible blisters and I have to wear bandaids over my blisters - still can't complain about Free shoes!

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      • SniperMoose

        I personally wouldnt keep doing it, at least not a lot, if it were giving me blisters. But it's your body so it's your choice.

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        • RoseIsabella

          If a guy wants to buy me shoes they'd better be hiking boots, Doc Martens, Birkenstocks, or running shoes.

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        • Becky95

          Yeah I asked him about that. He said my blisters were sexy and that it was twice as sexy when I wore bandaids?

          So I guess I'm just going to keep wearing my shoes without socks for him and just wear bandaids all the time =)?

          I often times had to wear bandaids when breaking in new shoes anyways because I have really tender skin on my feet and always have so I've just had to deal with that for him

          Plus I really didn't always wear socks that often anyways, at least since middle school - although I had a bad habit of wearing the same pair of shoes day after day after day for months until they were so totally broken in they were practically molded to my bare feet and felt soooo comfortable! , so it wasn't exactly a huge change for me - just instead of a ratty worn out and broken in pair of Keds he keeps buying me all these hard leather shoes that are just really rough and just rubbing the worst blisters all over my feet ! So my poor feet are literally covered in bandaids right now - it kinda ridiculous looking really! But he swore he liked my feet blistered and covered in bandaids much better and that he wanted to keep it that way every day - so I guess if it makes him happy then it's ok

          but then he insisted that I actually physically throw away all of my socks and promise to never wear socks again - which seemed a bit extreme- but I said ok

          I just want to please him and this seems to make him really happy so I don't really mind it that much since it clearly is a big turn on for him !!

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          • SniperMoose

            You're a very devoted girlfriend. It's adorable.

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            • Becky95

              Thanks!!!! I try really hard to be!!!!!

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  • Boojum

    Yeah, all guys like weird stuff; it's just that the brand of weird varies.

    The trick is to find a guy with a flavor of weird that meshes well with your interests and preferences. If you like new shoes, then a guy with a foot fetish sounds pretty good (assuming you can deal with the other aspects of his personality).

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    • Becky95

      That makes loads of sense and seems like a good way to frame the issue!

      I literally had never thought about it quite like that ! So smart!

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