Milestone: To sandal or not to sandal

[nanila]

Humuhumu now wears the same size shoes as I do.

Shoe theft has occurred. My Birkenstocks. Argh.

The bloke thinks she will be taller than I am, because she's only 11, and this will therefore only be a phase so eventually I'll get them back.

I face a burning question: do I go six months without Birkenstocks, and thus unable to wear the complete standard-issue academic scientist uniform, or do I purchase a new pair?

Poll #31720 To sandal or not to sandal

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Do I buy a new pair of Birkenstocks?

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Yes, you should buy them in a different style (that one with the toe loop you were hankering after).
44 (65.7%)

No, you should wait until they return to you because Humuhumu has outgrown them.
2 (3.0%)

I think you should go with what you prefer and can afford.
33 (49.3%)

I like ticking boxes.
27 (40.3%)

Comments

[antisoppist]

Tell the child they are your bloody shoes and to give them back.
Then buy the child their own for their birthday or Christmas or when they would otherwise need a new pair of shoes.
Also buy yourself more shoes.

But the feet growing thing is a pain. I didn't buy mine DMs until they were 18 for this reason. However, my daughters both still have smaller feet than me (and I'm only a 39) so not much stealing has occurred apart from my ancient Swedish clogs that sit by the back door for putting the washing out or moving the bins that eldest keeps pinching when she has to nip down the road to feed neighbours' cats and then complains are too big and fall off and hurt her feet. And I say well why do you keep pinching them then?

[nanila]

Ha, to be fair they are now quite old and if they are going to be re-moulded to her feet then I don't want them back.

Why do they enjoy doing silly things that they know are silly, and we know are silly, and then moaning to us about them when they know they are going to get told off for being silly? It is exhausting. :(