embarrassment about feet

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

When Donna wrote that she would never go swimming etc due to her

feet, I thought a bit about what I call my ugly feet, and what my husband

endearingly calls " my paws " .

I have started to get regular pedicures again. I was nervous about doing

this as I am a bit self conscious about my feet. Yesterday I went in and

asked the woman I go to what she thought of my feet.

She told me that in comparison to many people, my feet were lovely! I said

are you sure, I mean the arches are high, the toes curl under. She said

that obviously I wear the right shoes, because I did not have massive

bunions, ingrown nails, or other things she sees regularly. She said some

of her customers need to go to a chiropodist (as in the guys who are not

doctors but who cut out dead skin on your feet - I forget what they are

called in the US) rather than to see her. So she told me to stop being

paranoid!

So I think a lot of the foot thing is in our own minds. My husband says he

finds my feet one of my cutest features too.

So I think the power of positive thinking, and deciding that they are not

ugly, and then acting that way, can go a long way to erase the fear of the

feet.

Any other points of view?

All the best from sunny London (but not so hot anymore),

Donna