Feet feet fo feet banana fana fo feet

2009 June 22
by Ashley

Apparently I haven’t mentioned this on my blog before, but I feel it should–no, needs–to be touched upon.

I was talking to Peter before about how much I want some ice cream and since I’m doing a little graphic work for him, he should bring me some. He said I had to finish the work for him first (the nerve some people have!) and then he would spoon feed me ice cream, grapes, whatever I wanted, all while rubbing my feet.

I’m not gonna lie, Peter, but that may have made my skin crawl.

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Digust me.

Not only other peoples feet–and you better believe I will have a beat down should you even come NEAR me with your feet–but my own as well. I’ve only gotten a pedicure done once and that was for a wedding I was in where I wore open toed shoes. I squirmed for half an hour before, the entire time I was getting my manicure, and then I practically flopped off the seat, so uncomfortable was I with this lady touching my feet.

That was the last time anyone has touched my feet and that was….a year ago.

The Ex used to chase me around the house trying to torture me by either sticking his feet in my face or touching my own feet. I can guarantee you I will hate it more than if you raked me across the coals. I would screech like a little girl and run away each time he tried it.

Its not like my feet are disgusting, they’re  clean and my toe nails are normal, and I don’t have any weird…growths or whatever. They look like your average feet. I just think feet, in general, are dirty, disgusting, things. They are the closest things to the ground, which is dirty and germy and just…ew. There’s dog shit down there, people!

I’m not sure where this hatred for feet came from; I can’t pinpoint a specific time, or age, where I decided I loathed the foot. There were no instances on any playgrounds with some mean little boy or girl shoving their feet in my face for extended periods of time. There was no taunting of my own feet. I even adore shoes!

 The problem I have with my own feet is that they are terribly sensitive. They tend to blister very easily, even with the most comfortable shoes I’ve worn for years and years. I joke that I need to break my feet into my shoes, instead of the other way around.

So yes, my feet can be a little gross because of that. But that doesn’t explain why I hate everyone elses’ feet.

What peeves you out?

22 Responses leave one →
  1. 2009 June 22

    LOL i hate feet too. and no my feet are normal and not cruddy. but yeah i know what you mean. i wonder what causes that ;)

  2. 2009 June 22

    Haha, you remind me of my friend that does not like butts. Nobody is allowed to touch her butt and she wants nothing to do with anybody else’s butt.

  3. 2009 June 22

    Two things:

    1) I said that I would do all of those things “and rub your feet (unless you are one of those people who get wigged out by such things.)”

    2) I don’t want to meet Jack’s friend.

  4. 2009 June 22

    People that don’t like feet peeve me out.

    I KID.

  5. 2009 June 22

    I am right there with you about feet.

    GROSS!

  6. 2009 June 22

    I totally agree with the feet thing. I’m not too thrilled with anyone else’s feet, but come near my own and I will gut you! People, animals, inanimate objects — everything!

  7. 2009 June 22

    Hairy Backs ew.

    Yours, Mine, His, Hers. I don’t care who has it. Shave it, or I’ll die.

  8. 2009 June 22

    I have a friend who hates feet so much she can barely paint her own toenails. I hate other people throeing up. I have no problems throwing up myself, but other peopel doing it makes me gag.

  9. 2009 June 22

    haha my sister hates feet too, it always cracks me up. i get peeved when people chew super loudly (which is funny since i’m sometimes a loud chewer) or smack their lips when they talk, ack, just bothers me.

  10. 2009 June 22

    Oh yeah, I’ve slept with more men than I’ve let touch my feet. Probably shouldn’t admit that publicly, but there you have it. (NB: This doesn’t include my somewhat regular pedicures.) They don’t gross me out, but I kind of have body dysmorphic disorder about mine even ten years after I stopped letting them be ravaged by pointe shoes.

    What drives me crazy? Knuckle cracking. It makes me shudder. And then I want to yell. And then do physical damage.

  11. 2009 June 22

    Feet gross me out!! And Tanner on the Bachelorette who has the foot fetish, he freaks me out even more!!!!

  12. 2009 June 22

    people not washing their hands after they go to the bathroom. or when they just turn the tap on and kind of wet their hands for two seconds. don’t think i don’t notice, people!

  13. 2009 June 23

    LOl i’ve never met anyone like you, some guys I know are like, having feet fetish which is ew but whatever.

  14. 2009 June 23

    ewwww feet are just horrible – I even had issues with my babies feet when she was little…bad mother!! lol

  15. 2009 June 23

    I hate it when people poke me in the back really, do anything to my back. I don’t get it, because back massages are supposed to feel nice, right?

  16. 2009 June 23

    oh god, feet are so nasty. i’m right there with you. i don’t like my own feet or anyone else’s and i can’t stand anyone touching mine, and vice versa. i have gotten better at pedicures and accepting foot rubs from the boy, but other than that…ew.

  17. 2009 June 23

    Aghhh, I hate feet, too! They disgust me, even my own, like you. Pedicures make me feel better about my own feet, but the whole process is such an ordeal that I can hardly make myself go get one. My boyfriend thinks it’s the funniest thing in the world, but I don’t think he truly understands how grossed out I truly am by feet.

  18. 2009 June 23

    I totally agree- feet are gross. I’m not as grossed out if they have a nice pedicure… but otherwise- eww.

  19. 2009 June 23

    Feet don’t bother me at all, but I always wonder why they gross out others. Your post gave me no real insight into that, ha!

    I don’t like my ears being touched. It’s weird, I hate it. Just, leave my ears alone.

  20. 2009 July 3

    I don’t really mind feet as long as they’re not super gross or anything. I’m not much of a germophobe so stuff like that doesn’t peeve me out.

    Mice? On the other hand? CREEP ME OUT.

  21. 2009 July 10
    Jeff permalink

    I don’t get the whole “I hate feet!!! AAAHHH!” thing. I mean, I understand being grossed out by some; there are a lot of nasty feet running around out there. But the phobia-like repulsiveness reaction is startling to me. It reminds me of the internet meme pickle girl on Maury Povich Show who screamed at the sight of pickles.

    And the dirty arguement doesn’t hold any creed. Think about it: you say that “feet are the closest thing to the ground”. Sure, they are … but how often are you really outside barefoot? Instead, feet are closed into a well padded clothing (i.e. sock). It just happens that feet perspire a lot more than other parts of your body.

    Now, if you want to talk about something REALLY disgusting.

    HANDS.

    They are enormously more dirty than feet. They touch all kinds of foreign places; door handles, walls, random objects, and probably at least one of your orifices throughout the day. They transmit diseases. They are involved in bathroom duty, and a lot of the time those soap containers carry more bateria than a toilet bowl.

    When you think about it, the ground isn’t so much more dirty than anywhere else.

  22. 2009 July 28

    Nope, feet don’t freak me out in any way.. It’s my wrists that do.. or your wrists, or anyone else’s wrist.. I can’t bear anyone touching them or looking at them or mentioning them.. I HATE WRISTS!!!

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