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Anonymous wrote:I am male, 71", and mens shoe size 7.5 narrow. From about age 16 until age 40, I consistently weighed 135 lbs and could eat food without any weight gain. Started gaining weight at age 40. I think all of this is hereditary.

Wow. I suppose small feet run in your family. I thought most males hit at least size 9 but I guess it varies. When did you hit your growth spurt?

Both parents feet were longer than average length. Dad's feet were very long and narrow. Mom's were long and normal width. Genetics just are not as predictable as some folks think.

Yeah that’s what makes me nervous. I’m from a family where we are all above average height with proportionate feet. When my teen son is 5 feet tall and wears a size 6, I can’t help but wonder if he got some distant cousin’s height.

Because his feet are large or small for his height? I’m not following. My son is currently 5’7” (maybe closer to 5’8” at this point) and still size 6 or 7. He’s a late bloomer but will likely end up taller than 6’ and I’m sure his feet will grow too.

How old is he? My hypothesis is that usually short people have small feet. So he’s just going to be really short if he has really small feet. Your son is the first average sized kid I’ve heard with small feet. I’m assuming he’s around 15 if he’s a late bloomer with 5 inches of growing left!

Anonymous wrote:OP, have you been spending too much time staring at your TikTok ? The cesspool fueling irrational height obsession that didn’t exist 10 years ago?

The op is well-aware that young women in 2025 and after will judge her son by the 6-6-6-6 rule.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am male, 71", and mens shoe size 7.5 narrow. From about age 16 until age 40, I consistently weighed 135 lbs and could eat food without any weight gain. Started gaining weight at age 40. I think all of this is hereditary.

Wow. I suppose small feet run in your family. I thought most males hit at least size 9 but I guess it varies. When did you hit your growth spurt?

Both parents feet were longer than average length. Dad's feet were very long and narrow. Mom's were long and normal width. Genetics just are not as predictable as some folks think.

Yeah that’s what makes me nervous. I’m from a family where we are all above average height with proportionate feet. When my teen son is 5 feet tall and wears a size 6, I can’t help but wonder if he got some distant cousin’s height.

Because his feet are large or small for his height? I’m not following. My son is currently 5’7” (maybe closer to 5’8” at this point) and still size 6 or 7. He’s a late bloomer but will likely end up taller than 6’ and I’m sure his feet will grow too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am male, 71", and mens shoe size 7.5 narrow. From about age 16 until age 40, I consistently weighed 135 lbs and could eat food without any weight gain. Started gaining weight at age 40. I think all of this is hereditary.

Wow. I suppose small feet run in your family. I thought most males hit at least size 9 but I guess it varies. When did you hit your growth spurt?

Both parents feet were longer than average length. Dad's feet were very long and narrow. Mom's were long and normal width. Genetics just are not as predictable as some folks think.

Yeah that’s what makes me nervous. I’m from a family where we are all above average height with proportionate feet. When my teen son is 5 feet tall and wears a size 6, I can’t help but wonder if he got some distant cousin’s height.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am male, 71", and mens shoe size 7.5 narrow. From about age 16 until age 40, I consistently weighed 135 lbs and could eat food without any weight gain. Started gaining weight at age 40. I think all of this is hereditary.

Wow. I suppose small feet run in your family. I thought most males hit at least size 9 but I guess it varies. When did you hit your growth spurt?

Both parents feet were longer than average length. Dad's feet were very long and narrow. Mom's were long and normal width. Genetics just are not as predictable as some folks think.

Anonymous wrote:My husband is 5'5" and a shoe size 7-7.5, he has trouble finding shoes.

For dress shoes, Allen-Edmonds is a good option. They have extended sizes, for both length and width. Go to an in-person store for fitting. A-E uses several different "lasts", so a 7.5 D might fit in one style but an 8 C might fit the same foot in a style with a different last. They cost more, but can be resoled many times and also can be refurbished so are a good long term value.

For running shoes, sizes below 8 can be challenging. Brooks has some limited offerings below mens size 8. Color choices from Brooks for a given style likely will be limited below an 8. However, Brooks shoes in all sizes are designed to provide good performance. Brooks only sells running shoes.

New Balance also offers some smaller or narrow/wide options. The more expensive ones will be good performance, but NB also sells a lot of low performance "fashion" athletic shoes. Important to understand which sort of shoes one is buying. Unlike Brooks, NB also sells tennis, basketball, and other kinds of athletic shoes.

Most Nike shoes below mens 8 are designed to meet a certain price, rather than to meet the same performance as the mens regular sized (8 and up) athletic shoes. I can't really recommend them as a result.