Dr Marten Boots

mooomin

VJsmum wrote: »

My DD has some new DMs that have ripped her feet to shreds. At the moment she is refusing to wear them and I am refusing to buy her anything else until she agrees to wear them in. I wear them intermittently to try to help wearing them in but she is 2 shoe sizes bigger than me.

I got my first pair of DMs at 16 and wore them for the first time at an all day festival. I have never experienced pain/blisters like it.

Tell DD that it DOES get better and that once they are broken in (thick socks and plasters on the ankles much easier than wee ) they will be the best shoes she ever owned. Mine finally died this year after 15 years.

kittiej

I've got a pair of reinforced toe DM's and have had this pair for about 8 years now and wear them as my main form of footwear.

I don't have any trouble driving in them but seeing as though the boots I had before these were German para boots they are positively dainty :rotfl:

They do take a bit of breaking in but once you've got them to fit you then they are fab.

Perseverance I'm afraid.

System

nuatha wrote: »

It may also depend on the car, I usually wear very light flexible shoes. I was quite surprised when I realised I couldn't drive my OH's car in boots - my boots are physically too wide to only fit on a single pedal without catching the adjacent pedal(s)

HTH

This sounds like the most likely scenario. My dad always wore DMs and he never had a problem driving, even when they were new.