I hate everything about my husband’s terrible formless footwear. This is why all summer shoes should be banned for men: Angela Epstein

The laws of attraction can be just as incomprehensible as they are unpredictable. That could explain why, when I met my husband Martin almost 40 years ago, it was not the most obvious aspects of his appearance that pulled me in.

Yes, he had beautiful floppy hair – think of the Beatles Reduced from their mop top phase – as well as a lazy smile that wore a touch of disaster with it.

But what really hooked my attention was his choice for footwear. In particular, worn a few coffee -colored suede desert boots, which are carried in the context of his formal suit.

Here, I thought, is a man with whom I can do business. One with humor, style, a feeling of irony and willingness to poke pleasure at the convention. What an irresistible combination.

Almost four decades quickly ahead, and there is – to say friendly – a sharp fall in the shoe style.

Long past those desert boots are. Instead, as an avid hiker and cyclist, he is now lyrical on the merits of OCS (that is on clouds of running shoes for the non -dedicated) versus Hokas.

But now that summer is here, there is a much more disturbing shoe in men. Sandals. That is why I nodded – and dozens of other women – in accordance with a recent message about mumnet under the ‘am I unreasonable?’ Tag.

‘Aibu to get the second hand shame because my dh [dear husband] Is wearing sandals? “A user asked. ‘For the first time since I know him, my 43-year-old DH bought some sandals. I don’t know why, but they let me shrink. I think sandals on men look so naffle and “old man”.

Some women have taken over to their husband who wear sandals like these

The shoes have an unholy power to kill even the most attractive items in a man’s wardrobe, writes Angela Epstein

The debate has divided MumNet users this month, whereby some consider shoes as practical and consider others as ‘Onmannen’

‘I put a picture of the couple he bought on this message. Aibu or do they really look naff and embarrassing?! ‘

The offensive sandals, depicted above, were the sharp Drift Creek H2 Walking Sandals -a horrible Kaki -Strappy copy with a closed toe (not necessarily a blessing). The answer was visceral. One user fascinated that they gave her ‘the heavy ick’. Another stated: “I would tell him to give them back immediately.” Rather.

Sorry guys, but nobody looks good in sandals, unless they take care of sheep in ancient Greece, wrapped in a barely tunic with skin bronze by the ruthless Hellenic sun.

Sandals have an unholy power to kill even the most attractive items in a man’s wardrobe. Linking sandals with, for example, tailor -made jeans, chinos or smart shorts immediately changes from your ensemble from smart to ‘Teacher on an excursion’. You can almost smell the damp grass.

In my opinion, the sandal of a man is a contradiction in terms – because a sandal by definition is usually something soft and delicate. No qualities that are routinely associated with men who judge the explosion of knots toes and callige heels suddenly see when we are blessed by warm weather.

So what is the alternative?

Although, luckily, Martin does not really do sandals, he enjoys an equal summer horror: Crocs.

I hate the way men look in this formless, structural wardrobe gravels, from the ends of their spherical toes to the pockmark -ventilating holes.

I mean, have you ever seen James Bond glide in slingbacks before you have saved the world? (Mind you, one glimpse may have hit his enemies in retreat.)

I have often asked Martin to take them out, but the eternal schoolboy he is, he just winks and tells me brutally that I do not appreciate how good they look, how light, airy and comfortable they are.

Unfortunately, when it comes to men’s summer shoes, there is in my opinion not a single silver -plating style. Even cover shoes pull my anger (if it cannot be worn with socks, I am against it). I wish Martin and his cohort would stay with their running shoes.

Fashionistas can claim that the chicer leather ‘mandals’ worn by people like Timothee Chalamet and David Beckham are an exception to the rule, but women don’t buy it in the real world.

And we really want our men not to do that either.