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The US shoe size average for men is 10.5, so why the exclamation marks? Because your little boy is growing up so fast? :­P

My boy's only 13. His feet will grow for at least 6-8 more years. I hope those canoe paddles don't get so big we have to get everything custom made

I still get confused about sizes when I buy clothing. I just put on my size 8 pants that haven't fit for a good while. I think those are American. Most of what I buy is size 12, tho. So more of our stores carry clothing in European sizes? Idk. I've always been pear shaped (except when I'm really skinny) so I don't pay attention to numbers when I shop bc I have to try everything on before I buy it.

Except for shoes. I try them on anyway, to see if they're comfy, but I've been an 8 to 8 1/2 (men's size 6) since I was 14. I don't know where that kid gets his monster feet from. Not me

Xena wrote: I don't know where that kid gets his monster feet from. Not me

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/16/siz ... ng-bigger/

Nah, the feet finish growing first and fast. And that's like the age when my feet reached their full size, but perhaps he just started growing them. :­P

(haven't researched it or anything, but that's how it was for me and my friends.)

Obsidian wrote:Nah, the feet finish growing first and fast. :­P

think you're right. i had some snow boots from elementary school i was wearing up till last year.

I think I went from size 6 to size 11 over a summer. The height hit later, I was a genuine hobbit for a while. :­P

lotto wrote:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/16/size-8-is-the-new-7-why-our-feet-are-getting-bigger/

I don't think the so-called obesity epidemic is as bad as they say. We're also getting taller, so of course our bodies will be proportionally larger. Those women who wore those size 4 shoes were also a good 4-6" shorter if I remember correctly.

My boy is the exact opposite of obese, btw. He's 5'10" and around 120 lbs. (I haven't weighed him recently, but he's skinny as a rake.)

Levi's has good stats on height/size changes over the last 170 years. Let's see what I can find.

Obs wrote:

Nah, the feet finish growing first and fast. And that's like the age when my feet reached their full size, but perhaps he just started growing them. :­P

That's how it is for girls. I remember a few boys who kept outgrowing their shoes through high school, tho. Maybe they were just freaks

Obsidian wrote:I think I went from size 6 to size 11 over a summer. The height hit later, I was a genuine hobbit for a while. :­P

i was a genuine giant for a while. tallest person my age for a good year and a half.

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Xena wrote:I don't think the so-called obesity epidemic is as bad as they say. We're also getting taller, so of course our bodies will be proportionally larger. Those women who wore those size 4 shoes were also a good 4-6" shorter if I remember correctly.

for sure.

btw, how tall are you xena? i've forgotten.

lottery ticket wrote:

Obsidian wrote:I think I went from size 6 to size 11 over a summer. The height hit later, I was a genuine hobbit for a while. :­P

i was a genuine giant for a while. tallest person my age for a good year and a half.

Hah, I remember that girl. She always got picked on by the shorter male classmates for being such a freak. :­P

I loved that age--grade 6, 7, 8, when we were taller than the boys and could beat them all at arm wrestling and so on. I couldn't outrun or outskate any of them, so I loved rassling