Why Do Gay Men Wear Flip Flops / Sandals

Some of us have an interest from a fetishistic standpoint.

Why not, OP? What's your problem?

Just gay men?

OP, when are you going to come up with a "why do gay men" topic that actually reflects something noticeable primarily among gay men?? I live in southern California, and almost everyone wears flip flops and sandals year round...

[quote] I live in southern California, and almost everyone wears flip flops and sandals year round...

Why not just go barefoot

For formal occasions we wear socks.

So hot guys can check out their feet

Slender feet with long toes are not something I ever need to see.

Beware!

Healthy men of all ages can be attacked by fungus.

Sandals let your feet breathe but all men can be vulnerable.

Majority of younger men wear flip-flops in the summer. I live in a southern city and that’s the footwear of choice for straight guys. It has nothing to do with being gay.

Flip-flops are my arch nemesis.

[quote]Why not just go barefoot?

Because the ground is scalding hot or has broken glass/pebbles/grime and stores require footwear. Same reason people most other places wear them.

It’s summertime, idiot. What the fuck else would we wear?

[quote]Why not just go barefoot?

Because there’s feces all over San Francisco and LA.

Men, women and kids wear them every spring and summer, you fucking retard. There’s no reasonable comparison to going barefoot either. Sure, you’re exposed to more elements and ‘things’ than you’d be if you were wearing shoes, but at least you’re not stepping on chewing gum, crap and cigarette butts.

Get over your prissy self.

The OP has clearly never been to Florida, the flip flop is our official state shoe.

r13 Boat shoes, of course.

volleyball or rowing sneakers when appropriate.

I can only imagine how man times you got beat up r17.

What's wrong with flip flops at appropriate times in the summer?

r18 fantasize all you like.. but the people prone to pick fights are those that believe everyone should "fight like a man, bruh" - yes, there's orgies but even then most of them have seen too many movies and will try to take you on one bvy one. They tend to think of fisticuffs as a gentlemen's duel. I tend to think of it as foreplay. It really doesn't take much to get them to drop to their knees nor to pin them down and dryhump them into submsission. . . by then, they're butter. They have their version of fisting and I have mine.

My friend used to live in Hawaii and wore flip flops to school.

r18

^ I meant to say that everyone did, supposedly even the teachers.

R22

Aw, shit (yeah, yeah)/ Get your towels ready, it's about to go down (shawty, yeah, yeah) / Everybody in the place, hit the fucking deck / But stay on your motherfucking toes / We running this, let's go (hey)

Everybody look at me, 'cause I'm sailing on a boat (sailing on a boat) / Take a good, hard look at the motherfucking boat, yeah / Straight floating on a boat on the deep blue sea (yeah, yeah / wind whipping out my coat / You can't stop me, motherfucker, 'cause I'm on a boat.

We drinking Santana champ, cause it's so crisp / I got my swim trunks, and my flippie-floppies / I'm riding on a dolphin, doing flips and shit (yeah) /The dolphin's splashing, getting everybody all wet (oh) / I got a nautical themed pashmina afghan

Fuck land, I'm on a boat, motherfucker (motherfucker) / Fuck trees, I climb buoys, motherfucker (motherfucker) /I'm on the deck with my boys, motherfucker (ayy) / This boat engine make noise, motherfucker / Hey, ma, if you could see me now (see me now)

It's a big, blue, watery road (yeah)/ Poseidon, look at me, oh (all hands on deck) / Never thought I'd see the day / When a big boat coming my way / Believe me when I say / I fucked a mermaid, whoah

I'm on a boat / I'm on a boat / Take a good, hard look at the motherfucking boat / Sha-sha-sha/ Sha-sha-sha / Sha-sha-sha /Shawty, shawty / Yeah, yeah, yeah

[quote]Boat shoes, of course. volleyball or rowing sneakers when appropriate.

🤮 You sound like one of those fancy pod people who won’t wear white after Labor Day. 🤮

It’s ghastly, just ghastly. I only wear oxfords and over the calf socks.

They're the lightest of loafers.

I would chop off my toes if they looked like those at r9.

I prefer slides to flip-flops. I can’t stand that thong in between my big toe and second toe. These Hoka slides are super comfortable!

R28 Those nails look awful and it takes SIX months after treatment for the damaged nail to grow out.

Aren’t you more likely to get toenail fungus from a shoe that’s enclosed and promotes a moist environment?

You're right, R31, but I was I was saying at R9 that all men are vulnerable to it.

It’s not a crime to wear them as long as you’re not wearing socks with them.

I'm old enough to remember when flip flops were called "zories"...

I always went barefoot when I was a kid, at the shore and beach. The roads weren't paved back then and had sharp pebbles...and the sand on the beach was very hot, further away from the water. My feet were hardened. I could never do that today. I'm a tenderfoot now..

Flip flops are for the selfish among us.

How so, r36?

I’m old enough to call them thongs, & wish they’d find a new name for the underwear. Flip flops are for porn scenes!

R36 Flip flopsh aren't good for walking on shellfish.

Ask the gay contingent from Palm Springs why they might wear flip-flops.

I don't wear shoes I can't run for life in. Flip-flops are silly.

R37, anyone who blithely walks around in public with the sweaty soles of his feet slap slap slapping against a thin piece of rubber is surely lacking in his regard for others.

My flip flops aren't the thin, cheap ones, so my slap slaps are muffled. I can also run in them, r42.

Oops, I meant r41. If they aren't too loose, I can run laps with the camp kids in flip flops.

MANY MANY MEN love flip flops and sandals gay or otherwise

and yes, when summer comes around that’s when people wear them

in. my experience anyway

From all us blokes 'Downunder' ...we wear flip flops, thongs, jandals...whatever they are called. Straight, gay and anything in-between. Personally I like bare feet 'cos I live on the coast.

Because we live in "Beach Communities" where wearing sandals is "the norm" and you'll never be able to afford where we live!

Suck my dick, bitches!

I never realized until I read this thread how little attention I give to what men wear on their feet. I spend so much time looking at their other parts that I never noticed. Next time I'm out and about I'll have to look further down 😉

Not a good look for men whose toes look like branches.

I live at the beach and have a collection of flip flops: several pairs of Olu Kai, several pairs of Rainbows, Birkenstocks, many pairs of Havianas - I can’t imagine not wearing them. I do get pedicures quite often and use a daily foot cream at night. OP sounds like an interior state nerd.

Some of us have a MAJOR Foot Fetish, so the more got guys in sandals THE BETTER!

FUCK YOU

R50 are the olu kai & birkenstoks super comfy?

Our summer temps get up to 115-120F. There's no fucking way I'm raising my body temp by wearing shoes and socks, not to mention how gross and chafing soaking wet socks are.

Because nice-looking bare feet are sexy and it's a hell of a lot better than wearing enclosing footwear in warm weather.

[quote] Why Do Gay Men Wear Flip Flops / Sandals

This thread has been here for three days and I just realised today it's a satire of silly thread with an even sillier question--

Flip flopsch are fabulosch!

If find beautiful feet very sexy. Especially on a hot twinky bottom. Why hide them?

Because gay men like things that are FUN and KICKY.

Got a problem with that, OP?

Sucking on bottom’s toe while you are in him is great fun.

Your feet are not as attractive as you think they are.

Growing up my mother told me white trash people do the following 3 things

1. Wear Flip Flops 2. Drink Mountain Dew 3. Buy Groceries at Winn Dixie

Don't wear Flip Flops in muddy streets.

They flip the wet mud up leaving brown skid marks in your anal area.

I was born in Hawaii...we went to school barefoot. We left when i was about 5.

I've always worn flip-flops for most of the year (living in CA, whether SoCal or NorCal). I prefer being without shoes whenever possible and shoes have never been allowed in my house. I kick them off as soon as I get home.

I love to hike, and wish I could wear sandals to hike as my feet seem to expand/swell a bit after 2 miles...but it's CA and there are rattlers all over. It's unfortunate.

Men who Wear Flip Flops have healthier feet.

They aren't malformed by heavy leather.

R61, was she making these statements from her trailer?

LOL r65

People who insist on wearing full on shoes all the time (except in cold weather) are weird.

Because no gay man would be caught dead in these:

They're comfortable to wear? Easy to slide in and out of? Lightweight and cooling for the feet? Only ppl unstable on their feet should avoid wearing flip flops, like pregnant women or ppl using painkillers.

Clothes, like shoes, should serve our needs first and foremost. Fashion and style are secondary for most ppl. This isn't a gay men issue. This is about living in a summery environment or puttering around home any time.

Um, crocs are out for me except for gardening.

I live on a beach town in SoCa and wore nothing but flip flops year round for about a decade, except when I had to wear shoes to go to work. I have many pairs, some leather (the "nice" flip flops) and some that are of questionable quality for things like going to the grocery store or taking out the trash. I now wear sneakers when I go walking, but otherwise still flip flops unless it's raining. Oh and I only wear pants if I have to go into the office for work which is now rare. Otherwise I'm in shorts year round. If it's "cold" I put on a hoodie/sweatshirt over my tshirt. At home I am barefoot from the minute I walk in the door. I like the comfort and simplicity of this life and don't give a shit what anyone thinks.

Gays and soccer dads

Just FYI this is mostly a WHITE male thing, gay or straight. You know winter is almost over in NYC when the first 50 degree day hits and white dudes are out in their flip flops. It is a stereotype for sure with some validity to it.

Ingrown toenails.

So what R72? What does the race of flip flop wearers have to do with anything? Unless you're a bigot the man's color is irrelevant.

Dude you are in a thread that pins it on someone's sexuality and you're fine with that? Take the stick out of your ass and relax.

r72 I think black men should start wearing flip flops en masse, I bet white guys would stop wearing them lol

Already been posted

Hitler loved flip flops!

1. They are comfortable if you buy a quality pair (Olukai is our slippa of choice)

2. They go with everything

3. CONVENIENCE

There are entire areas of the world where flip flops are everyday wear and rubber shoes are a luxury.

I just realized OPs pic actually shows a pair of Olukais. Yaaaas. Get into it bitches.

I wore them all the more to piss off my control freak, sociopath, narcissist ex who DESPISED them. He had an abnormal foot fetish and wanted me to treat my feet like they were the Holy Grail.

Step out of the shower, immediately onto a fresh (had to be) white towel, fresh from clean laundry. Dry off standing on the sterile towel and immediate put on (had to be) white socks to keep my precious feet protected from, I guess the harsh elements of the house.

I wish I could have put up with him longer, as he had a 10" uncut cock, but all the above about him with the added control freak thing got to be too much, despite the deep plunges.

Everyone wears flip flops of varying types and have been doing so for decades.

In favelas maybe.

As long as I can't hear your flip-flops, or any other footwear (women wear some noisy-as-fuck real shoes), I do not care what anyone wears on their feet.

Now that summer is over - do you miss wearing your flip flops?