After some web surfing, I got the idea to find some forum about female shoes. Well, that was easy. Users of this forum were mainly ladies and their discussion was about shoes (no surprise xD), jewelry, and clothes. It looked like some fashion forum, and completely not for me. So I decided that I have to type something more obvious and, unfortunately for me, something related to what I was searching for. I was curious to see if there were people who share their stories. Since there are some websites that allow people to share their confessions anonymously about something (I can’t say what such websites are called), I thought I could probably find similar to them. I only had to make a few clicks to find them.
Sadly most of them were very much exuding sexuality. I was disgusted by the constantly appearing images with nude body parts or other acts, but, well, I shouldn’t be surprised since this was all about it. Luckily, one of them didn't have that, and I even encountered some cultural discussions. I joined one of them. There were three people having a discussion with me throughout this time. For the rest of the story, I'll call them numbers for the sake of clarification (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3), and they were all men.
No. 1 shared his story: he was walking around town with his girlfriend. They were talking, eating ice cream, and holding hands. His girlfriend often complains of foot pain, so whenever she hears about massage, she is eager to indulge. As they sat on a bench, No. 1 said she could put her feet on his knees. She refused, he encouraged her to "jump out of her ballerinas." Even though she laughed and wanted it, she was afraid of people, so she eventually got the foot massage she wanted at his house. He added that they had a wonderful night and he hopes to have it again.
I was intrigued by this story. I told to myself that I won’t be any worse, so I also shared what I experienced… with little changes. I admit I was a little shy, so I told them the story with the cinema (SEE “My first encounter with Lisa - Part 3 (fictional story submitted by Sebastian)”). No. 1 liked my story and would like to experience it himself. He added that he recently saw a video on Tik-Tok of a woman bragging about her shoes, and because they often fell off her feet, he read a comment in which someone commented that she'd better be careful before someone takes her lovely shoes. I replied: "I think a lot of people would like to get that kind of adrenaline rush :D". He wrote back to me that such people would still have to have the nerve and ability to constantly prey on a victim – an unaware victim.
In our discussion joined No. 2, who wrote that his friend told him how during some demonstration stole a female shoe and ran away with it in the crowd. I wrote that this one had balls and a lot of nerve.
I didn't even realize that it was already 5:30 in the morning. Time passed so fast. During the day I often checked the discussion if anyone would write anything, but there were no more posts. I figured I'd give it a try in the evening or night.
And I was not disappointed. This time the discussion started a bit earlier, around 10 p.m. I noticed that No. 3 appeared, who wrote that sometimes he witnessed people looking at the shoes left in front of the house and it happened that later they were stolen, but he did not witness the theft itself. Not knowing if there were also women on this forum, I asked if they also write something here.
No. 2 answered that they do, but for now not in our discussion. No. 1 added that just because they buy shoes for themselves and they care doesn’t make them different from guys. I replied: "However, we don't hear anything about women being the ones who steal shoes from guys unless they are school jokes. And guys don't buy as many shoes because they don't have to". According to No. 3, it's just women's nature to have as much as possible, which would explain why they buy so much, they want so much. No. 1 agreed, but he pointed out that this is not a full answer to my question.
No. 2, on the other hand, probably asked rhetorically if it was really necessary to write why women behave this way. Not knowing whether this was actually a rhetorical question or whatever his reason, I replied that there was nothing wrong with the writing. I also added that while I used to think that there was no need to write things that were obvious because everyone knew what they meant, my studies made me realize that it is worth writing about it because you never know what will happen in years to come when someone tries to explain what you meant by writing it, saying it, meaning something.
No. 2 probably really implied my lack of knowledge or not being perceptive by commenting that if my studies enlightened me to come to this conclusion, my future life would be pathetic. No. 3 defended me, writing that No. 2 needlessly insulted me by pointing out that there were many organizations, and parties, including political ones, who actually got what they wanted and yet they still exist and continue to write about it or fight about it. I didn’t want us to have an argument, so I was diplomatic. I wrote that we should focus on what we have in common and try to think why we don't hear about women stealing shoes.
After some time, No. 1 wrote that women indeed steal like men, but if we talk about personal things, they tend to target rather clothes and handbags than shoes. On the other hand, when it comes to physical assaults on men or taking the opportunity to steal men's shoes, they are very rare. He asked why a woman would want a man's shoe - because of size, appearance, walking, fetish? He agreed that the fetish is sex independent, but he highly doubted a woman would want to collect men's shoes as men do. While I agreed with him, I doubted that men actually collect them. I mean, there are probably some who do that, but in the long run, there is no reason to keep female shoes unless to give them to their future wives.
No. 3 wrote that women are simply not interested in it. No. 2 commented that for women it may be a form of revenge because there is nothing more humiliating than to take someone's shoes and let them walk barefoot in public. On the other hand, he stated that such a woman would sooner destroy such shoes than keep them for herself. I added that in the past it was a sign of true poverty not having shoes, but I doubt that such thinking has persisted. I mean, the first thing people will notice is no shoes on feet, that's for sure, but thinking that someone has no money to buy a pair of shoes is doubtful.
Going further, I asked a question out of curiosity if it happened to them to see a woman in public without shoes. I preferred to add that of course I didn’t mean such public places where it is advisable to go barefoot as on the beach. No. 2 repeated the story he had heard from his friend but had never seen with his own eyes. No. 1 had not seen it either, but told us something else: He got pictures from a friend whose friend's friend works as a waiter. One day he happened to pick up a woman's shoes and carry them to the back room. It turned out that they belonged to the same female owner.
One day it was a shiny black shoe with a small heel, another day a pair of Guess brand shoes. When I found this out, the first thought that came to my mind was these or similar shoes I had seen on this woman I was seeing more and more often. I asked if he had the pictures and if he wouldn't mind sharing them with me. He answered that he only had the picture with the Guess brand and could send it to me privately. And he actually sent it to me. I was a little disappointed to receive it, but the first thing that caught my eye was the very shiny insole.
Although in my dream I couldn't see exactly what the shoe I had stolen looked like, I do remember that the most striking thing about the shoe was the insole, especially when the lights were on in the movie theater. I wondered if it wasn't the same shoe. If even, it was a very strange coincidence. Maybe my imagination was working too much. I preferred to ask No. 1 if he remembered what the shiny black shoe looked like. He wrote that if he remembered correctly, it looked like a typical women's business shoe like they wear in corporations, at conferences, or MP, but it was not a platform or a stiletto. I figured out English wasn’t his primary language but I understood what he wanted to write. The shoe certainly had a small heel and a visible red insole.
Those words were enough for me. I had no more doubts. It was the same woman, the same "Cinderella before the ball". So Lucas was right after all - she does have a reputation, and quite a reputation at that. Since the best way to do a favor with a hacker, scammer, or any other cheater is to send a malicious link, or file through social media - what stops someone from sending pictures like this? Who knows, maybe Lucas himself on this forum is active as well. What if Lucas has another waiter as a friend or is active on this forum? What if… he just sent me this picture!?
