# Does anyone else have "hot" feet or understand what I mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232 "2005-06-28T17:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/41 "2016-02-29T18:54:48Z")
I do not have hot feet, but I am usually indifferent to how they feel. This thread is the first time I noticed that they are cold in my house sandals. (I tend to prefer them to house shoes, which are usually slippery and lose their shape.) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/42 "2016-02-29T19:48:32Z")
I seem to be fine during the day, but simply can’t stand to have my feet covered at night. It always amused my hubs that I might be bundled up in 2-3 blankets when I sleep, but my feet are always sticking out. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/43 "2016-02-29T20:29:56Z")
I usually wear socks all day long to keep my feet warm. Whenever I’m wearing shoes, though, my feet become uncomfortably hot, and I usually have to take my shoes off during breaks at work or in the car to let them cool down. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/44 "2016-02-29T21:01:02Z")
I hot-footed to this thread to… Well, mostly just to make that pun, to be honest, and I’m amazed I’m the first one to do so :D, but also to be amazed by the infinite variety of human experience. Never in my life have I heard of hot feet, and here’s a whole host of people who have experienced it first, er, hand. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/45 "2016-02-29T23:13:27Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > And for some reason, in my 54 years, I have never had athletes foot, which I guess is supposedly odd for someone who goes barefoot so much of the time. I’ve never had athlete’s foot, either. This summer, after dropping a box on my foot (and yes, I was wearing heavy shoes, thank goodness, or I might have broken more than just the toenail) I feared I had acquired a fungul infection in my injured nailbed, but apparently not. Bummer, that - had to pass up a chance to wade in Lake Michigan but better safe than sorry, right? Didn’t want to expose an open wound to whatever might have been floating just off shore. However, I always thought athlete’s foot was more strongly linked to constantly wearing shoes, or spending time in public shower rooms, like at a pool. > [@Turble](#): > > Counter-intuitive it may seem, but I’ve found that wool socks are the answer when socks are necessary. I’m talking modern, soft as cotton, non-itchy merino wool like Smartwool, not the old scratchy things from years gone by. It turns out thinking of wool as “keeps you warm” is less correct than “wool regulates your temperature”, keeping you warm in cold weather but cool in warm weather … and it wicks away sweat rather than absorbing it and staying damp. Bless my wool socks, I’ve found the same thing. I strongly recommend socks made from merino superwash, which you can toss in with the regular laundry without them shrinking. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/46 "2016-03-01T06:55:28Z")
I also have hot feet. My entire metabolism seems to be hotter than others, so heavy jumpers / pullovers are never for me. I must always wear layers so I can reduce to now sleeves after walking or moving around. But the hottest are my feet. Just as you describe. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/47 "2016-03-01T22:40:45Z")
Not hot, maybe, but certainly warm. I almost always have my feet outside the covers when falling asleep - except for those odd times in winter where my feet are freezing despite a warm-ish room. Then I put socks on, and huddle under the covers - until an hour or so later, when the socks come off and the feet are usually stuck outside the covers. My feets is weird. I will go barefoot much of the year, indoors. I’ll have socks on only if it’s really cold, or if I just haven’t bothered to de-sock after being ouside wearing shoes. If it’s warm enough, I’ll wear sandals by preference. ---
**Author:** ![Cuddles0214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cuddles0214](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuddles0214)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/48 "2018-09-03T01:46:06Z")
I had no idea there were other people who had hot feet like I do. I almost never wear shoes and when I do they are sandals unless there is snow that I might have to walk through. I have had to stop shopping at Menards and find a place to sit down and take off my shoes to put my feet on the cool floor because they were so hot! I even pick up my pizza in bare feet. My feet are almost always uncomfortably hot. I have the fan blowing on them at night even in the winter. I always poke my feet out from under the covers. I never wear socks. And I too have had arguments with nurses at the hospital about going barefoot. People just don’t understand how uncomfortable it can be. I have been going barefoot so long the bottoms of my feet don’t come clean any more. Yes I have had an occasional injury to a foot or toe but I just can’t stand shoes and I really hate socks. I haven’t worn a pair of socks in years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232.md?page=2)