# Explain wearing bedroom slippers in public

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-wearing-bedroom-slippers-in-public/382193 "2006-11-29T14:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-wearing-bedroom-slippers-in-public/382193/21 "2006-11-30T00:53:54Z")

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I know a woman who has a strange foot condition. Her calfs and feet start bloating when she is standing or walking. She wears bedroom slippers all the time. Any other kind of shoe makes her feet hurt really bad.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-wearing-bedroom-slippers-in-public/382193/22 "2006-11-30T01:54:51Z")

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[QUOTE=ouryL]  
One Christmas in Sears, I was confronted with a 300 hundred pound guy, wearing bedroom slippers and a thong and a muscle tee. :eek: He had been swimming at the beach and had his stuff stolen.  
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I hope your Sears actually had clothes for a 300 lb man.  
Mine stops working well when I cross 240 lbs or so.  
Big & tall section?

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**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-wearing-bedroom-slippers-in-public/382193/23 "2006-11-30T02:55:36Z")

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when I’ve had a certain foot injury I couldn’t tolerate any of my regular shoes. The resturant had a no shoes, no service policy, so in I went with my slippers. Pretty simple explanation for my behavior. Mr Suit may have an alternate reason…or not.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-wearing-bedroom-slippers-in-public/382193/24 "2006-11-30T14:28:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Diddledog]  
Much like the ones in that second link above.  
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Ah, I see. That’s a bit different. The slippers that Carson picked out for the guy’s suit had a heel and were pretty sharp-looking for slippers. Looked like they could have come from Donald Trump’s closet or something. Looks-wise, these slippers had more in common with “kung fu shoes” than the kind of fuzzy slippers you can buy at the drugstore.

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