In the comments of Twitterpated Shoes, Kelly said, “Funny – in my day they were called FM pumps…. is that still a term? At the old age of 40 something – I know I would break my neck trying to walk in a pair of those shoes.. funny but my husband would love it if I tried…. he’s weird…. lol.”
I did not know what “FM Pumps” meant, so I did what I always do…I Googled the definition. The nice meaning is “sexy boots or footwear women wear while making love.”
Then I Googled for websites. This is what I got for FM Pumps
That’s really exciting and sexy if you like machinery!
Funny, huh?
We bought my daughter a pair of very high red heels and she wanted to have them broken in before the homecoming dance at school. Being the ever helpful mom that I am, I offered to put them on my feet for a while so that they could stretch. We wear the same size shoe, but my foot is a tad bit wider plus I was wearing thick socks, so I knew it would help the shoe stretch easier with my foot in it.
I sat in the car with the shoes on as she drove along from store to store. Each time I had to get out, I would stand up on the pavement for a good stretch and then put my sneakers on to go do our errand. As we were driving home, I plopped my foot with leg outstretched on the dashboard acting like a silly woman which I often do when I am with my daughter.
“Wow, these are awesome shoes,” I said.
“Duh, Mom.”
“No! I mean these are awesome shoes on MY feet,” I replied.
“Take my shoes off, you are not wearing them any more,” she scolded, “because you are too old to wear them any way.”
Actually, I don’t really like being hiked up that far any more. All I could do was think about what would happen if I twisted my ankle and broke it. Those thoughts never entered my head when I was in my twenties.
Sometimes aging stinks doesn’t it?
That’s okay. I can still look even though I don’t buy them for me any more.
Well, maybe I buy them for me some times, but not always!
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Aren’t they fun?
I almost want to go photograph my awesome shoes that I have bought mostly to LOOK AT. My husband would LOVE to see me wear them but I know that would be a COSTLY endeavor as I would definitely end up face planting! My hubby wants to know why I have them then, when I say "to look at", he says "exactly I would like to look at you in them"… lol
Oh yes those are gorgeous shoes TO LOOK AT!!! Any time I see someone wearing heels like that all I can say is OUCH!
Sherry, tell my grand daughter we are never too old to wear heels!never! lol She is nuts, little goose.
Those look like pure pain!!! Oh dear, for someone who practically lives in sneakers those heels are scarier than a root canal.
It really is a shame that we 'older and wiser' women can't or won't wear these gorguous shoes anymore. I too, when I look at them my first thought is not, how great are these, its more like, omg, I would break something if I wore those!
Yea, getting older sucks. I am trying to be graceful about it, but I think it sucks more than I expected.
The third shoe down, with the clear heel is definitely a FM pump. I remember wearing the FM pumps all day and all night while dancing and not think anything of it. Oh to have those days back again with my wisdom now; but wait, I really don't want those days back again now that I think about it. Maybe its not so bad getting older. xoS
those toes in the photos are screaming, "help me!!! we're being tortured!!!"
I sooooooooooooo love the last shoe!!! You know how I hate shopping, but the more I look at that shoe, the more I want to go buy it. My lily white foot with bright red toenails would just ROCK in that shoe! Just sayin' ?
Love those shoes! I stopped wearing those kind of heels when it started messing with my running. I still miss them. ;o)
Sherry – my wife Sally said to tell you she hasn’t worn heels since her 40’s. She’s always been a barefoot girl anyway forever going sans shoes. She however retains a sexy pair of “FM Heels”, (not pumps) for bedroom wear. They’re strappy little black sandals with 4 inch heels that work just fine when worn in bed. Our two grown daughters don’t know about them…(X/O)