People overstay visas all the time.

That makes sense for an intact marriage, but not when you are divorced. It poses a different set of concerns then.

Quality leather should last a lot longer than man made materials. Mesh fabrics in particular tend to wear badly over time. Your problem is shoes that don’t fit and aren’t made properly, not that they are leather. Fit and meeting ANSI standards should be the first priority, then materials.

I did this and paid $300 dollars and the soles have failed twice on me even though they aren’t worn very much. So my choice is to with resole for a hundred bucks or stop wearing them. Red Wing just isn’t the brand it used to be.

OP my feet are 4E-5E depending on brand. It’s been a long time since I needed steel toes boots for work I have a pair of Red Wings that were never quite wide enough for me at EEE width, and they haven’t held up that great with the sole separating from itself.

Get onto Zappos and use the filters there to narrow down to size and width with the features you need. That’s the easiest way of you can bear buying shoes online.

Otherwise find a wide shoe store and call up and ask if they sell work boots, or call a shop that specializes in work boots and ask if they have wide widths. There is one near me that carries every conceivable brand and size or else can order it for you. Good luck. Having wide feet makes shoe shopping hard.

LOL I am glad someone posted this.

Can you have them Re-soled? A cobbler might be able to give them a refresh and re-sole and get you a few more years out of them.

Personally, I have trouble finding shoes wide enough (size 12, 4-5E width depending on the brand).my goal is to eventually buy a pair of White’s, JK, or Wesco fully custom boots. White’s will keep your lady on file for future purchases. But with how much prices have gone up it has gone from a $500 to a $900 purchase unfortunately.

I also think that maybe people are wearing more delicate clothing today than previously. Particularly if they are wearing fast fashion. Too loafers with central agitators did fine for us until the late 90s/early 2000s. I really wonder what changed that people feel they are too tough on clothes now. I do try to buy clothing with thicker, tougher fabrics since moving to WFH in 2015. If I had to go into an office with a dress code again I might be more concerned about the washer messing stuff up.

And they are much safer I prefer older cars for their serviceability, style, and the durability of the frame and body, but when my daughter learns to drive she will be in a newer vehicle with crumple zones and forward and side air bags.

LMAO your dad rules!

My kids are playing Super Mario World, Starfox, Mario Kart, and Street Fighter II on my wife’s old SNES. They seem to be content with it.

We love them because we remember when durable goods were actually durable and lasted decades. My parents’ washer and dryer from the early 80s lasted 25 years and could have been repaired again if they hadn’t decided to buy a front loader that was done in 10 years. In the summer of 2003 I had a job delivering Sears appliances. We took a pink “Lady Kenmore” set out of an elderly couple’s home. They were still working but the old man had bought them as a gift for his wife when she brought their fourth child home from the hospital in 1953. He said he’d decided after 50 years she deserved a new set.

Meanwhile my Samsung dryer died after 7 years, I repaired it, it died again a month later, I repaired it again, and when it died again two weeks after that I decided I didn’t have the time for it anymore to chase electrical gremlins and it was during the pandemic so it was hard to get a repairman to come out n less than two weeks and then it was going to men a minimum of $200. So I bought a Speed Queen scratch and dent dryer and am eagerly awaiting the washer failing for any reason that can’t be fixed with basic maintenance so I can be done with the finicky washer that has to be babied or it won’t get your clothes clean because it doesn’t use enough water.