This super low pump from Naturalizer looks perfect if you’re heading back to work soon — I like the pointy toe (great for full length trousers, dresses and skirts!) and the super super low block heel.
Nordstrom, Zappos, and Naturalizer all have a ton of colors in the shoe; a few of our other low heels for work are pictured in the widget below. Happy Thursday!
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These are some of our favorite comfortable low heels for work as of 2021! one / two / three / four (also Ferragamo, MMLF, and Sarah Flynt!)
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AIMS
All these shoes look dated to me. Anyone else?
Anonymous
Like 70 years dated
AIMS
On second thought, maybe the low pumps are neutral enough. But the flats seem off. Not sure if it’s the color, shape, or chain detail or just all of it together but I don’t think I would feel great wearing these.
Cat
I think #1 and #3 of the kitten heels look ok, but everything else does look kind of stale.
The featured shoe is in too much of a no-mans-land — it needs to either be a true flat or a more structured block heel.
Anon
And yet, without the chain, I would like it enough as a replacement for prior shoes that died (so I have pants hemmed for this heel height). I know my feet would probably love them.
Anon
I would like this pick without the chain too
Senior Attorney
I am an actual old lady and good grief — to me those shoes are just too old ladyish!
Senior Attorney
The featured flats, I mean.
Monday
They’d look cool for street style with cuffed black overalls on a 20-year-old.
Anonymous
I would have thought these to be the height of sophistication when I was in high school circa 1992.
Anon4
Do I have to attend my sister’s bachelorette party weekend? It requires a lot of travel and money and spending two days with ten people I don’t know. She doesn’t have a bridal party so she’s basically planning it herself. Have been using covid as an excuse for not committing yet, but the real reason I don’t want to go is that this is not my idea of fun. But I do feel a nagging sense of familial obligation.
Sunshine
These types of parties are my nightmare. They’re the playground of extroverts, and I am definitely not one of those. However, unless your sister specifically told you you didn’t need to come because she knows you and knows it isn’t your type of thing, I think you should go. Eh, as I’m typing that, I’m thinking “lean into COVID and say you can’t go, but send your credit card to pay for everyone’s dinners one night because it will be cheaper than going, she will like it, and then you get your weekend back.” I’m not being helpful because I could be swayed either way on this. I definitely think that if you don’t go, you should pay for something they’re doing this weekend as a show of good faith (and I’m sure doing so will be cheaper than attending yourself).
I think the biggest problem for using COVID as an excuse is that then how do you justify attending the wedding that also will have a bunch of people and be in the fairly near future?
Anon
Eh, a bach party seems like it could be riskier than a wedding, particularly if the wedding is held outdoors. There isn’t much that’s riskier than indoor dining and drinking, both of those are staples of bach parties. If there’s travel involved for the bach party and not the wedding, that’s another reason.
Anon
For going to the wedding, I have a concept of COVID demerits and I try to get them rarely (wedding, funeral) and not frequently (wedding + batch; frequent meals inside at restaurants; etc.). So you want to arrive at the wedding low risk and not high risk, if that makes sense.
Anonymous
How close are you to your sister? If you’re close, I’d say go the whole time and suck it up (even though I agree it sounds horribly unfun). If you’re not close, I’d consider flying out and going for only one day if you can afford it.
Anon
Also, waiting until now is really not cool. Are people now paying more of their share b/c you won’t be going and let them know that last minute? And she will probably will know that you made no plans to come, more like you never planned to go and just now bothered to tell her. You should have been candid with her a long time ago.
Anon4
It’s still five months away.
Anonymous
Where does OP say that she is backing out at the last minute? She never committed and there is no information as to when this superspreader event is set to occur.
Cat
Not sure how you jumped from 10 person weekend to superspreader, unless you and your friends are anti-vaxxers
Dr. The Original ...
If it’s a big group and you aren’t very close with your sister, I’d use covid for an excuse but then insist on paying for her hotel room or a dinner or something so it’s less money for you but shows her that you really made an effort.
If, however, the group is only a few people and/or you are close with your sister, I’d go and just chalk it up to hoping you only have to do it once and the marriage sticks!
Anon
Could you have an honest conversation with your sister and maybe go but not do everything? If my sister said: I love you and are thrilled about your wedding but big parties with folks I don’t really know are pretty overwhelming so how about I join for brunch, spa, and dinner but will probably turn in before the night out? I would totally respect that (and secretly would be glad to not be preoccupied about whether she was comfortable and having fun when she clearly wasn’t).
Anone
You should go. It’s your sister. It might be fun! Male strip clubs are always hilarious people watching (both the dancers and the audience), if that is part of the plan. If not, just have some drinks and be open to a good time.
Anon
So i didn’t attend my sister’s bc i had just moved halfway across the country when she had hers and she knew that if she had it after i moved i wouldn’t be able to come. (To be fair, there were like 10+ months between her engagement and my move so plenty of time to have it) but i did send money for meals/festivities. What your sister is having sounds like my worst nightmare
Anon
If this was a friend, I’d give you a pass to skip it. But it’s your sister, who has been and likely will be a pivotal part of your life. If you’re close enough to your sister to question your desire to cancel, I think that means you should go. I completely understand your dread as I loathe those kinds of events. But in your shoes I would grin and bear it and focus on your sister having a great time.
hi hi hi
No, you do not need to attend, but if you do not attend, you need to accept the consequences (talking behind your back, hurt feelings, etc.). Agree with people that if you decide not to go, doing something special makes sense (picking up dinner, champagne in room when they arrive, etc.).
anne-on
This. If you don’t go you need to prepare yourself for the consequences and be aware that those hurt feelings from your sister may last for a while. That being said – if you have young kids who are unvaccinated or a family member that is high risk I DO think you have a reasonable excuse, BUT you should absolutely spring for dinner/drinks/something as a big show of support.
Anonymous
You have two good reasons not to attend:
1. COVID
2. COVID or no COVID, this is a huge bridezilla event that sounds absolutely terrible.
No Problem
My suggestion is to go.
Exceptions would be if 1) it’s more money than you can afford to spend, 2) the majority of the time is going to be spent doing activities you can’t do or despise (like rock climbing when you have a fear of heights), or 3) you don’t get along with your sister.
Assuming none of those are true, suck it up and go. We don’t get do-overs in life.
And if you go, maybe you can help plan part of it so that you know you’ll enjoy something.
Anon
You either suck it up and go or you suck it up and tell her the truth: you don’t fit in with her friends. Then you send a gift card that covers dinner Saturday night or brunch on Sunday and tell her that you love her and can’t wait to party with her at the wedding.
I’ve been on the receiving end of “just a little white lie” (yes, stepsister was that condescending) that I knew was a lie. When you lie like that, you’re insulting the other person by saying they aren’t worth telling the truth to, and you’re insulting their intelligence by assuming they can’t see straight through you. You’re also grabbing a “get out of jail free” card, because generally, you should make a strong (not unreasonable, just strong) effort to make your family’s wedding events special. That means, inter alia, if you don’t go, you do something special for her.
Anon
Re-reading this, if I sound bitter, trust me that there’s a lot more to the story.
Anonymous
I would go.
Because she has no bridal party (I’m foreign but assumes that means turbo maid-whatevers, gaggle of bridesmaids etc), she chose you. Herself, rather than a list of potentials. She herself consider you important when she does something important to her.
Or I would not go.
Because you know your sister, and you know that in a group she is a projector. Sends energy and greetings OUT, but is basically closed for input. You will be greeted, and immediately forgotten.
If you have the money, I would consider your relationship.
If you don’t have the money, you regret to tell her that you can’t make it but OMG have a lovely time! Send pictures!
Anon
I think you’re coming from a place of social awkwardness and worried how you’ll fit in with your sister’s friends. But like most things, it will probably be fun if you force yourself to do it. Your sister wants you to go, you’re looking for permission from this group not to go, but none of us know your relationship with your sister. If you’re close and want to retain the closeness, I think you suck it up, put on your big girl pants and go.
You didn’t say anything about COVID, so I’m assuming this is a vaccinated crowd and you’re not high-risk.
Anon
Yes, you should go.
Anon
You go. She’s your sister and this is a major life event for her. If you don’t go, you’re starting a pattern of disengaging from her life. Do you want to be part of the family when she has kids? Grow old and help with your parents together? Is so, you’ve got to show up. You can’t expect a relationship if you don’t do the work and show up. So you don’t know her friends, so what. By the end of the weekend you will know them and her better.
Legally Brunette
A close friend had a baby a few months ago. The baby is in hospice and will likely be passing away in a few days. What is the best way to support her? I live across the country and her local friends are already coordinating meals. If you or a friend have ever been in such a terrible situation, please share what was most helpful on the receiving end. I am texting her regularly and have called as well. I will be sending her a plant or flowers when the time comes but that doesn’t seem enough. Thank you.
eertmeert
I would mark the birth day and the day the baby passes in your calendar and check in with her every year. The initial support is wonderful, and then down the line remembering her loss but also the baby’s life is precious. I am so sorry for your friend’s loss.
Anon
I have been in this situation. Please mark the birth day and not the death day in future years.
To OP, for now, please tell your friend how sorry you are she’s going through this, tell her you think about her and the baby constantly, that you are enveloping her in your love from afar. “Do you need anything?” is slightly better than “let me know if there’s anything I can do,” but she probably won’t have anything she needs you to do right now. You could send her a door dash credit because she is probably spending every moment with the baby.
I’m so sorry your friend is going though this. Life isn’t fair sometimes.
Curious
This breaks my heart. And yes, gift card for meal delivery. We make two tech salaries and still appreciated those when baby was born and will again if I have to do a taxing cancer treatment.
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