RE: the shoes, they're cute but I just have a problem with anything with a platform. That automatically makes me think trashy.
I know! That's why I asked. lol You have also reminded me, I already own a pair of "weapons of mass destruction". They are not that bad, it's less than 3" for heel and platform combined. I don't know why my coworker called them that! lol
As for your friends comments and being different, I can relate to that. When our M first hit rocks, H's best friend said that H and I were so different he always new we would break up. I was like "What!?!" If that's what he was telling me, I can only imagine what he was telling him.