I LIKE THESE SHOES FROM THE MOMENT I PUT MY FEET INTO THEM. I DID NOT WEAR THEM MUCH THINKING I MIGHT FALL BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE. AT MY DOCTORS I NOTICED THE NURSE HAD ON THE SAME SHAPE UPS I HAD. SHE TOLD ME HOW MUCH SHE AND HER SISTER LOVED THEM, (BOTH HAVE BAD FEET). IN FACT SHE BOUGHT A BLUE/WHILE PAIR THE SAME DAY SHE BOUGHT THE BLACK PAIR.  SHE TOLD ME TO PUT THEM ON AND JUST WALK IN THEM. NOW I WEAR THEM ALL THE TIME. MY FEET AND LEGS DO NOT HURT WHEN I AM OUT FOR A DAY OF SHOPPING OR GOING WALKING. THE SHAPE HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM. I PLAN ON ORDERING ANOTHER PAIR SOON. I LOVE THESE SHAPE UPS