Flip-Flops and the Weather

My Teva sandals are the most comfortable shoes I have for walking, but it's been too cold to wear them. I considered wearing them with socks but my guy hints he won't want to be seen with me on our morning walk. So I'm wearing socks with some of those closed-sandal Tevas. They look like walking shoes from a distance and don't embarrass him so much.

Anyway, walking up from the pier on the sidewalk that parallels the beach, we sat down on a bench. A nearby bench held another man, in his jacket and hat like us, watching the waves. He told us about seeing dolphins a half hour earlier, but we didn't see them. As we got up to leave, I noticed he was wearing flip-flops. Without socks.

If he can do it...