Was born with super small feet in the 1st percentile as well as hands due to a benign genetic issue. Totally healthy but shoe shopping is always awkward. Have decent balance and can walk and run fine as my calf muscles are quite developed to compensate. No, the myth isn’t true.
I never got to say this in the reddit days, but here goes: “dude, are you me?”. The only difference is that I buy the same brand (Asics), and not the same exact shoe/model.