I kinda disagree
The man went out on a date and let her know up front what he wanted (I didnt see it, so I cant account for the class he brought to the table, or the maturity). Personally, I think it is stupid to NOT tell people about it.
The fetish isnt that big a deal. For starters, if your willy can stand up for something other than feet, you dont have a foot fetish any way. Mine is pretty strong, though. I wouldnt date a girl who's feet werent somewhat attractive when I was still on the dating scene. Mind you, I wouldnt put up with a total slut if she had great feet, but I wouldnt exactly overlook it either. The way a woman cares for her feet usually expresses how she will care for the rest of her. I knew it would eventually become an issue (I like to kiss feet in bed) and I didnt want to spend the rest of my life with a woman who's feet I couldnt do that with. Everyone knows about my foot partialism. When I started dating, I would do sock checks (its exactly how it sounds). If the feet werent maintained, I was usually not going out with them again. It took 3 dates to get my future wife's socks off (she was a friend prior, so she already knew). Fortunately for me, my wife's feet are beautiful. And she had all the major traits I look for in a lifelong partner.
The problem isnt the foot thing, it is the person or presentation. People are not gonna like you; that is a fact of life. All the girls I go to school with know about my foot thing because I am always cracking jokes about other people's feet ("Girl, you know you should have went to the salon before you put those shoes on and came in here"). They laugh it off and tell me to shut up, and that's that. If someone in class isnt aware, someone will usually say "Dont mind Keith, he just like pretty feet" and that's it. And if a woman has nice looking feet, I will tell her so. All of my wife's friends know. My family knows. Never has a woman told me that she couldnt be with me because I like feet. Im gonna be 30....I have probably tickled over 100 different pairs of feet in my life time; maybe closer to 200. AS long as you have game and dont act like a blubbering jackass, a real woman will accept it as an extension of you, and not all of you.
For God's sake bro, just be yourself. And if a woman tells you she cant be with you because you like feet, chances are she was never into you to begin with. All you are doing is providing the out she needed to leave you. It could have been anything at that point.