"She once told my sister that Xu also had his vulgar side. He would be attracted to the kind of woman who would wear pink embroidered shoes," Liang Congjie believes that Xu's eventual marriage to the socialite Lu Xiaoman is also proof of his vulgar side.
「她（林徽因）曾對我姊姊說，徐志摩也有世俗的一面，他也是一個會歡喜穿粉紅繡花鞋女子的那種人」，梁從誡認為，徐志摩後來與社交名媛陸小曼結婚，證明他確有俗的一面。