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Dear world, shoes on or off in the house?
- Thread starter Taki
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Just do whatever you like. I can't remember the last time I was forced to take off my shoes in someone else's house. But I have seen houses where they're more shoe-averse. The whole custom still seems weird.
The area around my current apartment can get very muddy, especially after heavy rain. Heck, if it's windy enough mud can actually slip under the door crack and seep into the front hallway.
I hate it and I can't wait to move out of here in 2.5 months.
House shoes are fine. We're specifically talking wearing your outdoor shoes indoors.
Are shoes on and pets-in-the-bed people the same? Or is there still a separation?
Why brush my teeth, I am just going to eat eventually anyway?
Why brush my teeth, I am just going to eat eventually anyway?
I do not eat off the floor, also here in America we have these things called brooms and mops, so therefore sneakers can stay on in the house.
Off before heading to the carpeted upstairs, for sure. Downstairs is fair game though. It's all tiled floors, so we don't enforce the no shoe rule as hard.
Appartements: OFF
have respect for your neighbours below who don't want to hear your foot stomping and clumping
have respect for your neighbours below who don't want to hear your foot stomping and clumping
Shoes off make more sense overall but I admit it's pretty goofy at times. Throwing a party with 40 people and all their footwear left at the door. Weird.
Ideally society would just get rid of rugs and carpet in all homes.
Ideally society would just get rid of rugs and carpet in all homes.
Off. I wasn't raised in a barn.
Who wants to bring dirty shoes into their house and get shit from outside, like dirt or whatever, all over their carpets, furniture and floors? That's fucked up.
Who wants to bring dirty shoes into their house and get shit from outside, like dirt or whatever, all over their carpets, furniture and floors? That's fucked up.
Off. The only time I wear shoes into my house is if I am moving something in and out of the house.
It's pretty normal in a lot of places. I have Korean family friends and they have everyone do this at parties or gatherings.
Off for me.
I have house shoes for just inside too
I keep my outside shoes off
The only people I know who do the same are my asian american friends and my sisters
I keep my outside shoes off
The only people I know who do the same are my asian american friends and my sisters
I take mine off but I don't force it on anyone else living there or guests, they can wear what they will.
I leave my shoes on to walk around the house.
Taking your shoes off doesn't magically make your floors a sanitary dirt-free surface. If you walk around in socks or barefoot all the dirt on the ground is going to get on your socks or feet.
If you have tile or hardwood floors, it's a nice luxury to be able to wear shoes whenever and wherever you feel like it.
Taking your shoes off doesn't magically make your floors a sanitary dirt-free surface. If you walk around in socks or barefoot all the dirt on the ground is going to get on your socks or feet.
If you have tile or hardwood floors, it's a nice luxury to be able to wear shoes whenever and wherever you feel like it.
Shoes and socks off when I'm home, regardless of company. Barefoot is the best feeling. If my feet get cold, I'll relent and wear slippers for a while until my feet warm up, then they're off again.
Even at work, I sometimes take my shoes off and just wear my thin dress socks if no one else is around. Feels good to let the toes stretch and breath.
But in general, I think my grandma is the only person I've ever met in my entire life that wears shoes in their own home. She has a separate pair of indoor shoes that she inexplicably wears instead of slippers.
But then I never partied with shoe-stealing randos, so it was never an issue.
Even at work, I sometimes take my shoes off and just wear my thin dress socks if no one else is around. Feels good to let the toes stretch and breath.
But in general, I think my grandma is the only person I've ever met in my entire life that wears shoes in their own home. She has a separate pair of indoor shoes that she inexplicably wears instead of slippers.
This is how we did it. Just a big pile of shoes in the porch area. Nobody really cares whose shoes you're wearing if you need to go outside for a smoke or whatever at a house party. Just put on whatever and yell out "I'm borrowing someone's shoes!" Then 2 minutes later the actual shoe owner comes by and says "where are my shoes? Whatever, I'll just use these ones. I'm borrowing someone's shoes!"
But then I never partied with shoe-stealing randos, so it was never an issue.
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Shoes off, always, unless you are my motherfucking godforsaken shitfucks of upstairs neighbors, in which case keep your shoes on and clomp through the house like a Clydesdale at all hours between 1 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Exactly, this.
But the only logical situation to put shoes on in the house is when you break a glass, and you take them off after the pickup is complete.
I'm originally from the states. Taking off your shoes indoors is, as I'm sure you've heard, not a thing unless you have white carpets or nice flooring, which we certainly didn't. You don't think about that kid of stuff when you're younger, so it wasn't until living it in Japan after college that I got to experience why it was better.
Off, you fucking American savages. Grow up.
I'll slap the shit right off a motherfucker wears their shoes in my house.
I'll slap the shit right off a motherfucker wears their shoes in my house.
My family must be different because we never had shoes on in the house growing up. Alabama here.