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To expect visitors to take their shoes off?

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marymungoNminge · 06/09/2023 15:19

Just that really! Do you take off your shoes in the home or keep them on?

I'm pretty house proud and I like a tidy home, not a germaphope by any means but I take pride in keeping my home fresh and clean. (Well as much as I can with a toddler!) I think it's really rude to walk into someone else's home with outside shoes on where there's spit, shit, dirt and whatever else. If I had wooden floors maybe that'd be different.

Someone came for an appointment today walked in with their shoes on and left dirt on our stone coloured carpet. WIBU to tell people to remove their shoes if they walk in with them on? DD(2) takes shoes off and puts them on the shoe rack. I just think it's gross but maybe I'm the odd one! It's just how I was brought up!

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s4usagefingers · 06/09/2023 15:32

Yes, always shoes off. It’s a living space not a bus station.

Sahara123 · 06/09/2023 15:32

I think this has been done to the death now….
Half the country think you’re a slovenly heathen if you keep them on and the other half don’t care and would hate to ask people to take them off .

Ducksinthebath · 06/09/2023 15:30

I think it just depends what you're used to.

In the time and place I grew up it was considered a very working class trait but I suspect as a general rule, most people are shoes off at home for the family and guests.