Shoes debate - In or out?!

Shoes off, it's gross to keep them on. You walk on dried up dog wee, spit and all sorts outside.

I take my shoes off. As does our 4 children. Dh walks to the dining room and takes them off.

I dont outright ask guests to take them off. However, they usually do on seeing we don't wear them.

I grew up in Scandinavia where this is the norm and it was one of the culture shocks for me. I find it very dirty using shoes inside. We have wooden floors downstairs I still don't like it.

TBH it’s so ingrained in DH and DC, they will hop around the house and go on their knees upstairs if they’ve put got one shoe on and realised they’ve forgotten something. It’s not like I’d scream at them. I just raise an eyebrow that they’ve not figured out it’d be quicker to have taken the other shoe off as well and walk normally!

Shoes off with no exceptions whether it's guests, handyman or anyone else. Worst case scenario if someone refuses to take shoes off due to health and safety I have shoe covers near the entrance (happened once or twice in my life)

Absolutely no shoes past the shoe racks in the hall. Have insisted on that since I bought my first house 30 years ago and recarpeted it all as soon as I moved in.

I also grew up in a shoes on house where family used to sit/lay on beds/sofa with shoes on and always thought it was a bit yukky and not very comfortable/homely. I used to always take mine off as hated wearing shoes at home and my socks/feet were always filthy. The amount of drama they used to create taking their shoes off when they same to mine was ridiculous. Don’t see them much nowadays but they’re still the same!

I have had some visitors who didn’t seem pleased at being asked to take shoes off but tbh I don’t care. My house, my rules! If you don’t like it you don’t have to come in. DC were brought up like it and automatically take shoes off in friends houses which I’ve had to tell them not to do as the state of their socks afterwards.

Contractors never have an issue and most of them have shoe covers nowadays.

No shoes in the house and I don't know anyone who doesn't do the same.
Everyone who comes in (except any electrician, plumber or whatever) will take their shoes off.

I live alone with hard floors so im not bothered.

Shoes off in hallway here. Although my house often has kids from our estate in & I’m very insistent that all the shoes are off and I wipe their bare feet with wet wipes if they’re dirty I even wipe my dogs paws before he walks on the carpet!

Doesn’t make one iota of difference as the lounge carpet still looks grubby.

i don’t ask guests to remove their shoes, I just sit there feeling really pissed off instead!

Shoes off. Most kids coming in take their shoes off automatically and scamper upstairs to play. I don't ask adults to - it's laminate wood floors downstairs and mopped daily. No reason for adults to go upstairs so never need to ask.

Shoes off. I can’t think of anyone’s house I’ve been to who doesn’t take shoes off 🤔 There is always a pile of shoes or a shoe cupboard by peoples front doors or hallways etc
My kids are well trained and know to take them off when we get to someone else’s house.

I can’t imagine relaxing on the couch with a pair of boots or trainers on Ive been wearing all day.
I wear slippers in the winter.

I mainly have my shoes off in the house but it is about convenience and comfort so if I'm an going in and out a few times, I would keep them on. I would never expect anyone to take shoes off coming in the house although lots do. Going to other people's houses I would take shoes off but it does put me off visiting as most of the time, there is little room and no where to sit at the door.

Our house is shoes off. It is a warm house. Guests take their shoes off but I have plastic covers if needed. We also do not allow animals in our house.

Yes, I wear shoes in the house (although I hate wearing shoes so take them off ASAP).

No, I’d never ask guests to take their shoes off. I’d feel insanely rude doing so.

However, people should do as they wish in their homes and if shoes gross them out then off they come.

Always shoes off
No shoes upstairs, ever.
Slippers or barefoot household here.

I prefer to wear slippers indoors because they are more comfortable.

I always leave my shoes on. I don't know anyone who doesn't wear shoes at home.

"I think it’s rude to wear shoes inside someone else’s house." Whereas I think it's rude to start discarding clothing without being invited to. Like walking in and immediately taking off your coat. "Making yourself at home" in someone else's home. Rude.

After new floors and carpet all take off. X

Shoes off.

for people who call regularly they do get the drift now. We have a crawling baby so I can use that as an excuse.

Elderly people that visit I wouldn’t ask to.

I think it’s rude to wear shoes inside someone else’s house.

Shoes on, but contrary to what shoes-off people seems to think, we don't go gaily tramping in mud then walking it in. In practice, for much of the year, it's change into indoor shoes as we come in.

I have cats - I don't wash their paws as they come in.

And if I'm barefoot in summer, I'll be barefoot out of doors as well, and I'm not going to stop and wash my feet every time I pop in.

I do however wash my floors.

Me and DD take shoes off. OH is a shoes on twat person.

Guests can choose.

I used to immediately change into slippers when I’d come home but we have a dog who loses his shit when our ‘outdoor feet’ go on, ie shoes, so I tend to wear trainers all day.
No carpets.

I take my shoes off, because I like to change my socks and put slippers on when I get in (socks that have been worn all day can lead to fungal infections as they get slightly damp).

Guests can do what they like, although I never ask them to remove their shoes.( I prefer them not to remove their shoes, tbh; see above note about damp socks and add in sweaty feet). I think it's rude and inhospitable to do so; consequently I have flooring that is fit for purpose. I also have a stout door mat.

However I can't think of any occasion when I've had a guest uncouth enough to tramp through mud, dog poo or other unpleasant substances prior to coming in my house.

We take our shoes off (all hard floors downstairs) but don’t insist visitors do

So far this thread is much more civil than most threads about this topic on mumsnet.

Shoes off here, no exceptions whatsoever. DW is Japanese and culturally shoes in the house is out of the question for Japanese people.