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To think wearing shoes indoors is disgusting?

542 replies

CJ2010 · 07/03/2011 20:24

I have a 'No shoes worn in the home' rule at my own house but I have noticed that a lot of people are not fussed if peps walk into their houses with their shoes on. Why do they allow this?

Last night when I arrived at my mum's, she ordered me not to enter the living room, as she had accidentially trod dog poo through the room and was busy scrubbing the floor. All because she bizzrely wears her shoes in her home. How hard is it to take your shoes off in the hallway, once you get home?

I tried to hide my annoyance as it is her home, but I wouldn't allow DD to crawl about on the floor. The room stunk of poo and i felt sick.

AIBU?

OP posts:
gooseberrybushes · 10/03/2011 19:11

I'm the first post on a 21 page thread about shoe wearing.

exoticfruits · 10/03/2011 19:11

I don't wear shoes in my own house-unless we have visitors and then I put them on.

gooseberrybushes · 10/03/2011 19:12

on the 21st page of a 21 page thread

jeez

bed

FattyArbuckel · 10/03/2011 19:14

YABU
YAB judgemental
YAB out of touch with the mainstream culture of the UK

FattyArbuckel · 10/03/2011 19:15

'I take slippers to work as well.'

Frankly very few employers would find this acceptable

diddl · 10/03/2011 19:21

"YAB out of touch with the mainstream culture of the UK"

I thought it was becoming more prevalent?

HairyTruckDriver · 10/03/2011 19:21

bet you hate toilet brushes and germy soap pumps too?

FattyArbuckel · 10/03/2011 19:22

More common yes. Yet hardly mainstream

thedogsswollocks · 10/03/2011 19:24

I've got a dog and I can't remove her feet when she comes in so I'm not that fussed about removing shoes tbh.

Bogeyface · 10/03/2011 19:35

Is this STILL going?!

Keep your shoes on

Take your shoes off

Paint your arse purple and stick it out of the window.

Does it really matter this much?! :o

Because it is rude to ask guests to remove their shoes obviously. I thought everyone knew that. How common! Wink

PepsiPopcorn · 10/03/2011 20:13

I have the ideal deal compromise!

Wear one shoe indoors and leave the other by the door :o

PepsiPopcorn · 10/03/2011 20:13

ideal compromise

QuickLookBusy · 10/03/2011 20:18

Good idea Pepsi. You could then hop around,on the non shoe wearing foot obviously.

I don't think anyone would notice.

Actually it could be a MN thing, then we could spot each other in rlGrin

RIZZ0 · 10/03/2011 20:20

Ooh! Ooh! I have an idea.

You could learn to walk on your hands inside and then flip over to walking on your feet outside, therefore no need to take shoes on and off!

You could ask your regular guests to learn it too?

doley · 10/03/2011 20:32

OK ,I must just add this Wink totally forgot that I actually have a sigh outside the front -door ...

'Please remove your shoes ' lol lol !

Now those that don't like to take them off ,can have a field day with me !

I have to reiterate ,one can be a good host at the same time as asking all shoes be removed .

My family and friends obey my sign because they LOVE ME so much :)

Also ,I think apart from the dirty aspect ~wearing shoes in the house is not very relaxing .
Slippers or socks are so much more cozy .

QuickLookBusy · 10/03/2011 20:32

Yes Rizzo, just don't wear a skirt.

HouseOfBamboo · 10/03/2011 22:07

ha ha, especially a skirt with a nice thick pair of house socks, that would just look daft.

Though actually of course you wouldn't even need the socks, would you, as you'd be able to keep your shoes on, and outfit intact? Result Grin

Sarraburd · 11/03/2011 14:07
  • My husband has a mild shoe fettish so I often end up wearing car-to-bar shoes in bed Grin
  • I was once asked to a smart cocktail party. It did not say "no shoes" on the invitation. I was asked to remove my brand new Gucci stillettoes (which had trodden all of twenty paces, perhaps, into and out of taxi). Yes, I thought that was rude. But as per other posters, they would never have know I thought so...I just hoped that they would catch my athlete's foot and my DH's verrucas Wink
  • No, it is not the norm in the UK not to wear shoes, otherwise, why this thread?
  • I do not agree that shoes are automatically an outdoor thing - I often wear slippers at home day-to-day, but always shoes if dressing up (see shoe fettish above)
  • Yes, I think if you have a no shoes rule you should say in advance so the "emergency socks" can be brought). I hate having cold feet and also often get athletes foot (no, I do not have bad personal hygeniene, but very short toes and wide feet which somehow means I am physically more prone to getting it)
  • I always take my shoes off if asked to do so but do feel it's weird and rude not to warn in advance (verruccas etc - if you are that concerned with germs what about the germs on my feet/socks?) I prefer to bring my own slippers to a house where I can't wear shoes because of the cold/athelete's feet
  • My mother is scandinavian. Yes, they take off snowboots etc - but bring other shoes (which may or may not at some point eg in summer have also been worn outside...)
gaelicsheep · 11/03/2011 21:46

I am enjoying the image of all the children sent out of their houses in hermetically sealed suits which they remove in a hermetically sealed porch lest they bring any of the dreaded "germs" into the house.

I wonder how people think te human race ever survived if we are all so susceptible to common dirt. The ignorance here beggars belief, it really does.

Plus someone raised the safety issue and that is so true. Socks and hard floors do not mix, or perhaps your children are not allowed to play in the house?

iggi999 · 11/03/2011 22:38

I'm going to a party tomorrow and am now paranoid about whether I might have to take my shoes off. It's a bit like being at a soft play, the one time I always remember to wear matching socks.

cosymum43 · 12/03/2011 04:34

I dont think that wearing shoes in the house in disgusting. however we dont wear shoes in our house and guests are asked to take their shoes off. we wear slippers, as do most people we know. therefore taking shoes off is not really an issue for us.

gaelicsheep · 12/03/2011 08:52

You see it's that asking bit. Immediately you feel unwelcome. I'm like others on here - I tend to take my lead from the hosts and will offer, but I would be very annoyed/uncomfortable if I was asked outright. I never have been though because my friends have manners.

Sarraburd · 12/03/2011 10:08

Gaelicsheep - agreed - have actually bought my kids those non-slip socks (rubbery things on soles) for playdates in said houses...bit ott the whole thing really

diddl · 12/03/2011 10:16

"I'm like others on here - I tend to take my lead from the hosts"

Perhaps it´s more about the type of occasion?

I don´t know anyone who day to day wears shoes in their own house.fit.

But for a party they would as it´s part of the out

lesley33 · 12/03/2011 11:18

I put my shoes on when I get dressed like many people I know. Can I ask all those people who are shoes off to at least warn people before they come to your house. At least that way we can be prepared with non holy socks, thick socks or slippers. And no don't think offering me slippers or socks from your house is an acceptable substitute.

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