AIBU not to remove shoes in the home

[Illtellyouwhatswhat10]

Generally we don't ask guests to remove their shoes, and my SIL said she doesn't either. We both agreed that when you go to the trouble to put on a nice outfit, it's ruined when you have to take off your footwear. SIL added that as we both have tiled/wooden floors in downstairs room why would you ask guests to, anyway?

And another thing, it's often not nice to be barefoot in someone else's home (at least in your own place you have your own slippers) and I'm aware that some people may feel conscious about smelly feet/odd unsightly feet/verrucas. Even if hosts provide slippers, would you want to wear something that's been worn by someone else?

I just hate it when people look down their nose at people

You take the prize for that on this thread with your frankly idiotic comments about having to be born into the middle class.

littlefrog3 please, stop being so nasty. Your spiteful comments alone show that you have no class.

You're missing the point. I have not a JOT of interest in 'looking you up!'

And you're deluded if you think I am jealous of ANYone, let alone you, and your 'amazing fantastic life.'

I just get tired of people on here boasting about all the wealth and success and education they (supposedly) have, and the business they own, all the properties and land they own, their numerous university degrees yada yada, and think some people need calling out now and again.

Half of what you say doesn't add up, and you know it, and that's why you're upset, because you've been called out. But I am bored with you now, so ta-ra.

I didn't say I had class BY THEY WAY. I am just highlighting some of the ridiculous things certain people say on here.

Hit a few raw nerves it seems, as people are getting a bit weepy.

Toodle pip snowflakes. I have to go feed the horses and then clean the private jet PMSL.

Well this thread is going well.

No it all adds up. You're obsessed with being nasty. None of it is made up.
You've got your facts wrong.
You're really cruel and other women have told you this. Did you ever consider the possibility my husband is older then me? Hm. That might explain the mortgage and no its not more then half a million pounds. Actually it's a lot less and it's still more then your £175k remark.

Are the people who take their shoes off the same people who change into their pyjamas as soon as they get home from work?

Shoes have nothing to do with class it's a personal preference and furthermore I hate people who try to pinpoint others socially.
Frog has enjoyed winding me up and there's nothing more to say. Yes I took the bait but I didn't deserve any of her nasty remarks.
I'm no snowflake but I am a lady and I only want to be treated with respect.

I bet the shoes off people are the sort who wear knickers under their PJs.

No I don't because I am at home and I work from home so normally in jeans anyway. I wear an apron when I cook dinner then have a shower after dinner and put pyjamas on.
Anyway, that also sounds like a comment directed at the class system again which in my opinion is totally unconnected to people's preferences on whether or not guests and themselves wear shoes inside their home.

I actually wear pyjamas until I go to bed where I take them off and sleep naked. Put them back on in the morning. Anyway...

What I was thinking was more psychological than sociological. It's about going back to early infancy or (better still) the time before birth.

So you have bare feet or slippers, loose informal clothing - (babygro-like). And you have pale fitted carpet throughout and try to minimise/neutralise intruders in order to create a hermetically sealed womb-like space.

I've never been in anyone's house who has expected me to take my shoes off, nor would I expect people to take their shoes off in my house.

A basket of slippers by the front door

I'm feeling incredibly paranoid about my basket now .

I'm going to have to talk to my mum about this - I must have been bloody dragged up!

What is wrong with wearing knickers under pyjamas?

Could people post photos of their slipper baskets?

Having led a sad and sheltered life for over fifty years among filthy horrible yucky humans who are basically better than animals, I yearn to see how refined people live.

If anyone comes to my house and doesn't remove their shoes they don't get much further than the mat. I'm not uptight I just don't want the dirt from outside trailing through my house.

... no better than animals, I should have said...

I can't post a photograph because I've now learned it's rude and a bit disgusting Elinor - I'm nothing but aspirational working class scum with no shame

I have a friend who lives in stilettos...she's the only person I ask to remove shoes because I have Lino in the kitchen and heels bloody ruin it...luckily she doesn't mind!

Twenty 😂😂 you crack me up.
Must be the peasant scum we are that we understand each other's sense of humour.

If you have no shame, then you will happily show us your slipper basket!!

(The new penis beaker??)

Fair point, ok I will when I'm home!

Slipper and sock baskets; the new penis beaker! PMSL!

Could people post photos of their slipper baskets? Having led a sad and sheltered life for over fifty years among filthy horrible yucky humans who are basically better than animals, I yearn to see how refined people live. If you have no shame you will show us your slipper baskets (the new penis beaker!)

PMSL Elinor. The new penis beaker!!! I have a strong feeling we won't be seeing pics of said slipper and sock baskets, and the little stools for people to sit on.

If the pics of said items are not posted however, I will assume either they don't exist, or the posters in question are embarrassed by them - and quite rightly so!

This thread is hilarious. I am aghast at some of the things people are coming out with!