To expect no-outdoor-shoe households to provide slippers?

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Just that - slides, or foot covers of some kind. Of course, if you know in advance it's different, but when you turn up for the first time at someone's house to be told "please take off outdoor shoes" at the door (which is reasonable, we all get to decide what happens in our own homes), surely something should be provided rather than expect visitors to pad about in bare feet, or socks.

I haven’t read the whole thread but there is a simple solution to this - if you don’t like taking your shoes off in a no outdoor shoe home, don’t visit them - then everyone will be happy.
No, I don’t think you should expect them to provide slippers, if you don’t like their rule either take your own slippers or wear thick socks.
Just don’t be the type of person I’ve encountered who is told there is a no outdoor shoe rule and then says “my shoes are clean” and walks in anyway.

Im wondering if perhaps people are in other countries to the UK. Everyone takes shoes off here I know. Perhaps its less the done thing if they live with cold tiled floors that are washed down all the time anyway. I couldn’t walk on someones carpet in my shoes, would feel awful.

Nope @Hellybelly84 we are UK. People are different even within our country you know - is your mind blown? 😆

UK here too. Sorry to disappoint you @Hellybelly84.

Well tbh I am never professionally visiting someone for my own benefit, so if they don't let me in its their loss! Proper shoes are part of personal protective equipment and I'm not about to risk my health for someone elses carpets. But of course in practice no one has ever refused to let me in.

If you are a princess maybe.
Please tell me you are joking….

Mind is blown that its even a conversation to be honest. We teach kids from nursery age ‘shoes and coat on at the door when your ready to go out’.

Should we keep a pair of just in case slippers in every size?

I have slippers 😝😂. Take your shoes off or do t come in- I’m easy!

Yes six pair ,that’ll do it

Compartment in the nappy bag for all the slippers needed for a family visit to the shoeless house. Baby is exempt.

LOL.

I always assume I'll be taking my outside shoes off when I go to someones house. I'd bring slippers if it bothered me to walk around in socks.

Totally unreasonable. Do you expect them to have a wide range of sizes just in case?

socks or barefoot is absolutely fine. If you’re worried, keep some slippers in your bag.

If it bothers you , take your own slippers

It's more hygienic than sharing a pair between lots of people surely ?

I don’t like it if it’s a party/get-together because I go from petite but not abnormally so, to about a foot shorter than everyone else!

It's courteous to provide disposable over shoe covers (which we do) or we're just as happy if people wear socks if they want to...I couldn't think of anything worse than communal slippers.

With one very rare exception, I just don’t go to houses where I’m expected to take shoes off. Especially in winter, I definitely need something besides socks, and I don’t want to wear manky old communal slippers, thanks. Yes, I know I could take my own, but I’d most likely forget to.

We are a no shoes indoor household (Uk) and I personally find it weird when I visit people’s houses and people are wearing shoes and most of my family fall into that category! Indeed, I grew up wearing shoes indoors!

I do actually have a basket of individually wrapped spa type slippers in my guest room (more for relatives that stay for multiple days and may have forgotten their slippers) but I always offer them to someone when the visit my house for the first time.

What's so bad about walking round someone's house in your socks? Is it because it's cold? Or grubby? It's only the bottoms of your feet?

Message is... my carpet is more important than you.

We would prefer people to remove their shoes but don't insist. Most people don't venture beyond the hard floors. Tradesmen always bring shoe covers.

We have house shoes for downstairs hard floored areas. Upstairs and the drawing room are carpeted. DH and I change from our house shoes to our slippers which we keep on the little half landing at the bottom of the stairs - outside the drawing room.

At other people's houses we do as they do.

And that’s ok- because it genuinely IS 😂

I'm happy to do whatever a home owner wishes unless their house floor looks more disgusting than what might be on the soles of my shoes. I always offer to remove my shoes.

My own house however is clean. Wooden floors, washed every day. I ask people to remove their shoes because we live on a farm and outside is definitely more disgusting than in!! I work damn hard to keep my house clean, if you won't take your shoes off, you're not coming in (unless elderly/infirm).

Message is... my carpet is more important than you
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It absolutely is 💅

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this is so rude.