Feet on the sofa - yes or no?

[Ddakji]

I’m not talking about shoes here - just feet.

Inspired by another thread, do you think it’s fine to have feet on the sofa or not?

Personally, I always curl up with my feet under me so I was slightly astonished that a number of posters on that thread agreed that feet shouldn’t be on the sofa, so I thought I’d ask here.

Please vote below and add a comment if you want! I can’t edit the poll for some reason so as follows:

YABU = no feet on the sofa
YANBU = feet on the sofa are fine

Again - this is about feet only, not shoes.

I read that thread. I always curl up or lie down on sofa with feet up. Only time I don’t is when we have visitors and squash 3 people on a sofa and there is no space to. Cannot imagine sitting up straight at home!

My own feet on my sofa…yes.
My feet on someone else’s sofa = no…unless I’ve known them for centuries and we are really close.
Someone else’s feet on my sofa = no…unless as above.

Always have my feet on sofa

With shoes off and clean feet/socks. (I developed super stinky feet in puberty, it's passed now, but it does make me more paranoid than most about stinky socks.)

I was surprised too. I wouldn’t do bare feet on a sofa at someone else’s house but I would do socks without thinking about it. At home, anything goes. Even my DM - who is quite Mumsnetty about some hygiene things - is fine with it.

My feet usually go on a footstool. When small the dc were allowed to scramble bare foot over the scruffy sofa in the family room. NOT in the smart room.

Yes, as long as outdoor shoes are off.

This ^^

I’m feet on the sofa anywhere (not that I go many places). Never even occurred to me that it might be an problem at MIL’s, for example (who I get in very well with) and she’s never said anything.

I remember once going to a very lovely hotel with a huge old fireplace and old sofas in front of it - we kicked off our shoes and curled up in front of the fire straight away!

I wonder if it’s to do with being short? My mum (also a pipsqueak) always curled up as well.

No comments from those voting YABU so far!

I didn't read the thread.

But I'd hate growing up in a home where my parents had such a sideways stick up their arses, that no-one was allowed to relax with their feet up on the sofa.

Mind boggling.

I'm chronically ill....so yes, feet up all the way.

What? There are people who don't allow feet on the sofa?

Wow - you have a smart room?! Like a best front parlour kind of thing? I didn’t know people did that any more!

I can't picture how people sit with that rule. I'm imagining everyone sat bolt upright with their feet on the floor like the Simpsons.

I always have my feet up or curled under me. Even sat on dining chairs😅 I just can't sit with feet down. I'm 39 so god knows how long I'll be able to keep it up🤭

Fine at home as long as not wearing shoes. I wouldn’t do it in someone else’s house unless I knew them really well and they were doing the same.

I'm most comfortable with one leg curled under me, so I always have at least one foot on the sofa. But never with shoes on.

My mum got a new sofa when we were growing up and we weren’t allowed feet on it.

Of course

What in the name of all that's holy is a "smart room"?

The drawing room. I was trying not to sound too wanky.

Absolutely feet on sofa I always have to have them tucked under me / cross-legged, find it so uncomfortable otherwise! Not shoes clearly but don’t have shoes on inside anyway.

I don't mind feet up, but we have dogs and cats on the sofas too, which is something that seems to really traumatise a lot of people on mumsnet. We have washable cotton throws over the whole sofa so it's never been a problem.

I vacuum and mop every day so my floors are always clean - so it’s no problem if people want to put their feet on the sofa. Everyone in the family does, and I wouldn’t tell a guest not to, I’d want them to be comfortable.

On my sofa and with shoes off, yes.