MIL / shoes in the house

[Magicboobies]

We were staying at in laws for a few days. All decided to go out on a walk with the kiddies , pram etc. As FIL was locking the front door, a dc realised they forgot something I asked to go back in nipped in to get it without taking my shoes off. I realise after I should have taken my shoes off (all laminate floors and clean enough shoes, not muddy) but I completely didn’t think at the time.
When I came out the house , MIl was hyperventilating. I asked what’s up and was told to “leave it” and FIL told MIL something like “don’t worry it’ll be ok” and she calmed down and we all went for a walk. I didn’t connect that to me going back in. Few days later when we were home I remembered MIL hyperventilating and asked DH what happened and he said it was because I went in the house without taking shoes off. I feel terrible. DH tells me to not bother. Should I just leave it or ring her and apologise?
apolgosie =yabu
Forget it = yanbu

It's the kind of reaction that my friend with contamination OCD used to have if the routine/ hygiene protocol was broken.

if the mil suffered like this, the op would presumably be acutely aware of it

One size slippers- my dh get them in hotels every week.

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You wouldn’t get in a state in your home but MIL obviously did get in a state where people had to calm her down and tell her to leave it.

Either the mil has a serious existing mental health condition regarding cleanliness, which the OP would already have known about - so she was being thoughtless

or

this “hyperventilating” came out of absolute no where and the mil has never shown in the years previously that she’s particularly committed to shoes off to the extent that if you don’t take them off… she loses it.

Only on mumsnet? We’re talking about OPs MIL who is not on mumsnet she’s out there in the real world! I haven’t said I’m anxious like OPs MIL, I’m not I often walk through my house with shoes on if I’m just going out or just got home. However some people are funny about germs.

I think it’s more extreme that every time you see the royal family you think about people on mumsnet taking their shoes off when entering Buckingham palace