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Dh says I am anal because I don't want him to wear outdoor shoes in the bathroom...

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merrymarthamoo · 15/12/2004 22:57

he stood on the bath mat in 'em, for God's sake!

He reckons 99.9% of the population would agree with him....

quick poll please?

And I do go in the bathroom in my outdoor shoes very occasionally - usually when I've just come in and am bursting for the loo. But mostly I wear slippers in the house.

I am pre-menstrual, can you tell?

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lockets · 16/12/2004 21:49

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morningpaper · 16/12/2004 21:51

Standing in dog crap must be a fairly rare occurrence these days though? Oooh it's been YEARS since I trod in a good pile of dog crap...

dinny · 16/12/2004 21:52

Ha ha ha, Lockets. Great minds....

dinny · 16/12/2004 21:53

Loads of it round where we live. Gross.

RudolftheredPOSEYreindeer · 16/12/2004 21:53

Not scared of dirt at all. Am all for letting the kids get filthy (they're both really robust for it). Just don't want it all indoors and in the carpets

MaryChristmas · 16/12/2004 21:54

Oh gawd shoes on here.
Lifes too short to worry about a bit of carpet.
What about you folks when you step into your car?
I say bit of dirt is actually good for you.
Too clean and anal is damaging surely?
No immunity to anything.

morningpaper · 16/12/2004 21:57

Having said that my carpet is three years old and DOES look like an old rag. So I CAN see the advantage.

But taking shoes off just seems so OTT. And TBH I've never even HEARD of it in this country until this thread. Although I did once have a cleaner who removed her shoes when she came into my house, but I thought that was odd.

Also it's too COLD in my house to remove shoes.

mediagirl · 16/12/2004 22:09

I wouldn't dream of letting my DD crawl around in a playground, my garden is a different matter though as she would be crawling on a play mat.
Public areas are full of dog poo, cat pee etc which in some cases can lead to toxoplasmosis if a baby gets the germ in its mouth. I agree that babies need to build their immune systems up and coming in to contact with other children is the best way.

Do you honestly feel that allowing a baby to put filth in it's mouth will build its immune system or just make it ill?

Tinker · 16/12/2004 22:11

My brother used to eat soil.

MaryChristmas · 16/12/2004 22:12

media girl I bet you ate soil as a baby?

mediagirl · 16/12/2004 22:12

Is he still alive then Tinker?

Tinker · 16/12/2004 22:13

Probably the healthiest among us.

mediagirl · 16/12/2004 22:15

Can't say I've tried it Marychristmas. What did it taste like?

MaryChristmas · 16/12/2004 22:16

a bit earthy to be honest!

mediagirl · 16/12/2004 22:19

Ha ha......might try it on my DH and make him mud pie!

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Prettybird · 17/12/2004 09:21

My Mum was told by her HV (or equivalent - this was South Africa in the early 60s) to let me crawl around and eat dirt - that was the way I would build up immunity. We lived on a cattle farm too! To really gross everyone out, the veranda on the "old" farmhouse (where my Dad's cousin lived) was made of dried cattle shit, which then had patterns carved in it and polished. It gets re-done every few years. I saw it when I was teenager and it looked really good - you'd have never realised white it was made of!

One of the studies in favour of greater exposure to dirt (the Bristol one?) found that children brought up on farms had much better immunity than children who were kept ultra clean. But I am sure there is a middle ground!

Prettybird · 17/12/2004 10:13

... is the shoes off in the house an English thing? I've never been asked to remove my shoes in Scotland?

.... but I've also lived in England and can't remember ever being asked to by any of my friends in the various places I've lived.

I do often take my shoes off in my house - but purely as a comfort thing. It's never crossed my mind to do it as a hygiene/cleanliness thing (with the exception of muddy shoes from the garden of course !)

Tinker · 17/12/2004 11:25

I think it's a relatively new thing. Don't remember it from childhood. Think it's as a consequence of "practical" cream carpets.

Bradsmum · 17/12/2004 11:45

Just had to add to this - my dh had oak floor put down in living room (there's me thinking it would be hardwearing) and he is SO precious about it. Everyone who comes to our house has to take shoes off in case they damage floor (heels, grit in shoes, etc) and no way can anyone go upstairs with shoes on. I never came across this before - I take my shoes off for comfort - but am so embarrassed when I have to ask people (especially when they are dressed up for party as at ds recent birthday/christening) to take them off. They all look so uncomfortable having to take off the heels - I think dh is completely anal and precious about it (apart from when it's wet and rainy and people traipse mud, etc, in). Has anyone found an easy way to ask people without embarrassing themselves and guests?

spacedonkey · 17/12/2004 11:48

bradsmum

tbh I wouldn't put any flooring down that was going to stress me that much - can you put rugs down or something to protect oak floor?

I do remember this from childhood - we were rather bohemian and non-anal about such matters but often I had to take shoes off at friends' houses

leglepartridge · 17/12/2004 11:53

i dont like my dh wearing outside shoes in the house full stop. he loves doing it. causes no end of bickering .....

Bradsmum · 17/12/2004 11:58

spacedonkey - I bought a big rug to cover some of it - doesn't make any difference to dh. He chose the floor when I wasn't around (we got it done by DIY SOS!!!) and I thought we were getting good old fashioned heavy oak flooring not this shiny stuff that looks like laminate but is not as hard wearing. DH is precious about most of the house and is one of the biggest causes of rows.

spacedonkey · 17/12/2004 11:58

DIY SOS!!! tell all!