Are shoes off people a bit weird?

[Anonymous]

People invited to my house are friends/family so gross is not a word I associate with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Seattle. Everyone is shoes off. Everyone. Every party. I actually specifically tell people not to take their shoes off when I have parties and no one listens to me. It's so weird.

Seattle is the homeland for fussy, anxious people.

I've been there once, and it was one time too many.

Seattle is also the homeland for a massive and growing Asian population, so makes sense that taking shoes off is becoming the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having sweaty guys’ bare feet on your rug is gross but having everyone’s shoes that walk around outside in excrement daily is grosser.

This. The stuff on bottoms of people's shoes is way, way more gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A co-worker who is a big shoes off person mentioned he had a party and 40-60 people bare feet or in socks all waking around his house. I know they have wall to wall carpet and having some sweaty guys bare feet in my rug sounds a bit gross.

We were in the office which is nice, vacuumed every day and I said why wear shoes in the office, why no go shoeless here? He looked grossed out and said that’s disgusting.

To be honest I don’t see difference. Me personally I rather walk barefoot in office than on his rug at his home with 40 other smelly feet

We’re a shoes off home, but when entertaining like this people typically leave their shoes on and it is NBD. Floors can of course be cleaned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

Yes I also don’t get this. I recently went to someone’s house and when I asked if I should take my shoes off they said no way because if I did my socks would be black in an hour with all the dirt their dog tracks in. So basically their floors are like disgusting city streets.
Gross.

[Anonymous]

I hover. I don't know why everyone else doesn't do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A co-worker who is a big shoes off person mentioned he had a party and 40-60 people bare feet or in socks all waking around his house. I know they have wall to wall carpet and having some sweaty guys bare feet in my rug sounds a bit gross.

We were in the office which is nice, vacuumed every day and I said why wear shoes in the office, why no go shoeless here? He looked grossed out and said that’s disgusting.

To be honest I don’t see difference. Me personally I rather walk barefoot in office than on his rug at his home with 40 other smelly feet

We’re a shoes off home, but when entertaining like this people typically leave their shoes on and it is NBD. Floors can of course be cleaned.

Same here. We are a shoes off family, but I never ask anyone else to take their shoes off, ever. To me it's rude. They are there for a very short time. They are not tracking dirt in to the same extent as my family, who lives here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A co-worker who is a big shoes off person mentioned he had a party and 40-60 people bare feet or in socks all waking around his house. I know they have wall to wall carpet and having some sweaty guys bare feet in my rug sounds a bit gross.

We were in the office which is nice, vacuumed every day and I said why wear shoes in the office, why no go shoeless here? He looked grossed out and said that’s disgusting.

To be honest I don’t see difference. Me personally I rather walk barefoot in office than on his rug at his home with 40 other smelly feet

We’re a shoes off home, but when entertaining like this people typically leave their shoes on and it is NBD. Floors can of course be cleaned.

Same here. We are a shoes off family, but I never ask anyone else to take their shoes off, ever. To me it's rude. They are there for a very short time. They are not tracking dirt in to the same extent as my family, who lives here.

+1
We are a mostly shoes off house too but also don’t insist or ask guests to take them off. That feels off putting. We live in the suburbs though not downtown.

[Anonymous]

We have this thread pop up every month can you do a search clown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. People who walk all.ivwr dirty, mud, oil, vomit, piss, and fecal matter outside and demand to bring it in the house everywhere are the weirdos.

So gross.

+1

[Anonymous]

I don't know. Is it weird to not want remnants of dogsh!t in your house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having sweaty guys’ bare feet on your rug is gross but having everyone’s shoes that walk around outside in excrement daily is grosser.

Perhaps just don’t walk in $hit. It’s easily avoidable if you have functioning eyes

[Anonymous]

I'm south Asian, my husband is eastern European, both of us are from "shoes off" cultures. Wearing dirty shoes, with mud and animal poop on them, makes your floors dirtier. It's just obvious.

I will say all of our immigrant parents wear house shoes/slides that never leave the house. Our relatives in India/Poland do this, too. Their houses are all immaculately clean.

When my husband went to school, in eastern Europe, the kids would all take off their outside shoes and put on slippers. so maybe that is something that would ease OPs aversion to "sweaty feet." This might be a cultural norm in "no shoe" cultures that for some reason didn't make it to America.

[Anonymous]

I get everyday shoes-off people. I don't get asking guests to take their shoes off.

It's one night. Clean your floors tomorrow.