Are shoes off people a bit weird?

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Anonymous wrote:I truly don't get it. For those of you who wear shoes in the house, how are you not uncomfortable? do you ever want to put your feet up on the couch? Do you enjoy having to professionally clean your carpet every month?

Just because we don't have rigid rules about shoes in the house, doesn't mean we wear them 100% of the time... I take mine off when I'm ready to relax or not going back out in the near future. And I have never in my life had a carpet professionally cleaned, nevermind monthly. Lol. We vacuum as needed, and have a shampooer that we bust out MAYBE twice a year per rug. And yet, no one in my house has been overtaken by scary germs. Incredible!

This is too moderate and sane a position to be permitted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I truly don't get it. For those of you who wear shoes in the house, how are you not uncomfortable? do you ever want to put your feet up on the couch? Do you enjoy having to professionally clean your carpet every month?

Just because we don't have rigid rules about shoes in the house, doesn't mean we wear them 100% of the time... I take mine off when I'm ready to relax or not going back out in the near future. And I have never in my life had a carpet professionally cleaned, nevermind monthly. Lol. We vacuum as needed, and have a shampooer that we bust out MAYBE twice a year per rug. And yet, no one in my house has been overtaken by scary germs. Incredible!

We also don’t have rules. We wear shoes inside. We have no carpet in the house-all hardwood. I mop if it gets dusty maybe once a week.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid did a shoes on vs shoes off experiment for the science fair. We ordered petri dishes and he swabbed the floors in various types of homes to watch the growth results.

The cleanest floor type was hardwood, no shoes, no pets, with weekly cleaners.

He did:
Our house - carpet, shoes off, no pets
Neighbor 1 - carpet, shoes on, no pets
My sister - carpet, shoes off w/ a dog
SIL - hardwood, shoes off, 2 dogs
His friend - hardwood, shoes off, cleaned weekly, no pets
Neighbor 2 - hardwood, shoes off, cleaned sporadically, no pets
His friend 2 - hardwood, shoes on, cleaned weekly, no pets
BIL - hardwood, shoes on, hardly ever cleaned b/c he's a bachelor, no pets

Other than the hardwood, no pets, shoes off, cleaned weekly, the other floor growth was pretty similar.

Very cool project idea - props to your kid!

[Anonymous]

Are shoes off people a bit weird?

It depends. I'm a shoes on person (unless they're dirty, of course), so it's generally not my cup of tea, but that's OK. What I think people get weirded out about are the ones who are militant about it. Just like being a vegan, I suppose.

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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.

+1000

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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

You can't see fecal matter, urine, vomit, and other bodily fluids that have residuals all over streets and sidewalks. Imagine walking all over the streets of a city like San Fran where it smells like urine everywhere, and people are constantly defecating in the streets. Sure, you might not step in a mound, but the residue is everywhere. You really want to walk in the streets of San Fran that's teeming with hepatitis C and then all over your house to track it on the floors and carpets? So nasty.

Totally agree with you. And what’s more gross is when people have their shoes on and curl their feet up under them while sitting on their sofa/furniture.

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I personally think it is rude to request houseguests remove their shoes upon entering your home.

Unless you are providing paper slippers for them.

I am a Nanny who is required to go shoeless in about 95% of the homes I work in.

The families are so concerned that their carpets/rugs will get dirty yet whenever I come home I have to actually take time to wash the bottom of my feet 🦶🏽 due to dirty soles.

Makes zero sense to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You can't see fecal matter, urine, vomit, and other bodily fluids that have residuals all over streets and sidewalks. Imagine walking all over the streets of a city like San Fran where it smells like urine everywhere, and people are constantly defecating in the streets. Sure, you might not step in a mound, but the residue is everywhere. You really want to walk in the streets of San Fran that's teeming with hepatitis C and then all over your house to track it on the floors and carpets? So nasty.

Totally agree with you. And what’s more gross is when people have their shoes on and curl their feet up under them while sitting on their sofa/furniture.

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Not this again.

We are a shoes off house. I have literally NEVER had a guest come over and NOT ask if they should remove their shoes. Decent people take cues from their hosts. That said, I don't have fancy dinner parties where people wear cocktail attire and pick shoes to match their outfit. The only old people that come to our home are our parents, who bring their inside shoes.

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Anonymous wrote:Not this again.

We are a shoes off house. I have literally NEVER had a guest come over and NOT ask if they should remove their shoes. Decent people take cues from their hosts. That said, I don't have fancy dinner parties where people wear cocktail attire and pick shoes to match their outfit. The only old people that come to our home are our parents, who bring their inside shoes.

I don’t know who are the unsanitary people who don’t take off their shoes. So foul

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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.

Where do you live where poop is everywhere and you step in it?

Do you never use public transportation or use public bathrooms?

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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.

I moved to Seattle about 7 years ago, and this is absolutely true. Most of Seattle has no sidewalks and you have to park in a mudpuddle on the side of the road, so it's practical to take off your boots.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You can't see fecal matter, urine, vomit, and other bodily fluids that have residuals all over streets and sidewalks. Imagine walking all over the streets of a city like San Fran where it smells like urine everywhere, and people are constantly defecating in the streets. Sure, you might not step in a mound, but the residue is everywhere. You really want to walk in the streets of San Fran that's teeming with hepatitis C and then all over your house to track it on the floors and carpets? So nasty.

Totally agree with you. And what’s more gross is when people have their shoes on and curl their feet up under them while sitting on their sofa/furniture.

I have never seen people put shoes on upholstery IRL

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Curious do Asians wipe the dogs feet when the dog comes in the house?

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I mean not wearing shoes is traditional in Asian cultures, which is a majority of the earth’s population, so not sure who is “weird” and how you think you can define what the norm is.

Seems actually *more* crazy to wear shoes in the house where your shoes have been in a public restroom and likely have fecal matter on them or god knows what.