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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel so funny about this situation. Playdate with a newer friend. We had never been to their house before. When we arrived, we entered through their side door and she promptly asked us to take our shoes off. Of course, we did. When it was time to leave, my child and I sat and put our sneakers back on. We went to exit out the kitchen door but there was a sprinkler running right in front of the door. I said "could we go out the front?" and she said "sure!" so we walked through the house and left though the front. Apparently, she later complained to a mutual friend that we walked through their house with shoes on, when she made it clear they were a no-shoe house. Now I feel terribly embarrassed. I'm annoyed that she left out the detail about the sprinkler, but I still wish I had just taken off our shoes to walk through. Is that an obvious thing to do?

We never ask guests to take off their shoes so I have a different perspective. [/quote]

We are Asians and, obviously, shoes off family but I think your new friend is being silly/petty. I think it's silly to ask people who just put their shoes on to take them off to walk 15 steps. You have done nothing wrong in my opinion. You can be my friend anytime. [/quote]

I understand not wearing shoes in the house (we are a no shoe family) but sometimes it’s a PITA if you forget something. If I am wearing loafers, I can slip them off again quickly but if I just sat on the floor with my kid and spent a few minutes tying laces, it seems a little ridiculous to undo them, carry them 15 feet, then sit down on your floor and start tying again. It seems like a little perspective is called for here.[/quote]

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