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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would try to make a clean area where you can put the baby toys. You could also ask if you can lysol spray their shoes.

My kids are older so this is a non issue. [b]We are also Asian American so we take off our shoes. The one cultural difference I just can’t understand is wearing your dirty shoes inside the house. You step on all sorts of nasty crap outside. Why would you wear those same shoes inside your home? [/b][/quote]

Agree!  I'm not Asian, and neither is DH, and we both grew up taking off our shoes once we entered the house.  I don't understand why a person would wear their shoes in the house, there's no reason to.  My dad never wore shoes in the house, he would change into some form of house shoes like slippers - I always associated wearing slippers with being "old school" (rather than leaving shoes on like OP described).
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I hate to break it to you, Asian and non-Asian posters, but some people come from different cultures than you! Sometimes even if they grew up the street next door. If you want respect for your own cultural norms, you’d be wise to extend the same to theirs.

I don’t wear street shoes inside my house, but plenty of people around the US and the world do wear street shoes inside, and I accept that it’s how they do things in their own home. Since they don’t seem to get sicker on average than those of us who use house shoes, I also concede that maybe they’re not even mistaken to think it equally hygienic to forego changing shoes.

I just know that I’m glad I don’t have to clean their floors! 😂 [/quote]

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