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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fo most Americans, when they are attending a large social gathering, they don't expect to take their shoes off. If it's hundreds of people, a really high percentage of them are going to feel weird wandering around in socks or barefoot. They won't be prepared for it. If you are really insistent on things, I'd either cancel the social function or make peace with some vacuuming and mopping afterwards.[/quote]

NP here, but, is this really true? In the DC area? We are in NoVa and, where we live, at least, people always semi-expect to take shoes off in the home. Maybe because our school is around 50% Asian/Muslim but it's pretty standard. No one is offended, most expect it.  I'm really struggling to figure out where people live that this idea is "so crazy and unexpected"???[/quote]

There have been plenty of posts here, I assume from locals, objecting to having to go shoeless, so maybe the PP is getting the idea from all the other posts?

And the OP isn't looking for some ultimate truth about shoelessness. She knows what she does for her family and friends. She asks, "Will it be strange to ask guests to take their shoes off?" So she knows there's a divide.

(To the OP, if you haven't decided yet: Include the information on the invitation, mention that you'll have shoe covers available if you decide to do that, and let what happens happen.)[/quote]

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