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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Host it at a party room. It doesn’t have to be your house. [/quote]

+1 people who require guests to take their shoes off should have their parties in places other than their homes…. or just invite people from the same cultural background to their home where taking shoes off is typically done.

I don’t want to go to someone’s house with a formal cocktail dress and be barefoot.

And I don’t want to walk around in my dress while wearing random slippers that have been used by other people.

Do people a favor and not have them over to your house in the first place. It’s really not necessary.

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I agree. We are strictly a no shoes house and I have absolutely no problem asking people to take their shoes off when they come in. I also don’t host large gatherings because as can be seen from the thread some people are uncomfortable about taking shoes off. But [b]I don’t knew why these people are so offended by taking their shoes off[/b]. It’s not as if we are asking them to take off their clothes or a head covering! [/quote]

[b]So you REALLY can't understand why someone would be annoyed [/b]that they showed up to a party at a house in a nice dress and heels and were then told to take their shoes off and as a result they have to walk around a stranger's house barefoot for the rest of the evening? You can't fathom why someone would be bothered by that? Even after 20 pages of people giving multiple reasons why it's an issue? Because if you can't, then that speaks volumes. [/quote]
DP, but no. All the excuses about ailments, maybe. But just to be "annoyed" because your outfit looks different than with your high heels? That's ridiculous. Millions (billions?) of other people on earth manage just fine. [/quote]

It's not the "outfit"; it's walking around someone's house in your bare feet. It's embarrassing.[/quote]
Why are bare feet embarrassing? Do you constantly wear gloves so no one ever sees your hands? A scarf so no one ever sees your neck? What is wrong with your feet that you're so shamefully embarrassed about them? It's a pretty normal part of your body that people see. [/quote]

20 plus pages of people telling you they don’t want to go barefoot in your house. Stop asking why and acknowledge that not everyone feels the same way you do. Asking people to take their shoes off is not the norm in America. You have now been told this. Do with it what you want, but don’t act all shocked when people either don’t come to your parties (if they’ve been warned) or are upset when you surprise them by asking them to take their shoes off. I have been to hundreds of social functions and I have never once been asked to take my shoes off. If you want to insist that everyone you know does it, go ahead. But OP is talking about people she doesn’t know. [/quote]
Everyone in my crowd are shoe-free and we all enjoy hosting and not having nasty shoes all over our floors. It's really not that big of a deal, I'm not sure why you are so resistant to being a gracious guest at someone elses home. [/quote]

I'm not sure why you are so resistant to being a gracious host. It goes both ways. You are not more right than anyone else. Keep repeating until that sinks in.

Personally, the smell of cigarette smoke is absolutely repugnant to me. It makes me feel physically ill. So if I were invited to a house where I knew people smoked indoors, I just wouldn't go. But I wouldn't claim to have the moral high ground. Not wearing shoes is not morally superior to wearing shoes. It just isn't.[/quote]

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