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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are 100% shoe free, that goes for all guests and all repair people.  [b]For guests I let them know beforehand that we are shoe free and ask them to bring whatever they need to feel comfortable (socks, etc.) [/b] I do dislike it when I go to someone's house and they demand I take my shoes off and didn't tell me beforehand.  I feel that letting all guests know beforehand solves the inhospitality issue.[/quote]

What I would feel comfortable in would be.........shoes! I just do not care for padding about someone else's house in nothing but socks on. In addition, I am one of those women with plantar fasciitis caused by pregnancy, so going without shoes goes completely against my doctor's advice.

It's fine to ask children to remove shoes, but it just inhospitable to ask adults without obviously mud encrusted shoes to do the same.
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I agree with this. This seems to be a split between those who think that hospitality is about making your guests comfortable and those who think it is about having their guests conform to all their rules. I would never argue that people who come to your house for dinner should ignore all the household norms or violate your rules for your kids (e.g. candy, as a PP mentioned), but for heaven's sake you and your children are around things that have been on the ground all day long, whether you want to think about it or not. I would never ask a guest to remove an article of clothing just to be in my house. If I don't give my kids candy, I might cringe if they give their kids candy in my house, but I wouldn't tell them not to do it. My kid would just be under different rules. [/quote]

This is probably fundamental issue here: you view shoes as an article of clothing like your pants; I view shoes as outerwear, like my coat and it would be weird to leave my coat on in my house.  [/quote]

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