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Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

Yes? My breasts don't stop needing support at 6 pm.

I actually do too, and I don't find bras uncomfortable. I actually find it more comfortable to be supported than not.

PP who asked the question. Thanks for responding! The range of human experience is fascinating -- I dislike wearing both shoes and bras and wear both solely as a sap to social convention/the weather and hadn't realized that was super unusual.

Dp. I would invest in more comfortable bras.

Comfortable bra is an oxymoron.

We are a shoes-on family, but our Asian housekeepers clean the floors daily.

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Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

Yes? My breasts don't stop needing support at 6 pm.

I actually do too, and I don't find bras uncomfortable. I actually find it more comfortable to be supported than not.

PP who asked the question. Thanks for responding! The range of human experience is fascinating -- I dislike wearing both shoes and bras and wear both solely as a sap to social convention/the weather and hadn't realized that was super unusual.

Dp. I would invest in more comfortable bras.

I wish I was of Japanese descent for the sushi, and so people wouldn't get all out of sorts when I ask for them to remove shoes. I grew up in scandanavian midwestern farm country and everyone removed shoes because we lived on farms and everywhere was mucky. We live in woods along the potomac now and it's the same thing (and all the stuff deposited on roads and walkways). A party? We just bite the bullet and sanitize afterwards. But people out walking their dog and stopping by to say hi? Yeah, you ain't coming in with your shoes on.

Anonymous wrote:Ours is a “shoes off” home, and when we had dogs we would wipe their paws when they came in from outside. In addition to all the disgusting germs that can be tracked in, you can also drag in heavy metals like lead that are toxic to young children. We are not strict on this rule for parties because we host so rarely and can clean rugs and floors after, but we insist on it for visitors and overnight guests. Elderly relatives are advised to bring indoor shoes if they don’t have a pair here already.

This. When my baby tested high for lead that was one of the first things the pediatrician recommended. No shoes in the house. We already had that rule but it was surprising.

My kid did a shoes on vs shoes off experiment for the science fair. We ordered petri dishes and he swabbed the floors in various types of homes to watch the growth results.

The cleanest floor type was hardwood, no shoes, no pets, with weekly cleaners.

He did:
Our house - carpet, shoes off, no pets
Neighbor 1 - carpet, shoes on, no pets
My sister - carpet, shoes off w/ a dog
SIL - hardwood, shoes off, 2 dogs
His friend - hardwood, shoes off, cleaned weekly, no pets
Neighbor 2 - hardwood, shoes off, cleaned sporadically, no pets
His friend 2 - hardwood, shoes on, cleaned weekly, no pets
BIL - hardwood, shoes on, hardly ever cleaned b/c he's a bachelor, no pets

Other than the hardwood, no pets, shoes off, cleaned weekly, the other floor growth was pretty similar.

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Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

Yes? My breasts don't stop needing support at 6 pm.

I actually do too, and I don't find bras uncomfortable. I actually find it more comfortable to be supported than not.

Same. Hate the feeling of flopping around.

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Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

Yes? My breasts don't stop needing support at 6 pm.

I actually do too, and I don't find bras uncomfortable. I actually find it more comfortable to be supported than not.

PP who asked the question. Thanks for responding! The range of human experience is fascinating -- I dislike wearing both shoes and bras and wear both solely as a sap to social convention/the weather and hadn't realized that was super unusual.

Anonymous wrote:I truly don't get it. For those of you who wear shoes in the house, how are you not uncomfortable? do you ever want to put your feet up on the couch? Do you enjoy having to professionally clean your carpet every month?

Just because we don't have rigid rules about shoes in the house, doesn't mean we wear them 100% of the time... I take mine off when I'm ready to relax or not going back out in the near future. And I have never in my life had a carpet professionally cleaned, nevermind monthly. Lol. We vacuum as needed, and have a shampooer that we bust out MAYBE twice a year per rug. And yet, no one in my house has been overtaken by scary germs. Incredible!

Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I works either ask them to use booties or clean the bottoms of their shoes.

Anonymous wrote:Asking guests to take their shoes off at a party is so weird to me. I would never think of demanding that to party guests. Floors are meant to be walked on and vacuums exist for a reason.

Signed, someone who doesn’t wear shoes in their house.

I agree with this. I had a party for my toddler son and only family came. It was winter and everyone took off their shoes and left them at the door. I didn’t ask. However, if I had a party for adults I wouldn’t expect the same. I am probably more concerned about my rugs getting dirty than anything as they aren’t easy to clean. I might have to go 80s style lol and put plastic on those. For the hardwood I wouldn’t care as much as they can be easily mopped. Same for carpet in bedrooms. I have my own steam cleaner and would use those. Am
I weird? Different? Yup. I am a germaphobe 100%!

I have disposable shoe booties (like surgeons wear) in my house. All guests and handymen wear it who want to keep their shoes on. We are a shoes off family. No smoking, no pets.

However, many times, during parties, some people cannot remove their shoes. In such a case, we will clean the floors after they leave. But, we are very clean household and we also clean the bathrooms and hand towels that the guests use.

Anonymous wrote:Having sweaty guys’ bare feet on your rug is gross but having everyone’s shoes that walk around outside in excrement daily is grosser.

I walk on sidewalks every day and I have yet to see excrement. Now, maybe it's because I live and work in a first world country where bovines and other barnyard creatures do not roam range free.

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Anonymous wrote:how do the shoes off people accommodate older guests who have to wear shoes?

I have to wear inserts and shoes all the time or I am in pain.

I have a shoes-off house and am from a shoes-off family. My parents (who need inserts) travel with their own "indoor shoes." Other guests who aren't comfortable without shoes I would tell to keep their shoes on but it does make me cringe a bit. Almost everyone I know is shoes off in their own home, although the flexibility for guests varies. To be honest I not as grossed out the always shoes on houses (if everyone wears shoes all the time it just means your household floors are basically the sidewalk) so much as baffled -- why do you all want to wear your shoes all the time? Do you also wear your bra right up until you go to bed at night?

Yes? My breasts don't stop needing support at 6 pm.

I actually do too, and I don't find bras uncomfortable. I actually find it more comfortable to be supported than not.

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Anonymous wrote:I find these people hilarious with the no shoes rule, but you’ll touch a door handle at every store with zero problems. Like Chris Rock says “Selective Outrage”.

We have a no shoes policy as well as a no touching door handles policy and a wash your hands frequently policy.

Oh right, because there is as much dirt, pee, vomit, grease, and phlegm on door handles as city streets and sidewalks. You can wash your hands, duh. Raise to do that than cleaning a whole carpeted area people are walking on with shoes that have also stepped on nasty spit with thick green mucus from outside.