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@birdofafeather: I even run in with them at times, I'm not THAT worried about it but when hanging out for a period of time, I just don't think they need to be on:)
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we never wear our shoes at home--partly it's a clean thing, but mostly it's just more comfortable to have them off! most people who come in take their shoes off since they see ours off at the door. when they ask, I say they don't have to, but most do take them off.
I take mine off at other people's homes if that seems like their rule
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I typically take mine off. We have hardwood floors so I don't mind if people keep their shoes on.
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I wish we were a no shoes household! It's just not the norm with our crowd, so I feel like it would be weird to start now.
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@Bao: People that put their handbags up on tables etc, drive me nuts! I only need to think about the places I've had to put my nappy bag (bathroom floors etc) and it gives me the heebies when I see people put their bags on tables or eating surfaces (I also avoid sitting on tables).
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No. I prefer to have my shoes on much of the time, but even if I didn't, we have a dog, so it would feel really obnoxious to ask people to take off their shoes while he tracks whatever he pleases all over the house (we do wipe off his feet, but only when it's wet).
We have friends with a no shoe rule, and I hate it when we go to stay with them, because they have three dogs, so I'm always feeling grit the dogs have dragged in under my bare feet.
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I appreciate when people take their shoes off in my house, but don't ask them to. If I'm in someone else's house, I will usually take my shoes off.
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It depends, when my son was small and he was always on the floor I was more militant about asking people to take their shoes off. Now, I don't mind as much, especially since I can clean up easily after they leave.
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In our house growing up, no one took shoes off. Since I have lived with DH we always have and have politely asked guests to. Parties are different, and we take rugs up. If I had a carpeted floor I would ask for shoes off at parties though.
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Yes. I'm Asian and it's the norm. Thank goodness it's also customary in Sweden - if anything it is more so.
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@lamariniere: It's the same way here. Babies are encouraged to crawl around and public buildings all have signs about either taking your shoes off or putting on a shoe cover.
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Always take our shoes off and I always ask when people come over. We are asian so that is normal and I'm not shy about it, but I also think it's hugely unsanitary to wear shoes in the house especially when there is animal and human bodily fluids and excrement on the sidewalks in the city we live in.
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What is it with in law's not taking off their shoes in houses?! Mine know I prefer they take their shoes off and do so when I'm there at the door to greet them but if I'm not home when they arrive and my husband lets them in then they don't. It then irks me for their entire visit!
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@SugarplumsMom: people here usually have a basket of slippers by the door, so people don't have to go barefoot or in socks, do that do that where you are?
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I take shoes off at my family and close friends house. It's totally a comfort thing. If I'm comfortable and your house is like my house the shoes are coming off and I might even ask for socks if I didn't bring my own. I keep them on when I go to a new friends or family's home or over for a party when lots of people will be in and out. I leave them on at MIL's because there are always pets.
It's 50/50 if people keep their shoes on at my home. We have cold floors- tile and hardwood, so I don't blame them.
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Not always but I wish they would! I hate it when people wear shoes in my house. Just seems so dirty and gross to me. We have mostly wood floors so I always wear socks or slippers. My older DS is so trained to take his shoes off right away that he sometimes orders people to do it when they come in.
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People usually see a couple of pairs of shoes at the door and then take theirs off, but if they don't notice, then I do have to ask--it's super awkward but I've always given the excuse that rug rats are all over the floor, which is true...
And I always take my shoes off at other people's houses...
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Here (Ontario, Canada) no one would just walk in with shoes on! Culturally thing I guess to remove shoes.
My grandparents like the support so bring their own slippers.
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I grew up wearing my shoes, but my husband is half-Japanese and trained me to stop and now I can't stand when people wear shoes in our house. We ask people to take them off, but not always repair people and it totally stresses me out. My dad used to give me a really hard time about it, but they recently got new carpet and changed the rule at their house. We recently sold our house and even asked people looking to take shoes off (our realtor said it can even be a good thing because people know it's been clean). I probably wouldn't have insisted if we didn't have an about-to-crawl babe. We don't have pets.
I always take shoes off at other peoples' houses. Unless they seem very insistent it isn't necessary.
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Yes yes yes! Even when we go somewhere and we don't need to, I feel so weird!
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I grew up in Russia, where shoes off is the norm and I absolutely keep that norm in my house. I find it gross to walk around in outside shoes at home. I make the assumption at others' houses that I should take them off, unless someone tells me otherwise. Most people when they come to our house will take them off automatically when they see us in socks, but if we're having people over, I don't usually enforce our rule and just make sure to clean the floors afterward.
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@Jess1483: you can get little plastic booties to give to repair people.
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@agold: that's true. Many bring their own. But if it's someone who is constantly in and out, I don't ask them to. We are moving this week, and we've already purchased some because we have all new flooring.
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@LindsayLou: Same!
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