Do you wear shoes inside your house?

I had a renter when I owned a house in SF. He and his wife kept their shoes on. When I had to visit my tenants, the beautiful hardwood floors and carpeting were pitched black. It saddened me to see how much the tenants had let the place go but couldn't afford to evict tenants since SF was a pro-tenant city. The tenants I had before them kept the place immaculate.

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I don't wear shoes or socks inside. I wear slippers that I can easily slip on and off. I mostly go barefoot and put them on to step outside to get the mail or something fast that doesn't require shoes. I can't sleep with anything on my feet, they have to be bare. Socks are one of the most annoying things in life.

I love socks for sleeping in winter. When I lived in Florida I hardly ever wore anything other than sandals or flip flops, and found it very annoying when I moved to Ohio that I had to wear "real" shoes in the winter. Still do.

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No shoes ever. Family has been that way forever. I noticed my in laws have tried to do the same . A one out of 7 success rate is not good, lol. Try wiping off the bottom of your shoes. Disgusting. Great topic Dave!

I'm confused. In order of the posts, I did not see a response. And many a MS I respect liked the post.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230

After seeing what my shoes dragged in, I have slippers or shoes for inside, and others for outside. I get it. After all, I'm a mystery shopper. I can get $20 bucks off a $30 pair of shoes.

I do not wear shoes in the house. I wear socks around the house if it is cold.

Regarding the scummy purse bottoms, that's why I'm always disappointed when restrooms don't have hooks.

One thing I did not see talked about i n this thread is that if you have diabetes you are told to always have a hard sole on your footwear and to never go barefooted. A small cut on a person foot with this healthy issues can very quickly cost a foot. am a person wil sugar issues and I must say I did not always follow the rules but I feel it one not too many people know about.

@Alieda wrote:

One thing I did not see talked about i n this thread is that if you have diabetes you are told to always have a hard sole on your footwear and to never go barefooted. A small cut on a person foot with this healthy issues can very quickly cost a foot. am a person wil sugar issues and I must say I did not always follow the rules but I feel it one not too many people know about.

Thank you. I have a friend who has scleroderma and diabetes. Among other issues, they do not feel their feet. It is imperative to protect those feet at all times! They always wear shoes.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

Step into a shallow pan of bleach then onto a stiff bristle brush Welcome not Welcome mat. My mats do not say welcome just in case vampires are real do not want to invite them in unknowingly. I try not Durn kids get off my lawn.

My sister who lives in NYC makes everyone take off their shoes at the door. Some people are offended by it, like they have a right to wear shoes inside someone's home. I don't care one way or the other. I have triplets (they are 18 now) and our pediatrician always said to let the kids roll around in the dirt, and let them crawl around on the floor. His logic is that some kids will not develop an immunity to germs or will get allergies, if you keep them completely away from any dirt. None of my kids have allergies, It makes sense to me!

After reading this thread I will never put my purse on the floor again.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

On a particularly good night out with my husband, there is no particular order.

Slightly off-topic, but the humor in your statement reminded me of a text I received from a friend 2 days ago that sort of has the same humor to it.....my friend and his wife were going out to celebrate their grandson's 20th birthday with the family. I texted that my husband remembered my friend's grandson from 8 years previously, as my husband umpires baseball, and remembered him as a 12 year old pitcher. My friend texted back that his 20 year old grandson now has the nicest fiance, and that they plan to marry next year. He closed his text with these words: "Better than baseball"

Gave me the same sort of chuckle as JAS's comment here!

@2stepps wrote:

Step into a shallow pan of bleach then onto a stiff bristle brush Welcome not Welcome mat. My mats do not say welcome just in case vampires are real do not want to invite them in unknowingly. I try not Durn kids get off my lawn.

Vampires???? Do you mean the kind that Judith Orloff writes about, which are emotional vampires? I will re-read to be certain, but I don't think that shoes and welcome mats are their usual MOs. Do you mean some other type of vampires?

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

You apparently are not up to speed on vampire lore. It is said that a vampire cannot enter your house unless he/she is invited.

@Shop-et-al wrote:

@2stepps wrote:

Step into a shallow pan of bleach then onto a stiff bristle brush Welcome not Welcome mat. My mats do not say welcome just in case vampires are real do not want to invite them in unknowingly. I try not Durn kids get off my lawn.

Vampires???? Do you mean the kind that Judith Orloff writes about, which are emotional vampires? I will re-read to be certain, but I don't think that shoes and welcome mats are their usual MOs. Do you mean some other type of vampires?

Mkay.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

The slippers I wear in the house have hard soles. I can't walk without my orthotics or my birkonstock slippers that I wear in the house. But I never wear them outside and I never wear the other shoes inside.

@Alieda wrote:

One thing I did not see talked about i n this thread is that if you have diabetes you are told to always have a hard sole on your footwear and to never go barefooted. A small cut on a person foot with this healthy issues can very quickly cost a foot. am a person wil sugar issues and I must say I did not always follow the rules but I feel it one not too many people know about.

Not rude at all. No one wears shoes in my house - 15 years and my carpet is still like new. That's it!!!

I do have a pair of crocs that I wear in the house only and never wear outside. They are super cushy and great when I am cooking and doing dishes.

Halt! Thou shalt not enter here whilst bearing scum upon yon covering over thy lower digits.

*but, it is cold outside, and my teeth are chattering, and my upper digits are as if
rigor mortis had settled in for a long winter's nap*

WhaaAAATTTTT? Thou sassest royalty?????

*dttt-dttt-dtttt; the only sound now possible through blue lips*

Speak up, peon! What did you saaaAAAYYYYY?

*silence*

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

My shoes come off the second I get inside the door. I feel more comfy walking around the house without shoes on. Also helps to keep the carpet looking good since it doesn't have dirty footprints all over it

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My former husband was from India and I readily adapted to the custom of not wearing shoes at home. Even after we got divorced this habit never left me. I have a shoe rack located right near the front door. My family either goes barefoot or wears socks/slippers in the house depending on the season.

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The carpeting in the house I grew up in lasted for decades despite being walked on daily by people who wore shoes. It was vacuumed regularly and cleaned professionally according to a schedule. Years later, the family has no issues that are associated with the carpeting. Hmm.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

I found a really cool shoe bench online at Wayfair. It's about 2 and 1/2 feet high and about 4 feet wide. There are 8 square compartments that you can slide shoes inside of (cubby style) and then a top cushioned seating pad so people can sit and put their shoes on. The top lifts up so there is another compartment to keep gloves, scarves, shoe powder, etc. in. I have that one next to my front door. At the back door I have a cabinet underneath the coat rack that I keep shoes in.

No shoes, no pants. I live where is it warm all the time. I keep flip flops handy for mailbox trips.

I would never request or suggest that people remove their shoes in my home. Shoes are a personal thing. For some people, shoes are like medical devices!
I do not want people to be placed in a situation where they are obliged to explain something personal or suffer personally for the sake of floor treatments. I would not deny them an opportunity to be shoeless in my home.

I understand that this matter is cutural, regional, and possibly religious or traditional.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

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I did my bar audit and noticed I had to put my purse on the floor, which is far away from the bar stool. Now that I'm aware , i don't like it, but working I need a large purse to carry my stuff. I'm going to look for a removable hook to carry and solve this purse problem. I don't make others take their shoes unless they offer, and nowadays, they usually do....for me it's always been a thing of comfort.

Live consciously....

My MIL has this clamp thing that you can attach to a table edge to hang your purse on. It's both pretty and functional.
I don't think it would work on a bar since they usually have rounded edges.

Off to work I go. Have a great day, all!

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