Do you take your shoes off at the house?

[Spuuky]

You guys should try my strategy of not putting shoes on in the first place.

[Sephex]

Home: Shoes off. Sometimes socks, sometimes not. Depends. I usually leave socks on at other peoples houses because I always have footwear that requires socks. If I am spending the night somewhere, well sure, then I am not sleeping in socks.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Ugh. I hate taking my shoes off. I always feel uncomfortable when I do at somebody else's home. But I do, I always follow their lead. But I prefer to keep them on. Even at home. If I am dressed, I am wearing shoes. I only take my shoes off if I am taking my pants off. Pajamas mean no shoes. Jeans or whatever mean shoes.

[Dr Unne]

Apparently it's a regional thing. Down here it seems mostly shoes off, but certainly not all.

Near as a I can tell, nearly all Canadians take shoes off at the door. No one I know in the US does.

[Mirage]

Because you're... polite? What the smurf. I take them off because I have better things to do than to vaccuum tons of sand, dirt and other stuff that shoes would drag into my home every week. Also, wearing shoes is actually pretty icky, so I only use shoes when I need to. Barefoot is so much nice, although I use woolen socks if it's a bit cold.

And of course I keep my shoes on if I visit someone who keeps their own shoes on. I don't want to put my bare feet or socks into whatever pools of mud they have in their homes.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Am I the only person who doesn't walk through tons of dirt and sand and doesn't track such things inside even though I wear shoes?

I don't get it. Do you all go jump in the mud just before you come inside?

[Pumpkin]

No, but there's still a certain amount of dirt that ends up on your shoes from being outdoors. There is dirt on the ground, in grass, on pavement, because people who have dirty jobs, or have kids who just got out of a sandbox, or just finished mowing their lawn, or what have you ends up on the ground and it ends up on your shoes and it ends up in your house. I've seen first hand how your floor can look just fine and you don't see much dirt until you sweep and there's a whole pile and its like "where did this even come from".

If you wear your shoes in your house and you don't get much dirt, then good for you. Seriously, that's great. For most people who don't like their feet being bare, I would recommend house shoes. And I don't mean slippers because those are called slippers, I mean have a pair of shoes you change in to that you only wear indoors. That's what we did at my schools. Come in, take off your shoes, put on your indoor shoes. Especially with kids and especially in the winter there is so much dirt that gets dragged around.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

I just. I just don't understand. If there is dirt tracked in then vacuum. Or, I dunno, maybe wipe your feet at the welcome mat most people have. Stamp your feet once or twice.

[CimminyCricket]

I take my shoes off at every house I go to.

It's mostly because I don't like having to wear shoes.

[kotora]

One thing I've been wondering. In porn movies the black dudes always keep their shoes on. Even when they sometimes have to remove their shoes to take off their pants, they put them back on. Is this a thing in America?

[Nicolas]

Of course I take my shoes off. What are you, a barbarian?!

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

One thing I've been wondering. In porn movies the black dudes always keep their shoes on. Even when they sometimes have to remove their shoes to take off their pants, they put them back on. Is this a thing in America?

*snip*
Knock it off.-shiny

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Apparently it's a regional thing. Down here it seems mostly shoes off, but certainly not all.

Near as a I can tell, nearly all Canadians take shoes off at the door. No one I know in the US does.

Now you know at least one.

[Mirage]

I just. I just don't understand. If there is dirt tracked in then vacuum. Or, I dunno, maybe wipe your feet at the welcome mat most people have. Stamp your feet once or twice.

Or just spend 2 smurfing seconds taking your shoes off instead of vaccuuming twice as often. Who enjoys the feeling of wearing shoes anyway? Yall a bunch of weirdos.

Also, lol at thinking wiping your feet removes anywhere close to all the dirt. Maybe if you live alone you can keep it to a low enough level to not see it with your bare eyes, but if you live with several other people, I'm just very glad that I am not one of those several other people cause your house is going to be really filthy.

[fire_of_avalon]

Shoes off as soon as possible, everytime. Unless for some reason I'm wearing some fancy-ass shoes that I need people to look at to feel validated.