shoes off or on in the house?

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  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    USA -- I am barefoot except when I exercise :tongue:
  • PinkNinjaLaura
    PinkNinjaLaura Posts: 3,202 Member
    USA - shoes come off the second I walk in the door. Shoes are optional at my office so it's hit & miss whether I have them on there.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    American - shoes are always on.

    ALWAYS.


    Edit: Seriously though, I grew up with the "it doesn't matter if your shoes are on except if they're like really muddy or something" rule. I think it's kinda nasty to walk barefoot on someone else's floor, who knows what nastiness you can spread/receive?
  • Alliwan
    Alliwan Posts: 1,245 Member
    USA - Off

    but we're pig/chicken farmers in the midwest, its always muddy/stinky/poo filled so no shoes in the house

    altho i was a surfer girl in california and i never wore shoes inside or outside of the house, ever. so i basically brought all my dirt from outside inside anyway.
  • TitzzMcGhee
    TitzzMcGhee Posts: 116
    On, I've always got flip flops on in the house. Sadly without them my plantar fasciitis flares up.
  • LavenderBouquet
    LavenderBouquet Posts: 736 Member
    Canada - Off

    I'd go barefoot everywhere if it was feasible TBH :laugh:
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    Grew up in the U.S. and always wore shoes inside. Going barefoot in my parents' house wasn't a safe option. Moving to Canada, I don't wear shoes inside because I live in someone else's home, though she is constantly clomping around in high heels. :grumble:
  • luvmydog2
    luvmydog2 Posts: 243 Member
    On ... ( Australia ) ...here . As we live in a unit , and is all tiled ..don't have small children around any more :tongue:

    Some of my visitors have complained ... but my home ...my choice !

    Being retired don't get dirty shoes and in mud etc .... And i have two small dogs in my home ..:happy:

    My ex neighbor would take her shoes off ... before coming in , and i always had to wash the floor after she left a her feet had terrible odor. :grumble:

    Live and let live i say ....
  • luvmydog2
    luvmydog2 Posts: 243 Member
    American - shoes are always on.

    ALWAYS.


    Edit: Seriously though, I grew up with the "it doesn't matter if your shoes are on except if they're like really muddy or something" rule. I think it's kinda nasty to walk barefoot on someone else's floor, who knows what nastiness you can spread/receive?

    Exactly ..If you shower in a public place ... we were taught to wear thongs on our feet , as not to catch germs from other people s feet . So what makes a home any different ?
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Off, Canada. I can't help cringing a bit when I'm somewhere and it's 'on'.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    On, I've always got flip flops on in the house. Sadly without them my plantar fasciitis flares up.

    flip flops are horrid for pf!
  • paintlisapurple
    paintlisapurple Posts: 982 Member
    The U.S. and shoes come off just inside the door so as not to track dirt or grime in the house. :tongue:
  • tehzephyrsong
    tehzephyrsong Posts: 435 Member
    My SO and I bought ourselves some cheap flip-flops specifically to wear inside the apartment, because the floor is tile. Bare feet on tile get inexplicably nasty *really* quickly. Also, we have a cat. It's a 350sqft studio apartment, so no matter where the litterbox is, there's gonna be litter tracked basically everywhere. I personally hate the feeling of dirt/sand/particulate matter on my feet if I'm not on the beach. So, shoes on inside, but they're house slippers, so I don't know if that counts.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    My SO and I bought ourselves some cheap flip-flops specifically to wear inside the apartment, because the floor is tile. Bare feet on tile get inexplicably nasty *really* quickly. Also, we have a cat. It's a 350sqft studio apartment, so no matter where the litterbox is, there's gonna be litter tracked basically everywhere. I personally hate the feeling of dirt/sand/particulate matter on my feet if I'm not on the beach. So, shoes on inside, but they're house slippers, so I don't know if that counts.

    this appears to be the proper way to do things. I award you an A+. :)
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    USA and they always come off as soon as we come in the front door!
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I live in Hawaii now, and it's always shoes off. But when I was growing up in Michigan it was shoes off too. It was always snowy or muddy or rainy. So you took your shoes off to keep the dirt from coming in. But we had house shoes or slippers. Here we go barefoot. We have carpet (a TERRIBLE idea in Hawaii and I don't know what the previous family were thinking) but I shampoo it once a month to keep it clean. Other parts are linoleum which is pretty easy to keep clean.
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    off
  • tehzephyrsong
    tehzephyrsong Posts: 435 Member
    My SO and I bought ourselves some cheap flip-flops specifically to wear inside the apartment, because the floor is tile. Bare feet on tile get inexplicably nasty *really* quickly. Also, we have a cat. It's a 350sqft studio apartment, so no matter where the litterbox is, there's gonna be litter tracked basically everywhere. I personally hate the feeling of dirt/sand/particulate matter on my feet if I'm not on the beach. So, shoes on inside, but they're house slippers, so I don't know if that counts.

    this appears to be the proper way to do things. I award you an A+. :)

    Yay! Thanks, lol.
  • Debbjones
    Debbjones Posts: 278 Member
    Shoes off... but slippers on! I have hardwood floors and they are "hard" on bare feet! I need the cushion of soft, fluffy slippers! LOL
  • SweetTrouble_
    SweetTrouble_ Posts: 933 Member
    off!
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Bermuda. I'm shoes off and my husband on. Actually it has nothing to do with nationality in our household, at least for me. I don't know for him. I just hate wearing shoes so they go asap.
  • SmallMimi
    SmallMimi Posts: 541 Member
    Off, would prefer if no one wore shoes when entering my house.
  • LilLadyBug91
    LilLadyBug91 Posts: 16
    USA/Off The floors stay so much cleaner!
  • ashleywingo7
    ashleywingo7 Posts: 18 Member
    America (Missouri) and shoes definitely off! I hate shoes so I'm always barefoot or wearing flipflops.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    Canada - off always off the second I get in the house they are off. I hate shoes.
  • dognana
    dognana Posts: 10
    I do a little of both. It's difficult to get them off & on all the time.
  • dextersgramps
    dextersgramps Posts: 39 Member
    always shoes off in the house,even if I go to someones home and they say don't worry about it they still come off,I guess its just manners or force of habit.Only in Canada EH
    :laugh: :wink:
  • LexieSweetheart
    LexieSweetheart Posts: 793 Member
    in my home we always wear "house shoes" aka slippers
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
    Barefoot all the way in the house! Kick my shoes off in the foyer as soon as I enter the house.

    USA
  • oldandhealthier
    oldandhealthier Posts: 449 Member
    off in kansas:drinker:

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