Question: do you wear shoes inside your house?

[critical mass]

So with the new school year, my housemate and I have gotten another tenant to help split the cost of rent. He's a good guy, except for one issue. He never, ever takes his shoes off. I have asked him about the shoes and he says he doesn't feel comfortable walking around on the carpet.

Funny thing is, I keep the carpet very clean. In fact, the whole house was steam cleaned right before he moved in! I see this vicious cycle thing going on. I'm trying to keep the carpet clean while he's tracking dog shit, dirt, and other debris all over the carpet, and he's trying to avoid stepping on imaginary "dog shit, dirt, and debris" by never taking off his shoes.

Your thoughts? If you wear shoes inside the house, what is your reasoning for doing so? Help me understand this guy.

[Puma]

I don't wear shoes inside, neither does my husband. we take them off at the door. He always wears socks and depending on the temp. I either go barefoot or wear indoor slippers. Keeps things cleaner.

[Romero]

Sometimes I wear nothing BUT shoes.

[Donald M.]

critical mass, I would say you tell him that if he doesn't want to wear shoes in the house he should wear slippers or socks or something, otherwise he can pay to have the carpet cleaned.

I think that's kind of insulting, the implication that your carpet is somehow too filthy for his delicate feet to touch.

[Mac Danny]

Yeah I do. until I don't have to go outside for an hour or so.

[7thangel]

hell naw, in fact it used to bother me, and still does, when you would see folks in tv shows not only walking all over the house in their shoes but also having their nasty shoes on their beds, smh

tell the person to invest in some slippers.

[Asmith]

I'll never understand those freaky people who demand everyone takes their shoes off... when I go around to a friends drinks I've no interest in doing so socken foot... and it's always exactly the same reason over and over, "We're trying to protect the carpet"... You really want to protect the carpet? Well try nailin' it to the ceiling - a lot less people walk there!

[Typo Lad]

No shoes. Sock or slippers. First thing I do when I walk through the door is chuck 'em.

[Justin K.]

I have no reason to wear shoes inside. Everything feels better barefoot.
Only embarassing thing is foot odour though...

[Kees_L]

Sometimes I wear nothing BUT shoes.

Yeah. My snakeskin boots stay on no f#ckin' matter what :cool:.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I've never been a fan of carpets. Never been a fan of wearing shoes in the house either.

I had a friend in high school who had disgusting carpeting in her living room and basement. Her parents had a 'no footwear' policy in their house. I would just wear socks on days that I was at her house...

...and burn them when I got home. Kidding.

Anyway, by wearing socks, I was respecting her parents' rules, but also not stepping directly on the carpets.

[Asmith]

I've never been a fan of carpets. Never been a fan of wearing shoes in the house either.

I had a friend in high school who had disgusting carpeting in her living room and basement. Her parents had a 'no footwear' policy in their house. I would just wear socks on days that I was at her house...

...and burn them when I got home. Kidding.

Anyway, by wearing socks, I was respecting her parents' rules, but also not stepping directly on the carpets.

When I was a kid I had a school chum who's parents would insist I remove bothe shoes and socks when inside their house. The removal of the shoes to protect the carpet... and the socks needed to go because the family was Jewish, and apparently the Jewish people only wear socks in the house when someone dies to ward off zombie golums or something and to wear them outside of those times is bad ju-ju... that may not be entirely accurate... it's been a long time since... but it was something superstitiousy in nature...

[Kees_L]

Indoors I like to wear slippers, of a variety known here as wellfare style or brothel sneekers. Indoors I'm the bossman since I live alone. I get visitors 'though, some dressed appropriate and some loud or potentially dirtridden or skimpy. With them visitors I am immediately boss no more... Or they'd likely leave.

So I just work the floors and pour the drink wherever it seems needed.
It's not easy living alone...

I often feel like a Hollywood waitress: I'm gorgeous but crying myself to sleep at night...

[Typo Lad]

When I was a kid I had a school chum who's parents would insist I remove bothe shoes and socks when inside their house. The removal of the shoes to protect the carpet... and the socks needed to go because the family was Jewish, and apparently the Jewish people only wear socks in the house when someone dies to ward off zombie golums or something and to wear them outside of those times is bad ju-ju... that may not be entirely accurate... it's been a long time since... but it was something superstitiousy in nature...

When Jews sit Shiva (mourn) we don't wear shoes, and most of the time it means we just wear socks, so a lot of Jews, especially from the previous generation, won't walk about in stocking feet... but technically it's barefoot that'd be the real problem.

[Generic Eric]

I wear shoes 50% of the time around the house. I'm not afraid of the dirt and germs of the outside world contaminting my precious personal spaces. Besides if I did not wear regular foot protection my feet heels would dry out and I'd get painful cracks on them.

[Matt Algren]

First thing I do when I get home is take off my shoes and socks.

[Cloudman]

So with the new school year, my housemate and I have gotten another tenant to help split the cost of rent. He's a good guy, except for one issue. He never, ever takes his shoes off. I have asked him about the shoes and he says he doesn't feel comfortable walking around on the carpet.

Funny thing is, I keep the carpet very clean. In fact, the whole house was steam cleaned right before he moved in! I see this vicious cycle thing going on. I'm trying to keep the carpet clean while he's tracking dog shit, dirt, and other debris all over the carpet, and he's trying to avoid stepping on imaginary "dog shit, dirt, and debris" by never taking off his shoes.

Your thoughts? If you wear shoes inside the house, what is your reasoning for doing so? Help me understand this guy.

The guy sounds pretty weird. KICK HIM OUT. I judge with conviction.

[Oblivion87]

Yeah I were shoes or sandals in my house most of the time.

[Weetomuncher]

I tend to wear slippers around the house but I generally wear shoes if we have expected visitors or if I'm going out first thing I put on shoes when I get up.

[Arvandor]

I usually take them off, but I'm not paranoid about walking over the carpet with them. If I'm planning to go in and out frequently (which happens), then I leave them on.

[G. Wayne]

If I'm cleaned up, the shoes stay on, mainly because we have a dog that I don't like.

However, when I go to anyone else's place, I try to remember to ask if they have a "shoe thing" or not and comply with it.

[Monty_Cristo]

So with the new school year, my housemate and I have gotten another tenant to help split the cost of rent. He's a good guy, except for one issue. He never, ever takes his shoes off. I have asked him about the shoes and he says he doesn't feel comfortable walking around on the carpet.

Funny thing is, I keep the carpet very clean. In fact, the whole house was steam cleaned right before he moved in! I see this vicious cycle thing going on. I'm trying to keep the carpet clean while he's tracking dog shit, dirt, and other debris all over the carpet, and he's trying to avoid stepping on imaginary "dog shit, dirt, and debris" by never taking off his shoes.

Your thoughts? If you wear shoes inside the house, what is your reasoning for doing so? Help me understand this guy.


meet him halfway; buy him a cheap pair of slippers to wear around the place. he's telling you that he feel uncomfortable. it might not be that he thinks your carpet is dirty. maybe he's selfconcious about how his socks look or something. slippers will take the place of the shoes.

[mikekerr3]

I'm married to a Korean, I have the choice of removing my shoes upon entering or staying outside.:biggrin:

[Slam_Bradley]

Yeah I do. until I don't have to go outside for an hour or so.


That's me. If I know I'm going back out soon it's annoying to take shoes off and on.

[Justin K.]

I only wear shoes inside though if it looks good with the rest of what I am wearing.

[Zero Hunter]

I am another one that only leaves them on if I am going back out soon. Otherwise they come off. I have to have shoes on all day at work and such so why would I want to wear them around the house. Its like those guys in the old tv shows that wore suits all night at home after work. I will call out someone if they come over and just start tracking shit all over my living room, and usually once is all it takes to get the point across.

[Mermaid]

I don't wear my shoes in the house, I like the comfort of no shoes after being out at work in them all day plus I wouldn't want to tread dirt into my carpet.

That said, I don't ask friends that visit to take off their shoes. If my daughter's friends visit they always take their shoes off though, I think they must be used to taking them off at their own homes.
I notice tradespeople calling generally take them off also.

I remember when I was young and still living with my parents, they got a new carpet fitted throughout the hallway and lounge room. Whereas visitors had worn their shoes into the hallway, my Mom used to insist people took their shoes off as soon as they got one step inside the door. She was very insistent and it was quite embarrassing.

[Rob Allen]

Growing up, my family wore shoes in the house, and I still would but my wife is a no-shoes-inside person. We have slippers that we wear in the house.

[dupont2005]

i wear sandals or slippers

[Puma]

I remember when I was young and still living with my parents, they got a new carpet fitted throughout the hallway and lounge room. Whereas visitors had worn their shoes into the hallway, my Mom used to insist people took their shoes off as soon as they got one step inside the door. She was very insistent and it was quite embarrassing.

My parents waited until my brother moved out and I was soon to go off to university before re-doing the ugly gold shag carpeting in the living and dining rooms with a wall to wall ivory weave. We switched the entry way from carpet to tile with a Persian throw rug as well. Smart move on their part as we lived in western Washington.

[The Confessor]

I'll never understand those freaky people who demand everyone takes their shoes off... when I go around to a friends drinks I've no interest in doing so socken foot.


Yeah, I kind of agree and I tend to remain in my shoes around other people's houses. I don't know, it's funny but I would kind of feel it's a little bit rude to just kick off my shoes and walk around in my socks in someone else’s house...unless they've specifically asked me to of course.

Conversely, I almost never wear my shoes in my own house. Usually I'm in socks but I do tend to walk around bare foot a lot of the time as well.

[howyadoin]

A lot of the time I'm barefoot, but I have no objection to shoes in the house.

Your housemate needs psychiatric help, though.

[K'Nort]

I take my shoes off when I get home. That's what I grew up doing but it's also more comfortable. And I have hardwood floors so there is an issue of being considerate of the people living below us. Clomp clomp clomp.

Of course, half the year I'm coming home in snow boots, which makes a big difference.

[Rallura]

I never wear shoes in the house, and socks only if it's cold. I would never force a guest to remove shoes though they re welcome to if they feel like it. Keeps things from being tracked all over, and it's just more comfortable to be without shoes.

[mgs]

maybe he's ot stinky feet that he's embarassed about, or some foot disfigurement?

anyways, though I don't really care, when I was in one apartment, I HATED shoes inside, b/c the sidewalks were loaded with all sorts of people's stupid pet crap all over and you know your shoes had feces all over the bottom of them!

however, it's kinda weird to ask someone to take them off or something. maybe, if you had it set up, outside the door of the place, where everyone put their shoes and stuff, (and maybe some cans of foot deodorant) before people came into the place, he might be a bit more comfortable with taking his shoes off and leaving them off as long as he was in the place?

Anyways, just and idea. Good Luck.

[Joe Acro]

I typically don't wear shoes inside, no. There are exceptions (like when walking to the bathroom at the dorm), but I normally don't wear them.

[Serik]

San Francisco's streets disgust me. The thought of tracking even a small amount of shit/garbage/piss/spit inside my house disgusts me even more.

[Paradox]

I don't wear shoes in my house, but since I live alone and no one ever comes over, I generally don't wear anything at all.

My profound apologies to anyone who got a mental picture from that.

[Mermaid]

I don't wear shoes in my house, but since I live alone and no one ever comes over, I generally don't wear anything at all.

My profound apologies to anyone who got a mental picture from that.

but don't you get cold?

[Sabrinaset]

but don't you get cold?

Well, I live in the middle of the desert, so I sure don't!

[Paradox]

Mermaid asks:

but don't you get cold?

Not really. I have a very small apartment. My bed is my couch. If I'm cold, I just get under the covers. I'm more someone who prefers it a little cool to a little hot, anyway.

[mgs]

Well, I live in the middle of the desert, so I sure don't!
I thought deserts got very cold at night? :confused:

[sweetdreams]

No shoes, bare feet almost all the time.

I live in the desert too and can run across hot gravel barefoot (you grow up that way). But during the summer it's difficult to walk on pavement you have to run from shadow to shadow to the trash can.

[Sabrinaset]

I thought deserts got very cold at night? :confused:

Not here it's not! :frown:

[MarvelKnight]

My mother never wanted her carpets to get dirty, so we took our shoes off after entering the front door and put on sandals. If we entered through the kitchen, don't go into the rest of the house. I trip out my Japanese girlfriends, the always ask if we have tatami mats.

[mgs]

Not here it's not! :frown:
hmmm...a desert that STAYS hot! hmmmm............

[The Black Guardian]

The only times I am unshod are when I sleep and bathe. Having my feet exposed (or even just in socks) bothers me extremely.

[mgs]

The only times I am unshod are when I sleep and bathe. Having my feet exposed bothers me extremely.
what about swimming, or when you need to change pants? :tongue:

why are you so shy about being 'unshod'? :frown:

[Paradox]

mgs wants into BG's psyche:

why are you so shy about being 'unshod'? :frown:

Irrational fear of blacksmiths? :tongue:

[critical mass]

The only times I am unshod are when I sleep and bathe. Having my feet exposed (or even just in socks) bothers me extremely.

I suspect that my new housemate suffers the same problem.

[Rallura]

I used to not feel comfortable either, due to two things. One, I have really big feet. How having shoes on them was going to make them smaller I have no clue. Two, the toenails on my little toes don't quite grow right. Eventually I realized I was the only one who cared or even really noticed.












Well ok, the people who trip over them notice...

[The Black Guardian]

what about swimming, or when you need to change pants? :tongue:

why are you so shy about being 'unshod'? :frown:
Okay, when I'm changing clothes I briefly go unshod.

I don't swim... I know how, but I have mild hydrophobia from a childhood accident. It's been about 15 years since I've been in a pool. Even longer since I've been to a beach, and I lived in the Melbourne, Florida area for several years (I loathe sand even more than water, and salt water is disgusting).

It's not completely a psychological thing. Wearing shoes is more comfortable to me, and my feet actually hurt when out of shoes. I am extremely flatfooted, so that might have something to do with it. Also, my left ankle aches when it's left uncovered-- a leftover from a childhood injury.

[mgs]

Okay, when I'm changing clothes I briefly go unshod.

I don't swim... I know how, but I have mild hydrophobia from a childhood accident. It's been about 15 years since I've been in a pool. Even longer since I've been to a beach, and I lived in the Melbourne, Florida area for several years (I loathe sand even more than water, and salt water is disgusting).

It's not completely a psychological thing. Wearing shoes is more comfortable to me, and my feet actually hurt when out of shoes. I am extremely flatfooted, so that might have something to do with it. Also, my left ankle aches when it's left uncovered-- a leftover from a childhood injury.
ohhh...thank you for your complete answer. I hope I didn't bring up any bad memories or anything. :frown:

that's so crazy tho all that salt water and sand and everything fear, yet living near it all your life! O.o Must be hard for you to deal with and all.

[howyadoin]

I am extremely flatfooted...Me too, since birth.

[Paradox]

Rallura makes the ex-shoe salesman ask:

I used to not feel comfortable either, due to two things. One, I have really big feet.

Could you perhaps explain to me why women find "big feet" to be such a problem? I can't think of a man that cares what size women's feet are.

[The Black Guardian]

ohhh...thank you for your complete answer. I hope I didn't bring up any bad memories or anything. :frown:
Nah, it's nothing that traumatic, really. The hydrophobia is very mild. Learning to swim probably kept the phobia from becoming worse. Water doesn't really scare me, but when I'm in water, I'm unable to be at ease (even a bathtub or jacuzzi--showers are fine). Salt water, I just don't like the way it feels on my skin when it dries. I don't really mind being near a beach, and I do find the scenery relaxing, but I happily keep my distance.

[mgs]

Could you perhaps explain to me why women find "big feet" to be such a problem? I can't think of a man that cares what size women's feet are.
I agree. Men, no. little boys, well, they tend to pick on every little thing on women and it grows from there. plus fashion is no help towards women.

there was even this show on a while ago, that documented some very tall, beautiful lady who, because of her larger sized feet, had to drive like miles away from her home, just to go to some fetish store that had shoes in her size. otherwise, all the 'normal' shops would not carry them.

So, I blame fashion, and most in that industry, particularly those in women's fashion, who seem so demanding of women's bodies and make those who don't fit their ideas of what women should be sized to, feel bad about themselves. It's ridiculous.

[mgs]

Nah, it's nothing that traumatic, really. The hydrophobia is very mild. Learning to swim probably kept the phobia from becoming worse. Water doesn't really scare me, but when I'm in water, I'm unable to be at ease (even a bathtub or jacuzzi--showers are fine). Salt water, I just don't like the way it feels on my skin when it dries. I don't really mind being near a beach, and I do find the scenery relaxing, but I happily keep my distance.
oh, as long as you can cope, and it doesn't really hinder your life and all. :smile:

[Radioactive Zombie]

Only if I'm in a hurry. As long as they're not muddy or wet, I'll wear them if I forgot something in the house.

[Rallura]

Could you perhaps explain to me why women find "big feet" to be such a problem? I can't think of a man that cares what size women's feet are.

Well, I know that now. When I was younger, at the ages where everything was about me, I was sure it was DRAMA! Of course, my feet were size 10 by the time I was in the fourth grade, and size 12 a couple years after that. No girl in my class had feet anywhere near it. (even now, the females I know who complain about their feet are generally size 8) And at that time, in Nebraska, there were absolutely no pretty shoes to be found in those sizes. Believe me, I looked. Heck, even now I still have a very limited selection of what I can wear outside of sneakers. And pretty shiney shoes tend to look quite different at my size.

[The Black Guardian]

I've heard of some women getting plastic surgery to make their feet smaller/narrower.

My mother is the complete opposite of me: whenever she can get away with it, she goes barefoot. She pretty much only wears them when she's forced to. She's also one of those people that can do all sorts of strange things with their feet: she's almost like Hank McCoy, picking up things, eating, writing, etc. She has slightly large/wide feet for someone her size, and she is self-conscious about it.

[Rallura]

Oh by the way, I am only 5'2".

[mgs]

I've heard of some women getting plastic surgery to make their feet smaller/narrower.

that's crazy, imo! first, I can't imagine the amount of long term complications that could arise from that sort of thing, and two, your body basically knows what it needs when it develops, if you have a problem you can fix it, but when it's just cosmetic, well, bleah. you might as well just intentionally hobble your feet like the ancient asian women. :frown:

[Justin K.]

I've heard of some women getting plastic surgery to make their feet smaller/narrower.

Do they have surgery to make feet bigger?

[The Black Guardian]

I've also heard that many doctors caution against such surgeries because the feet are purposely designed to have lots of nerves, and these surgeries wreak havoc on them.

[mgs]

Oh by the way, I am only 5'2".
that's a good height! :smile:


Do they have surgery to make feet bigger?they have surgery for EVERYTHING these days. :wink:

[Paradox]

Rallura notes:

Oh by the way, I am only 5'2".

That right there explains more to me than anything. Yeah, at your height (not meaning to offend), those are some gunboats. That's very disproportionate. :frown:

[Rallura]

that's a good height! :smile:



That right there explains more to me than anything. Yeah, at your height (not meaning to offend), those are some gunboats. That's very disproportionate. :frown:

I don't mind being this height, until I have to get something someone put on the top shelf, then it sucks greatly.

And yes, it is very disproportionate. Also, you have to consider I was the only female in my family that got stuck with them. Heh, my aunts had size two feet. Of course, my brother has size sixteen, but then he got to be 6'3".

[mikekerr3]

I've heard of some women getting plastic surgery to make their feet smaller/narrower.

My mother is the complete opposite of me: whenever she can get away with it, she goes barefoot. She pretty much only wears them when she's forced to. She's also one of those people that can do all sorts of strange things with their feet: she's almost like Hank McCoy, picking up things, eating, writing, etc. She has slightly large/wide feet for someone her size, and she is self-conscious about it.

Is your mom a child of the sixties?

[The Black Guardian]

Is your mom a child of the sixties?
Oh yeah! She's a recovering Hippie.

[Paradox]

Hee, yes, we're still out here. Probably for another twenty years or so. :tongue:

[Ben Morgan]

I wear sandals most of the time, and I typically take them off as soon as I get home, or sometimes I'm lazy and just leave them on.

[Paradox]

OMG! Your avatar!!! It buuuuuuurns! It buuuuuuurns!

[clayholio]

I typically wear sandals around the house (not foam flip-flops, but better ones). I'd prefer to go barefoot (and used to a lot), but I had a bout with plantar fasciitis that was quickly remedied with shoe inserts and Birkenstocks. It returns pretty quickly if I go barefoot for any length of time, so sandals are my compromise.

[Asmith]

Oh by the way, I am only 5'2".

Short... Giant feet... Hobbit??

[Paradox]

That would be dependent on how much hair...

[Punchy]

I take my shoes off at the door. I'm far from a 'neat freek' I just hate wearing shoes in the house.

[StoneGold]

Do they have surgery to make feet bigger?

That's a myth. Besides, when the pants come off and she laughs, what good is it going to do you?

[Cloudman]

Short... Giant feet... Hobbit??

We were all thinking it. You didn't need to say it.

[Rallura]

Short... Giant feet... Hobbit??

I am not stealthy enough, or cute enough, to be a hobbit.

[Tages]

Nope.

Never wear shoes unless I'm going out. When hanging out at a friend's place taking my shoes off is usually the first thing I do.

My best friend ages 5-12 did it and it stuck. Plus I just generally don't like shoes.

[Tages]

I am not stealthy enough, or cute enough, to be a hobbit.

So why do you have the giant eagles in your back yard?

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

Yes, I do. While I understand that it is a horrible habit, shoes are just about my favorite article of clothing.

[Asa]

I'm one of those people that like"s to take off my shoes when I get in the door, not because i don't want to scuff up the floor, but because I would rather not to trail crud from out side in my house. My husband wears his shoes into the bedroom and then takes them off for the rest of the time. I just don't see the point of wearing shoes all around the house all day. I do take my shoes off in someones house if it is raining or bad weather ouside. If I were sandals I leave them on. otherwise I don't care about scuffing up the floors in someones house, but if they prefer I take them off I don't have a problem with it.

[Sabrina_Fried]

First thing I do when I enter my apartment is ditch the shoes and the socks. Year round. Keep in mind that this is a rented apartment, so the floors are all tile or parquet. I ONLY wear socks indoors if my feet are absolutely turning blue from cold. This may sound wierd, but walking around with overly thick socks/shoes on to me is exactly like walking around all day with oven mitts on my hands. I just like the idea of being able to feel with my feet.

Weather permitting, from about May to October I'll wear only sandals outside too. I've contemplated experimenting with barefooting, but , well, I live downtown...even I have my limit.

Sabrina

[Gary_B]

I take my shoes off at the door and go barefoot or wear slippers in the house. Sometimes I go barefoot outside!

[Tadhg]

Sometimes I go barefoot outside!

Madness! Absolute Madness!

[Paradox]

"I never wear SHOES! They make me fall DOWN!" - Agador Spartacus :tongue:

[Donald M.]

Madness! Absolute Madness!

Yeah, that's a good way to get tetanus.

Or poopfoot.

[Tadhg]

Yeah, that's a good way to get tetanus.

Or poopfoot.

I've had up to 6 dogs at a given time. I am well aware of poopfoot.

[DoctorDoom]

I don't wear shoes in the house either (unless I'm about ready to go somewhere).

I don't have a real reason to do it, as I don't have any carpets. I just kind ofl ike it.

[critical mass]

hell naw, in fact it used to bother me, and still does, when you would see folks in tv shows not only walking all over the house in their shoes but also having their nasty shoes on their beds, smh

tell the person to invest in some slippers.

I've noticed that laying down on a bed with shoes on is psychologically unsettling in the worst way.

[mgs]

I've noticed that laying down on a bed with shoes on is psychologically unsettling in the worst way.
being on a bed is the worst! admittedly, it's something I used to do when I was younger, but now I find it bad.

Apparently Julia Wertz still likes to sleep on a bed with her shoes on though! :eek:

[FanLove4Blade]

i take my shoes off inside unless im running inside for something and run right back out again. Its just a pain to take off my sneaks for the what, 2 seconds I'll be inside.

"I don't mind being this height, until I have to get something someone put on the top shelf, then it sucks greatly."

I am also 5 '2, so i know what thats like!

good thing im an ice skater though, its an area where smallness is an advantage. (lower center of gravity and all.)

I was able to find my aunt's dvd player under a bunkbed though when she thought it had been stolen and she couldnt get under thee, being overweight, but since i am alo about 134 pounds, I could just crawl right in. =]

[beetlebum]

I'm Asian.

So no.


I'm married to a Korean, I have the choice of removing my shoes upon entering or staying outside.:biggrin:

And I was just going to mention the Seinfeld episode The Understudy too.

Heh.


Could you perhaps explain to me why women find "big feet" to be such a problem? I can't think of a man that cares what size women's feet are.

Well, I know in Chinese culture, it was prized for quite some time.

And heck, apparently, it was also prized in The West. An excerpt from Orson Squire Fowler's book Private Lectures On Perfect Men, Women And Children (published in 1880 by Harvard):


"While small hands and feet bewitch men by indicating that sprightly, agile lightness of motion and nervous susceptibility which renders children fine grained; while large hands and feet indicate coarseness with power. In proportion, as a women is well sexed will her thighs and arms be the larger near her body, and taper into small hands and feet. This shows why men instinctively prize small feet, women wear small shoes, and Chinese dwarf the feet of their ladies, go into ecstacies over small footed females, and pay much the most for them."

So for quite some time, it was assumed that small feet meant you were more feminine, and pleasing aesthetically.

I obviously disagree with that, but I think the remnants of that mentality are still around to this day.

[schwamp]

yes, but no pants........or shirt.

[Alex L]

I'm Asian.

So no.

Eeeeexactly.

I didn't even know anyone wore shoes inside the house til I was like 8 years old. Seemed kinda unsanitary (and I guess it still does).


yes, but no pants........or shirt.

Shoes but no pants.

Well, you're never sitting on my couch.

[streator]

i never wear shoes inside, in fact i usually don't even wear socks unless it's cold outside. it just seems weird to me, i don't see the point in it.

my business partner wears shoes indoors all the time, which i think is nuts. he also never wears a coat outside, even if it's raining or snowing. i think it's safe to say he's got some issues.

edit: i'm pretty much talking about my own house; if i'm at someone else's house i'll usually keep my shoes on unless other people are taking off shoes as well.

[Matt Algren]

Man, who knew people had this much to say about wearing shoes inside?

[thespianphryne]

I totally get the whole no outside footwear inside thing. I'm Asian.

Hell, my gf has a thing about outside clothes on the bedsheets which means I have to ditch my kit when I get there.

Which could all be a clever ploy now that I think about it.

[Dreadstar]

First thing I do when I walk in the door is kick off my shoes. Not because I don't want to dirty the carpet or anything, but because it's more comfortable.

[Tadhg]

I totally get the whole no outside footwear inside thing. I'm Asian.

Hell, my gf has a thing about outside clothes on the bedsheets which means I have to ditch my kit when I get there.

Which could all be a clever ploy now that I think about it.

Your girlfriend is a genius.

[Matt Algren]

Your girlfriend is a genius.
Supergenius.

[Sabrina_Fried]

I'd go barefoot at work too if I could. I sit in a cubicle all day so it's not like I have to wear steel-toed boots or anything. But our dress code doesn't even allow for open toed shoes! Not even on Casual Friday!

Sabrina

[Chris N]

I have no problem wearing shoes in the house. If home for a while, I tend to take them off as I'm comfier without them.

I often try not to wear them into my bedroom because I have stuff all over the floor I'd prefer my shoes not step on. Clean clothes, breakable stuff etc.

I always wear shoes in my parents' house because I assume their floors will get my socks dirty.

[Chris N]

I totally get the whole no outside footwear inside thing. I'm Asian.

Hell, my gf has a thing about outside clothes on the bedsheets which means I have to ditch my kit when I get there.

Which could all be a clever ploy now that I think about it.

I have a similar thing about the dirt from outside clothes in my house.

Please remember this if you ever come visit.

[mgs]

I've had up to 6 dogs at a given time. I am well aware of poopfoot.
poopfoot is a horrible, horrible thing. I don't even like poopshoe.

I always wondered if it was possible for a dog lover/owner to also be a foot fetishist?

ew. *icky thoughts*

[FanLove4Blade]

ts. he also never wears a coat outside, even if it's raining or snowing. i think it's safe to say he's got some issues.

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natural consequences. he might learn , maybe, when he catches influenza or pneumonia.

[Chris S.]

I lived in Wyoming for a few years. There was actually rules about taking your shoes off at some ones door. With all the snow you ended up making a mess if you didn't. We were very strict about it.

If someone passed out at a party and had their shoes on they got written all over with permanent marker.

So yea I've always been a barefoot person or slippers. I had a great pair of slippers that I wore everywhere. They pretty much became my shoes though. They were awsome slippers.

[Fabian]

I have a pair of indoor sandals I use when I get home. I take off my shoes as soon as I go in the door and have them on the side. I do not like walking around barefoot hence the sandals.

[Mermaid]

I have a pair of indoor sandals I use when I get home. I take off my shoes as soon as I go in the door and have them on the side. I do not like walking around barefoot hence the sandals.

yeah, i'm not keen on walking in barefeet. Even in extreme heat I usually wear sandals inside the house. Although I think it's got something to do with the fact that I don't like how carpet feels against my feet. It has the same effect as nails on a chalkboard for me. urghhh...

[Slam_Bradley]

I lived in Wyoming for a few years. There was actually rules about taking your shoes off at some ones door. With all the snow you ended up making a mess if you didn't. We were very strict about it.

If someone passed out at a party and had their shoes on they got written all over with permanent marker.

So yea I've always been a barefoot person or slippers. I had a great pair of slippers that I wore everywhere. They pretty much became my shoes though. They were awsome slippers.


I've lived in Idaho most of my life. Similar weather. I've never known anyone with these type of shoe/foot issues. Never in my life has anyone asked me to take my shoes off before I came in to their homes.

[Chris S.]

I've lived in Idaho most of my life. Similar weather. I've never known anyone with these type of shoe/foot issues. Never in my life has anyone asked me to take my shoes off before I came in to their homes.

Yea I don't know what to tell you. They were the rules we lived by. It wasn't something we talked about it was just the rules.

I guess thats not true. I remember a few times where after someone would leave we'd be like, "Can you believe he left his shoes on?" I guess it was kind of a weird thing but it seems universal. It wasn't something that just my group of friends did I mean.

I also don't imagine it would be something that we'd force on our parents and what not if they came. It was more a bunch of people hanging out we took our shoes off.

[FanLove4Blade]

i hate bare feet. I have socks on at all times.

[Nick Soapdish]

I almost always take my shoes off at home. I also take them off at friends' houses although I've known the friends in question for a long time so I'm pretty confident that they'd tell me if it was a problem. (Plus, they usually don't have shoes on in the home.) I actually take my shoes off at work a lot. I have my own office (with a window finally). If I'm just walking around somewhere close to the office, I don't bother to put them back on. I've gotten somewhat famous for it.

It's sorta weird since I used to keep my shoes on all the time, right up until going to bed.

[howyadoin]

I've never known anyone with these type of shoe/foot issues.Oh good, it's not just me.


Never in my life has anyone asked me to take my shoes off before I came in to their homes.Most people who come to my place ask when they come in the door if they should take them off or not. Unless it's a chick with cute feet, I tell 'em to decide for themselves.