Shoes on or off in da house

Shoes on or off in da house?

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So I have wondered this funny oddly thing for a loooong time. If you watch American Movie/TV/reality shows people walk shoes on INSIDE the house :O (like whaaat :D). That is not a custom atleast in Finland and it looks weird to me ;). Also if you had read manga it seems that in Japan people almost always take their shoes off when they enter someone house and in these mangas when they don't take shoes off they say it is "the western style house"...

Anyway my question is what do you do? Do you take shoes off while you are in home or will you keep them on? And why or why not?

Tulagirl answered my silly question already but that did make me wonder how common this is :p

And in this poll everybody is welcome to answer not only those who live in US even though I was talking about US television shows ;)

Please help me to ease my weird curiosity x>
 
Shoes off for us. In fact, when my step son was serving in Japan he bought us a little sign which we hung on the door. It reads "This is an American house, run Japanese style. Please take off your shoes, and stay for a while!"

Working a farm we get shoes very mucky very fast. Wearing them in the house would make a squalor. :D
 
For the most part all the houses I've been to have been "shoes off if you live there, shoes can stay on if you don't". The only exception was my childhood friend whose parents are from Cambodia. I'm like 80% sure their house was "shoes off at the door". My Filipino neighbor growing up may have had a "shoes off at the door" rule but I can't remember for sure. The only time I lived in a "shoes stay on" house was when I moved in with my boyfriend at his grandparents' house. Most people in that house spent most of their time in the unfinished basement so shoes are better for that, but it wasn't like a rule or anything.

I actually can't even remember what we did with shoes in my house growing up... I had a TON of shoes on a thing on my door but beyond that I have no idea... maybe we mostly kept them right by the door? Possibly? I have no idea xD​
 
Depends, sometimes I'll have them off, sometimes on. My tita's house is a no shoe zone. I never understood the need for fluffy white carpets.
 
If you go to another person's house you generally leave your shoes on. I have never been asked to take my shoes off at another's house but if it is a close friend or relative it would not be unusual to remove your shoes to make yourself comfortable. Taking off your shoes at a stranger or acquaintance's house without being asked to could be seen as a little inappropriate, like you're making yourself to familiar.
When you think about it though, shoes off at the door makes the most sense. I hate when people track stuff through my house on their shoes, the floors would be so clean if no one ever wore their shoes inside.
As for me and my family, we generally kick our shoes off when we get home. I feel most comfortable barefoot but my toes get chilly so I usually wear slippers.
 
In our house we do take our shoes off but we all have different quirks I guess how we do it and where we do it.
My dad tends to take his boots off at the door and carries them to his closet and puts them up.
My mom takes her shoes off in whatever room she feel like and never picks them up and puts them away. This is why A. I trip over her shoes all the time and B. She never can find the mate to the shoe she wants to wear. We have to have a all out man hunt with tracking dogs, Helicopters, FBI, and Batman (Superman is not allowed in this house HISSS!!!) to find her shoe. The same goes for her Keys and Glasses and Purse etc. Anyone see a pattern here.

With me I tend to take my shoes off in my room and put them in the closet. I do wear house shoes most during the winter. I have a pair of flip flops that are my "summer house shoes" that don't got out side I might wear if I feel like it. Mostly I am either in socks or bear feet after the shoes come off.

Other then Relations houses I keep my shoes on unless ask to take them off.
 
I wanna mention I have been wearing slippers often lately. Because my little puppy Ursa Osa is a piddler, and is not always 100% about using the papers.

Puppy puddles! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
 
Yes that is something I forgot about, but if you do not know people well it is not good manners to take your shoes off for sure. My mother was death on do not ever put your feet on the furniture. I have ignored her all my life. tee hee

I wanna mention I have been wearing slippers often lately. Because my little puppy Ursa Osa is a piddler, and is not always 100% about using the papers.

Puppy puddles! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

I challenge you with a pile of cat up chuck that has had time to chill before you step on it with no shoes or socks on.
 
Yes that is something I forgot about, but if you do not know people well it is not good manners to take your shoes off for sure. My mother was death on do not ever put your feet on the furniture. I have ignored her all my life. tee hee



I challenge you with a pile of cat up chuck that has had time to chill before you step on it with no shoes or socks on.

Aw yeah! The surprise I barfed trap! I have squished into that disgusting mess many a day, mainly because o' Pinky dawg. Being older she does leave me some pretty disgusting presents some mornings.

I have to put my legs up on furniture. Typically my legs dangle off and it's very uncomfortable for to just dangle there. Plus piranhas might eat my feet.
 
Imagine stepping in to a Great Dane Surprise in the morning before your noses starts to work. Then later in the day stepping on part of a dead mouse your cat though you would love to have. :shock: It was not one of the most pleasant days ever. I don't think it could happen again though.
 
Or waking up to cat pee all over your pillow because the cat had a seizure while you were sleeping. Yay I love the way this thread is going.
 
Or you cat was just plane mad at you. So peeing on your pillow was revenge.
 
Or you cat was just plane mad at you. So peeing on your pillow was revenge.

My cat Natasha Nosy Noodle used to poop in my husband's shoes when she got mad at him. We called it "Lodging a Protest"

Or waking up to cat pee all over your pillow because the cat had a seizure while you were sleeping. Yay I love the way this thread is going.

What can I say? We are the classiest forum on the webs!



Speaking of yucky stuff and shoes, once I had a hermit crab, whose name escapes me. And so did he. He disappeared and I couldn't find him to save my life. Fast forward three months-ish: I go to put on my boots and crunchy crunchy I found him! He had crawled in and expired like old milk. I flopped around thinking I'd killed him, but realized he was long dead. Maybe my boots were so stinky the fumes overwhelmed him, I dunno. But there ya go. Dead crab in boots, panic ensues.
 
It has nothing to do with shoes in the house but when I was a kid like 7-9 my parents could not catch me to put shoes on me. I was a heath child that ran around bear foot with shorts and a tank top climbing everything. Worst day of the week was sunday oh tring to get me to put on a dress ( YUCK! No thank you) and cute little shoe for church. Trying to catch me was like trying to catch a greased pig in the rain at night. Worst still was my mom was obsessed with the poofy crinoline slip thingy that made the dress all fluffy and I hated them and the hose.

Easter and Christmas was the only time I would Let them catch me. Got to be some what respectful at least some times lol.

Also fun fact my aunt and uncle had a pet jersey cow named Ciller. I freaking loved that cow she was so sweet. I tell you riding a cow bear footed with her licking your feet is fun. Or I was just a weird kid with no friend who had only animals to play with. Any way she was fun to pet and ride she lived to be I think 28 or 29. They got her when she was 2 I know that much.
 
I hardly ever have shoes on. I only have them on if I am going to town or have pants on other wise I don't have them on.
 
Action Hank will not wear shoes, even knowing how thick the copperheads are, and having been bitten once. He thinks shoes are a 'going' to town sorta thing. I used to be the same way, then had to start with shoes about 5 years ago after an accident. Shoes are awful.

EDIT: I typed this an hour ago and did not post it until just then. And lo and behold, Hank has admitted his shoe bigotry.
 
Shoes are annoying so I don't use them. Also I don't care about snakes.

You say that till you get bitten and the snake injects venom. You just got a dry bite. And stop being contrary. I BEAT YOU.
 
Oh this reminds me of mother. She had a fish in the tank that disappeared. The tank as a hood on top so there is really no way for a fish to get out. It is all a mystery. We have no idea what happened to the fish, so we assumed it must have been killed by the other fish. Well, a year later when it was raining outside mom went to put her rain boots on and found there was something inside them. She turned them upside down and out popped a bunch of pones. After looking at them we realized they were the fish. He must have jumped out of the water when she was feeding them and she didn't notice. He landed in the boot and passed away. Sigh...I wish we had thought to look there.

@Ology My adopted sissy had to wear those crinolines under her dresses too. My mother was a more traditional person and dressed me very different. But I am with you on tights. I loved my navy blue sweater tights, but those white tights were just awful.
 
Speaking of snakes Is it bad I used to take naps with my pet balled Python Jack. He also love to sit and be petted will we watched tv.

I prefer go without shoes outside when I can myself. I also live in pj so my sense of fashion is kinda I don't really care I am comfy no nah! My mom hates it:tongue::lolpony:
 
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