do you wear shoes indoors

wexie · 20-09-2013 10:25AM

With 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 kids that love Lego I've found it best to keep my shoes on most of the time. Although when there's a fire lit and it's horrible outside I tend to change to slippers.

Out of interest : are we the only ones to have doormats? You know, where you can wipe your feet when you come inside?

Penny Dreadful · 20-09-2013 10:25AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Uh huh. Knickers, bras, and shoes should not be worn indoors, 'cept if they're sexy ones but that's different :pac:

Knickers? How on earth are knickers uncomfortable? There are the not so comfortable ones that need to be worn with certain types of clothes (no VPL and all that) I get that but then when you get home and into your comfy clothes (guessing old trackies, t-shirt, hoody/cardigan, socks, slippers) why not just change into comfortable knickers too?
Wearing none at all is a little peculair is it not?

long range shooter · 20-09-2013 10:27AM

drdeadlift wrote: »

My missus goes mad when I do, she flips out and her blood boils.Guess shes right but as a chid it was never a problem.
In Norway noone wears shoes indoors, when I travel there I make a good effort to have new/clean shoes and footwear..the stress.

Welcome to Norway,very common tradition here.:D:D
I still do it when i visit Ireland,and i have gotten a few comments why i take my shoes off.Its just common practice and politeness in Norway.

canadianwoman · 20-09-2013 10:31AM

Candie wrote: »

The shoes are kicked off and the bra pulled down a sleeve even before the door slams shut behind me. Ecstasy after a long day.

It's the best way to relax.

salacious crumb · 20-09-2013 10:46AM

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

Knickers? How on earth are knickers uncomfortable? There are the not so comfortable ones that need to be worn with certain types of clothes (no VPL and all that) I get that but then when you get home and into your comfy clothes (guessing old trackies, t-shirt, hoody/cardigan, socks, slippers) why not just change into comfortable knickers too?
Wearing none at all is a little peculair is it not?

Nope.

Spunge · 20-09-2013 10:55AM

Taking off your shoes indoors seems childish to me

long range shooter · 20-09-2013 11:00AM

Spunge wrote: »

Taking off your shoes indoors seems childish to me

Thats because your not used to it;)

Shenshen · 20-09-2013 11:03AM

The moment I walk in the door, I take off my shoes.

I only ever wear slippers around the house.
Never really understood why anyone would wear shoes when they don't have to.

Plazaman · 20-09-2013 11:05AM

Huh? When did this carry on start to be a trend? Taking shoes off indoors? Never in my life have I heard the likes. We have a thing called doormats where to can wipe your feet before coming into the house.

My god people, traipsing round the house shoeless like animals is shocking. Is this what our forefathers, three mothers and a cousin fought in the war for so we can adapt pinko commie attitudes to footwear.

It'll end in tears, ya hear? Of course especially if you stub your toe off the corner of the door or table - another great thing shoes prevent.

long range shooter · 20-09-2013 11:06AM

Plazaman wrote: »

Huh? When did this carry on start to be a trend? Taking shoes off indoors? Never in my life have I heard the likes. We have a thing called doormats where to can wipe your feet before coming into the house.

My god people, traipsing round the house shoeless like animals is shocking. Is this what our forefathers, three mothers and a cousin fought in the war for so we can adapt pinko commie attitudes to footwear.

It'll end in tears, ya hear? Of course especially if you stub your toe off the corner of the door or table another great thing shoes prevent.

I would love to smell your feet:eek:

salacious crumb · 20-09-2013 11:08AM

long range shooter wrote: »

I would love to smell your feet:eek:

Pervert

starlit · 20-09-2013 11:11AM

I wear slippers and shoes/trainers. I wear certain times of the day but my slippers get very dirty so wear shoes specific for indoors sometimes if i rarely wear outdoors.

long range shooter · 20-09-2013 11:16AM

Plazaman wrote: »

Huh? When did this carry on start to be a trend? Taking shoes off indoors? Never in my life have I heard the likes. We have a thing called doormats where to can wipe your feet before coming into the house.

My god people, traipsing round the house shoeless like animals is shocking. Is this what our forefathers, three mothers and a cousin fought in the war for so we can adapt pinko commie attitudes to footwear.

It'll end in tears, ya hear? Of course especially if you stub your toe off the corner of the door or table - another great thing shoes prevent.

Try that in Japan,and a samuarai would chop your head off,lol:D:D:D

The Backwards Man · 20-09-2013 11:24AM

long range shooter wrote: »

I would love to smell your feet:eek:

Woman is siitiing in house alone watching TV when there is a knock at the door. She answers it and there is a man on a long brown raincoat standing there.

'I was just passing by', he says. 'Can I smell your fanny?'

'Most certainly not!!' the woman exclaimed, and hit him a clout.

'Oh right', says the man. 'It must be your feet then'

Holsten · 20-09-2013 11:27AM

Yeah nearly always, if not shoes then deffo socks.

I HATE people walking around barefoot.

Jester252 · 20-09-2013 11:31AM

Socks or barefoot in the house and sometimes outside if I need to put anything into the bin. Shoes are too restrictive on my feet and just drag dirt from outside all over the house that you have to clean up later.

herisson · 20-09-2013 11:32AM

Nope, don't wear shoes in the house, I like curling up on the couch, too awkward with shoes. If it was someone else's house I wouldn't take them off.

long range shooter · 20-09-2013 11:35AM

Pixie-Fairy wrote: »

Nope, don't wear shoes in the house, I like curling up on the couch, too awkward with shoes. If it was someone else's house I wouldn't take them off.

If it was someone else's house I wouldn't take them off.:eek:
And what about visitors in your house????????????

herisson · 20-09-2013 11:37AM

long range shooter wrote: »

If it was someone else's house I wouldn't take them off.:eek:
And what about visitors in your house????????????

They can if they want, I'm not pushed either way what they do.

Ilik Urgee · 20-09-2013 11:38AM

Normally if I know I'm in for the evening, slippers on ASAP. More often than not I'm out again so I wear shoes until getting in eventually.
Always kick off the shoes at the bottom of the stairs though when I'm heading up them!

IvyTheTerrible · 20-09-2013 11:40AM

No. Slippers in the house, shoes come off the minute I'm inside. They bring too much dirt inside.

Penny Dreadful · 20-09-2013 11:48AM

Plazaman wrote: »

Huh? When did this carry on start to be a trend? Taking shoes off indoors? Never in my life have I heard the likes. We have a thing called doormats where to can wipe your feet before coming into the house.

My god people, traipsing round the house shoeless like animals is shocking. Is this what our forefathers, three mothers and a cousin fought in the war for so we can adapt pinko commie attitudes to footwear.

It'll end in tears, ya hear? Of course especially if you stub your toe off the corner of the door or table - another great thing shoes prevent.

When we were kids my mother always made us take our shoes off in the back porch before going into the house.

canadianwoman · 20-09-2013 11:50AM

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

When we were kids my mother always made us take our shoes off in the back porch before going into the house.

We were taught shoes off on the mat just inside the door.

long range shooter · 20-09-2013 11:52AM

Pixie-Fairy wrote: »

They can if they want, I'm not pushed either way what they do.

Guess not,glad its not my house

josip · 20-09-2013 12:58PM

Posters who remove shoes however seem to fall into 3 distinct camps

those who think it's unhygenic to wear them
those who think it brings in mud that's a hassle to clean
those who find them uncomfortable

The OP's reference to Norway leads me to believe that they're enquiring about removing for hygenic reasons.

I was brought up to change out of muddy wellies at the door but at all other times I wore my shoes in the house. I did have slippers, but as a child constantly going in and out of the house I wasn't pushed.
And I continued to leave my shoes on while I was single/singleish.
Even a 12 month sojourn in Scandinavia didn't change my habits when in Ireland.
But when I met my wife and she questioned how hygenic it was to wear outside shoes inside the house I saw where she was coming from and I changed.
And when our first baby started crawling around the floor there's no way I would have had shoes inside the house.

I think location would now influence my reaction. Living in a city where the footpaths will invariably have dog sh1t I have to take off my shoes. If you're on a farm with livestock, you'll probably have wellies anyway. But if you live in the country with a bit of a lawn, then there may not be the same hygenic reasons to do so.

Too long. Should have stopped.

peewee_44 · 21-09-2013 01:09AM

As soon as I walk through the door Bra and shoes come off and jammies on the OH though lives in shoes all day till bed

BNMC · 21-09-2013 01:11AM

Yes, I'm not an animal.

old_aussie · 21-09-2013 01:14AM

Not unless I've just put them on to go out.

Femme_Fatale · 21-09-2013 06:40PM

If there's dirt on my shoes it's invisible and I regularly clean my floors. Nothing wrong with not wearing shoes around the house for comfort reasons, out of habit, whatever, but it's silly to pretend every pair of shoes drags in reams of muck or that it's unusual to wear shoes in Irish homes.

PhlegmyMoses · 21-09-2013 06:45PM

Can't stand when I'm asked to take my shoes off going into somebody else's house, unless they're covered in dirt or something. In my own house, I tend to wear socks around in the evening from a comfort perspective but have no problem wearing shoes if needs be.

do you wear shoes indoors

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