Shoes on or shoes off?

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  • AzWicker
    AzWicker Posts: 1,162
    DS1119 wrote:
    AzWicker wrote:
    Do you live in Indio?


    Grew up in the mighty metropolis of New Hartford, NY.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9iOpMSOns

    Keep your shoes on so Ed and Jeff don't beat your ass!

    :mrgreen:


    Actually, I always leave the shoes off in the house but my wife is Filipino Hawaiian so that was taught to me early in our relationship!
    Ed: 2011-07-09 2012-11-04
    PJ: 2011-09-03 2011-09-04
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    AzWicker wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    AzWicker wrote:
    Do you live in Indio?


    Grew up in the mighty metropolis of New Hartford, NY.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9iOpMSOns

    Keep your shoes on so Ed and Jeff don't beat your ass!

    :mrgreen:


    Actually, I always leave the shoes off in the house but my wife is Filipino Hawaiian so that was taught to me early in our relationship!


    I knew this would show up. Surprised it took until the second page! :lol:
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,075
    edited October 2011
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NewqTCakQ3Q



    i don't even have to click this to know its donnie brasco :lol:

    Haha, You know it.

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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    conman wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    Off.

    It is weird to have your shoes on in the house. No offense, conman. :P
    :evil:

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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    As a 38 year old adult I still feel awkward wearing shoes inside a home. :-?
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    edited October 2011
    No shoes!

    Who needs shoes anyway?

    Can't stand wearing them..or even socks. The best I can manages is flip flops and if it really really gets cold...then clogs, so i can kick them off as soon as possible.

    but the house thing, i think its just polite to remove your shoes as you enter someone else's house...well, unless you have a good reason not too ;) bring a "house" pair of flip flops with you (keep in your car, I do) wherever you go, then you're prepared for all occasions :D
    Post edited by StillHere on
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  • JTH
    JTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    Honestly, unless you're walking into a crack house or something, why would you want to wear shoes in the comfort of someone's home?

    Granted, there are exceptions, like if you're moving furniture or something.
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    i guess i'm the weirdo :?
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Definiely off. However, I have a pair of Birkenstocks that I wear inside the house :D

    And yes, conman, you are weird. I've heard the stories ;):mrgreen:
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    conman wrote:
    i guess i'm the weirdo :?

    Nobody's perfect ;):D
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    conman wrote:
    i guess i'm the weirdo :?

    You said it :P
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I almost always wear shoes. I'm just more comfortable in shoes now. Of course they are good comfy shoes. ;) I didn't grow up that way, as I grew up in a hot climate so didn't wear them much, but now living in PNW it's just more practical and I actually miss not having shoes on! I also don't stub my toes, have dogs stepping on them or hurt myself either! :lol: It depends on the part of the country you live in for sure. In Alaska everyone takes their shoes off going into a house due to the red dirt and same goes for Utah. In SoCal and other southern parts too hot to wear them. Then there are people like my husband who wears birks with socks...the PNW style... :mrgreen:
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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    wolfbear wrote:
    I almost always wear shoes. I'm just more comfortable in shoes now. Of course they are good comfy shoes. ;) I didn't grow up that way, as I grew up in a hot climate so didn't wear them much, but now living in PNW it's just more practical and I actually miss not having shoes on! I also don't stub my toes, have dogs stepping on them or hurt myself either! :lol: It depends on the part of the country you live in for sure. In Alaska everyone takes their shoes off going into a house due to the red dirt and same goes for Utah. In SoCal and other southern parts too hot to wear them. Then there are people like my husband who wears birks with socks...the PNW style... :mrgreen:

    I think it does depend on where you live. In Canada you can't be tracking snow in. :lol:

    Growing up though, my grandparents lived in an old country house and we always wore shoes because the floors were so cold. Well I mean maybe not in summer but I am pretty sure we did??? :? I know I never went there without slippers.
  • Better Dan
    Better Dan Posts: 5,684
    conman wrote:
    i guess i'm the weirdo :?


    No, I agree with you. I never take shoes off in someone's home unless I see that their shoes (or guests) are by the front door. If not, I keep them on and have never been been asked to take them off. Even when I go to some of my best friend's house to chill I usually don't take them off....maybe after a couple of hours or something. At home, I usually take them off when I get in to relax..but sometimes I just leave them on.
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  • pinkbutterfly
    pinkbutterfly Posts: 1,391
    edited October 2011
    I love shoes! So, the only time I don't wear them is when I am sleeping or walking on a beach.

    Oh, and I guess showering, too. :lol:

    I forgot swimming. I guess I'm shoeless, more than I think. :P

    p.s. My dad used to say this when I was growing up ~ "I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet."

    Another shoe-related quote ~ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."
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  • brianlux
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    They're the first thing to go when I'm in the house. Then it's sox on carpet!
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  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    What about slippers - aren't slippers worn anywhere othe than the UK. I like the fluffy ankle boot kind for the winter, don't really need them so much in the summer.
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  • CorduroyGirl
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    There's no "tradition" whatsoever to take the shoes off here... It's actually impolite unless you're at familys or very very close friends house (or have a very good reason to do it, like your shoes are hurting you or something)...
    At my own house, I usually take the shoes off as soon as I get in, but just because I'm more comfortable that way (and of course, it helps keep the floor clean).
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  • 81
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    off....helps keep the carpets cleaner longer.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Claireack wrote:
    What about slippers - aren't slippers worn anywhere othe than the UK. I like the fluffy ankle boot kind for the winter, don't really need them so much in the summer.

    gf wears slippers..my, i just go with socks or barefoot
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