Shoes or no shoes in the house?

I know this has been done before here, but shoes are not only allowed in my house, but actively encouraged. I don't want to see your toes or smell your socks. I'm fine with vacuuming whatever small amount of dust you bring in later.

I remember visiting the US for work onetime, and being invited to my boss' apartment for dinner. 2 colleagues from Japan were invited too. When I got to the apartment, there were shoes outside the door on the corridor. Thought nothing of it, since I assumed it was the Japanese being Japanese, but when I entered everyone in the apartment was shoeless. Problem for me was that I remembered that I'd put on an old pair of socks that morning with gaping holes in both big toes. So I decided to ignore the obvious protocol and proudly express my Irish culture and keep the damn shoes on.

Take them off on request. Otherwise, I’d just wipe them on the mat and carry on.

Anyone that knows us wouldn't even invite us if they had a no shoes in the house policy. I can remember one neighbor that had just had a new solid wood floor put down have a dance in the same room (it was more of a massive hall than a room) and he said hobnail boots welcome as he wanted to give the floor a bit of patination and character - my kind of guy.

I do understand there are people that want to keep their house perfect and thats fine by me but I don't need to visit them or go in their house for any reason I can think of.

You've just asked "Why would you have smelly sock's this day and age?", and then given no less than four reasons why someone would have smelly socks in this day and age.

I personally take mine off and so do my other half but guests it is up to them.

I have a pair of Crocs stored at front and at back if I need to pop out to do bins or something

Probably best to just amputate your own feet at the door and cover your stumps with a plastic bag to stop blood dripping everywhere.

I don't wear shoes around the house for comfort, but will walk around with shoes if I'm just back to collect something. Guests can leave their shoes on. I don't have any carpet but doubt I'd enforce no shoes if I did. There will be as many germs on feet as shoes, plus the risk of verruca viruses and the fungus that causes athlete's foot. People can keep those to themselves. And I won't be putting my feet anywhere near the communal slippers some people provide for guests. Mank.

The idea of someone coming in to your house and walking around in their sweaty or non sweaty socks is disgusting, shoes all the way.

He needs to grow some balls I reckon.

No shoes in the house! Unless you have visitors over in which case tell them to make themselves at home whatever makes them feel more comfortable. I don't think I could ever buy a carpet which would make me feel like telling people to take off their shoes when they come over.

I'd like to think if I ever manage to build a house, I'd have this rule, but I'd also be providing slippers (of varying levels of ridiculousness) to swap over to. I'd rather not wear them inside, or have specific indoor shoes, but in my current living situation it would be pointless being the only one doing it! And try and tell my father to not walk around the house he built with his own 2 hands in shoes, doesn't matter if he was just in the fields!

That show wrapping thingy though... interesting (Kinetic Butler one of them is called, €800... normal ones seem to be around €250).

You can over do it https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/kids-and-dirt-germs

I never wear shoes at home but I would never demand that guests take their shoes off either.

Always associated friends’ parents as weirdos when growing up if they said to leave your shoes at the door etc

Have you seen how many people spit around ireland? It's disgusting. Eventually you walk that into your shoes, and then around wherever else you go. Traces of dogsh1t, bird ****, rotten food... Shoes are disgusting in all likelihood and should be left outside.

We have guest slippers, but no one ever wants them and everyone is just happy in socks or bare feet. If there's a big party with people going through the house to the garden etc, then shoes are ok but we know we will mop the floors asap afterwards to avoid our baby crawling on hands and knees through the dirt (even if it's not visible).

The concept of outdoor footwear and indoor footwear is slowly drifting in. This is Ireland growing up / developing. There are cottages in the city around here that I remember in my childhood had bare earth floors. A lot of them still had outdoor privies. It was only the 80's and 90's they had floors installed. Outdoor shoes were worn indoors all the time, because floors were a fairly new fangled thing, they've only appeared in one generation for the working classes.

In my own house, we have indoor slippers that we put on at the front door and slip-on garden shoes to put on at the back door. It's just more comfy. For guests, they can do what they like, some people are used to taking outdoor shoes off and do that, others don't. I don't mind either way, we give the floors a wash every couple of days anyway.

I'm 44...

I've NEVER heard of this...

But, I can kinda understand it... if posh, new and expensive carpets were involved.

If no carpets were harmed - then I'd think it very odd.

Larry knows best

Their house, their rules.

Don't like it, then fcuk off.