Post by InBetweenDays on Nov 20, 2014 9:32:52 GMT -5
Everybody. The kids and H often take their shoes off when they come in (but not always). I often keep mine on for awhile and take them off more when we're taking the kids up to get ready for bed. If the kids have friends over they generally take off their shoes if they're playing inside for awhile. But often they're running in and out and in and out so I don't bother. And when we have guests over we never ask them to remove their shoes. With two big dogs, a cat and two kids I have to vacuum daily anyway.
We are no shoes in the house. But we don't make our guest take off their shoes. They kind of just get with the program. H's family is normally shoes in the house people, so they have to make an adjustment when they come over. Half the time when people are over they are working on the house, so I'm not going to make someone take off their work boots since home improvement projects always end up being 43 million trips outside to the garage, car, toolbox, home depot or whatever.
Post by CrazyLucky on Nov 20, 2014 11:05:57 GMT -5
We let everyone do what they want. DS and DD usually keep their shoes on unless they're getting on furniture. Taking their shoes off requires help because there is so much freaking sand from daycare in them. I usually walk around in slides or slippers. I do think it would be different if we had carpet as opposed to hardwoods. In that case we would probably all take our shoes off and ask people who are staying with us. I would never ask someone just visiting for dinner or a party to remove their shoes.
Post by madDawg228 on Nov 20, 2014 11:37:12 GMT -5
It might be different if we owned, but since we rent, we let guests wear shoes. But H and I remove ours when we walk in the front door. Most guests follow our example, but I don't mind it if they don't. The only time I got seriously annoyed when someone wore shoes inside is when MIL put her shoes ON our couch, right after she came back from walking all around Golden Gardens and got sand and dirt on the couch. We would probably be more lax if we lived somewhere with hardwood floors.
Post by toratoratori on Nov 20, 2014 12:30:40 GMT -5
I let people wear shoes unless they're more comfortable without. We have a combo of hardwood flooring and carpet, but we also have dogs, and trust me, whatever guests are tracking in is no worse than what the mutts are tracking in.
We don't wear shoes in the house but I don't enforce it with guests even though I wish they would just take them off. I almost always take my shoes off or ask what the host prefers when I go anywhere also.
I grew up in a shoes house and so did H. We both usually kick them off near the couch though. My feet get cold so I often won't remove my shoes when I enter the house, but I'll put on slippers if they get cold after I've removed them. We always remove them by the back door if they're super gross though. We have a mix of hardwood & carpet.
We don't have a rule and let our guests do whatever they are comfortable with, but my parents have a no shoes rule and it's sort of force of habit to remove when I go to someone else's house
I have a Japanese friend (at least, I'm pretty sure he's kept his Japanese citizenship, they moved here when he was 5, anyway...) who has a no shoes household but he also has something I SERIOUSLY appreciate: a big basket of slippers in varying sizes by the front door for guests to use. My feet freeze in the winter when visiting no shoes households so I think its a really nice touch for guests' comfort.
I hate shoes so I don't wear them and neither does H. Most people see that I'm in socks and take theirs off but it's not a requirement. I just really hate wearing shoes.
Post by FrozenSunshine on Nov 23, 2014 21:22:46 GMT -5
We don't wear ours in the house and you'll see them by the door. But if we have friends swing by and they come in I usually tell them not to worry about it but most will remove them anyway.