Would this be off putting at a baby shower

[rachers]

Yall have me thinking about feet way too much. Our neighbor kid is over playing like she usually does and she always takes her shoes off. Her feet are a little dirty and I cringed a little! 🤪

It’s time to mop and vacuum anyways

[mokes]

Sept 23, 2024 14:06:49 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

Yes it’s off putting.

IDK what kind of floors you installed, but I can’t imagine them being damaged by routine walking around- even in heels. If you plan to have a mosh pit or like play tag, maybe.

I had it happen to me. At my last house, we refinished our hardwood floors and then a few months later threw a party. The next morning we had tons of tiny impressions all over the floors.

Our best theories were that either someone wore heels where the rubber/plastic part of the heel base (heel tap is it called?) had come off and so it was metal pushing into the floor with every step or someone had a rock stuck in the tread. Either way, it was damaged. 😭

I now ask people to take their shoes off and put out a little basket of cheap slippers/flip flops.

[expatjen]

I'm in Hawaii (and Asian), so it's drilled into us from a young age to remove our shoes when entering a house/home. I never feel comfortable wearing shoes indoor (unless they're specifically inside slippers/slip-ons). I personally wouldn't want to host a party at my home just after getting new flooring done (mainly for the scrapes from chairs, tables and the like, not because of the shoe issue).

[bittybomb]

Sept 23, 2024 16:58:01 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

When it's wet or snowy I either 1) wear hiking boots which gets me through most situations without having to remove my shoes or my feet getting hot, or 2) take off whatever boots I'm wearing and put on other shoes, which I have definitely worn outside.

I'd never traipse through someones house, regardless of shoes on/off, with dog poop on my shoes.

I once was in a situation where I was tagging along with my cousins and we visited a no shoe house. They asked my male cousin to put his shoes back on because his feet were so rank. I swear I can still smell his feet in my nasal cavities sometimes. He had some type of something that he went to the doctor for for special medicated powder.

Yikes. That adds a whole new layer! Aww your poor cousin must have been mortified. Gah.

[UMaineTeach]

I think the answer is clear, you don’t want the party at your house. And that’s ok!