Do you have a shoes off rule in your house?

I'm pretty liberal when it comes to shoe rules. I don't ask much of guests, but I don't ever wear shoes anymore. A couple of months ago I joined the ranks of the "barefooters" and I have loved every minute of it!

 

I live in a place where a shoes off rule is kind of universal - it's just a part of the culture to take one's shoes off when entering another person's house, so nobody that ever came into my house as a guest had to be told to take their shoes off. Of course, now that I'm trying to live a more barefoot lifestyle, I guess it would be bad manners to keep your shoes off if your host is always barefoot.

And to think that back in the day I often felt quite embarrassed when I had to take my outdoor shoes off at my friends' places. I'd still wear my socks, of course, if I was not offered a pair of house slippers to wear.

 

We very rarely go outside while not barefoot, so such a rule doesn't really need to exist. Whether we have shoes or not, we all wash off outside. My husband wears shoes to work but he takes them off in the car when coming home.

If my kids become big into shoes, I would still want them to be barefoot sometimes in order to maintain good foot health and thick soles, so I would have a rule to have them barefoot at least in our house and our front and back yard. No need for a rule yet though!

 

Have you ever been asked to remove your shoes and so find yourself barefoot when you didn't expect it?


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For example, some people invite me to their house and if they ask me to remove my shoes while I'm in sandals or just wearing my shoes sockless I feel preoccupated to find myself barefoot at their house.
That's not a big deal when they're close friends but when it's about people who invited for the first time I feel a bit umbarrassed with no socks.

Have you ever been in a similar situation? Did it bother you?

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@shoe

Used to be a problem in my youth. Obviously, not anymore. Very common here during the summer.

 

Yes. It did happen to me. My wife works for a real estate office where one of the female agents is of a Korean descent. She invited the both of us over a couple of times for different occasions, always came to the door in her bare feet. One of the first things she always said was "Take your shoes off". Nevertheless I usually wear shoes with no socks. I never felt any embarrassment whatsoever.

Another time my wife and I visited a former neighbor who had just moved into a new condominium. Upon answering the door are old neighbor was in her bare feet. Not a word was asked about removing any footwear. However the three of us took a walk outside through a dirt lot, when we returned to my neighbors new home my wife and I removed our shoes. I was wearing sandals. So I along with are former neighbor were both barefoot. Again, I felt no awkward feelings. On the other hand, anyone one of these two situations and I would have very mortified many years earlier.

Bare feet are just great. Period.

 

If I'm wearing shoes, which is infrequent lately, it's no big deal to take my shoes off. Anyone who I know well enough to go to their house has already seen me barefoot, and some have seen me bare all over.

 

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In our country, it is normal to take off your shoes when entering the house. It is impudence not to do it. All guests comeing take off their footwear automatically. This is basically one problem for barefooters because they have nothing to take off. That's why I don't like to visit people at their houses.