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I have been reading a lot lately about not wearing outside shoes in the house and it interests me even more because I've been saving to re-carpet my whole house. It hits me every now and then about how to do things though, like, say I'm cooking all day on Sunday then need to take the trash out. I'm assuming it's change shoes, then say the grandkids stop by and want to go go for a bike ride? I'm assuming it's change shoes. I guess maybe what I'm asking is how many baskets by how many doors with how many pairs of slip-ons (both indoor and out) do I need?

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I grew up in a house where we wore shoes all the time or just didn’t think anything of having shoes on in the house. Obviously, if you had muddy shoes or something else bad you wouldn’t traipse it around the house. It wasn’t until I met my wife that I realized, “Oh, apparently wearing shoes indoors at a house isn’t done everywhere.”

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What really kills me is people who don't do this seem to get ANGRY that some do. Like, it's not your house, what do you care?

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On both sides of that I would say i agree.

It's amazing how many get upset that I do wear outside shoes inside.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yep. And quite frankly, I don't understand the hostility. I take my shoes off if they're clearly dirty (ie. mud, water, etc.) but normal just walking on sidewalk? Why?

Maybe there is some kind of very trace amount of dirt on there but what difference does it make to my floors? I wear shoes in the house too so if they are dirty, oh well. I guess if you had one person going barefoot and one wearing shoes, maybe that is why you find it odd?

I also think a lot of people here are very afraid of any dirt. I vacuum weekly and mop biweekly and it seems fine (mostly hardwood here.)

Like why would my floors need to be spotless? Do people just find it "icky" or what? I have to think there is like a next to zero chance you contract any kind of sickness by just wearing shoes inside your house and "bringing in dirt" so

[–] halferect@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did your wife grow up in a house that was all carpeted? And did you grow up in a house that was cement or wood? I could understand not wanting shoes on inside if it was wall to wall carpet or rugs.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

She grew up in Kenya, their floors were just barren concrete I believe. There’s not alot of paved roads out there where family is out in the countryside, so it’s either super dusty there or super muddy, no in-between. When I visited there, it made total sense.