Do you wear shoes inside?

[Sandi]

I know in some countries you do and some you don't. In Sweden we do not wear shoes inside the house. It's considered rude to walk in with shoes in somebody else's house. The same goes for a lot of schools. The two schools I went to from 1st to 9th grade you took off your shoes. In the highschool I went to you were allowed to wear shoes inside. For you who wear shoes inside; doesn't it get really dirty? 

[nessa16]

I always take my shoes off when I am at home or go to someone else's home. I just think it's polite and I feel guilty if I don't. The only time I don't is when it's so dirty I don't want to be in my socks and the host says to keep them on...otherwise I end up staying at the door. We don't take our shoes off in public places like school though.  My mom wears her shoes in the house but that is doctors order due to her having plantar fasciitis or something else with her feet I believe.  She has even been told to wear shoes to go to the bathroom at night! 

[Taffeta]

I'm not sure if it's rude or not in the UK, but we always take shoes off in the house. I don't know whether this was a habit informed by my  mother's work with Japanese people when I was a kid or if it just saved the cleaning, but we've always done it. And, even now, I don't wear my shoes around my uni room. I have slippers instead, although I will wear shoes in the kitchen because it's a communal area.

At proper home, shoes are immediately off on entering the house

At secondary school shoes only got taken off/changed for sport lessons, but at primary school we had indoor pumps which we changed into from our outdoor shoes each time we came in (at the start of school, at break and dinner).

[True]

Almost my entire family wears shoes in the house, which drives me up the walls... I dont wear them in the house, unless im having to make a ton of trips in and out.. but I usually make sure (if possible) that my reasons for in and out trips are situated near the door so I don't actually have to clomp through the house lol.

I don't like wearing shoes.. In the summer I wear flip flops.. or nothing xD
Even in the winter, I'm usually barefoot.. But I've also never broken that habit of walking on the front of my feet, so I guess that's one reason why I feel like shoes and socks are uncomfortable for me lol. If I had my own house, then I'd definitely strictly forbid people from wearing shoes into my house. That might sound kinda unreasonable? but I've always been rather sensitive to bad vibes I guess, and not knowing where people have been walking or what they've been doing in their shoes has always bugged me when they walk through my house. But since I don't own the house I live in, I can't really make big rules like that.

[Princess Lala]

My family are all from Europe (I dont mean like 10 generations ago, I mean my Grandma is from Germany) and although I was born and raised in the US I was NEVER allowed to walk around in my shoes! Its considered dirty and unsanitary to my family so it kind of stuck with me or I would get spanked LOL. I always take them off near the door on the tile, even now! ^-^

[kaoskat]

Depends? I often wear shoes that are my inside shoes sometimes, but really I don't like shoes much so when I get home I pull them off. But we don't have carpet and I hate getting things stuck to my feet so I have shoes that slip on and off easily for inside.

[Lore-Lei]

We don't wear shoes at home since getting the dirt out of the carpet would be a nightmare. However, we do wear fluffy flip-flops in the kitchen and dining area to prevent slipping on the parquet. Not always, but more often than not.

[RainbowRay]

I'm the only one in my family who doesn't! Partly to be tidy, mostly because I like my feet to be free    I like to sit with my feet tucked under me and shoes get in the way of that! I also like to pick things up off the floor with my toes sometimes. It's good to have that option.

[Shileah]

No shoes for me (and the hubby) in my own home, except for some soft slippers as I tend to get cold feet easily (except in summer time of course). I take my shoes off at my parent's place, and when I stay somewhere overnight, but not for just a regular visit, unless I am asked to take them off of course. Same with people visiting us, most visitors leave their shoes on.

I'm not too much of a fan of shoes in the house, and I used to ask visitors to take them off, but it actually happened that people refused to do so because they wanted to spare me the smell of their feet or claimed to have so sweaty feet that they would leave sweat stains on the floor. It's not that my place is dirty or that there are any Lego feet bombs lying around, so it must have been their bad manners. I've stopped asking now. We have tiled or wooden floors everywhere anyways so it is less a hassle to clean it, than to be upset that they plain out refused to take out their shoes.

I used to live in Switzerland for a couple of years and it was really nice there, even craftsmen that had something to do in the house took off their shoes before entering without me needing to say anything. Wouldn't happen here, they'd rather walk around with muddy shoes than take them off!

[Ribbs]

We wear our shoes indoors here. (and mop the floors regularly) I live in the mountains and always wear boots, so taking them off everytime we came inside would be very annoying.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Sometimes.... but only if I haven't had the time to unlace my boots!  Usually it's barefeet for me! 

[Rainbowrific Renia]

Ever since we bought a house I've been all about the "no shoes inside" rule. I guess I didn't care before in our apartment, but the carpet in our house is super nice and everyone comes in through the kitchen anyway, so I tell everyone to take their shoes off. Plus I love walking around in my bare feet or wearing slippers.

If I go to someone else's house, I always ask before walking all the way in if they would like me to remove my shoes.

[Miniature Sheep]

If I'm at home or in someone else's house, it's always strictly shoes off, but in public places, I usually keep them on. That said, there's a whole load of awkwardness when it comes to being tattooed; I don't feel comfortable keeping my shoes on while sitting in the chair but whenever I ask the tattooist if I should take them off, it's always met with confused expressions! :S

[pinkkittywinks]

I always take my shoes off and I have slippers that I wear round the house. We have very light coloured carpets.

When I visit peoples houses I always take my shoes off, I often take my slippers with me to wear in their house too. I have a pair of slippers that live at my partners house

Love pkw xxx

[Archer]

If i go to someone else's house i'll remove my shoes, it's just polite. However i live in my shoes at home. I always have them on...i have them on right now lol Whether they're my trainers, converse or sandals in summer i'll have them on