Question of the Day #23: Do you wear shoes at home?

Oh! On the subject of dogs...mine actually DO wipe their feet, and it's quite amusing. Benjen learned it from one of mom's dogs. Sadie started the trend, but since she wasn't around by the time I got Benjen, I'm thinking he learned it from Gracie (we don't really know why Sadie started doing it. We always joked that she was part cat.) Leia, in turn, learned it from Benjen. They both take a few steps forward, then wipe their back paws after going to the bathroom...on the grass, but still.

If it's wet and muddy, we physically wipe their paws off in the mudroom/laundry room. Otherwise, there's a towel in that room that they walk across, as well as a fluffy bathmat; and then another towel right inside the kitchen door where they sit and wait for a treat. The towels get replaced or washed once or twice a week.


It occurs to me that, growing up, we always took our shoes off in the entryway at my dad's. It was less of a thing at Mom's, but snow boots and play shoes were always taken off in the breezeway. Dad had a fully carpeted house, and Mom's was mostly hardwood, so that probably had something to do with it.

 

Yes, I wear shoes at home. First & foremost, we've pretty much had pets since we married, and keeping a spotless home has never been a top priority with either one of us. Secondly, I have high arches and going brefoot for too long hurts my feet (I put arch supports in just about all of my shoes, including house-shoes).

 

Stay Strong my sister.

 

Barefoot all the way.

 

Don't get me wrong, I do go barefoot in my house some of the time. I have been padding around barefoot all morning. I think having shoes off some of the time is good. It doesn't constrain the feet, allows the muscles and sinews to work better. When I had plantar fasciitis, I finally got some improvement on it by going barefoot around my house. I just don't have a compulsion to shed my shoes the second I walk in the door. Unless my shoes were actually dirty. I'm obviously not going to track mud all over my house.

 

Nope. Pretty much off when I walk in the house.

 

The only people i've ever known to wear shoes inside are Americans. (Not all, but some). I don't think it's a thing anywhere else.

I remember thinking it was kinda strange reading books as a kid set random places in the states (Baby Sitters Club, for instance) and they would mention having their shoes on inside.

Of course neither is right or wrong, just different.

 

I always wear shoes (or sandals in the summer), unless I'm in bed or in the shower. I have some lower back issues related to posture and foot support, so I wear shoes (or sandals) specially designed for maximum support. I nearly never get backaches now, but before I started wearing these shoes, I had them all the time.

 

Ideally I would like to go shoe free inside my house, if it weren't for this ^^^

It's more bothersome to me that I can't account for whatever girlfriend's chihuahua has been traipsing around in when he goes out to the back yard to do his business. More often than not, it's probably his own shit on the occasion that we haven't cleaned up everything he's left behind. He's half deaf and blind, but I don't doubt he has a homing instinct like no other to walk through his own goddamned turds.

Once he's out of the picture, I think we may have an easier time, even with the cat. Her litterbox is well enclosed, and she is thankfully pretty fastidious with her own grooming, from all accounts.

But man, I hate that dog.

/threadjack

 

Nope, I'm barefoot most of the time, even in the winter time. I'll walk out to get the mail without shoes, etc. Drives my wife nuts.

 

Every time we visit my wifes family in the US I get surprised by people wearing shoes inside. It's just not a thing in Sweden and would be considered quite rude. Do Americans just love vacuuming that much?

 

Only when we can get the wives to wear the maid costumes.

 

No. Used shoes theft has been a serious problem in the US for decades.