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i hate when people do this. . .i know someone who makes you keep your shoes OUTSIDE the apartment door on the landing. . .i hate that

honestly, if it were my sister or a close friend just coming to hang out maybe i would ask them? but if i were having GUESTS over like my FILs for dinner. . i would NEVER be able to ask them.

I couldn't imagine telling an adult ( older than me) that they HAD to take their shoes off!

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I know how you feel about walking all over the place than coming in a walking on the carpets. Which is why I hate carpeting. I can't wait to get rid of it. I always feel no matter how much you vacuum, it's never clean.

But as much as it bothers me, I would not ask anyone to remove their shoes.

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In our case...the carpets were already here when we moved in and are light and we do not intend to change them since we are only renting. Therefore..shoes off!

None of my family/friends have a problem with it, and defenitely don't consider it rude.




whatever works for you

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We take off our shoes inside the door and put slippers on, or go barefoot. I only request that people remove their shoes if they are wet or dirty. No shoes is a rule I adhere to, but am not strict about. DH is a different story. He is a neat-freak, and dislikes anyone wearing shoes on our carpets.

I've no wish to make anyone uncomfortable, so we leave it up to our guests.

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i do not like it when people ask me to take my shoes off- i think its a little rude.

especially since-
a- my feet might be sweating in heels all day and im embarrased of them
b- i didnt get a pedicure
c-my stocking may have a hole

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Posted by mitabtrfly

None of my family/friends have a problem with it, and defenitely don't consider it rude.

i am not picking on you - bc i am sure your family is understanding etc.

but my friends/family with the shoes off rule have no idea how much it annoys me/the rest of my family



((hope i am not upsetting the very pregnant lady ))

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I never ask or tell anyone to take off their shoes in my house. We mostly have wood floors. I would only do that if I had brand new carpet or something.

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That is a pet peeve of mine. I hate when people ask you to do that. After the first time, I always think twice about going to that person's home. The floor is meant to be walked on and that's what vacuums and carpet cleaners are for.

I do almost always take my shoes off before going into my sons' room. It's very rare that guests ever go upstairs, so it's not really an issue bc that's the only place that's fully carpeted.

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I don't require anything of my guests other than they relax and have a good time in my home -

I may secretly curse someone for being inconsiderate and trapsing through my house w/ dirty or wet shoes .......but I'd never say anything - unless it was someone very close to me that I could yell at (like DH) !

And really, who cares ? I'm going to clean after you leave anyway, regardless of whether the floors are 'dirty' or not - so why make someone uncomfrotable ? I think it's rude ...........

If you don't want your house to get messy, don't have company !

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If I were to have people to take off their shoes, I would not expect them to do so before I ask them. In fact, there are some people whose feet I do not want to smell and I would not want them to take their shoes off at my house. I once threw someone's shoes and socks out the front door of my summer rental.

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absolutely rude. How about if someone had a foot odor problem. How embarrassing for that person. I always want people to feel comfortable, not feel that you have to worry about messing up my house.

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Only if I just get my carpets cleaned. If not no.
I don't get upset if someone asks me to.

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I also wanted to add that when I go to someone's house, I always ask when I enter "should I take off my shoes." I just really don't see the big deal.

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My DH grew up in a total neat freak home where no shoes were worn ever! Over the years of us together, i have come to the same feeling but i'm not strict about it.

We NEVER wear shoes in our home, we want to keep our floor clean and not scratched and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

My family takes off their shoes when they come in because they know we don't like it- some have voiced their opinions about it but they comply. My family love to raise debtaes, so it in their nature to challenge anything out of the norm.

For other guests, our shoes are lined up at the door so most people ask if we would like them to remove them and we say yes- if you don't mind. But we don't ever ask them to remove their shoes, so we're not that bad.

Also- i almost immediately remove my shoes in homes that i visit where i know the people- i just don't like to walk around in doors with my shoes on, i think i'm making a mess, hehe.

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I would never ask someone to take off their shoes in my home! I think it's rude and makes a lot of people uncomfortable. If I was so paranoid about trekking dirt in, I wouldn't chose carpeting, and I especially would not chose light carpeting. But I'm a wood floor girl all the way anyway.

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we ask that our guests remove there shoes before they walk throughout the house

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We are having a condo built and when we move in in Dec, I def want people to take their shoes off. When I went to Hawaii last week, I got a cool sign that says "Mahalo for taking your shoes off", Hopefully when they see that sign in the hall and us taking our shoes off, it will work!

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