Because I haven’t taken them off
Birds and dogs shit all over the street then you people wear your shoes in the house!? 🤢
You don’t notice when you step in dog shit?
Piles yes, but there be smaller trace amounts too
I treat my shoes like I treat my cutlery - if the pieces of shit are small enough that I don’t see them, I’ll gladly lick them
Birds and dogs shit in my house.
My condolences.
Worth
Meh
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
Your keyboard or phone are far more disgusting than any shoe. You’ll live sunshine.
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
I love this ‘why try; give up’ attitude. Getting out of bed must be hard if you’re just going to be back there later.
Its more, theres no harm in wearing your shoes inside. It’s like saying we should all wear gloves inside to not touch germs, just kinda silly y’know. Humans evolved barefoot, a bit of dirt on the floor isnt the be all and end all of existence.
Make sure you take your dog’s shoes off, too.
If it’s wet or snowy out, I throw down a town on my way out, so my dog has no choice but to step on a towel on the way in. Combine that with using a leash and she has no choice but to stop until I’m satisfied with her feet
My sister-in-law does similar with a bucket of clean water, so she even gets dry dirt off, but that’s excessive.
Humans have lived in filth their entire existence and whatever being tracked in, if it’s not visible, it’s cleaner than most of human history and it’s clean enough to not cause harm
I don’t have a dog.
Solution: adopt a dog.
This is most common in the US. At any point, a policeman might barge into your house, shoot yout dog and start looking for something else to shoot. If you’re wearing shoes already, you’ve got a head start and a chance to live.
Growing up, we never thought twice about it, we just wore our shoes inside (or didn’t) and it was whatever, nobody ever said anything. I grew up in northeast US and the only time we really wouldn’t wear shoes in the house would be when it snowed or if we had mud on our shoes, otherwise it helped keep your feet warm. It wasn’t until I met my wife that she was like, “What the fuck?” She grew up in Kenya where it was mandatory to not wear shoes. It’s so dusty out there most of the time that the house would be a mess if you did wear your shoes inside, so it was just an automatic thing to take them off.
When I lived in the Midwest, indoor carpeting was everywhere, and everyone took their shoes off at the door. Probably due to snow and muck and whatever else.
Moved to the east coast and people thought it was weird that I would try to take my shoes off at their door. Most people had hardwood.
I still live on the east coast, and basically I just do what people ask. It generally seems like places that have carpeting ask for shoes off, those that don’t, don’t.
That’s when you’re going to someone else’s home. In my own home, I have indoor shoes and outdoor shoes. The indoor shoes are basically slip on types. I wear them everywhere inside until I’m going to bed, then they go by the bed.
I have children and I got tired of stepping on shit and walking with a limp because I stepped on a metal truck the size of a dime or whatever.
Because I’m Mr Rogers. When I come home, I take off my jacket & work shoes, and put on my sweater and home shoes. I also sing a song.
They say, 30 is the age where you have to decide which one you like more: tying your shoelaces or hamburgers.
I chose the latter.
Now I’m almost 44 and even undoing them feels too hard. 🙃
Because we want to. It’s our house. We can do what we want.
So, how often do you wash the floors?
He washes them when he wants, okay?
As other have said, they’re usually not the same shoes I wear outside.
But generally, for the same reason I wear them outside: to protect my feet. Especially if I’m going in and out a lot, like when doing yardwork or grilling.
Every time this question comes up, I can’t tell if it’s that homes outside the US are much cleaner or streets are much dirtier.
What are you protecting your feet from when relaxing in the living room? Is your coffee table regularly attacking you.
I was a barefoot all the time person until I got a bunch of cats. Now I need socks.
I wear slippers inside mostly to protect agains cold floor, coffee tables, and most important of all, Lego bricks on the loose.
Also another reason to wear shoes inside is when you are constantly going inside and outside. Which means then your floor is dirty… which means you want to protect your feet from the dirt. That’s a vicious cycle but can be one of the reasons.
This is what Crocs were invented for. Just slip your feet into “outdoor slippers” on your way out, and kick them off on your way back in. You don’t even have to search for matching socks, and it still works in the rain
My coffee table broke my toe last year, vicious thing!
I had taken some shoes off 5 mins earlier as well 😞
In that case I perfectly understand you. Society really doesn’t take coffee table attacks as seriously as they should, really vicious things if left on their own.
As I get older I find my heels and arches just hurt randomly walking on hard flooring, and carpets get gross. The solution for me is a pair of sketchers I reserve for indoor use.
Every time I see people with arch issues complaining and saying they need their arch support shoes the orthopedic surgeon inside me wants to claw out.
You need to exercise your arches, not walk on crutches until the problem is so bad you need physical therapy.
Bare the barefoot. They’ll improve. Your heel pain is likely related directly to your arch issues as you’re putting more weight than necessary on your heels.
Disclaimer: I’m not actually doctor of anything, I’ve just been running a long time and constantly hear about doctors putting patients with arch issues on orthotics which is like giving someone with a weak leg crutches. You need to exercise and build the muscles, not crutch them.
Rant over
A lot of foot problems are actually caused because of our modern shoes that are preventing our legs to work normally
Hip and back problems as well. Although sedentary lifestyles (office & nonoffice) play a bigger role in that.
I’m glad I realized this before I had any leg pain. I’ve been walking with only barefoot shoes for a year now and my posture is so much better and I have core strength I never had before. My legs are wider and I have way better balance.
I like to cook, and I like big cooks. My favorite thing to do on a Sunday is wake up and immediately start dinner. Fresh bread, slow roasted meats, things that take time in the kitchen. It’s not weird for me to spend hours in there, and a kitchen needs a hard floor because carpet will just absorb spills and become disgusting really quickly. My old ass gets really sore after 5 hours standing barefoot on hard tile, so I have some house shoes that never go outside and help me stay comfortable.
Cooking up wholesome copypasta
Better to step in cat puke with, my dear.
Why do you walk in cat puke in your home?
I have cats that live in my home, where else should they puke?
Because sometimes I do chores that require me to be outside? And I’m constantly going in and out, carrying things back and forth, moving tools from the shed to the garage, to the kitchen to hang a shelf, and back outside to put them away? When I do yard work I get sweaty and need a drink of water, and don’t feel like taking off my shoes or boots just to go inside for 30 seconds and then put them back on to go back out and continue working.
I’m not sure what the problem is when you work in slippers or crocs. I often am barefoot at home but sometimes when it’s cold or when I do something that involves water I put on house slippers. When I go outside of the apartment to get the post, to the basement, to the trash, or the balcony, or the garden, I slip out of them and in another set of slippers that are used solely for “outside”. This takes like 2 seconds.
And for the water drink when you do yard work, maybe bring a bottle? Might save you even more time than running back and forth to put water in a glass.
Also, I don’t know your life, but I doubt that you hang shelves in your kitchen on a daily basis. But I mean, you do you.
My cats track litter everywhere and I keep my bike inside (the bike room in my apartment has a major theft issue). So not like I’m making the floor any dirtier by wearing shoes. I sweep once a week and mop usually every other week, more if needed like if a cat has a particularly pukey week. The floor is for dirty things I don’t plan on eating off of it.
Barely related; but I use a square of astroturf to stop my cat tracking which works really well! Unfortunately, because it made the place look so aggressively, manufactured suburban green, I was forced to create a whole
That’s the fanciest cat bathroom I’ve ever seen I love it
I keep my fuzzy slippers at the door. Much nicer than street shoes.
Slippers are great. I used to have an awesome pair of gorilla slippers… until my dog shredded one.
Sadly I can’t find replacements that fit my feet now.
gorilla slippers
Good dog, those things are freaking scary.
Mine were super comfy and warm… sadly they don’t make them in size 13 anymore that I can find.
Too bad my dog didn’t like them, maybe he was jealous.
