No Stupid Questions

Birds and dogs shit all over the street then you people wear your shoes in the house!? 🤢

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.

I keep my fuzzy slippers at the door. Much nicer than street shoes.

I've only ever seen this done by Americans. They also have really car centric cities. I guess it kinda makes sense to just keep your normal shoes on to warm your feet if they can't get dirty since you mostly only walk indoors.

In winter, my feet get cold

They are monsters. There is NO EXCUSE for wearing dirty shoes indoors, outside a party to which you immediately clean.

floor is cold

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.

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.

It's a cultural thing. In Poland because of the climate, central heating and probably some other habits everyone has a carpet so you take your shoes off because carpets are hard to clean. In Spain because of the climate you don't have carpets because stone floors help cool the apartment down. Bare stone floors are easy to clean and are cold during winter so you keep your shoes on.

My dog refuses to wear shoes outside so she’s already tracking dirt (visible or not) in several times a day. I’m always wearing either my outdoor shoes or slippers to keep from exposing my feet. If we did not have a dog than it would make sense to remove shoes as soon as we come inside.

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.

If you have plantar fasciitis, it can really help with the added support.

Indoor shoes are fine, but wearing outside shoes in is wrong.

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.

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 haven't taken them off

Because I have a "thing" about having those little floor-crunchies on my feet. Floating flooring is nice, but every little thing lays right on top of it.. So instead of constantly dusting the bottoms of my feet off on my calves, I just throw on some house shoes. Freshly cleaned floors excepted.

We have dogs, cats, and kids, trying to maintain the level of cleanliness people are implying you could get by removing shoes just isn't going to happen here. Hardwood floors, Roomba twice a day, and biweekly deep clean.

I have house shoes (that I only wear inside) because orthotics don't fit in slippers

I wear them only to maintain being productive. This is an actual thing a LOT of people with ADHD do to avoid just sitting down and not moving. I give myself about an hour then switch to my slips and usually only maintain my work level for a few more minutes at most.

My lifestyle necessitates being able to go outside at a moment's notice.

I take off my shoes at home, but at my best friend's house I leave them on because she has pets and the floors are always filthy.

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.

My feet are cold

The floor is cold.

You tryin' to tell me what to do in my own home? Pssh.

I wear mine in the house because I have a collapsed arch on one foot, and both my knees are completely shot. Shoes keep the feet lighed up, and I don't sublux my kneecap nearly as often.

According to my dad, "because if I walk around in socks I always end up stepping in something wet"... I don't know why they just leave wet spots around to step in.