Shoes in ...shoes out.

I have a couple of pairs for inside home, and three for outside...at least. That way I can use the home wear slippers when I return.

@Noor0000001 most of the time our parents give us good advice and we should follow them.

@sjvg1976 I will try.

We have a shoe rack outside our home. But it does not get used much. People remove their footwear in one corner.

@vandana7 And you hope their feet don't stink? At the other house, we had a friend who lived with us for a year. He slept on our sofa in the living room. We didn't notice his feet smelled until after he moved out. Then we had to shampoo the carpets to get the odor of his feet out.

@DaddyEvil Smelly feet.

It depends on the house you go to. If the friends take their shoes off, you take your shoes off. If they wear their shoes inside, so do you.

@DaddyEvil There should be standard rule..it is so confusing.

@much2say - traditionally, we remove outside footwear, then wear home footwear, which are flip flops, walk to the restroom wash our feet, with those flip flops, dry our feet on the foot mat...while moving out, and then we are good to be home for the day. I have a pair that I can use outside that can double as flip flops too. But still, I change. But when we wash the feet, the water does go near the commode...and it does get wet....I believe you all have dry toilets. In normal Indian households, I have yet to see dry toilets. Yes, in posh hotels, it is dry. But they design their toilets like that.

That is us Indians. I have to look at their movies, whether they remove their shoes while visiting. But it seems unlikely. Kinda, if you are wearing heels, and you are attending a party or get together, why would you remove them? If so, do people with sneakers continue to wear them, or do they wear their formal boots? Really curious. LOL

@DaddyEvil Oh ok...you all have complicated system. LOL

@vandana7 It depends on where you're at and who you're with whether you wear your outside shoes inside. If you're at a party, you continue wearing your outside shoes inside. If you're at a friend's house, you take your shoes off... unless it's a party. If friends come to your house, they take their shoes off.

Isn't it too cold in your world to be bare footed?

@garymarsh6 I get it now.

@vandana7 It depends on which room you are in & the time of year. In tiled floors in the winter no but carpeted areas it is ok. Some houses have under floor heating.

Outside wear yes. But I do switch to home wear slippers.

@vandana7 ohh very well

Covid times, that can be really serious mistake.

@sjvg1976 That is what...LOL

@vandana7 yes it can be. But we are following it much before the covid times.

That is interesting. Do you all wash your feet too after returning from outside?

LOL...Pony is mission impossible to repair.

@LadyDuck I am just collecting a force of friends who will agree with me about this...you are the first on that list.

@vandana7 I think you are right Vanny.

That is interesting. Because some are saying they don't during casual visits.

@wolfgirl569 We wear flip flops at home. Kinda...remove outside shoes, get into flip flops, go to washroom, wash feet and then on foot mat ..... but yes, I am fine with being bare footed at home.

@vandana7 Most of the people I visit I either am not staying long or we might be in and out some. Easier to leave them on. I do take them off at one of my aunts house if I visit as she has white carpeting. I would never want a light colored carpet. It is too much work. At home I am usually barefoot in and out when it is warm enough.

Ah...so we all have learned the trick. I wonder from which end this traveled kinda is it eastern wisdom or western wisdom. LOL

@vandana7 I do not know too

But shoes are always dirty, right? Kinda you never know what was on the street, from where another car traveled. They may have traveled in country side. We do wear slippers, but normally on temporary visits, we are barefoot. Normally we don't expect sharp objects on floor, and I don't know what is tack. :(

@vandana7 A tack is like a thumbtack.

Into the house is ok...kinda porch or lobby...or even near entrance...but not where everybody is kinda moving a lot.

@vandana7 I understand.

That is a nice practice. I use flip flops at home.

@vandana7 that's good to know

Wonder why men don't like removing shoes..they may be feeling they are taller because of those shoes. LOL

@divalounger I agree. We have drains overflowing...then it is bad...

@vandana7 not sure-but it tracks a bunch of dirt into the house

Me too. But we do use slippers inside. So kinda remove outside footwear, wear home wear, go to the bathroom, wash them feet, and then dry them on foot mat, and then roam around freely. Somehow, it is so basic, that I never thought Americans did not do it. Yes, sometimes, when we sit we leave the slippers, and move around without anything. That is ok too. But the reason this doubt came was also the way your bathrooms are designed. It is impossible for bathrooms not to get wet near commodes when we wash our feet.

I am fine with people who wear sneakers with socks and coming for payment of bill not removing them. The milkman came this morning. He refused to come inside because he would have to remove shoes for just 5 minutes job. But we insisted.

@xander6464 Here, they deliver outside the door. Normally, they are in such a rush. But for bill payment, they come inside. India is a royal country. We may not be rich like you all. But we still enjoy many luxuries you all don't. LOL

@vandana7 Wow. We haven't had milkmen for about 50 years. But ours always came inside when asked.

I believe some don't, and that was rather surprising.

@oahuwriter Exactly something we have...

@vandana7 I know. I don't like to wear outside footwear indoors. Shoe cabinet right next to door.

What do you all do?

@Rashnag Oh that comes within the "place for them (shoes)". :)

@vandana7 We don't remove our shoes outside the house. We keep it in shoe shelf

I find it strange that people wear expensive jewelry and make up while sleeping in Indian serials... kinda ..really? We wear housecoats or nighties. Those sarees and jewelry whether expensive or duplicate are for going out. I have yet to meet a person who is so made up daily.

@S4mmyboy They must sweat a lot, and find going to loo extremely inconvenient.

@vandana7 Hahaha....vanny it's only in the serials or may be a few from the royal families of Rajasthan, Gwalior, or the females of the Reddy brothers of Karnataka,