Shoes off at my place, PLEEAAASSEEEE!!!!!!

[Rwive]

 I dont know if anyone else has this problem, but I dont understand why people wont even take their shoes off to enter to my home, I dont allow many people to come, just because I am not a many people at my home person, my home is sacred place, where my family shares a lot of good moments, and I hate it that even though I have a sign who ask nicely to remove shoes, people seems to ignore it, and then I have to tell them please take your shoes off, some of them even laugh and say, oh I am not comfortable with that, and they walk right in with shoes.... RUDE!

[ShaniahsMama]

Not at my house but at mom's house. She will hurt you if you don't take your shoes off.

[cathaleya]

I don't have this problem anymore, but my brother used to come over with his friends and he would have to remind them to take their shoes off.  Another time, his friend put her shoes back on, walked over to me (over carpet) to chat and I glared at her feet.  She took them right off!

I guess the only people that keep their shoes on now are the service people.

[thaiokie]

my house used to be like that, but now since i have heel problems, my doctor i have to wear shoes at all time , not only that my husband is in the army and he goes in and out all the time, he doesnt have time to take his boot off and on when he is in a hurry. not only their boot is pain in the butt the put on and off.  most of time they do...take their shoes off.

 

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[Maman9]

We remove shoes at the door and mop the foyer often to keep germs amd negative energy out of the house, although we are not Asian.

[jen1130]

sometimes with my feet I have to keep shoes on, so I have a pair of house shoes (in the house only) ....as for people who are not willing to take off their shoes I will offer to bring a few chairs outside so we can visit outside with our shoes on ;- )

[BraniOut]

I don't think it's common in all cultures to remove your shoes in the house. DH is Asian, and I am not, but I've gotten in the habit of removing my shoes at everyone's house that I enter. Some people look at me like I have 3 heads when I do that though. LOL

Personally, I don't care if people wear shoes in my house. DH is bothered by it, but he doesn't clean the floors, so he doesn't say anything.

[vahnessuh]

It's definitely shoes off in my house!  It's definitely Asian... I feel like these people are being rude and disrespecting me when they don't take off their shoes.  I have a sign that says "Please take off your shoes.  Mahalo."  And if they don't want to take off their shoes, I provide them with shoe covers.  Our main floor is tiled so we do have indoor slippers... but those are just for the main floor.  We take them off at the foot of the stairs where it's all carpets in the second floor.  We'll also provide indoor slippers as soon as things settle down (we just moved into the house).

My daughter is only 3 years old but she's our shoe police.  She's super strict and doesn't hesitate to remind us to take off our shoes/slippers.  Hahaha!  And there is no bargaining with her.  She'll take it off of your feet while you're thinking up of an excuse.

[mistymyers]

Our household follows the same rule, all shoes must be removed due to it being an Asian household, as well as it takes forever to steamclean all of the carpets. I prefer to keep them clean as long as possible. I totally understand ! I have had some people who would not listen even after being asked to , and kept their shoes on , and it was very bothersome to me , and I felt very disrespected .

[Maman9]

I limit visits and visiting, because a home is a sanctuary. Anyone who does not comply will not be allowed to visit due to our spiritual beliefs and health concerns.

I will cover the floor with plastic or newspaper for workmen. Recently, I made sure that the maintenance supervisor had the carpet steamer to come last after A/C repairs, sheetrock and baseboard replacement, painting, etc. He was going to have the A/C people come after the carpet cleaning, so I said, "No, that is done after all the workmen have walked in and out." I never allow repairmen in to do work unless one of us is there to see that the work is done correctly and that no area is misused, especially our kitchen and bathroom. There is actually a Palestinian workmen that always takes his shoes off in the foyer when he has come to do work. We did not have to ask, and I was amazed.

[LorennaL]

My hubby is Chinese, I am not, but both his family and my parents (2 separate houses) have a shoes off policy.  We were trained as kids to take them off because we lived next to woods, farm, and a field, and my parents didn't want dirt in the house.  We occasionally have people make a big deal of it.  My sister lived with us for awhile, and would ignore the request sometimes, and she and dh would fight about it.  I admit, if I"m running in and out, I'll leave shoes that tie on, especially being quite pregnant right now...hard to get them off and on.