But taking off shoes and socks when you come in is nearly as good as taking off your bra.

I never wear shoes in my house. I live on a farm. My shoes are barely allowed to come inside at all. It always leaves me feeling super awkward when I go to someone else's house though. Because I never know what to do. I'm hardwired to take off my shoes, but then am I going to just walk around someone's house in my socks, or worse, bare feet? It's a conundrum.

Gah, yes! Some do! Some don't. It's either regional or personal, but I was raised to NEVER wear shoes indoors. Rude, dirty, ick, forget it. My spouse, however, sees no issue with it.

Depends on the household

not that again, lol. l know a lot of people in Holland and Belgium who keep their shoes on, only take them off when they are dirty or wet.

Some do. Not all.

Yes and so did we Australians, until recently when it became offensive and impolite to do so. Never in my childhood, teens and 20’s was I asked to remove my shoes when visiting any hoise in Australia. Now it’s a different story. Personally I’d rather people wear shoes after wiping them on the door mat than have their smelly feet exposed and stepping on my clean floors.

yes

yes - but i personally dont just cuz my feet feel kinda sweaty and gross after a while. but people like my father keep them on all day just because he has back/hip problems and can't tie his shoes by himself, therefore he doesn't take them off until night

I almost never walk barefoot in my house. I don't have carpet, and when I did, that's what door mats are for.

I've always been a country girl , and rarely wear shoes . We've also always owned dogs .. they don't wear shoes . It's really annoying , but we just clean the floor every day . Feet aren't allowed on the furniture , and we bathe before bed so ...

In Spain people also wear their shoes inside the house. I got used to taking them off when I lived in Hong Kong, and now I think walking inside with shoes is the most unhygienic thing on Earth. I can't understand why so many people still do it.

I have always worn my shoes in the house, at least in the winter.

Not just Americans.

Yes

America is a continet NOT a country

I (an american) do walk in the house with shoes, if not shoes, usuallly socks simply because i don't like feeling dirt and crumbs from the ground on my feet. Idk, just a lil pet peeve.

Its something we eastern cant understand...

I know a LOT of people in America who only take their shoes off if the shoes are really dirty or muddy. When I returned to America from my first year in Japan, we asked people to take off shoes in our house, particularly because we had a toddler who'd be crawling around on the floor. My older brother ignored the sign and our verbal request saying "I don't take my shoes off for anybody."

Yes. Yes I do. Don't feel bad about it either. Actually.. quite comfy and warm.

You bet.

Yeah, I live in Texas and my family wears shoes inside. We don't have a place to put our shoes by the door because we have a narrow doorway. My shoes stay in my bedroom. I put them on as soon as I get up and dressed to work out. We also have tile floor. if I'm not wearing shoes I have on socks

I'm American. I take them off in my bedroom. But I get those suckers off as quickly as possible. I do wear sandals tho. Got feet issues. Have to.

yes/depends

Denmark here. Nobody comes inside wearing shoes in our houses! Even at partys We ask first....

Shoes off is for lounging, shoes on means you're getting something accomplished. It also means you own indoor animals.

I'll leave them on for moving days, and sometimes groceries. It's really an argument between maintenance and efficiency, but most Americans I know take off their shoes when they enter the house, except for occasions where the efficiency outweighs the clean up. Socks and slippers fall into the comfort category though, so pretty much anything goes.

I don't

Where else would Rowe put our new shoes??

Only if it’s a nice occasion with guests over or in someone else’s house.

Not all of us do that.

Depends where you live. In southern Lousiana, you take your shoes off as fast as you can most of the year.

some houses make you take off your shoes at the front door, like my neighbor and a few of my friends

Yes, your feet are filthy, covered with oil and any time oil mixes with dirt you have bad stains, look at carpets where people don't wear shoes and walk barefoot, looks like a trail through the mud.

Uhhm yeah. :/ Idk the floor doesn't get that dirty. In my house we take our shoes off if we were out in rain or mud or something, but if we just went to the store or something we don't think about taking shoes off til whenever we don't feel like wearing shoes anymore. Which is admittedly, usually a few minutes after getting home.

All Asians viewing this: THEY DO????

I do. Everyone I know does. Is it a western culture thing?

Taiwan carries on the ancient Chinese tradition of taking off your shoes when you enter a house. When I tell people Americans wear shoes indoors, they are revolted: how unsanitary! No wonder American feet reek!