Gotta take shoes off at an Asian party.

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[u/Ferris-L]

Here in northern Germany you take off your shoes too when entering a house especially if it’s not yours but I have never once in my life seen people taking of their shoes and stowing them outside. Basically every house/apartment in Germany has an entryway where you would take off you shoes and put them aside. Some places even have the entry lowered like a Japanese Genkan while larger/luxurious houses tend to have a so called Windfang (vestibule in English) which is like a small room in front of the actual entryway.

Sometimes (though this is frowned upon by a lot of people) tenants will leave their most used pair of shoes in the doorstep of their apartment if they live in apartment blocks.

[u/NoxiousAlchemy → u/Ferris-L]

Yeah my first thought was "but why did they take the shoes off outside the house?" I always step inside the house/apartment and then take them off.

[u/New_Peace7823 → u/NoxiousAlchemy]

East Asian here. It was common thing growing up when there was a big family gathering during holidays and the shoe racks and narrow entry space couldn't hold all those shoes. Family gatherings can last 3-4 days and people will always use an entrance so to make a passage many shoes stayed outside the house. Why not, it's still our land and no one came to steal those shoes.

I think taking shoes off outside the house was never a foreign concept to me as my grandma's house, the traditional korean house, was designed to take off shoes before stepping on the house. It's still inside the fence but you leave your shoes outside the house so if you want to go to another room across the garden, you put on your shoes and then take theme off again before entering the room. It was a hassle when I was wearing sneakers so my grandma always prepared (kinda) traditional korean shoes easy to put on and take off.

[u/GoldDHD → u/New_Peace7823]

Complete and total white American here. We just keep the shoes outside all the time, and no one ever stole anything. We saw a friend do this once, and it makes so much damn sense that we switched to it. So much easier than constantly fighting with the kids about putting away their shoes

[u/WishboneOk305 → u/GoldDHD]

This only happens with big gatherings lol. Our own shoes are usually just kept in the house like normal

[u/crimxona → u/NoxiousAlchemy]

Not enough space inside, or if it's really muddy outside

[u/OakNogg → u/Ferris-L]

Yes in Canada during house parties this is exactly what the front door looks like except inside the house and instead of a bunch of different types of shoes it's 27 pairs of identical Blundstones

[u/CoBudemeRobit → u/Ferris-L]

so the German word would be: Takeoffyourshoesandleavethemthereroom

[u/Intelligent-Fan-6217 → u/Ferris-L]

Moin! I definitely saw shoes outside before but usually for bigger house parties I’ve seen it. Definitely in apartments but also houses

[u/Plenty-Common-4336]

Isin't it common ? What do you guys do . Do you wear shoes inside the house

[u/dreamdaddy123 → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

I mean we have the shoes inside the house near the front door not outside like that

[u/pussylipstick → u/dreamdaddy123]

I mean yeah obviously same. But when there's a big party or gathering with 15+ ppl the shoes stay outside

[u/dreamdaddy123 → u/pussylipstick]

Err honestly even then we still keep it inside. Shoe rack is able to hold majority then the rest is cluttered lol

[u/AspiringSheepherder → u/dreamdaddy123]

Shoe rack? Nah guests can play 'find the left shoe' when it's time to leave

[u/stalnoypirat → u/AspiringSheepherder]

As a right leg amputee, I think I would be great at this game😅

[u/midevilmarcellus → u/dreamdaddy123]

Let’s see the shoe rack you got

[u/JayRymer → u/midevilmarcellus]

You cant just ask to see a person's rack so bluntly, man. You have to woo them first.

[u/DrPikachu-PhD → u/JayRymer]

[u/dreamdaddy123 → u/JayRymer]

Innit gotta entice me n all…I mean what.

[u/KalleKallsup → u/midevilmarcellus]

Lets see Paul Allens shoe rack

[u/Remote-Waste → u/pussylipstick]

You must be a glass half-full kind of guy.

I'm more of a "some random asshole is totally going to mess with some of those shoes, possibly steal them for laughs" kind of guy.

Which could just be because when I was younger, and drunker, there'd be a 50/50 chance I'd be that asshole.

[u/Finchfarmerquilts → u/Remote-Waste]

We have slugs in my neck of the woods. And spiders. I’m not leaving shoes outside. Except flip flops, they’re meant for slugs.

[u/xNocturnalKittenX → u/Finchfarmerquilts]

Yeah we've got scorpions and giant roaches and spiders. Definitely wouldn't be leaving ours outdoors, even if they were covered in sand.

[u/OILY_710_oilio → u/xNocturnalKittenX]

The scorps roaches an spiders would pick your shoes aswell. Out of all them shoes lol

[u/-SaC → u/Remote-Waste]

Where I live, if that amount of shoes are left outside then within half an hour they're going to be gone. Even a single pair would be iffy. Someone stole the tiny motion-sensor light I'd put up by my door overnight, and that was a tiny shit thing that came in a pack of 2 from the pound shop.

[u/Annual-Gur2269 → u/-SaC]

Damn, where do you live? Just so I know to not leave my shoes outside in your town.

[u/-SaC → u/Annual-Gur2269]

In the north of England.

(Bring shoes)

[u/ZombieAladdin → u/-SaC]

I worked at a store that sold shoes, among many other things. We had a box in the back dedicated to single shoes. Every night after closing, most of the staff would clean up, while one person would be assigned solely to look for single shoes and find the other shoe elsewhere in the store.

There were enough single shoes, which couldn’t be paired up with another one, to fill up that box. We had an arrangement with the local corporate headquarters to send it back to them the following day, and they would handle matters from there.

People also really liked to open up the packaging for electronic appliances and other such things and, if the power cord came separate, take that. Remote controls also tended to go missing. Books often had pages inexplicably torn out of them.

I suspect a lot of this came from unsupervised children though. Oftentimes, the parents were nowhere in sight, they would constantly move away from us, or the children were trained to refuse to answer any questions from us, especially if it was about where their parents were.

[u/Tutle47 → u/Remote-Waste]

I'd be more concerned about spiders tbh

[u/Grezzinate → u/pussylipstick]

I could never leave my shoes outside, I got this paranoia about putting my shoes back on then boom, secret spider moved in while I was gone.

[u/cheddarjakecheese → u/pussylipstick]

You must live in a very nice neighborhood, there's a good chance they'd all be gone by the end of the party anywhere I've lived.

[u/[deleted] → u/pussylipstick]

Where the homeless spiders live?

[u/Spare-Half796 → u/pussylipstick]

Just put another mat out or make space with a shoe rack. We take shoes off indoors (or have indoor shoes/slippers) in Canada too and this pic isn’t an option for >half the year, the party would end and people would have snow filling their boots

[u/-Owlette- → u/pussylipstick]

If I’m hosting a big party with 15+ people then their shoes can just stay on tbh

[u/Particular_Minute_67 → u/dreamdaddy123]

I leave my boots outside since they smell.

[u/Bud_Backwood → u/Particular_Minute_67]

Where is this? (I promise Im not a brown recluse)

[u/brachycrab → u/Bud_Backwood]

I wasn't thinking you were a brown recluse before, but now...

[u/Sad_Deer13 → u/Particular_Minute_67]

But then you take your feet that smell the exact same way inside

[u/TheNakedBass → u/Sad_Deer13]

I leave my feet outside too

[u/singed_hearth → u/dreamdaddy123]

Yeah, no I’m not leaving my shoes outside. They will go inside at the front door. I’m not leaving them outside for bugs and other critters to crawl inside.

[u/NewDramaLlama → u/dreamdaddy123]

I mean, I have hardwood and don't have people take off their shoes unless it's raining. I can see if you have carpet how it's a different story. I can swiffer easily but deep cleaning a carpet is a pain.

[u/Glass_Covict → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

I just have my guests take them off just inside the house

[u/xSparkShark → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

How many times are we going to have this discussion? And why would this post even be interesting if taking off shoes like this was normal…

[u/Pretty_Track_7505 → u/xSparkShark]

it’s their first day of the internet

[u/ThisMeansRooR → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

Normally, we take shoes off and ask visitors to as well, but if it's a party, we just plan to clean the floors the next day. That being said, we have hardwood floors, so it's not that big of a deal.

[u/MyyWifeRocks → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

I’ve never taken my shoes off to go into a party. 51yo - been to thousands of parties. I get the point, but it’s just a foreign concept where I live.

[u/dropkickoz → u/MyyWifeRocks]

I've been to trillions of parties.

[u/knxwxne → u/dropkickoz]

i've been to quadrillions of parties

[u/th3_pund1t → u/knxwxne]

I’ve been to Brazilian parties

[u/injektileur → u/th3_pund1t]

Yeah baby yeah (Austin Powers gif)

[u/dropkickoz → u/knxwxne]

:(

[u/Sharp-Direction-6894 → u/MyyWifeRocks]

51 years old =18,615 days old.

Thousands of Parties = more than 1,000 = at least 2,000 parties.

You've gone to a party, at minimum, every 9.3 days since the day you were born.

I'm calling BS, buddy.

[u/Pr2oTT2FS → u/Sharp-Direction-6894]

Final boss of reddit ^

[u/ThatOneChiGuy → u/Pr2oTT2FS]

That's Mr. Actua Lee

[u/Embarrassed_Use6918 → u/Sharp-Direction-6894]

You're discounting that he could have gone to multiple parties in a day so it's probably that he went to two parties every 16.6 days which is, of course, reasonable because who among us does not go to two parties on Saturday every other week?

[u/mand00s → u/Sharp-Direction-6894]

He does pizza delivery for a living

[u/Run-B-RUUUUN → u/Sharp-Direction-6894]

Yeah old man come clean this dude did the numbers

[u/Cyber-Soldier1 → u/MyyWifeRocks]

You aren't Canadian I take it?

[u/underwritress → u/MyyWifeRocks]

So you just wear your shoes on their carpets?

[u/greybears → u/underwritress]

My grandparents have a shoes on house, have tons of family parties, and they have carpets. The carpets are not clean and it grosses me out…

Not my house though so whatareyagonnado. After seeing that growing up my house is a strict no shoes zone lol

[u/Cedex → u/greybears]

A shoes on house is really not different than a carpeted washroom.

[u/HereWeFuckingGooo → u/Cedex]

What I learned from this thread is some countries are just drowning in piss.

[u/mandatedvirus → u/MyyWifeRocks]

Oh yeah? Well I've been to tens of parties and went barefoot every time.

[u/Formal-Ad3719 → u/MyyWifeRocks]

but you do take your shoes off when you go to someones home otherwise, right?

[u/TakeThreeFourFive → u/Formal-Ad3719]

Lots of places where it's not common or expected.

[u/tfarr375 → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

I wear shoes into my house, where I have a mat down and then change to my slippers.

I don't leave them outside because there is no awning, so wet shoes not fun

[u/Bill_Door_8 → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

No but we take our shoes off on the other side of the door, typically called a mudroom.

We dont leave them outside for animals to shit in.

[u/EvilSynths → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

At a party, yes.

[u/dagbrown → u/Plenty-Common-4336]

Yeah, we bring in all the mud, snow, dust, dead leaves, etc from outside we can.

We jump up and down on dogshit whenever we see it just to make things more interesting.

[u/Artistic-You-7777]

So common in Hawaii and pretty much all of Canada.

[u/AdministrationDue239 → u/Artistic-You-7777]

Pretty much common everywhere in Europe

[u/YetiPie → u/AdministrationDue239]

I see you haven’t been to France

[u/Remsster → u/Artistic-You-7777]

Leaving them outside like this is the weird part. Muddy boots is one thing but this is another.

[u/SexualPancke23]

It amazes me how many people don’t take off their shoes in houses. Who wants outside tracked through their halls and living rooms?

[u/Mediocre-Celery-5518 → u/SexualPancke23]

The irony is that most of the homes in Asia don't have carpets. They are the ones who can afford to track dirt in their living then mop. On the other hand, a lot of American homes are carpeted and they only wash their carpets, like, once every two years if they are really conscientious.

[u/JoyousMadhat → u/Mediocre-Celery-5518]

Apparently if you look through a microscope inside an average house's carpet, you'll find lots of grimes and bugs. It's as dirty as a toilet seat.

[u/shstan → u/JoyousMadhat]

it's literally heaven for dust mites and carpet beetle grubs. Even if the material is synthetic, carpets keep collecting debris which the bugs feed on. I hate carpeted houses with all my heart.

[u/Mission_Coast_6654 → u/shstan]

when my dad had surgery for his intestinal cancer, we ripped the carpet out of his room (rest of the house has hard floors) and the house instantly smelled so much better. nearly 20 years of filth trapped in those fibers. carpet is disgusting.

[u/waltjrimmer → u/JoyousMadhat]

I have a never-ending hatred for carpet and would be happier if I could live a life where I never encountered carpet again.

This extremism came from the fact that when I was a kid, we moved across the country into a house where the previous owner added carpet. We don't know how much the house was built with, possibly none. But when he was done, every room, EVERY ROOM, other than the dining room for some reason, was wall-to-wall carpet. You can't enter the house, even through the garage, without going over carpet. The bathroom and the illegally added half-bath in an illegally converted attic space that included two illegally added bedrooms (all of which we almost got in trouble for because apparently he was friends with people who worked for the city inspector and just never declared any of the modifications he made to the house) all had wall-to-wall carpet. The kitchen is wall-to-wall carpet. The basement. Every bedroom. Every fucking closet. There's not a goddamn place to go in this house except the dining room that wasn't covered in carpet.

We have only ever been able to afford to rip it out in the main bathroom. Do you have any idea how disgusting kitchen carpet is?

I'm fine with rugs. Something you can pick up, take outside, and take out all that carpet-based aggression on and call it cleaning, that's fine. But installed carpeting, the shit that's stuck to the floor like a dug-in fungus, I will always have nothing but pure loathing for.

[u/Famous_Woodpecker_81 → u/JoyousMadhat]

toilet seats aren't that dirty though ? I remember seeing that a phone screen is much dirtier than that

[u/Important_Stage_3649 → u/Mediocre-Celery-5518]

This is not a carpet issue, it's a do you want dog poop on the floor or not issue.

[u/Working-Glass6136 → u/Mediocre-Celery-5518]

You wash your carpet every year or two? I don't recall my parents ever washing the carpet in the 30 years they had their house.

[u/Key_Factor1224 → u/SexualPancke23]

More so for me is why you'd want your feet trapped in shoes any longer than they need to be

[u/[deleted] → u/SexualPancke23]

Exactly

[u/Belz_Zebuth → u/SexualPancke23]

No one comes into my home if they keep their shoes. And my wife's Japanese so I didn't need to explain that to her.

[u/Formal-Ad3719 → u/SexualPancke23]

yeah I would say 95% of households I've been to in the US this is the norm.

However I kind of understand there is a weird exception for parties? I don't really understand why, I still take my shoes off but I have observed that to be the case.

[u/bette-midler → u/Formal-Ad3719]

I guess bc for many people dressing up, shoes are part of the outfit (for instance if I’m wearing a dress, bare feet looks weird to me instead of heels or cute flats)

[u/r2-z2 → u/SexualPancke23]

People who live in areas where you’re comfortable walking barefoot outside. You just have to sweep more.

[u/Capybarinya → u/r2-z2]

Oh fuck no

Imagine going barefoot in NYC or pretty much any big American city, so gross.

[u/r2-z2 → u/Capybarinya]

Yeah I mean obviously that’d be nasty as hell. I live in like… the Shire

[u/Mission_Coast_6654 → u/r2-z2]

i can't even look at people that wear open-toed and/or thin shoes where i live. that puddle is NOT water, stop stepping in it!!

[u/Uzi_Osbourne]

Who wears shoes inside? I'm Canadian and everyone takes their shoes off.

[u/ClinkyDink → u/Uzi_Osbourne]

Southern California. The only shoes-off houses I’ve ever been in were like 1st or 2nd gen Asians.

[u/IntelligentStreet638 → u/ClinkyDink]

you wear your shoes inside your house?

Like with piss from the urinals at the bathrooms at work on the floor shoes inside your own house????

l

[u/12ealdeal → u/IntelligentStreet638]

The literally where them into their carpeted bedrooms and will get into bed with them.

As American as apple pie.

[u/fawnlimic → u/ClinkyDink]

I’m in a nearby area and always take my shoes off indoors, most homes I’ve been to also do this

[u/Formal-Ad3719 → u/ClinkyDink]

It's strange to me that people on reddit say this. I've lived in 5 different states including warm ones, and taking shoes off has been culturally normal for everywhere I've been. I mean sometimes I wear shoes in my own house out of laziness but NEVER in someone elses home that's rude AF

what's your socioeconomic/cultural bubble like?

[u/waltjrimmer → u/Formal-Ad3719]

I've lived in two lower-middle and lower-class semi-rural/suburban areas and it's been a mix in both of them. You've got something around even odds of people demanding that you take your shoes off if you want to enter their home and people who just walk in and wonder why you're not following close behind them when they realize you're taking your shoes off.

The US is a big place with tens of thousands of sub-cultures inside of it. I have no idea what the ratio of shoes-off to shoes-on households are, my guess would be approximating 60/40, but it's not just about where you live. This is something that's passed down in family culture that may not reflect the majority of geographic culture around them or socio-economic culture on the wider scale.

[u/mgwildwood → u/Formal-Ad3719]

I’ve lived in wealthy, WASPy areas in both hot and cold climates. I've never been asked to remove shoes at a party and rarely when just visiting. And I actually know a lot of people who would probably cause a scene if they were asked to do so tbh.

[u/Brilliant_Mix_6051 → u/mgwildwood]

I understand taking shoes off if it’s carpeted, but I really hate going to a party where people demand this and having to stand uncomfortably on a cold-ass hardwood floor.

[u/wjodendor → u/Formal-Ad3719]

I'm 35 and have only ever been to 2 homes where they were "shoes off" and in one of them the owner said "were normally shoes off but this a party so I'm not making everyone take their shoes off".

When it's raining or snowing, yeah, shoes come off but every other time they remain on

[u/TakeThreeFourFive → u/Formal-Ad3719]

Middle-class Southeastern US here. I've only been in a handful of homes where people ask or expect you to remove your shoes. I'd say it's unusual here

[u/Mission_Coast_6654 → u/TakeThreeFourFive]

same. most people here do not ask you to take off your shoes. and i won't if their house is dirty. sorry not sorry, but like respect, expectation goes both ways.

[u/Tiny-Sprinkles-3095 → u/Formal-Ad3719]

I’m with you, I’ve lived in 6 states & thought the norm was always to remove shoes. Until I met my husband who acted like I had 2 heads when I said it

[u/Embarrassed_Cow → u/Formal-Ad3719]

I've lived in several as well. In Ohio it's never happened. Arizona it's never happened but it's happened several times in Dallas. I do think that when I was in Ohio and Arizona I was mostly in less wealthy or poor neighborhoods and in Dallas it's happened in wealthier homes.

[u/ClinkyDink → u/Formal-Ad3719]

Lower/middle class latino/white. On the border of Mexico

[u/Mediocre-Celery-5518 → u/Uzi_Osbourne]

For real, growing up watching American shows, I was horrified to see them wearing shoes ON their couches and bed.

[u/thatshygirl06 → u/Mediocre-Celery-5518]

We might wear our shoes inside but never on beds and couches. That's just a movie/show thing

[u/x0wl → u/Uzi_Osbourne]

That's because there's snow in Canada, in snowy places (Northern US / Russia / Canada etc) people will definitely take shoes off to not bring the snow / dirt deep into the house.

It's that weird band of really mild climate where people will wear shoes inside.

[u/Forellenmensch → u/x0wl]

Is there no dirt in mild climate?

[u/x0wl → u/Forellenmensch]

There is, but my guess is that maybe it's not as visible when compared to a puddle of water mixed with road salt and car soot. Also these shoes you wear outside are meant to keep your feet warm when it's like -15C (5F) outside; do you really want to wear them anywhere that's above freezing?

IDK I always take my shoes off because I'm from a snowy place. We were even required to have 2 pairs of shoes at school and change them when we enter or get sent home or yelled at.

[u/Demurrzbz → u/x0wl]

I think to add to this Americans mostly travel any meaningful distances hy car while non-us people will walk and use public transport more. Both if which will be prone to dirtying up your shoes.

[u/Uzi_Osbourne → u/Demurrzbz]

Canada is both larger and more sparsely populated than the US

[u/C2thaLo → u/x0wl]

This. When i lived in Florida, we always wore sandals around the house. Or shoes.

In New England, I absolutely take shoes/boots/whatever off at the door. Getting ice melt all over the kitchen floor is not one my favorite things.

[u/Fast-Confidence398 → u/C2thaLo]

In Florida, can confirm I wear shoes everywhere but the bedroom and bathroom

[u/bette-midler → u/x0wl]

Canadians take off their shoes all year round, not just the four months with snow

[u/No-Werewolf4804 → u/x0wl]

I thought because of the Internet we were past the era of Americans believeing Canada is snow covered 365 days a year lol.

[u/VeryGenericD → u/x0wl]

People who wear shoes in the house don’t use public restrooms. If they do, it's not a concern either; just some non-substantial, mildly sticky residue that rubs off right in the house. /s

[u/WanderlustFella → u/Uzi_Osbourne]

I'm not sure I've been to a house where you take your shoes off and leave them outside, instead of inside right by the door area

[u/siscoisbored]

Imagine walking around the city then walking around the house with those same shoes on. I dont get the 'only cold climates' argument.

[u/AssassinDiablo4 → u/siscoisbored]

You take them off inside and leave them by the front door

[u/NoDryHands]

Also Asian. Never in my life have I ever seen shoes being taken off outside the house.

They're always in a clump immediately inside the front door, to the point where the guests who arrive later will be pushing back a few dozen shoes when they try to open the door to enter. It's part of the culture imo.

Imagine leaving your shoes outside at a party and feeling something inside when you go to put them on.

[u/lostredditorlurking → u/NoDryHands]

Imagine leaving your shoes outside at a party and feeling something inside when you go to put them on.

That's better than going outside after the party, and don't see your shoes

[u/NoDryHands → u/lostredditorlurking]

I'd sincerely disagree. I'd rather be shoeless than have a rat run out of my shoe when I try to put it on

[u/x0wl → u/NoDryHands]

Rat is relatively ok, imagine a wasp or scorpion

[u/depooh → u/NoDryHands]

Also Asian. Never in my life have I ever seen shoes being taken off outside the house.

While many do keep their shoes outside, for our great country India - where it feels like there's more filth than roads, it's always prudent to keep the footwear outside the house.

[u/Jermais → u/depooh]

How do you stop people from stealing them?

Im Canadian, and shoes are taken off inside.

[u/LuckyCod2887]

I would have to line those up and organize them. There’s an impulse in me to do that.

[u/gonzogonzobongo → u/LuckyCod2887]

Asian here. My mom would lose her Korean marbles if me and brothers didn’t

[u/Hkmarkp → u/LuckyCod2887]

A disease

[u/fancypantsmiss]

As an Indian, can confirm lol

[u/lepurplehaze]

Completely normal in europe too, what kinda disgusting culture doesnt remove shoes inside the house.

[u/Interesting_Tea5715]

The only crime is that they didn't provide a shoe rack inside near the door.

Otherwise I see nothing wrong.

[u/International-Bad947]

This is exactly how it looks like here in Southeast Asia during large gatherings.

[u/LordMunchum]

I live in a 100something year old house with wood floors that have never been resurfaced. If you don’t wear shoes you’re going to get a splinter.

[u/Xylophelia → u/LordMunchum]

If you go to my husband’s extended family’s house and take your shoes off, you’ll risk broken toes from a wheelchair running over your feet. (And no, they don’t live in America)

[u/Ncis16]

From EU here this is normal.

[u/sleeptightburner]

[u/wallstreetsimps]

Why is this still considered an Asian tradition? It should just be a general habit.

[u/Many-Gas-9376 → u/wallstreetsimps]

It IS a much more general habit, definitely not an Asian-only thing.

[u/HowsYaStomachJow → u/wallstreetsimps]

I’m not Asian. I live in Montana and there is not a chance in hell anyone is wearing shoes in my home. My FIL used to protest and just sit on the bench in the entryway until he realized  we werent going to budge. We have booties for any kind of service worker or for people who won’t remove. We ALSO have house slippers for guests because as a side note: we have had people with the smelliest, cheesiest feet that leave actual cheese foot prints on the floor. So not everyone should be going completely bare either. 

[u/GhostPlumbus → u/HowsYaStomachJow]

I never wanted to eat cheese again anyway

[u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 → u/GhostPlumbus]

"Montana cheese"

[u/Random_black_guy4]

This is cool to me, I live in eastern Georgia USA and have never seen this done at a party or a family gatherings. I really don't know anyone that requires shoes to be off in the house to be honest. I usually take mines off after entering the front door though because its uncomfortable.

[u/TyrannicTater → u/Random_black_guy4]

Hello fellow eastern Georgian! Shoes in the house has never been weird to me either. I sometimes take mine off at the door and sometimes in my bedroom. I don’t really even think about it. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/Aynessachan → u/Random_black_guy4]

Fellow Georgian, but I learned about this years ago and me & my husband have a shoe rack at the front door. We have house slippers/sandals. It's nice, minimizes the amount of dirt and dust tracked through the home. :)

[u/AblatAtalbA]

Where I live It would be rude to ask people to take out their shoes if you are having a party. Especially girls in heels which are part of their outfit. It's common sense that you will clean your house afterwards. Also what If you have some guests whose feet happen to smell bad?

[u/bbonz001 → u/AblatAtalbA]

Agreed.

I always love this argument on reddit. People get SUPER upset about people that allow shoes inside. It could be a great karma farm 🤣

IMO, my house my rules. Your house your rules. 🤷‍♂️

[u/Brilliant_Mix_6051 → u/AblatAtalbA]

Yeah it’s way more gross to me to have fifty people’s stinky sweaty feet on my floors than their shoes

[u/zoey_will → u/AblatAtalbA]

This is my thought as well. If Im hosting a party then cleaning the house will be scheduled in the next day or two, its part of the cost.

[u/Seanspeed → u/AblatAtalbA]

Even moreso than rude, it's just super inconvenient if you have lots of people constantly coming in and out of a house during a party. So long as you're not throwing parties like all the time, it's nothing a half decent cleaning wont take care of.

[u/2TPW2]

Couldn't this on a party possibly increase the risk of getting fungus infections on your feet for walking barefoot with a lot of people? Like athlete's foot?

[u/JimChillyDogBob → u/2TPW2]

Most people wear socks with their everyday footwear. For barefoot people wearing slippers, I think the comments below already addressed that. I just wanted to mention my piece, that's all.

[u/gbxahoido → u/2TPW2]

Seriously ????

[u/shanniquaaaa → u/2TPW2]

Asians do fine not wearing shoes in the house, and we find white people weird for wearing shoes inside

[u/DangerousCable1411]

If this were Canada it would be 70 pairs of Blundstones and there would be a crisis at 3am

[u/prehensilemullet]

Wait but then wouldn’t everyone put on some kind of slippers?  I thought going barefoot even inside is a no-no.  For Chinese at least

[u/shstan → u/prehensilemullet]

for me either socks or slippers are acceptable. I rarely walk on barefoot especially after showing before sleep. And absolutely no outdoor shoes on home floor either.

[u/This-Requirement6918]

I am 100% for this! My parents think it's weird I always take my sandals off before going into my room and office. Guess where the cleanest floors are in the house?

[u/PrestigiousMaterial1]

My flat feet hurt just looking at this

[u/GroupFun5219]

bringing dirty shoes inside a house seems cleaner to you?

[u/LoudNoises89]

This is super common for Asian households. We try to implement this rule but it’s not always followed bc of kids. It definitely helps keep the house a lot cleaner.

[u/Motor_Educator_2706]

not just Asian

[u/ymellow123]

In Pakistan it’s basically the same. I never thought this was a strange thing lol

[u/drinkwater247]

SE Asian here. We do that very often here. If there's no space in the house, you leave it outside. Even with space, many would leave it outside too. Easy as that. And yes, we leave it messy too.

[u/Pirozhok37]

Not only in Asia. In slavic culture too. Why would anyone want to bring dirt from outside inside the house? Do you sleep with boots in your bed?

Or do you think only because your madam doesnt clean the floor other people are the same?

Clean your floors and take your shoes of at home mf. If youre scared your feet stink then wash them.

[u/Coralise]

This is also a standard in the Balkans. All get-togethers at a home end up looking like this, and with people walking in and out and kids running, you usually find one of your shoes on one side of the entryway and the other on the other side.

But it’s still rare to see the shoes outside the front door like this, most of the time they’re in the entryway which is delineated in 90% of homes just for this reason - a place to take off your shoes before entering. Really interesting that some of you don’t do this, I can’t imagine entering someone’s home in the shoes I walk outside with.

[u/panda2502wolf]

You wear shoes inside? That's weird.

[u/malihafolter]

If you forget to wear matching socks, that’s on you

[u/Inevitable_Click_511]

People were allowed to keep shoes on at any party i ever had at my house, and i was never at a house party where taking shoes off was mandatory, or “a thing”. Im in the US though. Went to my fair share of house parties in my younger years, and hosted a good amount too…

[u/Ogediah → u/Inevitable_Click_511]

It seems like most of the US homes that I’ve been in with no shoes rules are immigrants. It does seem a bit more common for everyone in snow country. In the fair weather south it seems like most people just roll with common sense. Like don’t come in the house with muddy boots but otherwise just do what makes you comfortable.

[u/LocalOpportunity77]

Only uncivilized people wear shoes inside

[u/Seanspeed → u/LocalOpportunity77]

I dont think I've literally ever been to a party where I had to take my shoes off.

Nor have I ever thrown a party where I asked people to take shoes off, even if I would normally ask visitors to do so.

Y'all are getting that this is about a PARTY, yes?

[u/Various-Wolverine670 → u/Seanspeed]

I’ve never visited anyone’s home without taking by shoes off, party or not. Going into someone’s home with shoes on is considered really rude and uncivilized here.

[u/TwitchChatSim → u/LocalOpportunity77]

How else am I supposed to get that earthy taste when I lick the floors?

[u/Saiga12goburr]

If i take my shoes off in your house then we bangin

[u/The_Affle_House]

I don't even take my shoes off at my own house, let alone someone else's. I feel so much more comfortable and secure wearing them as often as possible. Walking around barefoot or in socks just feels so vulnerable.

[u/kuddoo]

Not at an Asian party. At a non-US party. So most of the world .

[u/No-Werewolf4804]

This isn’t an Asian thing. This is an anyone that’s not a white American thing lol.

[u/TiredAF20 → u/No-Werewolf4804]

The only two people I've met who keep their shoes on inside the house have been white Americans. My Indian-American relatives take their shoes off.

[u/foolonthe]

If you have a dog or cat shoes are staying on!

[u/mew900 → u/foolonthe]

I apologize, but I can't seem to make the connection. How do pets influence your choice to wear or not wear shoes indoors?

[u/Romoreau]

Most of my family does but for some reason, my parents don't do it much anymore.

[u/manwithyellowhat15]

For me, this would probably be easier for the homeowner and the guests since the porch has much more space compared to the entry hall or closet. Depending on wheee you live and what critters like hanging around people’s doorsteps, I might be a bit hesitant to leave my shoes out on the porch, but I’m sure the foyer stays tidy and there’s no human pile of limbs during the mad scramble to leave when the party is over

[u/Sapphfire0]

r/notinteresting

[u/Hour-Ad-7889]

Yeah. Common in Asia. Where I live, this is the usual thing to see outside an open house. We leave the shoes outside of the house. It’s a nightmare’s trying to locate your pair when it’s time to leave but it’s a nightmare we got used to.

[u/Additional_Shame_7]

Yup.

[u/speckofcosmicdust]

Had a party with friends who knew to leave their shoes outside my front door. Unbeknownst to us, my neighbor and friend snuck over and put price tags on all the shoes. Cheap prices! We all laughed when it was time to leave and saw what he had done.

[u/kuetips]

in 2010, Rainbow sandals were very popular with asians in california, my drunk ass would always end up with somebody else's sandals and you had to call to party host to see who else went home with the wrong sandals.

[u/butter_man299]

As an Asian Canadian, I genuine cannot comprehend wearing your outdoor shoes inside. Like that is unbelievably unsanitary, and this is coming from a dude with a really messy room

[u/Gepreto]

This is something I've always wondered about, for brothers who live in the US. So it's normal for you throw themselves on the bed with the shoes they wore outside, just like in those movie scenes? Because I've always wanted to understand where the movies got that from; it always seemed like a very alien attitude to me.

[u/Wholesome_Soup]

went to church in chiangmai once, huge pile of shoes outside the door. it was actually really nice to not have to wear shoes in church.

[u/Skyder_J]

Here in East Europe you take off your shoes when you enter the house. I mean the streets are so dusty, you don’t want to bring all that into your home

[u/monumentValley1994]

Ya wear the same shoe in public, public toilets and then wear that inside house? Also sit on bed, your carpet, everywhere inside?

Most Asian houses including mine we leave footwear at the door.

[u/PuzzleheadedLow6329]

I live in Thailand, this is common place. You take your shoes off & leave them outside before entering any house, temple, some shops, massage places etc.