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[Love4cats]

On 12/27/2014 chickenbutt said:

Your house, your rules.

I agree and don't want friends who do not respect my wishes. There are too many bad things that we bring in on our shoes, germs, sp*t, insecticides and more. I have cats and don't want them expose to things like that. I have seen people sp*it and worse in public and don't want it being carried in on someone's shoes.

[Sooner]

Here the customs dictate that if you stop by someone's house with boots on when you've been working the cow pens you say "No mam, I can't come in" and you stay on the porch 'til you've gotten your say said or your question answered.

If you intend to come in, you stop by the house and put on some clean boots or you don't go. We are a fastidious bunch of folk.

[PeterDM]

On 12/27/2014 RJL-DLL 75 said:

On 12/27/2014 chickenbutt said:

Your house, your rules.

I agree and don't want friends who do not respect my wishes. There are too many bad things that we bring in on our shoes, germs, sp*t, insecticides and more. I have cats and don't want them expose to things like that. I have seen people sp*it and worse in public and don't want it being carried in on someone's shoes.

The individuals who believe that asking guests to remove their shoes upon entering their homes are wrong. Yes, you are the master or mistress of the house and have the authority to dictate how things run once people are in it. You also have the right to serve your guests hot dogs on paper plates while walking around with your finger up your nose. This, too, would show a lack of education and good taste. If I were to attend a party at one of my friend's who lives on the Main Line, and they asked the guests to remove their shoes, that would be there last party. They would be laughed out of society. I have never been asked to remove my shoes at a threshold. Never. If I WERE asked, I would assume that I was at the wrong door in the wrong neighborhood. To put it bluntly, asking guests to remove their shoes upon entering your home is an archaic and embarrassing practice of the lower classes. It is never appropriate, and it shows an unfortunate lack of knowledge and grace on behalf of the hostess. Feel free to argue with me, but you will not find any, proper etiquette manual that will support the enforcement of this practice. If you don't care for etiquette, that's fine. Enjoy being an Oscar Mayer Weiner.

[poshmini]

Why should anyone remove their shoes, that's why there are cleaning products and Dyson's and or a mop. Do you even let them use your bathrooms? Or do you make sure they have seat covers for the toilet and Poo-Pourri to use before they go? How ridiculous is this question?!

[chickenbutt]

One must love the weekends - troll time.

[Suziepeach]

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[MarthaStewardess]

On 12/27/2014 RJL-DLL 75 said:

On 12/27/2014 chickenbutt said:

Your house, your rules.

I agree and don't want friends who do not respect my wishes. There are too many bad things that we bring in on our shoes, germs, sp*t, insecticides and more. I have cats and don't want them expose to things like that. I have seen people sp*it and worse in public and don't want it being carried in on someone's shoes.

I agree with you both!

To the poster who said that's why there are Dysons and mops, well, I don't think it should be necessary to have to do something like that after someone has been in my home. If they are that filthy, they should have had some respect and not dragged the muck indoors! I would be mortified if I thought I made a mess in someone's home that required they clean like that after I leave.

[Allegheny]

I don't request or expect that anyone to remove their shoes when entering my home, but 90% of people who drop by do. When visiting others I take my guidance from either the event or whether the hosts have their shoes on or off when the door is opened. If it is a casual visit I remove my shoes and walk around in my socks, a more formal function dress shoes stay on. Now in summer when I wear sandals they stay on. I wouldn't feel comfortable walking around someone's home in bare feet. Heck, I've been known to take my shoes off before I walk onto someone's deck or porch, particularly if I walked across thru the freshly mowed yard to my neighbors house.

[Love4cats]

On 12/27/2014 PeterDM said:

On 12/27/2014 RJL-DLL 75 said:

On 12/27/2014 chickenbutt said:

Your house, your rules.

I agree and don't want friends who do not respect my wishes. There are too many bad things that we bring in on our shoes, germs, sp*t, insecticides and more. I have cats and don't want them expose to things like that. I have seen people sp*it and worse in public and don't want it being carried in on someone's shoes.

The individuals who believe that asking guests to remove their shoes upon entering their homes are wrong. Yes, you are the master or mistress of the house and have the authority to dictate how things run once people are in it. You also have the right to serve your guests hot dogs on paper plates while walking around with your finger up your nose. This, too, would show a lack of education and good taste. If I were to attend a party at one of my friend's who lives on the Main Line, and they asked the guests to remove their shoes, that would be there last party. They would be laughed out of society. I have never been asked to remove my shoes at a threshold. Never. If I WERE asked, I would assume that I was at the wrong door in the wrong neighborhood. To put it bluntly, asking guests to remove their shoes upon entering your home is an archaic and embarrassing practice of the lower classes. It is never appropriate, and it shows an unfortunate lack of knowledge and grace on behalf of the hostess. Feel free to argue with me, but you will not find any, proper etiquette manual that will support the enforcement of this practice. If you don't care for etiquette, that's fine. Enjoy being an Oscar Mayer Weiner.

Sounds like your friends need some educating. Some people want clean homes and some don't.

[brewhaha]

They are better keeping them on because of all the dog poop on the floor.