No Stupid Questions

The floor is cold.

pair of slippers and flip-flops that stay indoors, just for indoors. I just hate getting bits of whatever stuck to my socks/feet in between sweeping sessions. Though after a good sweep, I will do a stride of pride sans socks/shoes, just to feel how clean the floor is

Because we want to. It’s our house. We can do what we want.

I have to wear orthotics in my shoes. I can't wear them without shoes. One day without shoes had led to months of pain.

You tryin' to tell me what to do in my own home? Pssh.

For the same reason people wear pants inside the house - it's cold, gets you ready to go out at a moment's notice, etc. - plus shoes add padding. Also... not everyone does, wink:-).

My dad does this. He thinks the whole point of wood flooring is that you can wear your shoes inside. He just doesn't like taking his shoes off, no deeper reason to find and he can't really see the gross shit he's tracking in so it may as well not exist.

Many places have indoor and outdoor footware.

So you still wear shoes inside, but not the same shoes you take outside.

You will quickly learn your friends shoes, and start to pick up on signals like whose shoes are outside. Who is home, someone has guests.. all by the shoes.

Where I live it's very unnatural. Definitely because of the weather (lots of snow, long winters).

Because sometimes the dogs bring in goatheads 🙃

A lot of people half-ass the transition from outside to in and would step with a socked/bare foot right where they just walked with shoes. Meaning the isolation of in and outside dirt is broken. My roommate, the landlord, does this... I'm not gonna chase him around with sanitizer and a mop so, I see the floor being just as dirty as outside and wear socks and slippers all the time. (They also ignore the idea of cleaning or maintaining their house. But that's another issue and a reason I'm looking for me for a 1br)

Sick of stepping on crap on the floor. Kids are messy. Also my feet get cold. And socks wear out too fast.

Cos they want?

I keep stubbing my toe and it's easier to go outside

I cannot, for the life of me, imagine wearing outside shoes in the house. I live quite close to a major US city, in what I’d describe as a semi urban dense suburb. There is rabbit shit on every square inch of green space.

In Ireland it's quite common to just wear your shoes indoor - never quite understood it myself.

the floor is lava

Because sometimes I do chores that require me to be outside? And I'm constantly going in and out, carrying things back and forth, moving tools from the shed to the garage, to the kitchen to hang a shelf, and back outside to put them away? When I do yard work I get sweaty and need a drink of water, and don't feel like taking off my shoes or boots just to go inside for 30 seconds and then put them back on to go back out and continue working.

Gift article from WaPo https://wapo.st/42LfZqM as there's so much debate.

Long story short, you bring tons of literal shit into your home wearing outside shoes inside. But they recommend inside slippers or equivalent for protection of your feet. I realize you can't stop all shit on your floor but goddammit if I won't try. Also, I think it's obvious when carpeted homes allow shoes as the carpet is matted and gross.

As I get older I find my heels and arches just hurt randomly walking on hard flooring, and carpets get gross. The solution for me is a pair of sketchers I reserve for indoor use.

Because I had shoes on before arriving home and I don't remember about them until much later.

I generally don’t just because i enjoy the freedom of wiggley toes, but I’m not adverse to it either.

Theres no snow or mud where I am and most of the places I walk in are cleaned daily (Work, shops). Honestly its just not a big deal for me here in Australia, shit people walk down the street or in stores with no shoes at all, so who cares eh. Bit of dust gets on the floor at home big deal, ill clean it on a weekend.

Because I can't get my husband to take his shoes off right when he comes inside after 13 years together, so I've given up and just started wearing shoes inside myself 🤷🏻‍♀️