As other have said, they’re usually not the same shoes I wear outside.
But generally, for the same reason I wear them outside: to protect my feet. Especially if I’m going in and out a lot, like when doing yardwork or grilling.
Every time this question comes up, I can’t tell if it’s that homes outside the US are much cleaner or streets are much dirtier.
Slip-on shoes at the door seem to be an alien concept.
Did you not have mothers who’d throw things at your head if you wore your shoes in the house? Were you not better than ‘shoes in the house’ people?
I explicitly said the shoes I wear inside are different then the ones I wear outside. Don’t insult my mother.
What are you protecting your feet from when relaxing in the living room? Is your coffee table regularly attacking you.
Loose nails in the floorboards, kids’ toys, yes table legs, things dropping on them from height, cold floors, cold air, pouncing cats, slipping in puddles, hot oil spatter in the kitchen… life in a 140-year-old house with three kids and five cats, basically.
Intresting, we have around the same aged house, four cats, a dog but no kids and have never really felt the need for shoes indoors.
I was a barefoot all the time person until I got a bunch of cats. Now I need socks.
My coffee table broke my toe last year, vicious thing!
I had taken some shoes off 5 mins earlier as well 😞
In that case I perfectly understand you. Society really doesn’t take coffee table attacks as seriously as they should, really vicious things if left on their own.
I wear slippers inside mostly to protect agains cold floor, coffee tables, and most important of all, Lego bricks on the loose.
Also another reason to wear shoes inside is when you are constantly going inside and outside. Which means then your floor is dirty… which means you want to protect your feet from the dirt. That’s a vicious cycle but can be one of the reasons.
This is what Crocs were invented for. Just slip your feet into “outdoor slippers” on your way out, and kick them off on your way back in. You don’t even have to search for matching socks, and it still works in the rain
Dog pee.
Id like to add dog poo in the form of mud and dirt tracked in from the backyard during the 6 months it rains nonstop where im at
I live in the PNW and have dogs, so I feel your pain.
These days I just try to get them to step in the puddles for some kind of rinse before they come in the house. Lol
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
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.
Irish here, have always worn shoes in the house. I moved to the US in my twenties and it seems to be about a 50/50 mix of shoes worn indoors or not. Personally, I’d be stubbing my toes all the time if I was only in socks.
What do you do, walk around kicking things in your house?
i have big clown feet and a small, cluttered house.
Wearing no shoes, I’d argue, is more natural than always wearing shoes.
I’ll say that I don’t usually wear shoes in the house, but it’s also a lost cause since I have two big dogs.
Feet smell bad and are gross
Wearing shoes traps the sweat in and marinates your foot in it. Shoes are why feet smell bad in the first place.
Yes but feet still smell bad when you take your shoes
Not really…
The smell is more due to fungus digesting the protein from dead skin, not just because of shoes. If you keep your feet clean and wear a fresh pair of socks with your shoes, fungus can’t really grab hold.
I have two sets of indoor slippers, so don’t really wear shoes inside per say… though one of the slippers does close around feet somewhat like a shoe.
Because sometimes the dogs bring in goatheads 🙃
what
should have just said tribulus terrestris smh
the floor is lava
According to my dad, “because if I walk around in socks I always end up stepping in something wet”… I don’t know why they just leave wet spots around to step in.
Is it kids or pets?
Kids apparently lack the mental facilities to clean up after themselves until their 18th birthday.
Are you the kid?
… Then walk barefoot?
Because I’m Mr Rogers. When I come home, I take off my jacket & work shoes, and put on my sweater and home shoes. I also sing a song.
Holy shit… I didn’t know I was him…
You tryin’ to tell me what to do in my own home? Pssh.
Well, personally, I have foot problems, so walking barefoot is painful. So I wear flip flops around the house.
Sick of stepping on crap on the floor. Kids are messy. Also my feet get cold. And socks wear out too fast.
