Neil wears his shoes ALL THE TIME and it drives me absolutely crazy! He only takes them off to get in bed. He also wears socks when he sleeps. This is something I cannot do! I could be sleeping completely naked and just wearing socks and I would be soooo hot.

Also, I walk outside barefoot all the time and Neil thinks it's really gross. I'd rather just skip the step of putting my shoes on if it's going to take a second to find them.

What do you do?

No shoes in the house During the winter I will wear socks, in the summer I go barefoot. Same for wearing socks to bed.

I NEVER walk outisde barefoot in the US, but I do sometimes in Ghana.

I usually walk around the house barefoot but if it is cold I will wear socks or slippers.. i only wear socks to bed if it is really cold... I can't sleep if my feet are cold...

I sometimes walk outside barefoot but it really depends where I am.... like I wouldn't walk outside barefoot where we live now but I usually have a pair of slip on sandals by the door in case i need to go outside...

we have a massive yard so normally I will go outside barefoot to water some plants or put something on the grill. it's not like I'm walking into a store with no shoes on

I wear socks during winter (sometimes) but wearing shoes in the house nope....I just don't wear shoes (house)

Shoes are not allowed in the house, we have a shoe rack just inside the door. Socks outdoors only if its in my own backyard. And socks in bed only if its really cold, otherwise no socks in bed.

lol.. the only reason I wouldn't go outside barefoot here is because where we live is kind of ghetto and who knows what is in the grass plus the neighbors have their dog and they don't always pick up his poop ....

doesn't the landlord notice dog poop since you're not allowed to have dogs?

no shoes in the house, but I don't raise a stink if visitors don't take off their shoes
sometimes socks, sometimes bare feet in the house (for me)
sometimes socks, sometimes bare feet in bed (me)

I go outside in socks or bare feet all the time.

no, because they are never here.... they don't live in the building .. part of me thinks that maybe they got special permission to have the dog.. I think they have been living here a long time now...

I walk around the house wearing furry slippers

No shoes in the house! This is one rule my parents were very strict about and I am happy to continue it. Fortunately Alex's family follows this rule too. He's slightly more civilised and has a shoe rack whereas my housemate and I just have a pile of shoes by the door.

I haven't worn slippers in years; socks suffice. My bare feet are ugly so I never walk around in bare feet, whether it's indoors or out. However, I do sleep with bare feet. They have to be allowed to breathe at some point!

EDIT: I also ask guests to remove their shoes. No one's ever minded complying. I think it's quite a common rule here, though.

I don't wear shoes in the house but hubby does. Sometimes bare feet outside most of the time my crocs lol. No socks in bed unless I am really cold and then I usually wake up through the night to take them off because I am too hot.

I used to have a shoe rack, but since we've moved into a bigger house now we (in theory) use the closet in the foyer. In reality, there's a pile of shoes in the entry way

P started this. I never cared before and where I am from in Louisiana I would never dare go outside without at least flip flops because I'm terrified of roaches.

barefoot in the house
sometimes, like when im putting the garbage out at the curb
no socks

Sounds like me

In the summer, I usually only wear flip flops - but as soon as I see a patch of grass, I take them off and walk barefoot.

I was surprised to see that you are not allowed to go grocery shopping without shoes in the States. We were hanging out in the garden and felt thirsty, so we jumped into the car, me without shoes. And then I had to stay in the car in front of the store, like a dog, because I wasn't allowed it

I am the same as Troll. But my tender feet can barely handle the smallest stone. The grass even hurts my feet.

I wear shoes in the house but not the shoes I wore the whole day. I change into flip flops as soon as I get home. I don't go out barefoot because the bottoms of my feet are too tender. I can't walk on the gravel. If I were in grass or something soft I could manage it. I do wear socks to bed sometimes when it's really cold. I just recently started doing that this winter. I used to cringe at the thought of wearing socks to bed.

no shoes in the house. but i do wear slippers or flipflops/sandals if i'm not barefoot.

barefoot sometimes outside. in CA in our backyard or something. not in NYC.

i also cannot sleep with socks on. something about it annoys me and if its cold i'll try to wear them but sometime during the night i'll peel them off!

Never shoes in the house. Depending on room temperature it's either barefoot, slip-off slippers in case my feet get hot, and only if it's cold will I wear sock inside.

Outside by me I would never go barefoot, but that's because it's a busy street with heaven knows what on the ground. But I like to go barefoot at my folks where they have a nice grassy yard.

To bed I rarely wear socks; it has to be REALLY cold or I'm ill.

lol...

when i went to almaty, i worn socks for one day and sanita went and bought me some slippers...

we never, ever wear outydoors shoes inside.and my son when vists always takes them off prior to entering and puts on his indoor slippers..as do my parents..friends etc....
if you don't have a pair, sanita always buys extras....

no socks inddors..no socks in bed

Usually barefoot in the house. I only wear socks in the house/to bed if my feet are cold. That's rare but happens a couple times a year. I'll wear slippers sometimes while cooking and standing on the hard tile.

Suj won't walk barefoot on our tile, he slips flip flops on and off every time going from tile to the carpet.

I'll walk out to our front porch and driveway barefoot, but there are fire ants here so it's not a great idea to walk around outside too much w/o any shoes on.

barefoot. When I come home I walk to the computer room where's the closet where my shoes are and take them off. I never wear them in the house for more than 3 minutes, I just hate wearing shoes period. Sometimes when I grocery shop I bring upstairs all the cold food and put them away then I take my shoes off and do the rest. When I go dowsntairs I wear flip flops because Charles cat has pooped on that yuck carpet a million times and it's just gross to walk barefoot.

Charles walks around the house with his shoes on and it p!sses me off, specially because he goes outside in the lawn and comes with dirt on his shoes. But he has no notion of neatness, so oh well.

no.
no. too hot.

i do whatever i want and at ppls houses i try to be respectful of what they want.

Sometimes, i walk barefooted outside as i live at beach. So white sands. It's not gross.

Neither one of us wears shoes inside, nor do our guests for that matter. Our apt has white carpet and the last thing we need is for it to be black.
I also don't wear them because I prefer to be barefoot - although I DON'T wear them outside since I live in an apt, but I always did at my mom's house since she has a huge backyard (with SOFT grass).

No socks in bed for either of us.

barefoot, sometimes (including long-distance driving), no

We have house slippers at the front door -- off come the outside shoes as soon as we get home.

Shoes do not belong on in the inside of a home, check them at the door. I do sometimes walk around outside barefoot. I like my feet to breathe and be free whilst sleeping, so no socks in bed.

Shoes are off at the door for everyone. We each have our own house slippers. You didn't have that option so I chose the socks on option.

No socks to bed! Though sometimes after work, and before changing into house clothes hubby would walk around with his dress socks and boxers to "cool off." He's just too hot.

We both have machine washable travel slippers that we bring whenever we have to stay overnight at other people's homes/hotels, and for changing into on plane rides.

Walking outside with no shoes on is gross. I am not a caveman.

barefoot except outside. i dont like the feel of grass or concrete on my feet. no socks to bed either cuz i cant stand hot feet. i dont even cover them with the blanket. they stick out all night.

I usually wear my shoes in the house.

I don't normally go barefoot outside, but that's because there tends to be prickly weeds in the yard as well as nails and such from all the work we've been doing on the house.

I almost always wear socks to bed. When I was an auto mechanic several years ago, I dropped a 3/4" impact wrench ("air gun") on my foot and now 2 of my toes don't work right. It always feels like I'm walking on my toes, which I am to a degree. Wearing socks alleviates that. Wearing shoes alleviates it even more. Ergo, I wear shoes in the house and socks to bed. Plus, my feet get cold. Poor circulation due to years of smoking. Also, I think it's a security thing. If there's a tornado or a fire and we have to exit the house quickly, at least I'll have socks on. lol

What I really have to ask though, is this: If y'all don't wear shoes in the house cuz it's "gross" or whatever, how do you justify walking around outside barefoot and then coming into the house? Feet seem to get a lot dirtier than shoes, from my experience. What about people with really bad foot odor? What about foot sweat?

I walk around barefoot or in socks or with slippers. Never shoes I wear outside my apt, never never.

A. walks around his house in shoes and he occasionally remembers I don't like it so he takes them off in his room. I already told him that when we move in together shoes will be banned inside the house so he's practising already I guess.