User: john-t_1999

I agree too. I always take my socks off at the door with my shoes. I've been taking shoes and socks off in the house since I was a kid. At first it was just shoes at the door, and I'd take my socks off later on. But now it's just easier to take the socks off straight away when I come in.

We don't have a rule at my house, but most of my mates take their shoes and socks off too anyway, both when they come over, and at their own homes. I wouldn't want to force it upon visitors, but I'd prefer it if they did take their shoes and socks off.

What I'm wearing doesn't influence me neither - I just take my shoes and socks off without thinking. I'm not aware of anyone objecting - I think most people prefer to be in bare feet in the house.

Yeah, same when I was at school. My parents would buy me the stiffest, heaviest most formal "school shoes" they could get on a budget. And they would cripple my feet having to walk to school each day. But at least I wasn't alone - quite a few lads used to end up with the same shoes as me.

I used to get a size-larger just so as they wouldn't feet so uncomfortable, and tied the laces very loosely so they'd be easier to slip off under the desk without anyone seeing. Some lads used to try and wear trainers instead, but if you got caught in trainers, they were confiscated for the day.

It was such a relief to kick your shoes off for PE or drama or just to get home and finally be free of the wretched things!

A friend of mine and me were calling in at guy- from-work's house. We'd never been to this guy's house before. It was a nice medium-size house, quite modern and clean. I knocked on the door, and he answered and told us to come in. I noticed he wasn't wearing any shoes, so as soon as I entered, I just kicked my own shoes off and left them by the door. My friend didn't bother though, and just entered wearing his shoes (the host didn't say anything).

Throughout the evening though, my friend kept acting very nervously and restless. He never said anything, but clearly wasn't very comfortable.

When the host went out of the room, I asked my mate why he was acting so oddly, and he said it was because he felt guilty for wearing his shoes in the house, as clearly it was a nice clean house and the host was in his socks the whole time.

So I asked him why he didn't just take his shoes off then, but he said he just felt too embarrassed. I just shrugged and said nothing.

But all evening he was clearly unhappy. He didn't want to walk around the house or even go upstairs to the bathroom. He clearly was upset about having kept his shoes on and felt more embarrassed about taking them off "too late".

Whereas I was completely comfortable, happy and "at home" wandering about their home in my navy-blue sports socks.

When we finally left (the host still didn't say anything) my mate said that next time he would just do the same as me, and kick his shoes off as soon as he entered so he wouldn't feel awkward or embarrassed the next time.

When I was a kid I used to always take my shoes and socks off in the house, usually as soon as I'd enter (I wasn't allowed to wear shoes indoors anyway). I used to love it and couldn't wait to take socks off and run about in bare feet. I'd always try and get my mates to take their socks off too (they had to follow the "no shoes in the house" rule too, so were usually in socks) and usually they'd end up doing so - if not straight away, then usually later when they saw how much more fun it was in bare feet.

Now I'm an adult, little has changed - I still take shoes and socks off in the house and at friend's houses, and most of my mates do the same now anyway, and many have their own kids who are always in bare feet too.

Sounds fair enough to me. We don't have a rule, but then again, we don't need one. Everybody I know at least takes shoes off when they come in. Socks are welcome, though I think bare feet are better. I think more people are starting to adopt this way of thinking, which is really cool. Hopefully one day everyone will just be in socks or bare feet indoors everywhere, which would mean nobody would feel embarrassed.

Quite a few people I know enter in socks but sooner or later end up taking them off (sometimes leaving them all over the place) and staying in bare feet.