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Removing Shoes a Canadian Thing?
There's a poll over on the Bump right now asking whether you take your shoes off when you enter a home (your own or someone elses). A lot of people say that they dont remove their shoes, and some even say it's rude to ask this of your guests. However, this is all I've ever known! Growing up then and now, in my own home or the home of a friend/family/stranger all across Canada. So I'm wondering, do you think this is a very Canadian thing to do?[Poll]
Re: Removing Shoes a Canadian Thing?
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I do both - depends on where I am. In my own house we tend to leave on if we have guests or are going in and out. Other people's homes in Canada I take them off (unless like pp I'm at a party and people say leave them on). In Australia people leave their shoes on so I got in the habit of that (and DH is an Aussie).
I always thought it had to do with our winters. We take our boots off so we don't drag in snow for about half the year so we did it all year round (this is just my theory tho).
Very Canadian.
I have quite a few relatives that live in the States and when they come up here they leave their shoes on when they come into our houses. It drives my mom nuts. Then when we go down there and we take our shoes off they look at us like were insane and say that our socks will get dirty, etc.
I'm 100% shoes off. I would rather wash my socks then my entire house! My IL's though often wear their shoes in the house and it drives me nuts when DH wears his shoes in our house or walks through the IL with his on. On the times I do wear shoes in the house I feel like I'm super sneaky and maybe I will get caught wearing them. lol. Definately a candian thing.
The oxyclean commercial makes me sooooo mad! lol. The one where the 2 kids who have mud on their shoes run in the house and jump on the bed... yeah... I have to change the channel now or else I start yelling at the tv. haha.
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At my grandparents.. not usually unless they are wet or snowy.
If my shoes are new and I am just running in and out a few times I will just wear my shoes in the house!
I said yes.
At home I have a pair of leather slippers that I wear all the time. I'll wear my shoes only if I forgot something and need to get it quickly...in the winter - never!
When I visit peoples homes shoes are always off no matter the occasion. I always bring a pair of flip flops or something to change into, unless the home owners say it's ok to keep them on then I will.
I think it's cultural but makes sense with the winter weather here. Back where I am from, it'd be extremely rude to ask someone to take their shoes off when they enter your home and rude for you to just do so unless it was say your closet friend and they were chilling out on your couch.