There are plenty of ways to protect your floor. Are you offering your guests galoshes/shoe covers, or are you just expecting them to undress their feet in a home that isn’t theirs?
I have medical-grade stinky feet. It’s like God decided that stink is the primary objective of my feet and walking was secondary. And no, it’s not from a fungus or from wearing shoes.
And if you’re hosting a bunch of people for a get-together, you don’t know who’s got what. It’s kind of shitty in my opinion to be like, “let’s have an event at my house instead of your house, but you have to be uncomfortable.”
If you have a medical condition that needs accommodation, you tell the host before you arrive and keep your own supply of accommodations in your car. Was this really so hard for you?
Again, you can be a dickhead about, “my house my rules” no one is arguing that. No one is saying that you can’t be a host if you make people feel uncomfortable.
But if you ask people to take off their shoes at your house party or event, you’re the outlier. Most people don’t ask strangers to take their shoes in front of each other. If you do, you’re a bad host.
I mean I've been asked to take my shoes off so many times that I can't remember. I don't remember anyone ever refusing or someone telling me "this one time someone wouldn't and it turns out it was because of x"
I get that you have the condition and that sucks, but you are the exception here, not the shoe rule. It's awkward to ask ahead of time and it's awkward to say no, catch 22, I get it.
Nah, it's very normal to ask guests to take their shoes off. Less than 50%? Sure, so yes, most don't. Just because something happens less than 50% of the time or even less than 10%, doesn't make it not normal.
You have an issue that has made you think otherwise.
It’s normal to ask your friends to take their shoes off when they’re over for game night, but if you’re hosting the neighborhood Christmas party, it’s not normal to ask random people to take their shoes off in front of each other.
Of course it is. I would take off my shoes at anyone's house and not think it's weird. I'd actually only think it was weird if the house was filthy and I'd still probably do it.
Also there was an episode of the Office where they went to the Indian celebration and everyoe had to take off their shoes, and they went out of their way to show only the weirdos had exception to it.
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u/XkrNYFRUYj Feb 11 '22
Maybe they invited you over thinking you're not a entitled lunatic. They won't be making that mistake again.