Parties: Shoes or no shoes?

[OttoVonBismarck]

There's a lot of good wingtips that can be had at $120. But a lot of lawtalkers I know invest in nice shoes like A-Es. A lot of them spend a lot of hours pounding it in places with granite/marble floors that are hell on shoes. A nice pair that can be resoled periodically is actually an economical move.

[CountDeMoney]

Was also referring to scratching and shedding.

Like I said, I know the proper care and maintenance of cat herding.
She's declawed, and I groom her daily.

Fascinating.  "You're a pretty girl.  PRETTY. GIRL."

You realize they're auto-cleaning, right?

And that's why people like you send cats to the pound to be put to sleep because of fur balls.  I DONT KNOW WHY HE THROWS UP EVERYWHERE HES BROKEN

[Ideologue]

Oh, yeah, that's people like me, all right.

I'm moving into someone's fucking attic so that my cats won't die or get separated.

I think you mean "people like Korea": "No we can't take the cats even temporarily, even though it's my actions that brought the cats into the house originally, because [I resent you and wish you, and that which you care about, to suffer]."

I mean, it's not verbatim, but that's how I interpreted it.

[Razgovory]

My pair of shoes cost about 8 bucks.  They were a gift from my sister when she worked at a shoe store.  They are pretty beat up now though.

[Jaron]

My latest experiment: Man Uggs

[The Larch]

If I asked guests to remove their shoes when they come over my place I'd get the weirdest stares ever.

[CountDeMoney]

Oh, yeah, that's people like me, all right.

I'm moving into someone's fucking attic so that my cats won't die or get separated.

I think you mean "people like Korea": "No we can't take the cats even temporarily, even though it's my actions that brought the cats into the house originally, because [I resent you and wish you, and that which you care about, to suffer]."

I mean, it's not verbatim, but that's how I interpreted it.

At least you kept the right ones.

[Iormlund]

If I asked guests to remove their shoes when they come over my place I'd get the weirdest stares ever.

Yeah I guess this is one of those cultural divides.

[Ideologue]

I assume that Poland is largely unpaved.

[Ed Anger]

I assume that Poland is largely uncivilized.

[dps]

In our family we all take shoes off at the door unless we're going right back outside. But if I'm having guests over I wouldn't ask them to take their shoes off, and truth be told I'd prefer they keep them on. When I'm hosting a party, me and my wife will also both have shoes on.

Maybe it's just my parents being formal/fastidious, but there is a certain, I dunno "informality" to walking around with your shoes off. I'll do it when it's just me and my family or close friends even because it avoids tracking stuff through the house, but at a large hosted party I'd feel way out of place to be walking around with socks or barefoot and would prefer my guests be wearing shoes as well.

Otto's got a point.  Close friends and family is one thing;  you going to tell your VP from work at your holiday open house to take off his shoes?

Yeah, at a formal affair, or a party that's not formal but happens to be large, I'd find it a bit strange if people were taking off their shoes.  But at a small, casual gathering, taking off your shoes would be the norm.

[Jacob]

I hate it when guests clog my toilets. USE THE PLUNGER ASSHOLES.

Stop inviting people to your house if they're full of shit.

[DGuller]

Among Russians, it's almost a universal rule that you take off your shoes when you enter someone's house, unless the host specifically tells you not to.  That said, in my family, we usually let our guests keep their shoes.

[Pedrito]

If I asked guests to remove their shoes when they come over my place I'd get the weirdest stares ever.

Ditto.

L.

[The Brain]

Among Russians, it's almost a universal rule that you take off your shoes when you enter someone's house, unless the host specifically tells you not to.  That said, in my family, we usually let our guests keep their shoes.

You did that even after Chernobyl?