Oh, yeah, I realize that my comparison didn't work exactly. It did in my mind when I was thinking it, anyway. *g*
I do react similarly to the "Rah! Rah!" anything kind of thing, too, though. I still feel like it's someone trying to manipulate me or trying to get me to think or do something, and I tend to react negatively to that, even if it's something I like.
As for the shoe thing: I had never even heard of taking your shoes off when you go into someone's house until I was an adult. I had never even encountered that before, anywhere. None of my friends' parents, no relatives--nobody did that. We took off our shoes to go swimming or when bathing or when walking around outside (if we didn't get caught).
I think it's pretty rude to expect guests to walk around in stocking feet! *g*
For most of my life, I've only ever had one pair of shoes at a time. Just in the last year I bought an extra pair, though, because the foot doctor told me not to wear the same pair everyday, so I alternate them now, but I wear them everywhere I go for that day. There's no way I'd go out and buy yet *more* shoes and then change my shoes every time I go in and out of the house. *g*
I know it's just custom/culture/whatever, but I don't like it. The foot doctor says never to walk around without shoes, but even without that advice, I don't like going without my shoes because my feet hurt without them.
I always take off my shoes off when going to someone's house if it looks like everyone is doing that, but I always feel ridiculous at some semi-formal party at someone's house (like a party at a superior officer's house) standing around with no shoes--or at a Christmas party or whatever, even if everyone else is in stocking feet. If I knew ahead of time I'd have to take off my shoes, I'd rather not go at all. I wish people would warn for this ahead of time. *g*
I don't mean you personally, but I've always wondered, in a no-shoes-in-the-house household, if you were carrying in groceries, would you take off your shoes and then put them on again for every trip back to the car? Or if you were carrying in heavy furniture, would you stop and take your shoes off before coming into the house? It just seems like a whole lot of trouble and inconvenience just to avoid a little vacuuming. It's a little like keeping plastic over your sofa or never, ever sitting in your living room to avoid dirt & wear. What's the purpose of having it if you're not going to use it? I feel the same about the floor. *g* A floor is meant to be walked on.
Then again, I can't seem to get anyone in my family to see the importance of using plates, so my house needs vacuuming everyday anyway--not that I actually do it. *g*
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Date: 2007-04-20 05:28 am (UTC)I do react similarly to the "Rah! Rah!" anything kind of thing, too, though. I still feel like it's someone trying to manipulate me or trying to get me to think or do something, and I tend to react negatively to that, even if it's something I like.
As for the shoe thing: I had never even heard of taking your shoes off when you go into someone's house until I was an adult. I had never even encountered that before, anywhere. None of my friends' parents, no relatives--nobody did that. We took off our shoes to go swimming or when bathing or when walking around outside (if we didn't get caught).
I think it's pretty rude to expect guests to walk around in stocking feet! *g*
For most of my life, I've only ever had one pair of shoes at a time. Just in the last year I bought an extra pair, though, because the foot doctor told me not to wear the same pair everyday, so I alternate them now, but I wear them everywhere I go for that day. There's no way I'd go out and buy yet *more* shoes and then change my shoes every time I go in and out of the house. *g*
I know it's just custom/culture/whatever, but I don't like it. The foot doctor says never to walk around without shoes, but even without that advice, I don't like going without my shoes because my feet hurt without them.
I always take off my shoes off when going to someone's house if it looks like everyone is doing that, but I always feel ridiculous at some semi-formal party at someone's house (like a party at a superior officer's house) standing around with no shoes--or at a Christmas party or whatever, even if everyone else is in stocking feet. If I knew ahead of time I'd have to take off my shoes, I'd rather not go at all. I wish people would warn for this ahead of time. *g*
I don't mean you personally, but I've always wondered, in a no-shoes-in-the-house household, if you were carrying in groceries, would you take off your shoes and then put them on again for every trip back to the car? Or if you were carrying in heavy furniture, would you stop and take your shoes off before coming into the house? It just seems like a whole lot of trouble and inconvenience just to avoid a little vacuuming. It's a little like keeping plastic over your sofa or never, ever sitting in your living room to avoid dirt & wear. What's the purpose of having it if you're not going to use it? I feel the same about the floor. *g* A floor is meant to be walked on.
Then again, I can't seem to get anyone in my family to see the importance of using plates, so my house needs vacuuming everyday anyway--not that I actually do it. *g*