If you live in a place where shoes off are not almost universal and you are hosting any kind of event with lots of people have not been to your home before, warn people. It’s a disability access issue. People will adapt. But if it’s not common, people might not be prepared.

Oh, there’s definitely no rules against bringing your own! I take my slippers over to other people’s houses all the time in the winter months (my feet have a tendency to get cold). People are always welcome to bring their own slippers to my house, too. Many do. At our last pre-covid Thanksgiving in 2019, I think we…

Have a gander at what’s happening in Ottawa right now and get back to me on that.

I mean, I’ll gladly welcome ya with some Timmies and a trip to the legion but....I am not too fond of my country during COVID. A lot of crazies have come out of the woodwork and the Conservative party is quite literally a bunch of MAGA…

Again, I’m goofing around a bit, and I’m certainly not talking about great piles of feces or pools of urine/vomit. However, I am serious about the fact that people with pets and children will have at least trace amounts of those things, plenty of the inevitable pet hair, and varying amounts of food and drink (at a…

I’d say that 99% of the time, my shoes come off the second I walk in my door.  I keep my slippers by the door so I don’t get my socks too dirty.  When I go to my friends homes, I follow their lead.

It does happen in real life, because some people are monsters. 

I don’t know, I believe hospitality is about doing everything I can to make visitors comfortable in my home. Some might see it as a guest being “demanding”, but I really want people to let me know what would make their visit better. I don’t see having them over as me doing them a favour of some sort that they must…

If you’re going to demand that outside shoes be removed then provide alternative indoor shoes or just keep a box of disposable shoe covers by the door and let people wear them over their regular shoes.

A pretty demanding attitude you have toward people inviting you into their home. 

I don’t mind a shoes-off rule in a home, but let me know that shit BEFORE I get there. I may not have planned for such a rule and might be wearing my I’m-doing-laundry-tomorrow socks or been running around all day and my feet can build up a substantial funk. I hate fucking getting to someone’s house and they “Oh, by…

As a kid growing in Canada - and, quite frankly, as an adult living in Canada - I was always fascinated by the indoor shoe wearing on American TV shows. They’d wear them on their beds or the couch! I thought it was just a television convention but it actually happens in some households in real life?

NOPE.

Maybe it’s a Northern thing? I grew up in VT and I have indoor shoes and outdoor shoes. Never the twain shall meet. Also, there is always a space next to the door where it is obvious to take off your fucking shoes in the house.

Really? that’s the take you are going to go with?

Toxic masculinity is perpetuated by both sexes.

The author referred to the broader topic - heteronormativity - which is gender stereotyping which includes toxic masculinity.

Is it worth noting? Do Beyonce or J Lo have anything in common, financially, with a professional dancer who is not a household name or does not have a record deal / royalties / clothing lines / commercial endorsements? Pretty sure the SB pays for their transportation too...