Oh wow. That’s interesting as hell to me. Are you in America? I was born in Midwest lived in south and back in Midwest. I had one friend whose house I didn’t have to take shoes off at and I uh didn’t cause their carpet was gross… lol
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Syd@lemm.ee 6 months agoI still wear a light jacket inside often as I keep the place between 60-65. Stopped wearing shoes inside as I hate cleaning. That’s how I was raised though, and wearing shoes inside isn’t terribly uncommon here. Maybe it’s a regional thing, maybe a class thing, but people asking you to take off your shoes when you visit is way less common than not. I have to ask people to take off their shoes when they come over and it’s considered bougie.
aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Syd@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yeah I’m in the US, fahrenheit probably gives that away, always lived in more rural communities too.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Interesting. Here in France the “bourgeois” thing is usually to not have your guests take their shoes off inside (because you’re not the one doing the cleaning later)
Syd@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Ya might be interested to know that “bougie” is an American slang term pronounced “boo-zhee” that refers to someone acting high class that isn’t. That’s really interesting though, how common are housekeepers in France?
ikidd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Bougie is derived from bourgeoisie, and would mean the same thing, as in a bourgeoisie would let you walk in the house with dirty shoes since he’s the lord of the manor and cleaning is why he has servants.
Syd@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yeah that’s where it’s derived but the connotations are a little different.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Old-timey style housekeepers are basically only a thing for the ultra rich, but hiring someone to clean your house and/or do some laundry is quite common in the upper middle class