The prosecution: Mindy
He’ll put on them within the backyard after which drag all these bits of mud on his soles into our house
I consider that slippers ought to solely be worn in smooth areas: the bed room, round the home, possibly the lavatory if the ground isn’t moist. However they’re most positively not meant for doing odd jobs outdoors or stepping past your entrance door. My husband Jim, nonetheless, wears them on a regular basis and it simply makes me cross. We’ve been married for 34 years, however the slipper behavior has solely began to have an effect on us as we hit center age. We’re each 56 now, and I assume it’s a really middle-age conundrum.
What I hate essentially the most is Jim sporting his slippers outdoors when he gardens. He will probably be on the market for hours, mowing the garden and weeding, after which he’ll drag in all these bits of mud on the underside of his sneakers. I’ll say “slippers off please!” earlier than he comes inside, however he’ll solely kind of faucet them collectively and inform me it’s tremendous.
Jim additionally wears his slippers to take the bins out and run errands. He’ll drop our eldest son off on the station in his slippers or do a grocery store run whereas sporting them. It’s unhygienic. I don’t like the thought of him bringing all the skin stuff into our house. Jim’s slippers are additionally actually smelly and he doesn’t change them sufficient. I’ll get him a brand new pair each Christmas or so, but when he doesn’t like them he’ll simply retailer the brand new ones underneath our mattress till the pair he’s sporting falls aside.
I additionally don’t like Jim sporting them in our bed room as a result of we now have cream carpets. He pretends to not perceive and says: “Why can’t I put on my slippers in my very own bed room?” on this forlorn voice. However the carpet in there may be smooth sufficient – you don’t must put on sneakers on it, particularly not if these sneakers have been open air.
I don’t actually win on this subject. Jim appears to disregard me on a regular basis. However I get irritated if I see bits of mud in our bed room. We have now picket eating room flooring and tiles within the kitchen. I don’t thoughts if he wears his slippers there, however I feel socks on the carpet are enough. And he ought to put on his trainers outdoors. I would really like Jim to take heed to me on this one, however I additionally realise I’m combating a dropping battle.
The defence: Jim
A slipper is an off-the-cuff shoe and is made to be worn each inside and outdoors the home
Mindy runs a good ship, however I’ve been a cheerful passenger for greater than 30 years. Nonetheless, I do generally surprise: can’t a person get pleasure from his slippers within the consolation of his own residence?
I put on my slippers on a regular basis, I admit that. However that’s what they’re there for. A slipper is an off-the-cuff shoe and it’s positively made to be worn each inside and outdoors the home. I don’t wish to preserve swapping sneakers to do little jobs round the home as a result of it’s inconvenient. And I’ll solely go outdoors in my slippers if the bottom isn’t moist, so it’s not as if I’m dragging dust and particles via the home in the way in which Mindy makes out.
Mindy is certainly a stickler for cleanliness so she notices each little crumb or speck of mud. She’s at all times been this manner. She cleans our home about twice per week. I feel it’s a bit an excessive amount of. When our children had been younger, she labored half time as a college careers advisor – I used to be the deputy headteacher – however nonetheless managed to verify the home was spotless. Now we’re each retired, she’s acquired much more time on her fingers to obsess over the cleansing. My slippers are falling into the zone of criticism. I really feel surveilled at occasions.
I’m not against switching my slippers each once in a while, however Mindy needs me to throw away a pair earlier than I’ve acquired good use out of them. I at all times assume: “I’m not finished with these!” I prefer to preserve sporting them till they’ve fallen aside, and I don’t like sporting a brand new pair in. If it had been as much as me, I’d by no means actually change them.
I like a basic slipper, with an actual again on it and sole. I feel Mindy’s rule that you may’t put on slippers on the carpet is ridiculous. That’s what slippers are for. She says it’s as a result of I’m at all times outdoors in them, however I do attempt to clear them off. I can’t see myself placing my toes in trainers each time I pop outdoors or drive up the street. It’s impractical and pointless.
Slippers are good foot help, and within the chilly months I actually just like the insulation. Socks round the home simply don’t lower it.
The jury of Guardian readers
Ought to Jim slip on a pair of sneakers?
Jim is making out that Mindy’s request is dramatic, when it is extremely affordable. His slippers are soiled, and Mindy has to wash up after him. It’s wasteful to purchase new slippers, but when he didn’t put on them open air she wouldn’t really feel the necessity to get clear ones.
Edie, 18
That is an open and shut case: Mindy’s request is completely affordable. She doesn’t need mud tracked via the home and into the bed room, and Jim must recognise this. He ought to deal with himself to some good new step-in work boots and preserve them by the again door.
Tom, 53
Maybe I’m a slob however I feel the obsession with having every little thing spick and span is a little bit of a time waster. You solely have one life. What’s a little bit of dust on the bed room ground? Mindy must loosen up a bit.
Loretta, 33
Slippers are for the home, not the backyard! They’re positively not for nipping to the retailers or driving … That’s fairly unsafe. Mindy could also be a stickler, however she has a degree if Jim is trailing backyard muck into the home. Come on, Jim, get some trainers for the backyard. However please … no Crocs!
Rory, 47
Responsible as sin. The thought of outdated manky slippers underneath the mattress is what haunts me about this case. Horrible! If Jim is sporting his slippers outdoors the home in any respect, they stop to be slippers and begin to be sneakers. Slippers are for inside solely. These are simply the foundations.
Anna, 45
Now you be the decide
In our on-line ballot, inform us: ought to Jim change out of his slippers earlier than coming out?
The ballot closes on Thursday 18 July at 10am BST
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