poll: going into other people's homes?

[Eddi]

I don't like going into other people's houses

It's stressful for me, too stressful

I don't like it

I don't mind people coming into my home though, if I like them enough

But I'd never want to host a party, no way

Does anyone else not like going into other people's homes?

 

[SalixIncendium]

I’m agnostic to it. I neither like nor dislike it.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I don't mind people coming into my home though, if I like them enough

I only mind when people don’t remove their shoes.

 

[Eddi]

I only mind when people don’t remove their shoes.

I don't have carpet, I have vinyl so I'm not too bothered about shoes, unless they are especially mucky

 

[SalixIncendium]

I don't have carpet, I have vinyl so I'm not too bothered about shoes, unless they are especially mucky

I don’t either. Carpet is disgusting.

My room is my ashram. It’s more a matter of respect that it is cleanliness, though the latter is important to me as well.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I don't like going into other people's houses

It's stressful for me, too stressful

I don't like it

I don't mind people coming into my home though, if I like them enough

But I'd never want to host a party, no way

Does anyone else not like going into other people's homes?

Always depends on the person!

 

[Eddi]

I don’t either. Carpet is disgusting.

I've always thought that

They just dirt traps, they trap dirt

You don't see carpets in an operating theatre!!

 

[ChristineM]

I don't like going into other people's houses

I voted no but it's a close run race that depends on the people, some ime comfortable with, others not so much.

 

[Stevicus]

I don't like going into other people's houses

It's stressful for me, too stressful

I don't like it

I don't mind people coming into my home though, if I like them enough

But I'd never want to host a party, no way

Does anyone else not like going into other people's homes?

I guess it would depend on what the occasion is. If I'm going over to someone's house for dinner, that would be fine. If it turns out that they're planning for me to be the main course, that's another matter.

 

[JustGeorge]

It really depends on who it is, and who I take with me.

I don't like taking my kids to other people's houses, but I'm usually okay with it if I'm on my own.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

It never occurred to me that visiting some one in their home could be something to dislike.
Or to be something special.
It has always been to me a perfectly normal thing to do.
If there are any house rules they will say so.

My only rule is no smoking.

 

[osgart]

No place like your own home!

It really depends on the heart of it!

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Sure, I do. I wish people would go over each other's places to hang out more. That rarely happens with me these days. Everyone wants to go somewhere else, and you usually have to spend money. The only thing that gives me anxiety about it is that I want to act very proper and not mess anything up or make it dirty...

 

[JustGeorge]

Sure, I do. I wish people would go over each other's places to hang out more. That rarely happened with me these days. Everyone wants to go somewhere else, and you usually have to spend money. The only thing that gives me anxiety about it is that I want to act very proper and not mess anything up or make it dirty...

I dislike how everything has to be an 'event', or at least it seems that way.

Makes it hard when you're broke and have kids.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I dislike how everything has to be an 'event', or at least it seems that way.

Makes it hard when you're broke and have kids.

Same! I don't get it, either, because most of the people I know are broke, too!

 

[Koldo]

I only mind when people don’t remove their shoes.

This is exactly why I don't like going into someone else's home. A lot of people have specific rules (or conditions) that they don't forewarn about.

 

[Koldo]

Sure, I do. I wish people would go over each other's places to hang out more. That rarely happens with me these days. Everyone wants to go somewhere else, and you usually have to spend money. The only thing that gives me anxiety about it is that I want to act very proper and not mess anything up or make it dirty...

When money is not a problem, it is easier to hang out somewhere else. Sometimes the home's cleanliness is not up to your standards. You don't have to feel uncomfortable rejecting whatever food the host offers. The other family members living in the same house don't have to lose their privacy due to someone else being in the house.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

When money is not a problem, it is easier to hang out somewhere else. Sometimes the home's cleanliness is not up to your standards. You don't have to feel uncomfortable rejecting whatever food the host offers. The other family members living in the same house don't have to lose their privacy due to someone else being in the house.

I disagree. I think it's easier to hang out at someone's house. It also shows closeness between people, to invite someone into your home. It would be very bizarre to be friends with someone and never visit them at their home or at your home, imo.

 

[Eddi]

I disagree. I think it's easier to hang out at someone's house. It also shows closeness between people, to invite someone into your home. It would be very bizarre to be friends with someone and never visit them at their home or at your home, imo.

Also, you can tell a lot about someone by the state of their home

 

[JustGeorge]

Also, you can tell a lot about someone by the state of their home

I'm actually really selective about who I let into my home...

What's in it says so much about who I am... I don't always want to share that much of myself.