>>1247053Up until the 80s and early 90s people did this, but almost nobody under 50 does this anymore.
I think it is because taking shoes off and only wearing socks was seen as far too casual, especially if you have company over. And if you went to someone's house, you would no more take your shoes off than you would show up in your pajamas. (even the concept of pajamas has died off).
If you look back at the 50s, such as on TV, lots of men would wear a coat and tie *just sitting around the house*.
People used to dress and have a certain attention to detail not only for the benefit of others, but even for their own sense of self. People saw any decline in keeping up your appearance as the road to being a slob in all manners of your life, and negative to your sense of well being.
Now people go to the store in pajama pants and looking like shit. It's supposed to make them "comfy", but like a lot of lazy shit it is actually corrosive to your life.
Personally I don't wear shoes in my house, because that makes sense, but otherwise I don't let myself go. In Asia they have always taken shoes off, but even there they would trade outside shoes for slippers or inside shoes, not just go around in socks or barefoot.
