Syd

Yeah that's where it's derived but the connotations are a little different.

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?

You mean you don't have a morning coat?

Yeah, and I'm the strange one for asking guests to do so, and wasn't raised that way. Even people with much nicer places than mine don't expect others to take their shoes off.

I'm in and out at least ten times a day. Hauling firewood, tending a greenhouse, shoveling snow, walking to work depending on weather, going outside to enjoy nature, etc. Changing my clothes each time would be extremely impractical.

Five people makes a little more sense. Serious question, what kind of bugs does garbage attract where you live?

How often do you go outside?

You empty your garbage every single day? How small is your trash can? That's a lot of bags.

Yeah I'm in the US, fahrenheit probably gives that away, always lived in more rural communities too.

I usually don't get mud on my jacket when it rains, how do you even do that?Unless it's a complete downpour, microburst levels of water, the jacket would only be slightly damp. Jackets don't hold water by design, and if it's drenched I'd put on something else. If your shoes are muddy, wet, or covered in snow then you take them off.

I 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.

I grew up in a shoes inside, coats inside house. To see this much shock at both is kinda crazy to me, didn't realize it was so uncommon.