What would you do if you were me?

[Aleaf]

hi everyone:
I bought a beautiful white carpet which i have always wanted. Several days ago several of my friends visited me and one of them didn't take her shoes off and got the carpet dirty. She drove me over the edge . i am a person of a little bit short fuse and always doin th things i feel regretted after doin it. I flew off the handle. She said she would rather not to come my home at all.

I think my home is my castle and i have the right to set rules in my house. Am i unreasonable? If you were me what would you do?

Say you are one of those friends who visited my home, what would you have done on the spot? Would you have been on my side or her side? or just keep your nose clean-keep neutral?
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[Che Gevara]

Hi aleaf,how old are you ?
You can buy many carpets ,but it is so difficult to find a good friend..
I'd throw this carpet away
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[Maxine]

If I was you I suppose I might have done the same as you, but I suppose it would have been better to have made a joke of it.

But if I was another friend I would have kept out of the whole issue, it's better not the interfere. Like my friends say "Its better to keep your mouth shut and keep others guessing if you are a fool than to open your mouth and clear their doubt"

Hi, I am Maxine from India, and I love English, especially when it comes to reading. What about you?

[Jamie (K)]

Aleaf, you invited the trouble yourself by buying a white carpet. And you were wrong to mistreat your friend because of that oversight. You owe that lady a very humble apology, and you'll be lucky if she accepts it after you abused her over something so petty.

I would definitely have taken her side, and if I had been there to witness the drama, you would have lost two friends.

[Conchita]

Of course you are entitled to set your own rules in your house and to have a white carpet -- although this is hardly practical (I guess you don't expect to have children around!). Have you thought of how dusty feet can get when wearing sandals in the summer? And what a catastrophic situation it would be if some of your guests had a smelly feet problem or a hole in their sock, big toe sticking out and wiggling happily! This might be okay with very close friends, but still...

Now, the question remains – what is more important: our guests’ well-being or that a carpet stays immaculate?

[Englishuser]

Hi,

Why don't you just wear different shoes inside?

All the best

EU

[Lost_Soul]

Yo, Aleaf !
Course, you can lay down any rules in your house, but you have to have gone easy on her. But dont worry, we learn by experience - I reckon you now realise that it was your fault. What Just my humble piese of advice

PS. seems I know why you picked up an image of Erik Cartman for your avatar. He often "flies off the handle" in South Park

[Prezbucky]

aleaf

Did you ask your guests to take off their shoes? If so, and she didn't... she is more or less 100% culpable.
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[Che Gevara]

I would never ask my friend to take off shoes...
My friend is more precious to me than all carpets in the world
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[Englishuser]

Hi,

So you all wear shoes inside in your countries?

All the best

EU

[Yankee]

Hi EU

I'd say in the US it would be unusual for someone to request that a visitor remove their shoes.

My mother once talked my dad into buying a white carpet. She later regretted it -- but not because of visitors' shoes. It had more to do with the unavoidable spills and also the family dog.

[Che Gevara]

IF you ask your guest to take he's shoes off in Russia it's not a problem
In Georgia your guest may think that you're trying to offence him...
I don't know how it is in aleaf's Country,but anyway We can buy lot's of carpet,it's very easy and it is really very difficult to find a real friend...
I think carpest mustn't be a reason for discussions
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[Englishuser]

Hi,

Carpets can be expensive and they are difficult to clean.

All the best

EU

[Jamie (K)]

[Che Gevara]