# Tell me about slippers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358 "2023-01-17T17:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/21 "2023-01-18T20:00:52Z")
I wear slippers only to keep my feet warm in the winter. We do not wear shoes in the house to keep it clean. Spring/summer/fall, I’m barefooted or stockinged. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/22 "2023-01-18T21:53:00Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > I don’t get the appeal – never had a single pair I liked – but I do have a beloved 40-year-old pair of Sperry Topsiders from high school. They are unsightly but very easy to slip onto bare or socked feet, and I use them for trips to the garbage cans or other quick forays into the driveway area. So (talking through this out loud) I guess they are functionally slippers. Huh. I wear slippers all the time. Who knew. You & @Chefguy are no-class, imposter, wannabes! ([Sebago Docksiders](https://sebago-usa.com/collections/mens-docksides/products/docksides-portland-brown) are _the_ model of boat shoe to own, not those Sperry versions; though I’ll admit to owning some of their [themed](https://di2ponv0v5otw.cloudfront.net/posts/2018/07/26/5b5a67cbaaa5b8f43b99fabb/m_5b5a67fd6197451732a995c3.jpg) ones, including wrapped in ‘bloody’ tissue paper in the box) but boat shoes are meant to be worn outside. I can wear 'em when my feet get cold over just socks on a winter’s day, to run outside, including when it’s wet out, even to the store as they are ‘real’ shoes. Just slip on & off. Easy-peasy, no bending required. SO never goes barefoot in the house, having stepped in too many ‘leavings’ on the floor from the four-legged furry ones over the years so she got me a pair slippers - ‘fur’-lined moccasin style. They are quick & easy to slip on to run my baby gurl out to the backyard to go but I wouldn’t wear them to take her for a walk & my feet feel sweaty after about 30 seconds in them. They’re almost new, not returnable but fairly inexpensive, but no, I don’t really like them. Give me my Docksiders, TYVM but I can’t justify a pair at my second residence. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/23 "2023-01-18T21:53:26Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > We do not wear shoes in the house to keep it clean. So, why _do_ you wear shoes in the house? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/24 "2023-01-18T22:34:57Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > You & @Chefguy are no-class, imposter, wannabes! ([Sebago Docksiders](https://sebago-usa.com/collections/mens-docksides/products/docksides-portland-brown) are _the_ model of boat shoe to own, not those Sperry versions; They’re also $65 cheaper, so I’ll stick with them. They last a long time, are comfortable, and they serve the purpose for which I buy them. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/25 "2023-01-19T03:11:11Z")
I used to just wear socks in the house, but that makes the socks wear out quickly, and then I got plantar fasciitis, which is not helped by walking about on hard surfaces unshod. So I got me some [Bob’s Skechers](https://www.skechers.com/bobs-keepsakes---ice-angel/31204.html). They’re washable and they donate a small amount of each sale to Petco’s pet adoption program. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/26 "2023-01-19T04:18:25Z")
Traditional slippers and houseshoes make my feet too hot. I now tend to use Crocs. And, even then, I only use them when I’m actually walking around, as I’ve found my soles get sweaty if I keep them on while sitting still. If I could find some shoes that would let my soles breath, too, it would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/27 "2023-01-19T07:47:35Z")
[Espadrilles](https://www.google.com/search?q=espadrille&rlz=1C1YTUH_esES1016ES1016&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT37fcjtP8AhUeRkEAHYmpBN4Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1126&bih=512&dpr=1.71) for me year round, worn with thick socks in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358/28 "2023-01-19T07:59:29Z")
I wear slippers in the house when it’s particularly cold. Especially if I’m doing dishes. Water inevitably splashes, and wet socks are uncomfortable. Slippers keep my socks from getting wet. I also have one particular pair of slippers kept right outside my garage door that I only use for going outside. If I’m spending some time in the garage and I don’t want my socks dirty (or the hard concrete is cold) they are handy to put on. And I wear them when I take out the trash. I just took out the trash minutes ago and used them. They have a thick rubber sole, like a real shoe, so they’re great for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358.md?page=1)