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First, I need to confirm if it's true or just a television trope.
Do North Americans really keep their shoes on while lounging on their beds, or is it something directors do for whatever technical reason?
If true, then I can't get over it - and I come from a outside-shoes-indoors culture.
USA here. Grew up wearing shoes all over the house. Even in carpet, etc. one out of a dozen friends will have a house rule no shoes in the house or on the carpet. Those people are weirdos 😉 edit. I do wear shoes on my bed or couch. Wouldn’t place on my pillow or my head area.
I may be doing it wrong I admit. I haven’t had any foot oral transmission of disease that I know of. 🤦♂️
But would you lounge on your (or someone else's bed) with your shoes still on? From the other answers, that seems to be rare or even TV-only.
Shoes on carpets and floors, I understand. That's how we do it where I came from originally (I don't do it any more because the climate is different where I live now).
Definitely not someone else’s. Climate difference makes sense.