Shoes and Sheets

[naamagatus]

Hi,

I had a discussion with a friend of mine a few days ago on an 
interesting aspect of American culture (as seen through TV, of 
course). She claimed that in a lot of TV series, especially teen 
series such as Beverly Hills ?????? (never can remember that zip 
code), the characters often lie or sit on beds, without taking off 
their shoes (!). Besides finding this repugnant, she was immensely 
intrigued as to whether this reflects real life or whether it's just 
more convenient direction wise. 
I immediately thought of OT-Chatter. So many here are American and 
it's such a random collection (geographically I mean) of people that 
it has the validity of scientific sampling <g>. Also so many here 
seem to relish the trivial, esoteric and unimportant, that I can 
reasonably expect to elicit some response.

So, do *you* lie on your bed with your shoes on? Do members of your 
family? Friends and neighbours? Is it a common custom? Is it common 
in teen culture maybe? Is it prevalent on TV or is my friend nuts?

anthropologically yours,

Naama :-)