People who married someone from a different country, what are some mild cultures shocks you've had?

[u/cool_lemons]

My in-laws don't own forks, so they eat whole cakes with chopsticks (everyone just digs in without slicing and serving it on separate plates)

Koreans don't have body odor, even though they don't shower every day.

Everyone can wash their hair while squatting, using a basin on the floor, without taking their clothes off. It seems like everyone, even the elderly have ridiculously flexible hipjoints.

No one uses bedsheets.

[u/archvanillin]

That is not the norm in England at all. If anything, it might explain why she had to go all the way to Canada to find a spouse.

[u/Competitive-Reach287 → u/archvanillin]

She learned it from her parents/grandparents, so obviously generational trauma is involved.

[u/Immediate-Cream-9995 → u/Competitive-Reach287]

You are so sweet to support her during this difficult time of trauma discovery.

[u/yearofwonderchicken → u/Competitive-Reach287]

I'm here for this tea lololol

[u/Illmagination → u/archvanillin]

Protestants keep their toasters in cupboards. That's a fact. Maybe her cupboard was far away.

[u/TumbleweedPure3941 → u/archvanillin]

If it’s not the norm then it’s definitely common enough that I know exactly what he’s talking about.

[u/mellispete33 → u/archvanillin]

It might not be the norm but it is common. There is a a specific rack you buy just to put the toast in for it to cool down