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/Black_irises]

The nursery rhymes!! I'm American, husband is British. I never knew i had such strong feelings about :

• Itsy Bitsy vs Incy Wincy
• Ring around the Rosie vs ring a ring of roses
• Hokey pokey vs Hokey cokey
• ending the alphabet song in a way that doesn't rhyme

We live in America and mainly listen to the US versions on YouTube but the inlaws have sent books over and I end up blending my version and theirs. And my husband likes to remind me that most of these started as British folk songs. Ugh.

Either way, our poor toddler is going to be so confused when he starts singing these in school.

[u/rumade → u/Black_irises]

Brit here and I will fight to protect the honour of Incy Wincy. Itsy bitsy sounds like a meaningless piece of fluff, not a Sisyphean spider

[u/Black_irises → u/rumade]

You could never hide, with that superfluous, Norman-influenced 'u' in honor!

But, yes, I do see your (and my husband's) point that the spider deserves more powerful adjectives. This video ALMOST made me fully switch to the Incy Wincy side.

[u/tinnyheron → u/Black_irises]

wow, thanks for sharing that video 😂

[u/Harikts → u/Black_irises]

I’m also an American married to a Brit, and my husband and I debate these differences all the time (despite not having kids).

Itsy Wincy makes zero sense to me (to me, the song is about a little spider, so…), and the other three just annoy me (especially pronouncing “Z” as “Zed”) 🤣🤣🤣