Things Westerners Do That Asians May NEVER Understand (Korean Teen & American Reaction)

Exactly. I think it depends on the region you’re in, your family ways, and even cultural tradition in America.

Yeah, I rarely put ice in my drinks, only if it's cold, I decide to get some. And if I get it from a (fast food lol) restaurant. Because for some strange reason, THEY ALWAYS PUT ICE WhEtHeR yOu LiKe iT oR nOt.

Fill that glass with ice 🧊 love it 🤘☮️😜

@@feelbettersoon1532 To be fair, ice is pretty much a staple of drinks in America and they're expected by the vast majority to be "ice cold" unless it's a drink normally served hot. Even tea here is typically iced. Regardless, the reason is not that strange: ice is cheaper than whatever beverage goes in the cup. Restaurants put in more ice to save money on drink syrups and such. Generally you can just ask for no ice or light ice and they will accommodate you, though.

@@awkwebum100 ABSOLUTELY. America is diverse as her people. No one person can say what American do / don’t do.

Absolutely. For the most part, I think MANY Koreans, or MOST asians, OR OTHER ASIANS, that have NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRY, are ignorant about what exactly other ppl do. Also I find that when asians talk about America, they think only of whites and not of America being made up of MANY ethnic groups. So CULTURE, ETHNIC BELIEFS, TRADITIONS & RITUALS can vary from literally house to house.

i live in america and i grew uo with it being normal in my family to hug people youve never met, ive always hated it, it seems so invasive i dont understand how anyone is okay with it

@@allessandrapeirce9510 if you live alone for 100 years, you will learn the meaning and value of a hug. Even a hug from an animal like your dog is comforting.

@@allessandrapeirce9510 🤷 Some people are just more or less touchy than other people, even if it is different from the prevailing culture. Since it is so common here I have had people tell me when I met them that they are "not really huggers", and that's fine too. You do you!

@@hunterkudo9832 So true. I live alone and it feels so nice and comforting when someone HUGS me; but, if someone does not, I do not feel as though they do not like/hate me. I guess hugs/kissing is an individual thing.

Yes! Finally someone who knows facts! I've heard so many people say that Asians prefer light skin because they want to be caucasians and are racists. When Asian history says otherwise!

@@Moss_piglets then they changed it into a racist and colorist thing. So it's both

Umm.. not really. White is just beauty standar here in asian because dark skin looks dull on us..

@@ly7865 but there are asians that have dark skin. Are you saying they look dull?

That's human, when we have dark skin we want lighter one. Vice versa white skin wanna make it tanned. 😂😂😂
It's difficult to explain what i mean with dull color. for example like me, i easily get dark skin when i go out and it's nothing like honey color i got. But the skin looks dull and like burnt chicken. 😭

That is so true! I went from a more stand-offish culture to a "hugging' one, and it was hard to get used to. I have to admit, unless it's at church, I'm still not very comfortable with it.

I'm more of a one head nod type of gal . I'm also super awkward in regular situations 😅

as an egyptian i can agree with that

Same in Spain😁

I was gonna say that VWBFBD

Same thing in France but we do the bise, do you also do the bise?

in Brazil sometime we do this 😂

I think a color would look even better on her. She's lovely looking. The black adds nothing.

She's wearing green tho-

And she doesn't look like she's trying too hard to be a goth, its weird

I personally do not like to see that dark lipstick on black women....but, she is “slaying it” indeed.

The colorlooks so beautiful on her! Pair with that smile - perfection!

Thank you for the heartwarming comment. I appreciate you😍

As a person raised in Michigan, true lol. I couldn't relate to most of the things she said Westerners do??

As a person raised in Texas, agreed. I couldn't relate to most of the things she said was what Westerners do. lol

Same with Asia, Africa. But people always generalise

@@user-3aa6234fh yeah but I'd say the US is a lot more like a continent in how diverse it is so generalizations of people in the US is a lot more inaccurate than generalizations of people in Korea

@@MrDot-hw5wb nah, I mean people generalize whole Asia or at least East Asia. Or whole continent Africa (except of north Africa that people often generalize with whole middle east)

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I'm french and I never walk in the house with shoes, and I greet people in america by kissing them on both of their cheeks, its really important 😁 btw rn I live in America

I've never known a girl to drink from a big carton like that in America. That's usually something men try to do when no one is looking. Especially younger men and boys. If they are caught they will be severely scolded.

Right. I was gonna say the older Black women I know and my mom are very maternal and huggy. I inherited it too. Everyone's a child or a baby and they get hugs and kisses. They have to be family though or someone they know. I always would be brave though and say hi to an elder or a stranger or a baby. But you don't hug them or kiss them unless you know them or heard about them and the parent has to allow you to hold the baby. And honestly when you're a kid the hugs and kisses were so weird but once you get older and life starts to be rough you end up liking the support and affection. It has to do with the warm energy passed from a hug. Not the "repsectfullness". It's affectionate.

I mean same in Korea, in different regions with different dialects there’s different subcultures and ways of doing things that aren’t like the typical Seoul way

Ikr, periodt 💀

I clapped XD

@@seokjinkim9862 hyung!!

@@ae-mz7wn Annyong! 😌

PERIOD😍 lol

As a Midwesterner I confirm what you say as I do not give hugs either 😂

Midwesterner and I want to hug everyone but don't because it isn't done

Can confirm...Midwestern here. Never have hugged someone when we first met. Found that a bizarre characterization when I saw it but reading the comments apparently its common in other regions. Interesting!

Midwesterner checking in to agree. Glad I wasn't going crazy! I was like...DO NOT HUG ME! I just met you! We will now shake hands and remark on the weather.

Could be cultural. I'm also in the Midwest but I'm Black so when we introduce close friends and family there are hugs all around. I couldn't imagine meeting a room full of aunties and not coming out covered in sweater lint and lipstick smudges on my cheeks. Not with total strangers, though.

Her voice is fine, but dark pink would've been better on her.

@@Beckala67 errkay weirdo

@@Beckala67 If she likes it that’s fine! And she look stunning with this black lipstick ♥️

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Isn't that just normal? Everyone I know can do this.

@@shadowwolf6205 i cant and i speak spanish lol

@@sof8901 German and english for me. It's mothereffing easy. Just happens. You react automatically. When someone speaks german I switch to german, speak english, english it is. You don't learn it ,you just do it. It's normal. I never met anyone who didn't do it.
Maybe some people just can't do it and definitely depends on your level. If you are fluent it's just normal.

@@shadowwolf6205 that wasn’t my point lol i can’t switch languages mid convo i’ll either get stuck in one and then go back and fix my mistake

@@sof8901 sounds strange to me. I just do that. It's kinda hard for me to grasp your viewpoint because it's so normal for me. And my mind is pretty chaotic but this is fine.

she gives me unni vibes the way she's treating him

I think exactly the same

And and her voice is so nice too

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She looks so pretty I love her hair and lipstick!

Ours too. It's perfectly normal to remind kids to take them off. Adults will do it automatically.

In Germany we also take the shoes off in the hallway. Unless the host explicitly says it's fine to leave them on.

In northern part of the US people usually don't wear shoes inside the home because they would be bringing in a lot of snow throughout the house. A lot of times (not always) homes up north will have what's called a mud room. This is where you take your shoes, socks, and winter wear off and hang in up on the wall or put onto a shelf.
Talking about bringing in a lot of snow. My mom would put my dad's socks and t-shirt on their Old English Sheep dog when she did her business during winter (they lived in snowy Wisconsin). One time my mom forgot and the dog came back inside with clumps of snow on the body. It took 2 beach towels to soak up the water.

Same in Norway. Wearing shoes inside someone's house is beyond disrespectful; you'll drag mud everywhere

Yeah in finland we take off our shoes too. It's bizarre that you would wear shoes inside, we're not outside. It's a disgusting idea to wear your dirty shoes inside 😭

Right

agreed. I wanted to say the same thing. She just has one of those "voices".

She really does have a nice voice. She could lead a yoga session

Same. You would love listening to her. ❤️

Nice pfp

Yes, black parents don't like it when strangers are too familiar!

@@shanchan8247 I swear they cuss yo ass out and please don’t walk in they house without saying hello🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️. One of my friends got cussed out for not telling my bestfriend mama hello.

I am from Romania, Eastern Europe, and it’s so weird to me how casual the English language is in general. We have many different greetings and multiple pronouns for this, but when put in English they sound so off and pretentious.

@@shanchan8247 Fr!

Exactly!

Yeah same. I don't know where they got that from but here, we only hug people who we know really well.

I don’t think the idea was that EVERY American does this, it’s just something that some Americans might do. I’ve met a lot people who go for a hug when I first meet them, I don’t do it personally because I know some of my friends are uncomfortable with hugs so you never know.

could be that you're an introvert?? extroverted Asian are very talkative even with a stranger tho

@@nuhahaha8575 I’m an ambivert. I can talk with strangers if the cues are there but I’m not going to hug them.

@@laner9153 most Americans don’t hug strangers unless they’re drunk or dating. If they see that person often enough they will hug that person even if they’re not that close but upon first or second meeting they’re not.

I'm American, and we always take off our shoes in our house. We either walk around in slippers or barefoot. And the hugging is reserved for only family and maybe 1 friend 😂

Same here and I’m Nigerian. Yeah, it’s a No

I'm from Trinidad! I think one thing we can agree all Caribbean people do is talk to strangers constantly 😂

My dad is from Alabama & we take our shoes off at the 🚪..😂😂

THIS!!!!!

🥰🥰😚

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Fr

I love the tone of her voice! And he’s adorable too!

She has such grate energy!!! Outgoing yet rispectful❤️ want to se her in more videos❤️, other foreigners that we usualy see are realy Korean style, i meen they were makeup, talk and are dressed in a Korean maner. I would like to see people to realy rapresent the country that they are from, or in general rapresent non asian vibe. Cose im Ukranian and i dont feel rapresented by that tipe of foreigner like to me they dont even look or act like non asian person 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@boh7816 exactly 💯

Fully agree

who wans to keep cleaning carpet and floors? in my country i've never seen a carpeted floor and in my house, the floors gets cleaned almost everyday so... i only walk with shoes around the house to go to my room when i come from outside and then i go barefoot, very rarely do i wear them in other rooms (but it may happen), then again different cultures. Even so there is something i've seen in americans shows that is completely disgusting and that is shoes in the bed/sofa. Why would you do that in the place you sleep and put your skin against?

@@chocolatbownie35 I agree with you. I never understood how people in American TV shoes would sit on the bed or couches with their shoes on. That’s totally disgusting. Many American homes have carpeting and while we vacuum often, shampooing the carpet is a major hassle as it takes hours for the carpet to dry, and there is the cost of having to have it professionally clean. Hence, why everyone I know will either walk around their homes barefoot, with socks on, or have slippers.

same here. i get so mad when my kids forget to take off their shoes at the door. We live in a sandy part of the south and sand tracks in so easily!!!!

Yes true !

I do not wear shoes in my house. I didn't use to enforce it with my guests until one came in with dog poo on her shoe and tracked in on my carpet 😡.
Now my guests already know, shoes off at the door!!!!!!!

I think its because in Ontario there is often slush on your shoes!

Must be that difference in flooring types and soil conditions!

American here. Shoes in the house is a big no-no. They come off as soon as one steps inside and socks go on immediately. I am constantly preaching at my kids ‘dont you dare walk around MY floors without socks on!’ Lol

I've lived in NY for 31 years and have never known anyone to do this. Taking off your shoes is a given in any household here 😬

@@Greentrees60 yes! I wonder if taking off shoes in the US is more common in places with snow. I lived in Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky during the 1980's and didn't know anyone who took their shoes off when entering a home. Now I've been in Ontario, Canada for 29 years and everyone I know does it.🇨🇦

You got it right! My name is spelled that way. And thank you for your comment

@@reneedreamsart Thank you so much! You’re so sweet! I am still learning Korean! 😁 And this really encouraged me ☺️☺️ so thank you 😘

I agree, because there are many cultures residing in America. This video is kind of generalizing those different traditions

The title is Westerners. Not Americans. The woman just happens to be American. You could literally take every one of those examples and put it in the UK. We like to hug, we don't take our shoes off, we're informal.

@@ariagnyug usually when Koreans says “Westerners”, they often means Americans.

@@ariagnyug From what I know American is apart of that “Western” definition

@@ariagnyug I do agree with you, but I would argue that because she is American she can only give her American, Western, point of view. Also that besides the title they tend to use America as a poster for Western media and culture :)

ABSOLUTELY and NOT ALL (not even most) AMERICANS are touchy/feely

@@JESUSISLORDforever888 guess it depends on where you grew up

@@redpencil1409 Here in Hawaii, we can be very touchy/feely

yeah it’s mostly the upbringing i didn’t use to be a touchy feely person it actually made me uncomfortable but my friends hugged me often and eventually i started to like it and do it out of habit (edit: autocorrect fix)

@@audacity4653 Absolutely. Everyone NEEDS a hug especially nowadays.

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Even in the streets?

True, us Hispanics/Latins greet each other with hugs and kisses even when meeting for the first time only if we’re introduced to them by a friend in common. When that happens sometimes you’ll see me doing both things at once, offer my hand in handshake and leaning for a hug/kiss.

same with arabs. Literally kiss each other noses lmao

Oh wow that sounds so nice, it must be very difficult to not do that now 🙁

Like French people :)

@@sevahiggins yeah, actually it is. It gets uncomfortable when we don't hug, but when you meet new people, it's not a hug hug, it would be like a half hug, just with one and maybe a kiss on the cheecl

SAME its so weird. I get handshakes but hugging is so invasive

That’s funny, like for my culture we don’t do hugs unless we know each other BUT it will seem rude to just say “hi” normally we give a kiss in chic the first time we meet someone 😂😂.
When I went to the states I felt incomplete for just saying hi without the kiss.

Same

@@lillianelightwood6464 oh interesting, where are you from?

Is that really common in the US? Hugging even people you just met?

I agree she seems very approachable

Thank you so much! 🥰

I honestly believe it’s just America

@@69raisinswhy lol, no. There are a lot of other places that keep shoes on inside the house, it's not like an "american thing".
Also, it depends how you were raised.

Honestly for me it depends on the house some houses I take it off some houses I keep it on lol

😂 My parents are Belgian immigrants and they'd send me straight to the grave if I wore shoes inside

I'm in France, and i think it just depends on how you were raised :^

I agree with you completely!

Well this video is generalized. Not all American are the same

@@ivanapetrovska9730 yeah, this video is generalized. Though I don’t think a general amount Americans would agree to drinking milk straight from the carton, or hugging a stranger.

@@meganjung5264 In my family my father always drinks milk from the carton, we always take off shoes before entering the house, when I was a kid and broke something my mom would throw a slipper at me, we shake hands with strangers but hug and kiss friends on the cheek, we always greet our friends parents politely and shake hands when meeting them. Which nationality am I? A mix? No, I'm Macedonian. And no, not all Macedonians act like this.

@@ivanapetrovska9730 I’m not saying everyone doesn’t drink milk straight from the carton or hug strangers. Just the MOST people don’t not ALL.

@@meganjung5264 I think the drinking milk out of the carton/jug comes from American movies and series. I've seen it a lot there. Maybe people used to do that in the past I don't know. It had to come out of somewhere.

re drinking from the carton: Bacteria and viruses don't care. When you inoculate a nutrient media with oral flora, it starts growing immediately. Growth is slower at cold temperatures, but inevitable. In a fairly short time, the salmonella, Listeria, staph, strep, chlamydia, papilloma, Herpes, Hepatitis C, and whatever else you are growing in your mouth has reproduced several times in the carton, and is ready to overwhelm your immunity, Or the immunity of anyone else who drinks after you. If you are part of a large household, with several people drinking from the carton, it probably won't matter. Otherwise, it will.

Yeah I’ve never done that lmao. I don’t wanna get sick qhah

The only time I’ve ever hugged someone I just met was in school where this one girl went around and gave a hug to everyone in the class including me and it was mostly just awkward.

I drink from the carton if I’m the only one who’ll drinks that particular beverage. And I hug fairly often also. I often don’t initiate the hug, but others will hug me and I accept and return their hugs.

@Verity Payne Year 12 what a life you had to make all this scenatio for a simple hug

Yea same I find it kinda awkward and it can also make the other person uncomfortable.🙂

Same here- when I’m greeting someone I only hug them if they’re super close or family. Otherwise I’m just like “hey 😐🤚”

Exactly. Never in my entire life have I done that or had it done. Don't know where they got that one.

Yeah I’ve never hugged someone I’ve met for the first time lol. I only hug people that I’m really close to.

Same

Yes I agree =)..

Or to be more specific "Things White Americans Do That Asians May NEVER Understand" lol😂. Because most African-Americans, Latin-Americans, and Asian-Americans don't do most of those things lol😂.

Canadians do the same.

@@yolandaperry86 They seem to always forget that America ≠ only white ppl🥲💀

@@jazharris2903 yesn’t

It would be better for her to not marry a Korean as it's a tough culture for foreigners especially if you are black

@@ifeifesi my mom is mexican-american and my dad is born in korea and immigrated to the us. i grew up seeing them teaching things about each other's culture almost every day. it was kind of fun, a lot of the time id witness one questioning the other why the heck they did a certain thing, my dad explaining how it'd be in korea, vice versa and seeing them compromise, laugh about it or just understand each other. they love each other's differences, its nice. don't doubt multi cultural / bi racial relationships! they can very much work. theyve been married for 26 years. :)

Thank you!🥰

As part Dane, I second this! If I wore my shoes inside my grandma would've made me take them off and probably throw them at my face lol. Wearing shoes inside is a sin.

That’s ok, however we are humans, we are social animals, a hug can mean the world to people. I know I would appreciate a genuine hug even from a stranger if I’m struggling. Human connection is very important for mental health. But I’m Spanish so I’m very biased haha

American here. Hugging is not the norm here but some families are more genuously effusive and always have that touchy-feely response to others. "Un abarazo" is not rare/uncommon. I'm guessing that at least half the Americans wear shoes inside. Very common. However it is frowned on/or more likely get yelled at if you would walk in with muddy shoes or wet/snow covered shoes in the winter. Minor dust is accepted because people clean their homes and floors regularly here. Spotless homes are NOT common. More an ideal than the actual practice in many American homes to be so spick and span.

@@carson5196 Doesn't everyone in every country clean their homes and floors regularly if they're physically abled to do so and not depressed af?

@@Struudeli Some people are obsessive about cleanliness. They are appalled about shoes worn in homes. Most Americans are much more lax about this. Cleaning schedules in US homes can vary substantially. Some are daily, others weekly still others whenever they get around to it. So "regular" cleaning is not very clearly known. My experience is that Europeans and Asians are much more vigilant about this. Foreigners are sometimes perplexed by US customs and how different they seem.

The more in the south of the continent the more touchy and friendly people are. Before the pandemic I struggled so much with cheek kisses to greet, some people just get it but some find it rude (I think is more common between old people to find it rude).

Yeah, I've seen that too. I'm from the North and we tend to be much more withdrawn when compared to the South. The most we'll do for a greeting when we are first meeting someone is a handshake - everything else is considered unwelcome, improper, or even just plain rude. Of course, not everyone is like that, it's just generally that we are more likely to react in a mortified fashion when compared to our much more friendly Southern counter-parts.

And this, my friends, is why side hugs are a thing

America is a continent, not a country

@@angeli-k thank you. I will revise my post to say usa.

Latin America is a Western Country. America is not just the USA.

@@Justmy2mexpesos u mean continent?

@@ComedyGlor yes continent, isn't anything western = Latin America?

@@Justmy2mexpesos uh no? Everything Western is South America North America and Europe

@Artoria Pendragon Canada is similar but the shoes in the house is a big no we don't where shoe inside. It can be considered disrespectful and rude. Its not as big of a deal as Korea but is just a well known thing.

Awkward

Me too, but it's not that deep bro. They are just talking about westerners in general, obviously it doesn't count to every single person that isn't from there country

also, just because they don't do those things in they're country and culture normally, doesn't mean someone from there can't feel normal doing it.

Same here.

You people either want to pretend you are like Korean people or boy you have issues. It is a hug hello, if you are meeting someone who is nice why not? Unless it shows you they are aholes nothing wrong with a hug. As someone said it's not that deep.

true.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lmao ikr 😂😭

😂🤣

That was so funny-

I am Spanish and we hug and kiss other people's cheeks when we greet them. So , for Camila, it was a normal thing to do.

SUPER hard but I feel that if she actually said what she wanted to say, that could have been a very important learning lesson

That's because living in Korea she probably now knows the actual historic reasons why people in many Asian countries don't want tans.
I'm sure she as an American had to learn the *humility* it would take for an American to actually understand the historic and cultural context of what people do in other countries.
You can't just put your own sensibilities on everything and think you're right, but that's what American ignorance gets you, I guess.

@@Zeverinsen America has HEAVY colorism too. Every culture even some African cultures have heavy colorism. So instead of allowing it it’s best to call it out and not be ignorant.

@@Zeverinsen with the heavy mindset of "white skin is the right skin" based HEAVILY off of westernized culture (popular movies, music, models, etc) putting a major emphasis today's beauty standards in the Asian culture, this could have been a great learning experience that could have been spoken on in this video. Nobody's putting self sensibilities on anything, it's the fact that it's true and the narrative needs to be changed. Studying before speaking so loudly and being so wrong might benefit you some, I guess.

she wasn't wrong with her explanation though, when a lot of jobs in america were industrialized and most people had office or factory jobs, they would spend a lot of time indoors; so if a person had a tan it meant they had the time and money to spend outside or going on vacation. It was a status symbol but in recent years there are definitely different reasons as to why people like to get tanned out here.

It's actually kind of weird to hug strangers even in America. Usually people only hug friends and family. Not people you barely know.

I wonder if it's a regional thing. I agree, hugging people you don't know seems very weird to me.

@@niccolom4556 It depends on where you are from in America. Some Americans do hug strangers the just met.

In California it’s normal but there’s like, classifications of hugs based on how well you know them, and obviously always ask a stranger when you’re first meeting them if they’re ok with it.
One arm bro hug for the strangers
Long hug for a friend or persons you want to show you care for
And a brief hug for people you consider associated to you or your group.
Hugs are often more for goodbye then hello, but still considered normal in either instance.

@@honeydubear5530 Subregions of american culture vary greatly.. And america is a melting pot. I have grown up in the PNW most my life with a brief stay in Arkansas. In Washington state people dont generally hug when they've just met, but I could see that being more common in the south. Also guys are less likely to hug when first meeting

Yea, same where I live. Most take them off unless in a hurry or they are clean.

Same here.

My parents are split, so I technically live in two houses. The one with my dad, I can go in with my shoes whenever I want. But that's mostly because he doesn't fUCKIN take off his boots. And my mom's, it feels more like aunt's even tho they both own the house, I have to shove my shoes downstairs in the basement because apparently I'm not allowed to have them upstairs.

Same, my dad would've disowned me for wearing my shoes on the carpets. We took our shoes off at tiled area around the door, and then carried them straight to our rooms.

same. i wore shoes in my house for a long, long time because we had carpet and my dad wears his shoes inside the house. so the carpet got gross. we got rid of it recently and now i don't wear shoes in the house anymore, but he still does and ughhhh so frustrating. he's really weird so we can't get him to take them off inside. dude will lay in bed with them on sometimes.

ABSOLUTELY!

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ok so never go to uruguay

Wait on the mouth or on the cheek

@@taegan1831 cheek

Ohh my God 🙆🏾‍♀️😭😭😂😂 I now know never to come 😂😂 *joke*

Tell them you were raped and touching people you don’t know in that manner can send you into shock. I would do that if I wanted to establish boundaries with people who don’t understand.

Exactlyy, I need a real friend like her. Lol all my friends are fake

@@maggie-michelle6934 I hope you find real friends. Everyone deserves to have a real friend that they can trust:) I'm still waiting on my friends to come one day, but they'll come along soon :)

I know wth???

Omg true. I even yell at my own dad to take off his street shoes in my flat 🤣

same here in india lol

Haha is so

Flying brooms and rocks in Africa 😫

The American south (a multicultural family): put these medical slippers on, leave the red clay outside, please!

The same in Germany, France, Italy... everyone takes their shoes off. Its simple manners & hygiene

Yes same here in germany

That's right, whether it's at my house or going to a friend's, I always take my shoes off.
I think in most European countries there is this habit
But in the States it is a habit to walk around the house in your shoes and lie down on the bed with your shoes on
Greetings from Krakow

Same in Sweden =)

Same for me in the US I guess it depends on how your raised my mom would be so mad if u walked on her floor with outside shoes on when you come in take off your shoes at the door!! 🙂

No. Skin glowing has nothing to do with color shade but skin health.

@@niccolom4556 darker skin looks much better when it comes to glowing skin it’s more visible and pretty.

That's the cancer, nice and shiny.

@@niccolom4556 ever heard of the term “sun kissed?” Or “golden hour” where the sun makes it look like ur skin is glowing…maybe ur just too pale to see it tho

The irony is that black people dont sunbathe - unless they are lunatics. she is being very nice bit it is only white people that strip off and run into the sun .

i only walk around with shoes if they’re house slippers tbh

Yes, the vast majority of Americans don't.
today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/01/17/most-americans-take-their-shoes-home-dont-expect-t

Sometimes in my house if I’m walking to my room to take off my shoes😭 other than that no, I need my flip flops to walk around my house🩴😃

Same

...your house whole? Do u mean household

True.
Just don't do that with introverts :-)

I agree with you, Daisy. My mom would HUG everybody and would call them darlin, angel and/or sweetheart. I guess it was her way of making others feel comfortable around her. All my high school friends seemed to love my mom MORE than they liked me. They loved talking with her. My mom never judged ppl so they felt taking with her about any & everything. Our house, at times, was like grand central station. She was truly a very special person. She’s no longer with us ( she’s gone home & with the LORD ) but what an impression, inspiration & encouragement she was. AFTER THOT: I miss you mom :(...

I personally don't do hugs when I first meet people as I'm introverted and not a touchy person. I don't mind if someone wants to but I have my limits on hugs from random/new people.

Personally, I don't even hug my best friend and I've known her for 10 years.

That is still silly, but i'll add it to my list of arguments i've heard about wearing shoes indoors - being too lazy to spend a few seconds (or multiplied by a few times, depending on how many times they go in and out) a day to do it. I don't want to be nosy, but i bet that cleaning the floors/carpets will take a lot more time than those few seconds that could spare the additional, unneeded floor wiping/vacuuming. Still not as ridiculous as "my feet stink, so i wear shoes", or "why would i do it if i only walk to the car and from the car to work ?", among the others.

Yeah, I’m from Alabama so most of the people here are hella friendly. I’ve known all these people before but everybody I know don’t take off their shoes in the house it’s just not or tradition or families.

@@DoctorStrange01 It's not really silly?? It's just a cultural difference and you're actually being pretty rude about it. People in the south also spend a lot of time outdoors, so taking of shoes all the time would just be weird. Not only that but taking off shoes in the house really depends on the specific situation and could be seen as rude depending on when you do it.

tetrikz it doesn’t really take much longer if it’s floor I’m not sure about carpet though.

@@DoctorStrange01 some of us Don't mind cleaning so yea here in America things are more relaxed and not as uptight if I Don't wanna take my shoes off in my own house that I pay for I Don't have to. It ain't got a damn thing to do with being lazy it depends on the culture, nationality, how you grew up etc please learn that all families aren't like yours