“Why do you do that?” ~the Americanized boy to his in-laws.
“We were told that’s how it’s done. It’s tradition.” ~the superstitous in-laws.
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Long ago before the boy married the girl anyway, they bought a house together. When we visited that house, the girl was slamming the drawers and cabinets. She had to be told to sit down and converse with us.
During the family photo-op of their wedding, no one smiled except the four of us, including the boy. Smiling during photographs is not traditional.
In another situation, I was playing the piano. The girl then tuned her back to the performer, opened a piece of paper and showed the boy. She was talking throughout one song.
Several times, the girl awaited patiently for the elders to sit down and take the first bite. In our tradition, the children we given more food first, not the elders.
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In America, it is all about change. Those who cannot adapt to change in America should go back to their homelands and practice their outmoded traditions and superstitious beliefs and continue their miserable lives in oppressive and tyrannical societies.
Don’t expect other cultures to get along everything, except through ideas, food, drinks, clothing, art and music. Everything else can be historical, like Judaism.
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