did you ever realize you had a habit you never thought of before?
When I worked in Japanese public schools some older men would brush their teeth between meals in the office. I always thought brushing teeth should be done in the restroom sink, and not in front of other people
One might find that what is considered a private act in one cultural context may be viewed with a different lens in another.
How absurd. Yes in the restroom sink, alone, not even your partner should be in there lol
Hahaha yes! Thats how I felt before. Now we do it around the house cause we don’t even have a proper restroom in Tokyo. Just a toilet room, a separate shower room and a sink outside, but I won’t brush my teeth when other people are here.
It’s kind of silly though. Why?
I mean Japanese people won’t blow their nose at the dinner table, they go to the bathroom to do it. These things feel pretty much equal to me, so why one not the other?
A core principle that must never be deviated from
yeah it's odd how different cultures work