Taking Your Shoes On And Off Without Any Hands

Taking Your Shoes On And Off Without Any Hands
Part of living abroad is adapting to different customs. When we live abroad and adapt,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we sometimes forget that we adapted. We forget how things once were in our daily lives. Then, when someone visits us and comments,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we have a storm of memories and notice what we have adapted to. I had such a moment when Fred started to detail his mother's visit and her shoe analysis.
"So, my mother arrives at our house and has to take off her shoes. Fred's mother was annoyed about this and felt she was being inconvenienced. I am not sure which is worse, Mom going on about this or the Japanese who ask about dirt when Americans wear shoes in the house. Now from that point on Mom is watching shoes like an eagle. I put a chair in the hallway so Mom could sit down when she was taking on and off her shoes."
"Well the next thing Mom starts go on about is shoelaces. Fred's mother sees that many people have slip on shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], shoes without laces. She wants to know why I didn't tell her in advance. Well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I did. So, I told her that. Of course she doesn't remember."
I nodded sympathetically again. I don't have a clue if Fred told her or not, but I wouldn't dream of asking him if he was sure he really told her. Fred continued on his saga of Mom's visits and shoes.
"So, the next day we go out to dinner. We went to Suzuki's. Naturally, we sat at one of the tables in the center,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so we didn't have to take our shoes off. Mom was not really keen on the food, but that's another story. Anyway, this family comes in,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and a bunch of little kids. Two of them look like they are in kindergarten, maybe four or five years old."
Finally getting a word in,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I asked Fred if Mom was upset by the noise or the kids roaming around.
Fred replied,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "Mom didn't say a thing about how cute the kids were or how much they roamed around and how kids should not be moving around in restaurants. I was pretty surprised. Mom was fascinated by the way the kids kept getting up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], effortlessly slipping their shoes on, wandering off,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and coming back. I think they wanted something in the case with all the kiddie stuff and they were negotiating. But they went back and forth about a million times. We were a little far away,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so I couldn't clearly see their shoes. I imagine the backs were broken down. So,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I tried to explain to Mom."
I raised my eyebrows and Fred responded, "Yes, she could not get her head around their breaking down the backs of the shoes by pushing the very back of the shoe forward and standing on it. So, Mom wants to go over there and watch the kids with their shoes. I don't know how to stop her and I want to be able to go to the restaurant again,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so I tell her the grandfather looks really normal,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but he is actually a gangster. Mom believes this and she doesn't go over."
I started to ask something, but Fred cut me off: "So next in come a bunch of young women in their early twenties. They have got those boots that are all the rage now and they have got to take off these long boots to sit down on the tatami. It is pretty effortless for them although Mom was getting a little concerned over modesty issues. Anyway,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Mom flew home and is probably now telling everybody in America all about shoes in Japan.
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