"The new Love is Blind season is upon us, so naturally, my FYP has been showing some of the best - and worst - moments from seasons past. And can we all take a moment to remember the Season 8 episode where Joey meets Monica's family and discovers that, as a family, they all share socks? Yup...they have a communal sock bucket, so when someone leaves the house, they can just grab a pair. Which goes to show, one person's "normal" is another person's "WTF?""
"Like, did your family have a single red plate among all the green ones, and when it was used at the table, everyone had to sing a song called "You Are Special" (yes, written by the family), followed by going around in a circle to compliment the plate-bearer of the evening? I guess it was probably a brilliant idea on my parents' part - not only did we rush to claim who got to set the table"
A viral reality-show moment about a family sharing a communal sock bucket highlights how household rituals can seem normal to insiders and odd to outsiders. Personal memories of family-specific traditions include a single red plate that triggered a family-written song and a round of compliments, and a game of racing around the kitchen table to beat an answering machine greeting. These rituals encouraged participation, attention, and family identity during childhood, yet became surprising or embarrassing when exposed to friends unfamiliar with those practices.
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