Brit living in the US shares biggest culture changes - including bedding rule
We're used to the way things are in the UK, and while America isn't too dissimilar, there's no denying there are some cultural differences between Brits and Americans as one woman hilariously found out in an American supermarket.
Moving to a new country can be exciting, discovering your new surroundings while getting used to the new way of life makes it clear how different we live in the UK. Things we may take for granted you wouldn't realise until you don't have it any more. As Amber Peacock, who goes by @_apeacock on TikTok moved to America, she found herself scratching her head when innocently trying to shop for bedding.
After she admitted she'd spent two hours in the American supermarket Target, Amber resorted to asking other fellow Americans online for help as she couldn't get her head around the huge selection of bedding varieties on offer.
She took to TikTok to share her ordeal, and wrote: "This wasn't a great start on our first night living in the US but hopefully you can help me out," as she filmed herself in the shop looking puzzled and went into "panic mode".
The mum-of-one said: "Good morning America, I need your help. I've just popped into Target to pick up some deodorant because I ran out yesterday and it reminded me of an unresolved trauma that I have from the very first night that we arrived at our new home in the US, after moving from the UK.
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"Probably my first big culture shock. So picture this, we get to our new house, we have dinner, we put Rory to bed, we realise that we don't have any bedding. No worries I said, there's a Target a mile away. I'm just gonna go there, it's 8pm, and they're still open. I found the bedding section and immediately went into panic mode."
Amber quickly realised the huge cultural difference between bedding in America and Britain, and it seemed like it was a lot simpler for her living in the UK. She added: "Everything is so different here. In the UK, you would buy a fitted sheet, a duvet and a duvet set. You'd have to make two choices - one, what colour you want your duvet set, and two, how thick you want your duvet.
"That's it, ten minutes, in and out, wham bam, thank you, done, bed, go. I was in there for nearly two hours, trying to figure out what I should buy to make the bed."
As she explored the huge variety of items available for beds, she came across "comforters" and "shams" and asked her followers what they were. Amber explained: "So we do have duvet sets, couldn't find any duvets. We also have comforter sets, we also have quilt sets, we have just sheet sets, we also have shams.
"What the f*** is a sham? In the UK a sham is like a fake like a sham wedding would be a fake wedding - don't think it has the same meaning. Here we have pillow covers and pillowcases, what's the difference? And of course, we have everything in a million different fabrics, sateen, satin, temperature balancing, perfectly relaxed, jersey, velvet."
Baffled by the range, Amber asked for some advice on how to make her bed and claimed she's "pretty sure" she's still not got it right and hilariously concluded: "Just being back in this aisle is giving me the shivers, don't even get me started on the price of all this."
Luckily, US TikTokers came to Amber's help and explained the different items available. They wrote: "If you need warmer bedding you get a comforter set. If you need cooler bedding you get a quilt set. Get a high thread count sheet set," while another explained: "Pillow cover: protects pillow (don't need one). Pillow case goes over that. Sham is fancy pillow case that matches the comforter. Comforter is like a duvet that you don't need to cover. Quilt is a quilt. Sheer sets have flat, fitted and pillowcases included. Sham also means fake here too. And fancy pillow case." Whereas fellow a Brit joked: "There are no rules with bedding. Do what you want. I would be just shipping it from the UK".
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