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Originally Posted by HORNET
Most middle eastern’s don’t like or will wear hand me downs. Have been known to trash instead of using
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OMG!!! Yes, this is true! But it's not just middle easterners, I think it's a Muslim thing because our former Pakistani neighbors, who we were very close to, would recoil in horror at the offer of any kind of used garment. These were items barely worn (one was a cold-weather jacket that was
never worn but we couldn't return it because we had taken off the tags and no longer had the receipt). We were puzzled but figured it had something to do with their religion or culture and never pursued it further. But we never offered them anything like that again.
Just because something seems odd to YOU doesn't mean it's not true. We sometimes can't wrap our minds around another culture/religion's practices and customs because they clash so badly with ours. It's one of the inconvenient truths about "multiculturism".