A norm for me is to keep everything I own unless it doesn't fit, is broken, or it can be given to someone else in the family before it is trashed. Additionally, the norm for me is to not spend money carelessly when I can buy a cheaper alternative. I didn't realize that I was of a different culture than those in high culture wealth wise until I got to middle and high school. I met one girl who would buy new clothes whenever her clothes got dirty. She would also gift name brand expensive clothing to her friends if she didn't want it anymore after one wear. Another girl was complaining in class how her dad didn't buy her the charger to her brand new electric car. The fact these girls family could afford that was mind blowing to me, signaling that I am more than likely apart of the lower culture. In my family spending money on namebrands or expensive items is seen as distasteful if you are spending beyond your means. If my cousin were to buy a new phone they may get a comment about how their old phone was still usable and brush it off. but If I bought a new phone, I would get scolded for being wasteful as my current phone is not broken and have my finances pointed out.

I'm half Japanese, one norm in my family is not to stick our chopsticks straight up in our bowl or pass food along chopstick to chopstick as it is a funeral tradition. Doing so sends a negative message if done outside of a funeral setting. I learned this while going out to eat kbbq as a kid with my mainland Japanese side of the family. I was playing around and stuck my chopsticks up and made my grandma gasp and my dad snatch my chopsticks down. They gently explained it was improper to do that at dinner as it was a funeral practice. They told me had I done that In Japan I would've gotten a lot of head shakes for being disrespectful.

A norm in my family is to greet one another by hugging and to only hug those that I am close too. Stranger danger. I was taught this by my family and extended family since I was little. I remember once I didn't want to hug one of my cousins to greet them, as I had never met them before, and I got heavily scolded by my dad. My family had to apologize to my cousin. It was an awkward start to his wedding thats for sure, but stranger = danger to me even if I got scolded for being rude. Another time when I was older I greeted my moms cousin with a hug and reared back startled because she greeted me with a Honi. Beforehand it was just a greeting only one of my aunts occasionally did.