Culture shock!

I found myself thinking sociologically when in class we were discussing the Middle East and Muslims and how their culture is so different than ours! 8th grade to sophmore year i "dated" a muslim, and i say "dated" because at the end of freshman year he broke up with me because of his religion, but we pretty much still considered ourselves together after that. At first everything was great between us and it was like any other relationship but then his parents started pressuring him with their culture and convinced him to stop dating me.
     We stopped dating officially but we still talked everyday. He would ALWAYS talk to me about his religion and he even tried to convert me to muslim. He told me about how they pray 5 times a day and have a certain way to cleanse themselves before a prayer. His mom wore the Hijab and she thought it was kind of disrespectful of me to wear a sleeveless shirt the first time i met her because she was all covered up. I would consider this culture shock because our cultures were so different, and his mom had trouble adjusting to how Americans dress and act. Although i'm sure she's used to seeing girls dressed without a Hijab, she wasn't prepared to see her son's girlfriend dressed so differently. The differences between our cultures were too strong and obviously that never worked out, but i think it was a good experience for me to see how other cultures can be so different than us Americans!