Hey cool! I’m native and I still don’t always know if the way I’m talking is correct, but nobody really cares. If they do and take issue with it, it’s not worth worrying about.

Unrelated, but I’ve never seen someone use the word “assume” that way before. It technically works, I think?

My parents have switched over to barefoot shoes, not exclusively per my suggestion but in conjunction with a friend of my mom’s singing its praises.