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Old 10-16-2007, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by PauletteGoddard View Post
I wonder if you and your wife were born in the U.S.--I wasn't. When immigrants go to a new country, they tend to watch the natives to see how things are done. Maybe I shouldn't beat myself up for being stupid when I see the natives do things I don't understand:

my American husband, and he just says "people are stupid everywhere" and "don't expect to understand everything we do. I don't understand why we are the way we are."
That's really interesting. Yes, we were born here so maybe that's why we don't look to the majority to see what we ought to be doing. More often than not, I look at the majority and wonder where this country is heading.

I love your husband's point of view - "people are stupid everywhere." I've said the same thing many, many times.
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