tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371458020564881376.post8572480733430348542..comments2023-10-05T06:59:00.960-05:00Comments on HorseCentric: Off Topic - Crib Notes Mega MondayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13104422629934443842noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371458020564881376.post-73792454036033864342011-11-24T21:57:32.662-06:002011-11-24T21:57:32.662-06:00Yes I've had those days. Being late can set e...Yes I've had those days. Being late can set everything else up to be stressful. I'm glad it all worked out okay.Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371458020564881376.post-7099628949217168982011-09-18T03:39:15.656-05:002011-09-18T03:39:15.656-05:00hi breathe, you said:
Funny about the coolness. T...hi breathe, you said:<br /><br />Funny about the coolness. Takes a while to build trust and friends I suppose. I wonder what the root of that is, from a cultural anthropology standpoint. <br /><br />This is an item of much discussion amongs american expats living in germany. We move here and we wonder why the heck we cannot make friends after putting our best effort into it. Some say it has to do with Germany's history of not trusting strangers because they might be spies. But can a short period of time influence an entire culture permanenently? <br /><br />Some say cold climate, cold people. (The reverse is also true.) <br /><br />Germans are reserved and even distrustful, it takes 2-3 generations for even a German family to be accepted into a new town. <br /><br />This is a country where you do not say hello to someone on the street unless you know them. I learned to stop doing that. It's better out here in the country, though, but as often as I invite neighbors or horse people over for dinner and activities, I cannot break through into friendship.<br /><br />They see Americans as superficial and perhaps in some ways we are, but we are also known as one of the friendliest cultures on earth. So I'm really suffering the contrast.<br /><br />I thought that when I found work I'd make friends but I see that is not the case - as I'd read in books, Germans separate work and play. <br /><br />Most people on the ex-pat board I'm on go to English-speaking meet-ups to make friends.<br /><br />The difference is shocking when we return home for visits - my husband already has friends in America! Whenever we visit,they call him and ask him out.<br /><br />How I miss just having coffee with a girlfriend.lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371458020564881376.post-60499514566562015612011-09-15T18:11:57.256-05:002011-09-15T18:11:57.256-05:00I've always thought that Friday the 13th is a ...I've always thought that Friday the 13th is a lot better than Monday the anything'th.<br /><br />BillAllenspark Lodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06390004633731055728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371458020564881376.post-87939656399624922502011-09-15T17:47:20.840-05:002011-09-15T17:47:20.840-05:00Yep, I enjoy 'em. Sometimes it's a wonder ...Yep, I enjoy 'em. Sometimes it's a wonder we make it back home in one piece.Captain Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09294085455860971795noreply@blogger.com