I rarely if ever watch television. I bought a new one last year because the old one died, but I don't really watch it. Sometimes I listen to music while doing the housework. There are hundreds of channels and some have nice music. I might watch a little more RTL or some other German programme (probably there are more, since there are programmes from various countries) when I advance with my German.
When you spend some time in Asia - your perspective of the world dramatically changes and you see how foolish the behavour of some European countries is. They constantly go on and on about feeling guilty or ashamed about this and that and how they suppose to punish each other for this and for that and go on apologising and forcing others to apologise - while the rest of the world - the majority of this planet, the countries and cultures rising - don't care. Neither about the past, nor about the present. They have no intention to allow anyone to force feelings of guilt and shame onto them and don't care about "European values".
The more western you go, the more delusional people seem to be. Instead of seeing the reality, they are putting their heads deeper and deeper in the sand and more and more fight for "values" that even they themselves don't respect and follow. I talked to people from Western Europe who went on and on about "freedom, human rights, equality", etc. and at the same time were full of arrogance and were actually putting down everyone who didn't belong to their small bubble (people from Southern Europe, people from Eastern Europe - not to mention Asia, Africa...). Where is the equality if someone thinks that they are better and more valuable than others? Words are so meaningless if the behaviour shows otherwise...
I think and behave like you, too - always open the door for older people, holding it for the next person, not expecting to be treated like a princess, but like a woman if I'm with a man. I also do my share of making him feel like a man. Manners are here just to help our society and relationships among people run smoothly. They are actually a mutual agreement to put another person first to a certain extent - maybe just in a different manner.
Too much individuality makes people impolite, rude, self-centered, selfish, narcissistic... Treating everyone as your "buddy" also destroys respect among people and (when men and women are concerned) kills romance.
I had a boyfriend once who grew up in Germany and all these things were very important to him. Once you get used to such nice things, you always miss them...
Maybe I should search for a German man...
All Germans I talked to online so far were always very polite and decent. It's worth thinking about...
If you are on a date with a gorgeous woman and when entering any restaurant you come in first. Why? It’s because the inside of the restaurant is unfamiliar territory and every gentleman’s obligation is to protect his lady companion in all unpleasant situations that may arrive.
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