Haven't read through this whole thread but just saw the "If you're a single guy, go to San Francisco" bit.... Hmmmmm....well, unless San Francisco has changed a lot since I was last there, I would say this is true only if you're a single guy who is looking for another single GUY.
The only time that I feel nosey is when I am walking on a city street and there is an apartment building alongside the street....I look up...I see a window with no curtain blocking the view...tv on, perhaps...that blue light that we all recognize. I always look up and hope to see more of the inside...of how they live, of their environment. This is the extent of my nosiness!
I'm American, now living and working in Greece. What brought me here is that I am in the foreign service (diplomatic corps) and so I work in one country for a period of time, then move on to another, and so on.
I agree with the general concensus here....this guy is drowning in a sea of "me". He might indeed be good-looking, but I think that he is imagining that women are falling all over themselves over him (retaliating when they feel rejected?!). His perception of reality is clouded by his own over-inflated ego.
A 3-month holiday, Danny? Wow. That's a long time. New York is great, but I sure hope you're going to try to go to some other places during the 3 months you are in the U.S. Hope you have a great time. And, by the way, how appropriate that you will be a godfather and you'll be in New York! Don't turn your back towards the big windows of the Italian restaurants in Little Italy. If word gets out that the godfather is eating there, you might get whacked!
My own personal experience has been mixed. I think that many of us (not just Americans, but Westerners in general or Christians in general or something similar) tend to see Muslims with one image in our heads and the truth is that there is a great deal of CULTURAL difference that should be factored in. For example, an Indonesian Muslim will live a far different life than a Mulsim from Saudi Arabia, and will practice their faith in very different ways. I lived in Saudi Arabia a long time ago and found it extremely oppressive (I remember standing outside of a pizza restaurant one day, my young son holding my hand, while my husband went in for the pizza because, as the sign said, women were "kindly requested to remain outside.") I couldn't drive, couldn't go into town on my own to shop for groceries or merchandise, and our mixed-gender softball games on our compound were brought to a halt because a few young Saudi men could see us playing in our shorts and t-shirts (they were perched on top of a hill, looking down into our compound). I also remember the prohibition on alcohol, yet whenever I flew out of Saudi Arabia, once we were well outside the region, the Arabs on the plane would be ordering the whiskey and wine with the rest of the passengers. I guess what I'm saying is that I believe that there is as much hypocrasy in the Muslim religion as there is in Christianity and that there are many cultural differences from one country to the next. Having said that, however...I generally respect people who are true to their faith, whatever it might be. Fanaticism aside, a good Muslim or a good Jew or a good Christian or a good Buddhist is all the same to me, if they are truly good people. Many are, many aren't. Etsi apla.
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RE: What's the first word that pops into your head.....
Make-up