Talking problems over.

mirrille · 04-05-2002, 11:01 PM

RE, I noticed that.

I have some relatives who live in the Southern US, so I've been there to visit. People seem alot more into touching and hugging there. I got to meet some rather distant relatives while there and the first thing they did was give me a big hug. From each person! Of course I hug them back because I already figured it would be rude to refuse. It took me off guard at first because the first thing that came to my head was "woah! I don't even know you people! And we are not THAT closely related. (by marriage)" I think it's funny because I come from Western Canada, which is supposedly where people tend to like keeping their personal space alot more, plus my culture is one where people aren't that physically demonstrative. Some of these were male relatives too. I noticed that I wasn't entirely comfortable with that. It just felt weird and unnatural. But it all came down to upbringing and what I was used to. I haven't hugged my own brother since I was a little kid and here I was getting a big hug from some distant male cousin.

That's the reason I mentioned upbringing. Sometimes its just amazing how these little cultural differences can give such a different feel to a place.

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04-05-2002, 11:01 PM	#11
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	RE, I noticed that. I have some relatives who live in the Southern US, so I've been there to visit. People seem alot more into touching and hugging there. I got to meet some rather distant relatives while there and the first thing they did was give me a big hug. From each person! Of course I hug them back because I already figured it would be rude to refuse. It took me off guard at first because the first thing that came to my head was "woah! I don't even know you people! And we are not THAT closely related. (by marriage)" I think it's funny because I come from Western Canada, which is supposedly where people tend to like keeping their personal space alot more, plus my culture is one where people aren't that physically demonstrative. Some of these were male relatives too. I noticed that I wasn't entirely comfortable with that. It just felt weird and unnatural. But it all came down to upbringing and what I was used to. I haven't hugged my own brother since I was a little kid and here I was getting a big hug from some distant male cousin. That's the reason I mentioned upbringing. Sometimes its just amazing how these little cultural differences can give such a different feel to a place.