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⌈ Secret Post #2343 ⌋

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Re: Cultural differences - privacy

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I'm from upstate New York and here it seems to differ from individual to individual. There are people like me who keep completely to themselves (though I admit we're probably in the minority) and people who will walk up to a complete stranger and try to start a conversation. Personally, it weirds me the hell out when someone does that. I always wonder what it is they're trying to sell me or if they have some other ulterior motive. I guess I'm the type of northerner southerners are always calling rude and stand-offish. Though I find "southern hospitality" really prying, nosy and often "fake," myself. It definitely differs from region to region and person to person.

Explains why I was right at home when I was living in Finland. Though I met a lot of Finns who broke the quiet, mind-your-own-business Nordic stereotype while I was there.

There were always people at my university and on the street striking up conversation with me. I was on a train to Savonlinna and ended up sitting next to a woman and her kids and they didn't just talk to me, they shared their food with me too. Shocked the hell out of me. Then there's my friend's family, that had only met me once before they took me in and let me live with them during my last month in Finland. I still can't believe that. That's kindness I wouldn't even dream of from strangers here.

That being said, they were always very respectful of my privacy. They never pried into my personal business, always let me use the sauna by myself and let me have my personal space. It's the complete opposite of how my family treats me here in the States. Here, doing things without telling everyone first or spending time in my room is "rude." /shrug