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Originally Posted by anilam
OMG  My dad is Czech too- small world. 
I live part in Prague and part in Berlin (my mum being a German:-). We do say these things about Americans- funny cause we Czechs (yeah, I consider myself to be a Czech) are like the second fattest state in Europe (after Germany :-).
So sorry, that you have suffered- I have heard about Slovak's curves from my mum all the time, so I can relate.  .
And what happens in a family stays in a family? We even have a saying that goes stg like this: a mother's skirt covers every bad thing. 
However, it is true that we don't hug/touch (only shaking hands) ppl that much, like our personal space, don't like to show emotions in public and consider Americans to be , among other things, nosy. (BTW going to a T carries a social stigma here, so only my parents know I am going and I sometimes do feel ashamed.  )
You have to understand, before 89 Americans were like gods to us- compared to Russians, it is not hard to imagine. But now, well, we are getting pretty cynical about our gods...
However, TBH, we like to make fun of every nation we know and mostly of our small country. Patriotism is a concept unknown to us.
We don't mean to be cruel but humour is our way to survive and we do have a pretty dry, black humour, which I love  . |
Haha, thanks for making me feel not so alone/crazy about my own family's opinions! Everything you said rings true, especially about the Slovak curves (my mom was always going on about "American women and their big breasts" while somehow conveniently ignoring the fact that her daughter had double DDs). And yes, my parents, esp. my mom, can be pretty funny. Now, my mother is OK with me going to a T b/c she is more Americanized and I was pretty depressed b/f I started going, but my dad is convinced I am my T's only client.
I remember when I was younger my mom talking about how Americans had therapists for every little thing, meanwhile her parents were running from the Nazis and didn't need therapy. SO I can totally relate to you!
