Comments on: How Do I Love Thee? http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/ A Gringa Writes About Life In Cancun, Mexico Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:54:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mcyclops http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/comment-page-1/#comment-743 mcyclops Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:13:01 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/#comment-743 I am married to a quebecois! Talking about cultural differences!!! :) I am married to a quebecois! Talking about cultural differences!!! :)

]]> By: RiverGirl http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/comment-page-1/#comment-739 RiverGirl Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:34:44 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/#comment-739 mcyclops - Perhaps I should not speak so bluntly, it seems to bother people. But being married to a Mexican and having many, many close friends who are also married to Mexicans I see a pattern in thinking which does sometimes seem inefficient to me. I mean no disrespect. And it's obviously a cultural difference which without growing up here I don't think I'll ever "get" fully. mcyclops – Perhaps I should not speak so bluntly, it seems to bother people. But being married to a Mexican and having many, many close friends who are also married to Mexicans I see a pattern in thinking which does sometimes seem inefficient to me. I mean no disrespect. And it’s obviously a cultural difference which without growing up here I don’t think I’ll ever “get” fully.

]]> By: mcyclops http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/comment-page-1/#comment-738 mcyclops Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:46:03 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/#comment-738 About the "inefficiency inherent in the way many Mexicans think", I think this comment is inappropriate since it reflects the difference the way you think as a foreign and the Mexicans think. I had the same impression of Anglos in Toronto, but I understand the difference in backgrounds. Example, I went to the market to buy ham, the price is per 100 grams (which for me is quite foolish), but then when I asked for half kilogram they answer me "we don't sell in kilograms, we sell in grams". At the time, that comment seems to come from a shut-down brain, then I finally understand that some people are still used to think in ounces and pounds and aren’t really used to the metric system (which is the norm in Canada since the 70s). Same think happens and will happen to all people who are extracted from a culture and go to live in another one. About the corruption and the idiocy of authorities, especially those in Quintana Roo, I can’t agree more. About the “inefficiency inherent in the way many Mexicans think”, I think this comment is inappropriate since it reflects the difference the way you think as a foreign and the Mexicans think. I had the same impression of Anglos in Toronto, but I understand the difference in backgrounds. Example, I went to the market to buy ham, the price is per 100 grams (which for me is quite foolish), but then when I asked for half kilogram they answer me “we don’t sell in kilograms, we sell in grams”. At the time, that comment seems to come from a shut-down brain, then I finally understand that some people are still used to think in ounces and pounds and aren’t really used to the metric system (which is the norm in Canada since the 70s). Same think happens and will happen to all people who are extracted from a culture and go to live in another one. About the corruption and the idiocy of authorities, especially those in Quintana Roo, I can’t agree more.

]]> By: RiverGirl http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/comment-page-1/#comment-734 RiverGirl Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:36:56 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/#comment-734 Stephen - As always I appreciate your comments. And I'm glad you get something from what I write. Thanks! Stephen – As always I appreciate your comments. And I’m glad you get something from what I write.

Thanks!

]]> By: stephenj2585 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/comment-page-1/#comment-732 stephenj2585 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:57:56 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2007/04/02/how-do-i-love-thee/#comment-732 that is powerful, Rivergirl. Thanks for sharing that with us. Steve in Auburn, GA that is powerful, Rivergirl. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Steve in Auburn, GA

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