...is fascinating.
He gives me such an interesting insight in a man's brain.
On a daily basis he tells me:
'Mum, I am a man, we do not understand subtle hints'
if I say things like 'Is there any cola left' :-)
How did he know I really meant 'can you get me some' :-)
I thought my communication was generally quite direct but I suppose I got Brittified! In Britland it is not done to be that direct I felt so my communication has become a bit more gentle, a bit more beating around the bush.
Kevin re-teaches me the Dutch way and I love it, there is nothing more healthy than to live with someone that age where they start to develop their own view of the world but still have those childlike properties like blatant honesty. It does help of course that he has my genes.
Anyway, beware, no more pussyfooting around, no more subtle hints, just... straight talking :-)
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hmmm I know I'm probably not so direct as the average Dutch person anyway. But I did find that I got some odd habits from living in the UK. Like saying sorry to someone who walks into you. hello? why the hell do I say sorry if it was that other persons fault?
LOL we are a much more sophisticated culture, with many more words available to us.
NL is a lot more crude, but you never know, one day you might catch up......though the chances are that sea levels will have risen a few metres and wiped you off the map by then.
Still, you do have the best water engineers in the world.....responsible for such huge projects as this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)
So you might just save yourselves yet.
See me, see tangents? Love them.
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