Posted in World forum
I just don't get it! Many people I know that are living abroad constantly complain how hard it is to meet people from the country they moved to. But at the same time, they only meet up with people from their home country and instantly create their own "national circle" once they move abroad. How on earth do they expect to meet nationals then?
staying with people from your country....
posted by Janosch Kraemer in World forum
This is simply a sign of lazyness! You don't want to go through the hazzle of connecting to another culture and communicating in another language, so you stick with what your have...
your own culture
posted by Raquelle L'Orean in World forum
Sticking with people from your own country makes you feel at home - and sometimes this is what you need when you're abroad...
hello
posted by hameed sss in World forum
Hello
I think its because they are coming from diffrent culture so they find it hard to communicate with other so you will find the life easy with people from your country
Chicken and egg...
posted by Blizzy Everhard in World forum
Hi Jose, unfortunately this is a little bit of a "chicken and egg" problem: If you don't meet native speakers because you don't speak the language, you won't practice that language and get better at it...
From my experience the only way to break this circle is to just go for it and speak whatever you can. And in fact most people will understand if you don't speak their language properly at the beginning..
sticking with people from your home country
posted by Manuela da Silva in World forum
Well - for one part - it's simply easier to meet people with your same background. Also, if you live in a country like Germany and don't speak any German, you really hit the language barrier. And on top of that most Germans don't seem to be interested in foreigner, except for flirting with them (at least what they call flirting).
meeting foreigners
posted by Blizzy Everhard in World forum
yep - this is why you meet them, BECAUSE they don't stick with people from their home. those that do you'll probably never get to meet!
i don't agree
posted by Dora Böhm in World forum
i'm meeting foreigners in frankfurt all the time - and most of them don't stick with people from their home country.
moving abroad
posted by Catalina Marquez in World forum
Hi Anne! This is just SO right - and it happens with all nationalities. Most Latin-Americans abroad stick to their own community as well, but then complain how "cold" the Europeans are (of course they never got to know them in the first place).