My MIL like most people is ignorant about African Geography

post reply Forum Index » Travel Discussion
[Post New]05/29/2023 12:45
quote
Anonymous
My daughter leaves Thursday for a month in CapeTown. Not a day goes by with my MIL calling to tell us how much she is worried about what is going on in Sudan and how unsafe “Africa” is.

I tell her my kid is now an adult and thanks for your concern. I tell her to look at a map of the continent again and again but she shows her ignorance daily.

/rant off
[Post New]05/29/2023 12:47
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:My daughter leaves Thursday for a month in CapeTown. Not a day goes by with my MIL calling to tell us how much she is worried about what is going on in Sudan and how unsafe “Africa” is.

I tell her my kid is now an adult and thanks for your concern. I tell her to look at a map of the continent again and again but she shows her ignorance daily.

/rant off


You don’t like your mother in law. We get it. You’re a boring DCUM cliche.
[Post New]05/29/2023 12:48
quote
Anonymous
SA is extremely unsafe.
[Post New]05/29/2023 22:25
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter leaves Thursday for a month in CapeTown. Not a day goes by with my MIL calling to tell us how much she is worried about what is going on in Sudan and how unsafe “Africa” is.

I tell her my kid is now an adult and thanks for your concern. I tell her to look at a map of the continent again and again but she shows her ignorance daily.

/rant off


You don’t like your mother in law. We get it. You’re a boring DCUM cliche.
I love my MIL. Like most Americans she is ignorant of African Geography.
[Post New]05/29/2023 22:29
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter leaves Thursday for a month in CapeTown. Not a day goes by with my MIL calling to tell us how much she is worried about what is going on in Sudan and how unsafe “Africa” is.

I tell her my kid is now an adult and thanks for your concern. I tell her to look at a map of the continent again and again but she shows her ignorance daily.

/rant off


You don’t like your mother in law. We get it. You’re a boring DCUM cliche.
I love my MIL. Like most Americans she is ignorant of African Geography.


You’re SO much better than all the other people, OP.

[Post New]05/29/2023 22:34
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:SA is extremely unsafe.


So is the USA, then.
[Post New]05/29/2023 22:34
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SA is extremely unsafe.


So is the USA, then.


SA is orders of magnitude worse
[Post New]05/29/2023 22:35
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SA is extremely unsafe.


So is the USA, then.


Nice try, SA has the highest rape rate in the world.
[Post New]05/29/2023 22:35
quote
Anonymous
There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.
[Post New]05/29/2023 22:37
quote
Anonymous
I just want to say that mine were nervous when we went to London (and we're Foreign Service who have been in war zones even). I was at a BBQ this past weekend where soooo many people said "I don't want to see anywhere outside the US!" and they all agreed. Except when we ask my inlaws to travel with us to Grand Canyon/Yellowstone/Santa Fe they decline. I agree with them that the US is incredible! But they aren't seeing it either. They're myopic. I also think they're scared of the world around them.
[Post New]05/29/2023 23:59
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:My daughter leaves Thursday for a month in CapeTown. Not a day goes by with my MIL calling to tell us how much she is worried about what is going on in Sudan and how unsafe “Africa” is.

I tell her my kid is now an adult and thanks for your concern. I tell her to look at a map of the continent again and again but she shows her ignorance daily.

/rant off


Smart woman. Wouldn't want my child going to Africa either.
[Post New]05/30/2023 00:36
quote
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.


So does anyone of means here.
[Post New]05/30/2023 09:01
quote
Anonymous
Clearly your MIL is ignorant as your title says. Africa is a MASSIVE and extremely diverse continent, one I have not been privileged enough to visit.

I will say that there is an incredibly high amount of violence against women in South Africa. Your daughter really should be aware of the violence against women, research expectations, and safety recommendations, and prepare accordingly.

"South Africa is considered to be the rape capital of the world with 10 818 rape cases reported in the first quarter of 2022.1 The rate at which women are killed by intimate partners in this country is five times higher than the global average.2 Gender-based violence (GBV), a widespread and common occurrence in SA, is deeply ingrained in homes, workplaces, cultures and traditions". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10091185/#:~:text=South%20Africa%20is%20considered%20to,the%20first%20quarter%20of%202022.&text=The%20rate%20at%20which%20women,higher%20than%20the%20global%20average.
[Post New]05/30/2023 09:58
quote
Anonymous
Go ask the people of South Africa to identify Atlanta or Boise or Phoenix on a map

Then come back and post how about the ignorant people of Africa don't know American geography

Get over yourself, OP
[Post New]05/30/2023 10:07
quote
Anonymous
OP don't respond to the Sudan comments. Educate her about Cape Town and SA. What is your DD going to be doing over there?
post reply Forum Index » Travel Discussion
Message Quick Reply
Go to: 

Search   Recent Topics   Hottest Topics