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[quote=Anonymous]The other thing is, they see you as a Brit, which means they make certain assumptions about you, and react accordingly. You know, I actually had this sort of an interaction with a Brit mom recently. It confused me, she didn't come across as self-deprecating in the American sense, she not only said negative things about herself but also weirdly overpositive things about my kid, which seemed fake. In retrospect, she was following her own cultural script of how a mom conversation should proceed. But I don't know what that script is, so it was awkward. (Our boys had zero issues with communication, on the other hand.) TLDR: My advice is to just be patient, eventually you learn the new scripts, every immigrant goes through that (I have). It has nothing to do with speaking the language (you've at least got a leg up on that). :)[/quote]
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