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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having an opinion and sharing it are two different things.  Anyone with a modicum of grace and social awareness knows that constantly (or even occasionally) disparaging a country where you are a guest is ill mannered. [/quote]

I agree with this.  The other thing that gets me is the generalizations about entire large countries (hers and ours) based purely on experiences in our one city and her one village.  Our au pair is very close-minded and doesn't seem to have a world view.  I've heard that my au pair can't believe how poorly American's eat, how healthy everyone in her country eats. (really?  everyone?  all the time?)  I've heard how they don't have "this soft, sliced, tasteless" bread in her country, in her country everyone eats delicious crusty bread all the time. (would you like me to point out where we can purchase different bread at the store if you don't like the kind we keep in the house?  Also, I've been to her country, albeit not to her village, and they do have the same kind of sliced bread.)  In her country, hair stylists are highly regulated so everywhere you go, you can get a really great haircut for less than $10.  (shocker - getting your haircut in a large American city is more expensive than getting it cut at the one place in your tiny village; but let's try something other than Hair Cuttery if you want a great cut).

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