So as some of you may know we just started reading week ( hooray!). Me and two of my friends went out for dinner. As you can imagine when girls are together, our main topic is always boys. This time it was different, we talked more about how guys in London are so different from our countries. Me and my East African friend agreed that back home, guys were more insistent and took the initiative.
My Nordic friend tried to explained to us that usually in her experience, European boys tended to be shy and sit back while the girls would chase after them. It came as a huge shock to me, I am more used to be chased after, I am sometimes a bit shy so I could not imagine myself going after a guy. What confused me even more was the awkward stage of we are like a couple but unofficial...all my relationships it was "we go out, if i don't like you then we break up". There was none of this stage where you acted like a couple but weren't, so confusing.
Another thing that kind of bugged me was the black boys. Obviously it's only the beginning of the year so it's not like i met tons of people but....there are not that many Africans in my circle. Most of the black boys have lived their entire life in the UK and are puzzled when I talk about Africa ( or find me exotic -__-!)so I end up being angry at their ignorance about where their origins or we just have no connection
So now I am just thinking to myself this is gonna be very hard. It's a completely different culture, where I have no idea how to deal or predict the other person. It was already hard enough to find a good guy and now it's harder for some of us to understand how the other thinks. But a the same it could be a good thing, it will force me to get out of my confort zone, and be more open to other cultures. Oh well we will see how it goes :) I will try my best
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