Everyone’s Fine All The Time
Saturday, December 27th, 2008 | Uncategorized
When you ask someone in Ethiopia how they are, most people say, “I’m fine,” and it’s starting to drive me CRAZY. I’ve been here for four months and I really want to know how people are really doing. What does “fine” mean anyway?? I want to know when someone’s had a good day or a bad day and why. I want to be a part of their lives and I can’t do that very easily when they don’t tell me what’s going on.
Okay, enough venting…I know this is just part of moving to a new place. It takes time to make real friends. And this is partly a cultural thing. My Amharic teacher told me that people only tell their really good friends how they’re really doing. So, I guess I need to become that really good friend to somebody and earn their trust.
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