Which foreigners do you get along the best with? Maybe we were born into the wrong society! Encounters with people over my lifetime have left me with bad taste in my mouth. A church lady friend of my parents was rude the first time we were introduced at a restaurant gathering. My parents even noticed it, said they don’t know why and that’s not like her. One time as a new driver a guy that used to go to my parent’s church (he probably didn’t recognize me cause he wasn’t a regular) drove past yelling out “ugly c***.” I don’t know if I accidentally cut him off or what, never heard a horn beep. One time this overweight lady thought I called her fat when I had only said “I should report your ass...so she lowered her voice, smirked and said “I’m fat? Well you’re ugly.” Comments on this order have been made and the thing is, I used to have body dysmorphia so these kinds of comments dug in. I’ve done some commercial modeling so I know I wasn’t really “ugly”, however they still hurt. Bad voodoo from others for no apparent reason, and it continues well into adulthood, just in a less overt way these days. it’s just mystifying.
At this point I’ve given up really. Besides family, I interact with folks as little as possible.
Mostly Hispanics and Filipinos; I find them similar to Irish people, just from a different part of the world. Faith & family are paramount to them, and they tend have strong work ethics - I’m dealing with co-workers, so they are all working.
I’m definitely a lot less social than in my younger days; just a lot less interested in dealing with people.