tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post8311611491101932766..comments2024-03-25T12:58:18.466+05:30Comments on Cha na coffee? চা না কফি?: 2 years and some changecnchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16129213191169855291noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post-24834293625211764022011-06-17T21:32:35.069+05:302011-06-17T21:32:35.069+05:30I know the feeling. It can drive you crazy. What a...I know the feeling. It can drive you crazy. What about work? The only thing I would say is that in a developed country where we would all come and go I found that once I had children there was more freedom in living in the extended family. The nuclear family is very restrictive once you have children you don't have the freedom to come and go. The other thing us the perspective of age has changed my view though not my tolerance! What I mean is that when we lived in Ethiopia we were 26 and 28 the grandmother would worry so much when we went out at night that she couldn't eat. She would worry lest someone had killed us! I was bemused. But now I see. When you think we were young white and Asian couple in a completely habesha town bar the handful of Italians secure in a compound and we could easily have encountered the hyenas or other nasties who would howl at night from the mountains I see exactly where the mother of 8 and landlady was coming from! But obviously this is utterly different from your situation living In Kolkata. I was digressing!mybangladiaryhttp://www.mybangladiary.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post-64010005564611780632011-06-10T22:08:14.203+05:302011-06-10T22:08:14.203+05:30I lived in Amman for 1 1/2 years. It took me almos...I lived in Amman for 1 1/2 years. It took me almost a year to get comfortable with going somewhere by myself. It took time to get used to. I also hated having to tell others where I was going, and having to depend on my then-husband for things I needed. I do miss some of the family there.<br /><br />AnisahAnisahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095028817264943486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post-65791476408819579242011-05-09T16:49:16.460+05:302011-05-09T16:49:16.460+05:30Congratulations!!!
Two years in Kolkata, and I fee...Congratulations!!!<br />Two years in Kolkata, and I feel you really love the city, if I am not wrong!!! I just wish you a happier stay in the city...<br /><br />Enjoy your days, enjoy your life...Invincible Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987321192602417336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post-38757428067031857932011-05-06T21:08:33.956+05:302011-05-06T21:08:33.956+05:30@Fatima
No, we didn't go out...we went to the...@Fatima<br /><br />No, we didn't go out...we went to the dr instead, that in itself requires a post :-) LOL<br /><br />@cyn<br /><br />exactly!cnchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129213191169855291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post-4600446704244537692011-05-06T20:58:55.493+05:302011-05-06T20:58:55.493+05:30Congratulations! And hats off living with the in-l...Congratulations! And hats off living with the in-laws...having to justify your every outting...that would wear thin too with me, we end up having to do it at DH's home when we visit. Or when my in-laws are over (fortunately not often) nothing more irritating than saying "I'm going to buy milk will be back soon" whe you are in fact in your own homeCynthia Hallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693243354879700715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911812654989162694.post-78997743165653376032011-05-06T18:39:24.773+05:302011-05-06T18:39:24.773+05:30I think it is really after the two year mark that ...I think it is really after the two year mark that a person really comes to understand a new place in depth, and settle in. I can only imagine that some places are easier to settle into than others.<br /><br />I know what you mean by the treated like a child thing. Well, it's not being treated like a child, it's being treated like a female and a daughter in law. I am sure part of it is that they are just genuinely concerned about you, especially since you are a foreigner. But yep, stuff like that grates on my nerves, too.<br /><br />I hope you guys had a great dinner out! Congratulations on your two year mark.luckyfatimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401964343346156712noreply@blogger.com