ooh that's a new perspective in this thread! yeah my great-grandparents escaped the russia/ukraine area but about twenty years before WWII so we have a sort of different story than the usual Holocaust stuff I encounter with other Jews; so I often think of what would've happened if we still lived there or if we hadn't gotten out so early. my mom is a professor of Islamic studies so she lived in India while studying and she loved it and thought the bustle/chaos was crazy, but I think it'd be super cool to visit!
I am surrounded by people like that. At this point, I just wait for them to initiate or just ignore them. But if I feel like talking to them, I just ask them something school related like when is the homework due or something like that and hope that starts a convo.
Yeah, things would have been really different if I grew up somewhere else. I grew up mostly in NJ, but I was born in India, and every time I visit, I think how different it would be if I grew up there. Mainly when it comes to schools. Every single school there has uniforms as required, and I remember when my cousin had to go to school on Saturdays which was mind-blowing for me.
I vote for alone with yourself cuz then you can actually think without all the anxiety and have you focus on you. Wait for their honeymoon phase to die down
Ya, it's kind of like a parallel life in a way? Just one small change would mean that our life would be completely different.
ooh that's a new perspective in this thread! yeah my great-grandparents escaped the russia/ukraine area but about twenty years before WWII so we have a sort of different story than the usual Holocaust stuff I encounter with other Jews; so I often think of what would've happened if we still lived there or if we hadn't gotten out so early. my mom is a professor of Islamic studies so she lived in India while studying and she loved it and thought the bustle/chaos was crazy, but I think it'd be super cool to visit!
I love this! The journey and string of thoughts is so nice :)
I am surrounded by people like that. At this point, I just wait for them to initiate or just ignore them. But if I feel like talking to them, I just ask them something school related like when is the homework due or something like that and hope that starts a convo.
Congratulations! That's amazing!
Thank you
Yeah, things would have been really different if I grew up somewhere else. I grew up mostly in NJ, but I was born in India, and every time I visit, I think how different it would be if I grew up there. Mainly when it comes to schools. Every single school there has uniforms as required, and I remember when my cousin had to go to school on Saturdays which was mind-blowing for me.
Thanks!
Damn, there's literally no one else?
I vote for alone with yourself cuz then you can actually think without all the anxiety and have you focus on you. Wait for their honeymoon phase to die down
Yeah sounds tough
I don't even need my family paying attention to me to get me wanting peace and quiet. They are loud regardless