Hi,
I have a question I'd like to throw out to people because I'm curious to get responses. I've been here in the DR for a couple of months now and for the past few days I've been thinking a lot about this...
I'm from the US. We all know how Dominicans are very friendly, out-going, talkative, and gregarious people. Now myself, that is not me...I'm a reserved person and don't like to talk very much or express public feeling and emotion. I tend to follow (and believe) in the "speak only when spoken to" rule. In the US this is no big deal...people there simply know that everybody is different and has "got their thing" and nobody really cares if you are outgoing or not.
In the DR I'm finding this is not the case with Dominicans, actually they seem to have something of a problem with people who are not like them, even in cases where the person (like me) is obviously not a Dominican but from another country. To be honest they seem to be quite "intolerant" and have some difficulty relating to people of different attitudes and social customs. It's like they just don't understand and reject what they don't want to understand and/or deal with. I may be wrong (hence this post). I'm looking for opinions about this from folks on this forum, that includes not only foreigners living in and/or familiar with the DR but hopefully some Dominicans may respond as well.
BTW: I have made friends here among Dominicans and I find it is much easier to do so than in my country...but as I mentioned I've been thinking a lot about this lately...thanks in advance for thoughts.
I have a question I'd like to throw out to people because I'm curious to get responses. I've been here in the DR for a couple of months now and for the past few days I've been thinking a lot about this...
I'm from the US. We all know how Dominicans are very friendly, out-going, talkative, and gregarious people. Now myself, that is not me...I'm a reserved person and don't like to talk very much or express public feeling and emotion. I tend to follow (and believe) in the "speak only when spoken to" rule. In the US this is no big deal...people there simply know that everybody is different and has "got their thing" and nobody really cares if you are outgoing or not.
In the DR I'm finding this is not the case with Dominicans, actually they seem to have something of a problem with people who are not like them, even in cases where the person (like me) is obviously not a Dominican but from another country. To be honest they seem to be quite "intolerant" and have some difficulty relating to people of different attitudes and social customs. It's like they just don't understand and reject what they don't want to understand and/or deal with. I may be wrong (hence this post). I'm looking for opinions about this from folks on this forum, that includes not only foreigners living in and/or familiar with the DR but hopefully some Dominicans may respond as well.
BTW: I have made friends here among Dominicans and I find it is much easier to do so than in my country...but as I mentioned I've been thinking a lot about this lately...thanks in advance for thoughts.