Trying to explain your ethnic culture, including food, words, shopping preferences, etc. can get exhausting after a while. I think that is why sometimes it's just easier to be friends with people who are from a similar cultural background as you. You don't have to deal with all that awkward, "Well my culture deals with it like this," or "My culture's food smells like that because," business. It's a balancing act, really. So this whole hyphenated consciousness we as Americans deal with everyday (Korean-American, Jamaican-American, Italian-Irish-Cherokee-American) is like a teeter-totter trying to stay even, but never fully succeeding.
I think I just don't have the patience to deal with people who don't "get" me right off the bat. Or maybe I'm just tired. I've been hungry and exhausted all day. I'm a big fat cranky baby. So sue me. And put me to bed. G'night.
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