She loves me. She loves me not

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Re: She loves me. She loves me not

@Madhanee

Maddy, Did you learn how to ride camels in Saudi Arabia? Which compound are you talking about? Aramco in Dhaharan? Or Jubail?

I think certain things are part of our DNA, and it takes generations to have some of those traits get diluted. I see that in my own family. Some of my relatives who have lived in the US and in the UK with their kids born and raised there still are very Pakistani. They may speak with English accent, but are very Pakistani (at the same time, very English and very American as well).

Sadly, I didn’t learn to ride camels in Saudi. In fact, unfortunately and much to my shame and embarassment, I learned to incorrectly spell words such as “colour” and “organisation” and even worse, to talk in a silly accent like an American. It took me 4 years after I moved to England to re-learn how to speak and write correct English.

Anyway, the traits that you talk of are the values which our community holds to distinguish itself from others - these get passed down. Of course, it’s generally only possible to do this when living in the middle of a community of people similar to you, otherwise the assimilation instinct tends to kick in…