To ease your mind - Im actually well aware of the ethnic differences (after spending quite a bit of time in those areas as well) and Im feeling pretty confident they were indian. Luckily, the blonde hair is colour-by-clairol, sweetheart and it wouldnt matter if I was 95 and with a walker... the idiots would still stare.
But, I can also harp on Lebanese, Syrians or anyone else. And, Im the FIRST to say Americans or, as many get classified, 'those westerners', stare damn hard. However, not in the sense I'm referring to above. And clearly, not in the sense as the poor guy who's girlfriend was 'leched' on.
There is a certain element of simple 'class' ... nothing to do with status.... that becomes very NOT evident when certain men stare like little boys who just hit puberty and are looking at the lingerie section of the Sears catalog (and Im referring to men not in a general term but simply because I'm a women and therefore can't refer to any other gender but that and I emphasize - CERTAIN men - not ALL men).
And, as noted in a later thread (perhaps you missed that in your haste), generalize or not.... we're stuck with the fact that most people here will stereotype 'indians' and may assume they're all miserable leches and dirty labourers (luckily, we don't all do that) or Egyptians being the potholes of Arabic society or every American being a loser because of the damage the war has done. Those are stereotypes... unfortunately, majority rules.
And, in this case, if the dude staring me down like a t-bone steak (ok, well, bad 'cow' example to any indians reading this so my apologies) is Indian.... I will note he's indian... if he's American, I'll slap the sucker and tell him I'll sue him, his mother and his dead dog and if he's lebanese, if I weren't married, I'd probably date the cutie :)
At the end of the day, fine, stare... but ease up a bit. Desperation is simply not attractive nor is making anyone feel uncomfortable (and these aren't exceptions... its a regular challenge).
I honestly wonder what goes through the miniscule little brains "Ewww.. if I stare at her maybe she'll come over to me and plant a big smooch on me and I can marry her and get a passport!".
To ease your mind - Im actually well aware of the ethnic differences (after spending quite a bit of time in those areas as well) and Im feeling pretty confident they were indian. Luckily, the blonde hair is colour-by-clairol, sweetheart and it wouldnt matter if I was 95 and with a walker... the idiots would still stare.
But, I can also harp on Lebanese, Syrians or anyone else. And, Im the FIRST to say Americans or, as many get classified, 'those westerners', stare damn hard. However, not in the sense I'm referring to above. And clearly, not in the sense as the poor guy who's girlfriend was 'leched' on.
There is a certain element of simple 'class' ... nothing to do with status.... that becomes very NOT evident when certain men stare like little boys who just hit puberty and are looking at the lingerie section of the Sears catalog (and Im referring to men not in a general term but simply because I'm a women and therefore can't refer to any other gender but that and I emphasize - CERTAIN men - not ALL men).
And, as noted in a later thread (perhaps you missed that in your haste), generalize or not.... we're stuck with the fact that most people here will stereotype 'indians' and may assume they're all miserable leches and dirty labourers (luckily, we don't all do that) or Egyptians being the potholes of Arabic society or every American being a loser because of the damage the war has done. Those are stereotypes... unfortunately, majority rules.
And, in this case, if the dude staring me down like a t-bone steak (ok, well, bad 'cow' example to any indians reading this so my apologies) is Indian.... I will note he's indian... if he's American, I'll slap the sucker and tell him I'll sue him, his mother and his dead dog and if he's lebanese, if I weren't married, I'd probably date the cutie :)
At the end of the day, fine, stare... but ease up a bit. Desperation is simply not attractive nor is making anyone feel uncomfortable (and these aren't exceptions... its a regular challenge).
I honestly wonder what goes through the miniscule little brains "Ewww.. if I stare at her maybe she'll come over to me and plant a big smooch on me and I can marry her and get a passport!".
Brin