Yes you are absolutely right, I think you understand that I wanted just tell you the possibility and not recommend you to force things in that way.
But one thing I want write something:
"We know that Germans tend to keep a proper distance to strangers"
Just cause I really don't like to generalisize I should tell you that in this way you write I disagree - I am also a german and I don't think that I tend to keep a propoer distance to strangers, for me it doesn't matter where somebody come from or what colour have his skin and so on, just what matter is the behaviour and this can be good or bad by strangers as it can be good or bad by germans.
I surely agree that we shouldn't generalize people, I'm my self not typical indonesian mainstream ( I don't always mingle much in a group and prefer to have more privacy for example :-D ).
Neverthless, at some point there are definitely something which can be said as common /typical characteristic of people from particular country because it also has something to do with the upbringing style, the culture and how the society there works.
Generalization is sometimes necessary and has to be done in some particular aspect/for some certain needs.
But anyway in this case I think you misunderstood my point a little bit.
Regarding this sentence:
I didn't actually mean it in a negative way :). I was merely talking about the difference between German and people in Asia or even Spain when it comes to a "safe distance" between persons in order to keep each of them feel comfortable,
especially towards those who are still considered just acquaintance..let alone towards strangers.
Well... at least when the circumstance and place allow them to keep that "safe distance".
The safe distance among German who barely know each others is definitely further than Asians.
So it's more about physical distance.
I'm talking about how you wouldn't expect germans being touchy feely with others who isn't in dating relationship. It's just weird :-D.
But it's rather different in Asia 😉.
Well, I've already been to a few Asian countries and I know that there are differences there. Of course, I can say the most about the Philippines and there I don't have the impression that the relationship towards strangers is very different from my relationship towards strangers. What is very different is the relationship within a family and family is defined very broadly in the Philippines, that is not only the immediate family in the direct line, but also aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces, etc. But here too I have to say that I personally think that I am very open, but yes, I have found that this is not always the case. For example, I used to visit my brother often, even lived in his hourse for while (long time ago), but since I was always the one who visit him and I always invited him to come to me every time, but he don't came, I didn't want it to be just one-sided that only I visit him and he doesn't visit me and I have reduced it significantly or haven't been with him for a few years now.
Individuen sind Individuen, was jedoch nichts an statistisch signifikanten Unterschieden zwischen den verschiedenen Ländern ändert.
Nicht umsonst schneidet Deutschland bei Expat-Umfragen in aller Regel sehr schlecht ab - siehe z. B. auch:
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/umfrage-deutschland-bei-expats-unbeliebt-sind-wir-zu-muffelig-dlf-61c3db90-100.html
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