RE: Little Ru on Risks and Expectations

[roleerob]

Good morning (here) @insight-out. Just dropping in quickly to comment ...

You have nothing to apologize for, as I believe you are simply sharing "from the heart" what you believe. The way you see the world ... As am I ... 😉

My question is really just me reaching out to ensure I have not inadvertently "said" something which creates problems. I know from hard experience most people expressing an interest in discussions of the nature of ours here have (at least to me) a remarkably low threshold of what they deem to be acceptable ...

While that may sound a bit judgmental perhaps, it is more shaped by my having at least some sensitivity to hearing references years ago to "ugly Americans," when I was traveling internationally ...

As with any of these topics, much more could be said, but no time ... And the limitations of this particular form of human interaction ... 😏

I am now in the eastern U.S. with my beloved visiting our children. Not returning home until early July. While I will maintain some limited contact "in here," my own time will be done for awhile ...

Hope you and your loved ones are maybe enjoying another nice summer day on the beach! 😊👍

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[insight-out]

ugly Americans

This sounds awful! I am sorry you had to hear it! I hope I didn't sound like that! I never meant to!

Have a wonderful time with your family! We will be visiting my mother in law next week, so I am also going to be less Steemit present :D

[roleerob]

Safely back home and slowly catching up (too many non-Steem priorities ...) @insight-out, thought I would drop you a quick post excerpt from another Steemian on the phrase "ugly American"

"For decades the stereotype of the "Ugly American" formed the basis for many a nightmare that kept hapless European waiters and hotel clerks awake nights (Teel, Smarter Travel). It was probably a well-earned stereotype. I am one of the most nationalistic Americans ever born, but as a long-time expat I can say there have been plenty of times when groups of my countrymen, especially entitlement-minded twenty-somethings, have made me want to backhand them and stuff them in crates on the next cargo ship back to the States to prevent them from embarrassing the US any further with their boisterous idiocy."

From the post of an American expat in China - @patriamreminisci

So ... To be clear, this phrase was not personally directed at me. I was just aware of it, when I began to make my first international trips ...

Hopefully that sets your mind at ease that it was nothing in what you have written which led to my making this reference.