1. during the development of our friendships, since we were in different villages, we were accustomed to not seeing each other for long periods of time, so from the beginning we were used to 'catching up' every few months and sharing what was important, and our day-to-day lives were never part of the balance
2. we accept each others' faults and annoying habits because we were forced to because there were so few of us PCVs there
3. the act of adjusting to a very different environment and dealing with horrific GI issues bonded us
4. we were told to just listen to each other without projecting or trying to solve any problems because sometimes PCVs just need to vent, so we are able to share things with each other without fear of misinterpretation or judgment
i think that 3 and 4 are not as likely to be the reason, because 3 happens to a lot of groups and we all had different adjustment issues and we all had different GI problems (though i think everyone had diarrhea often) and 4 seems like it would happen among a lot of people other than our PCV friends. i think that it must be a combination of 1 and 2.
just look at these lovely people:
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As one of the people in that photo, I must agree with a lot of your statements other than the "having little in common" entry. I feel that I am a gay male version of Angela Carpenter and were it not for your nomadic ways we would be living together in a Brooklyn loft space, fighting over the same men, and critiquing others grammar points and the use of the Oxford comma. The group as a whole it is true; we are as different as nuit et jour, and that is why I cherish their existence. Hugs.
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