Reverse Culture Shocks
Wow, since being
back in the States, we have had a number of things to adapt to. Probably the
hardest one has been all the customer service that is available
here! I am SO used to the feeling that I am bothering people when I come into
their stores in Hungary. Then when I
enter a store here in the states, we are nearly accosted by someone welcoming
us and asking if they can help.
Sometimes I just start looking for a grumpy clerk to feel ‘more at home’
with!
Another thing that
is so surprising - but yet it’s wonderful - is that I can have a complete load
of laundry done in one day, and it’s DRY! Wow! How cool is that?? I am used to getting a load from the
Hungarian washing machine (an American ¼ =1/2
load) done in the washer, then
hanging it up to dry. A day or two later it is dry enough so I can take it down
and put it away. I shouted with glee the
other day getting three complete loads taken care of at my mom’s house!
Physical homelessness has really hit
both of us as we came back to the States.
We have no actual home here in the States anymore, and no actual
house/apartment to go back to in Hungary, yet, since we moved out of where we
were because we don’t know when we will be back.
Spiritual
homelessness has not really been an issue – we celebrate each day with God,
no matter where we are.
It has taken some
getting used to driving over here in the States again – people take the
driving thing WAY too personal! We are
used to people passing us either because they are in a hurry or they need to
turn off, no biggie.
I was expecting
stores to completely overwhelm me with the choices, but that has rarely
been an issue. What has overwhelmed me was how
Much of each choice there is, and why it may be necessary to have that
many. I am starting to understand my
husband’s more pared down approach to choices that he has always had, though.
All in all, it feels like we are adjusting fairly well. Isten jo, mindenkor! (God is good, all the time!)
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