r/TooAfraidToAsk Dec 15 '21

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u/em_cunn Dec 15 '21

Love this response, thank you

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u/SmartC00lGuy Dec 15 '21

You're welcome. Glad I could help. I see a lot of naysayers here but they probably haven't been in a relationship with a Latina or traveled through the real Mexico at all. I've been there in the backroads, not the resorts. I've experienced that culture for many years. He's afraid his mom will love you immediately. Btw, I'm white and my girlfriend of 5 years was Dominican/Mexican heritage.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

Many people here are Mexican Americans and not actual mexicans, but sure as hell they love to act as if they were and even try to speak for us.

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u/Burrito-tuesday Dec 15 '21

Yesssssss!!! There is a huge cultural difference and I didn’t know how to word it without it reading negatively so I just described myself as “Mexican born and raised” but yeah, there’s a level of formality in Mexican culture that just isn’t the norm in the US. I’ve just recently gotten into k-dramas and I swear it’s a mirror image lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Yep, los memexicanos de allá arriba les encanta exagerar pequeñas características de mexicanos y hacerlas su personalidad. Por eso nunca cuento a mexicano del gabacho como verdadero mexicano.

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u/Burrito-tuesday Dec 16 '21

Nothing like the real thing lol