What is considered small talk questions and answers can vary a lot
from one culture to another.
For example in North America "How are you" is a greeting and one
usually doen't want details, here in the Philippines and in a lot of
Asia the question "Where are you going" is similiar. When I lived in
China it was concidered small talk to ask "How old are you" and "How
much money do you make".
Phil R
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> Hi Velty,
> I am retired USN and moved here in 2002 and have been here ever
since.
> My wife and I had to setup some ground rules, one of the most
important ones being I will not allow relatives to intervence in my
household affairs unless we ask for it. I will listen politely to
their advice and do what I want to anyways. I avoid any kind of
direct confrontation unless I am backed into a cormer with no other
options. I also refuse to engage in gossip aka cheezemiz.
>
> The questions that bother me the most are those relating to
income. That's just plain none of their business. When pressed I say
enough to be comfortable and that's the end of it. The other one is
why I don't have kids. The answer should be obvious after almost 8
years together, we can't and my wife does not wish to adopt. HTH
>
> Paul in Iloilo
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Veltisezar Bautista <bookhaus06@
> To: LivingInThePhilippi
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:44:34 AM
> Subject: [LinP3] Questions frequenly asked by Filipinos
>
> As a Filipino American retiree, I have been amazed by what my
fellow
> Filipinos requently ask me. They usually ask me questions such as:
How
> much is your pension? How much salary did you receive while living
in
> the United States? How much is your wife's disability payments. In
> other words, I have been asked personal questions that I think I am
> not supposed to answer. And some of them, including some of my in-
laws
> have been intervening in my household affairs. You should do this,
you
> should do that, they say.
>
> I'm just curious. In your mingling with Filipinos, have many of you
> been questioned about your personal affairs or whatever? What are
the
> questions you have been asked that you hated most?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Veltisezar "Velty" B. Bautista
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