holidays: here holidays are pretty much the same as in the US. We don´t celebrate halloween or thanksgiving. every once in while, like once a month or every other week, sunday is dedicated to on thing or another, Cultural day and things like that. One important day is the day of San Martin, who freed argentina from spanish rule. another important day is July 9th, argentina´s independence. Christmas here is celebrated in a very interesting way...for one its in summer, which means no characteristic snow. aLSO, instead of spending the entire day with your family, EVERYONE, meaning the people that dont usually go out, goes out. From what ive heard its what everyone waits for and EVERYTHING is open, no stores close. and all the people drink a lot and go out to clubs, like theres so many people you cant get inside the club and the majority of the people have to stay outside. so thats really different. otherwise, theres not really any major holidays.
marriage: marriage is something i havent heard a lot of people talk about. the divorce rate is insane, about everyone i know is either separated or divorced. i think it has to do a lot with the men here. having a girlfriend really doesnt mean commitment for them, for the girls either. so that is one huge difference i´ve noticed. because its so easy to get alcohol and how late people stay out, anything can happen and people dont really value commitment or anything like that. chovinism definitely exists, and its really sad because the women also are a part of this, not just men. women dont find it unfair that they have to do ALL of the house work and attend to men and girls HATE eachother with a passion over ex boyfriends and things like that. which brings me to my next topic, anorexia. girls are very cautious about what they eat and are always comparing eachother.
after high school kids usually stay with their parents. its actually very common for parents to mantain their kids until they get married.
Well, getting back to my life, i cut my hair! and my brother got dreadlocks. today i finished school for good! i wanted to join a tango class but it doesnt start for a while, so i might get a job at a hotdog stand that my uncle owns. if not, i might help out with my moms best friends clothing store. if i dont do SOMETHING im going to bored allll summer. saturday the concert that my brothers were going to go to got cancelled because of rain, so they changed the date to next tuesday. wednesday is guillermos prom, which i am very excited for. saturday we have an AFS lunch with the exchange students and their families. i have to bring a dessert from my country, which i am having difficulties with because finding something authentic to the US is pretty hard to come around. well, thats all for now. cchau
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