Sometimes we fall into situations that we never thought we would encounter. Sometimes we are exposed to environments and activities that we were never interested in, and sometimes even resistant to. What happens when two people from vastly different American cultural backgrounds come together as companions?
What I find to be ironic is, as different as our backgrounds and interests are, we do have traits that are identical. We are both strong minded, guarded, and incredibly stubborn. I was born over a decade after him, and to add to the complexity, we were born on the same day (which happens to be a major holiday), have three older sisters, and mothers named after southern cities.
Begrudgingly BB chronicles the ups, downs, discovery and pain as BB and Nicholas take turns exposing the other to personal interests they never thought they would share. Will Nicholas learn to appreciate a reception in SOHO where the discussion topic is the application of the CMYK color model to the art of mixology? Will his heart be tugged when he joins BB at an urban spoken word performance by an old friend in West Philly? Will BB learn to appreciate being in the woods and to decipher buck horn markings on tree trunks? Will she get past her notions of NASCAR and come to see Jeff Gordon as a hero?
We don’t even know. But we’ll see where it goes...
Begrudgingly,
BB
Begrudgingly,
BB
Ahh, love the concept and will be even more intrigued by how things play out. I know there are thousands upon thousands of people who have similar experiences and will appreciate your chronicling your own.
ReplyDeleteThanks, VFW! I'll also be adding interesting links and facts from the "city" side and the "country" side as we move through experiences. It should not only provide a perspective of tolerance, frustration, and appreciation, but offer tid-bits of helpful information to a large and varied audience.
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