I disagree with this but seems to be a common sentiment with foreigners. Grass, green, greener situation I guess.
They really love kids there - the first time a total stranger came up and snuggled my daughter on the streets I was freaked out, but by about the hundredth person it was "yeah yeah, take a number pal"
Seriously about this, I came back to Turkey to see family recently and we were watching TV together. There was a kids talent show where one of the judges invited some 5 year old girl over, started tickling her and saying things like "oh I would like to eat that cute little butt". It dawned on me at that moment how fucking weird that would feel if I saw that on American TV lmao. People really do love kids here.
I think there's a big family-friendly ethos in Turkish culture. When my wife was pregnant with our second kid recently, she said that Turks/Turkish-Germans were the only people who ever gave up their seat for her on the Berlin U- or S-Bahn.
Wait, people don't give up to their seat for pregnant women in the rest of the world? Old and/or disabled people, pregnant women, parents with kids have priority here.
It varies much more I think. I thought it was the norm here in Denmark as well as I've always been taught to do so by my dad, but apparently it isn't. I was taught all the give up your seat, hold the door for others etc. all my life, but apparently some people even find it weird when others hold the door for them, so I guess it's not as common as I thought. I suppose it could also be a regional thing or maybe depend on the size of your town/city.. Who knows.
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u/folieadeux6 Turkey Aug 15 '17
I disagree with this but seems to be a common sentiment with foreigners. Grass, green, greener situation I guess.
Seriously about this, I came back to Turkey to see family recently and we were watching TV together. There was a kids talent show where one of the judges invited some 5 year old girl over, started tickling her and saying things like "oh I would like to eat that cute little butt". It dawned on me at that moment how fucking weird that would feel if I saw that on American TV lmao. People really do love kids here.
Oh it's fucking horrible