1. i walk too much. i never take cabs. i never drive. i walk to the shops and the supermarket. i walk my son to school. i walk if it rains. i walk a lot and seem to enjoy it. an extravagant habit to people here.
2. i very often wear a baseball cap. when i am off-duty i do. (odd...very odd for turkish standards).
3. i seem to be very much into sports. (kind of exotic over here).
4. my baby boy wears his hair kind of long and uncombed. (unusual...)
5. it is traditional here to keep newborns at home for forty days. i went out with newborn in tow after one week. (i keep on getting told off about this one...!)
6. i generally use a baby carrier - which creates a major sensation in the streets (with many people staring in utter, absolute shock... ) ... i figure it is rather easy to cause a sensation over here.
7. i sometimes leave my kids with our cleaning lady. and usually get questioned about it. "who is looking after them?" - "is she reliable?" - "where did you find her?" - "how much do you pay her?" - etc.
8. i never seem to visit the hairdresser. i never dye my hair. i never sport over-the-top hairdos and hair accessories. (in turkey this is unheard of).
9. i kind of seem reluctant to have relatives / parents / in-laws visiting. let alone looking after my kids. (unacceptable).
(...)
which...
at the end of the day
ALL boils down to the fact that...
10.ultimate sign of wackiness.... (no surprises here...):
......................i am a foreigner!
(which kind of...but only partly!...excuses all the "weird" habits i seem to have. it eventually makes turkish people smile of your "oddities"...but with a slight expression of disapproving pity...).
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