hey i have a question

[armo_origin]

what do all you armos think of armenians having close odar friends who don't share the same cultural values as us???

love to hear all you're opinions

[ddd]

Re: hey i have a question

I think of them as close odar friends who don't share the same cultural values as me.

Case in point:
Me: "Yo man, we're real close friends, but we don't share the same cultural values dawg"
Odar friend: "I know G"

...

What exactly do you mean?

[armo_origin]

Re: hey i have a question

i mean having odar friends but not fitting in with them becasue of different cultural values, living outside of armenia its kinda hard to find close friends who are odar and you cant always find good armo friends. Is it just me or does anyone else get what i mean

[Fedayeen]

Re: hey i have a question

i mean having odar friends but not fitting in with them becasue of different cultural values, living outside of armenia its kinda hard to find close friends who are odar and you cant always find good armo friends. Is it just me or does anyone else get what i mean

Yes, you mean having Mexican, German,Turkish, Black friends...

I DON't see anything wrong with that, i have Mexican, Black friends and had Turkish friends...nothing wrong with that

unless you plan on marring...now thats another story.

oh and i define friend as someone who...well lets say if in the middle of night you go and knock on his door and the friend is not home, only the parents...and if you ask to stay over the night...and no problem...thats a friend...otherwise WE all know people...

[Crissy]

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Growing up in Sydney, most of my friends were otars. Never had problem fitting in, after all we live in a multicultural society and we all come from all walks of life.

Nothing wrong with having otar friends, we can all learn something from each other

[Ari]

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Spot on Crissy

Yea apart from church and soccer I hardly ever see Armenians. I dont hang with the groups, all my friends are odars. It's normal in a place like Melbourne.

My likes are just different to many of the Armenians in the community.

[Quarteria]

Re: hey i have a question

My likes are just different to many of the Armenians in the community.

How so?

[armo_origin]

Re: hey i have a question

yea it never really bothered me either, until i was talking to my mum about how a family friend we kinow is really extremist, in that he rejects being friends with anyone who isn't armenian, and my mum was like "his keeping himself clean by not assimilating", whatever 'keeping clean' meant lol.
Hey crissy, what part of sydney do ya live in??

[Crissy]

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hmm... keeping clean? not sure what they mean by that, just because you have otar friends (which is impossible not to) doesn't make you UNCLEAN.

I am in the northern beaches are you from Sydney?

[armo_origin]

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yea...near the ryde area