Explaining being Armenian.

[HyeJinx1984]

I was reffering more to how Armenian parents (provided they have the means) spoil their children as a way of investing in them. Where as American parents raise their children so they can be equiped to go away, Armenian parents raise their children not to go anywhere and invest back in the family once they are sucessful.

[SagGal]

Yes, people have asked before and they've always been fine with my answer. I just said that most of Armenians are just very traditional.

Yey! someone else who gets along with Jews on this board! I was afraid I was the only one

Are you kidding? One of my very closest friends is Jewish.
As for this part,

...so we sorta need to "repopulate" our people, and that won't exactly happen if we marry out too much, not to mention we're a small group as it is.

Breed. Breed. lol.

I doubt that's the main reason we date/marry only Armenians. Well, at least I don't think so.

[HyeJinx1984]

Well, I think inadvertedly it is. I mean, WHY do we date within our race then? Marrying someone of another race wouldn't make US any less Armenian, however it would make our kids less Armenian, and I think we don't want that. And although it does sound silly, we do need to breed breed breed, hehe. I always said a family should try and have as many children they can financially sustain. For example, a sucessful Armenian shouldn't have one child.. that would be sad ( ) because he could have three Armenians born into a sucessful family that would go on to be sucessful themselves and hopefully do some good, and go forth and create their own sucessful Armenians. I know a lot of people don't think repopulating will solve a lot of problems, but I think if there are ore of us out there as a people we'll be stronger.


that being said... who wants to go breed?

[SagGal]

Well yes, that's part of it. I see it as, we like our tradition, it is us and we don't want a part of another culture in our family. I like different traditions that I see, but I just don't want to practice it in my home and family.

that being said... who wants to go breed?

I'll pass.

[angelik22]

haha breed? you mean reproduce...?!?! haha
anyway, i get that alot from some white/asian jewish/blah blah blah...friends of mine--i just tell them that we are a deeply rooted culture and that its just who were used to doing things-its jsut in our nature- no need for explanation...
i dont know, but for some odd reason im sooooooooooooooo proud of being armenian (today that is)- usually i feel ashamed because of the bad reputation we have around-- due to some populations- but yea, i loev the fact taht we arm,enians are so closely tied with families and our values, and how when ure driivng and some armenian people are nice enuogh to let you go ahead of them and we hae this pride thing, we stand up for eachother- "sometimes".... and one thing i love is that we -most of us- have respect for our elders-

okie ill shut up now---
chowdaa

[Inna]

I never actually had the opprotunity to explain to someone who wasnt Armenian why Armenians do/say/act the way they do/say/act. The only scenario I've had is having to explain to someone what Armenia actually is, where its located, and what kind of people live there....and then once I finally finish explaining this to (lets call him Bill) he turns around the next day and introduces me to his friend as his "Romanian friend" ..and then I have to explain it all again..and the cycle goes on and on an on...

you guys are lucky that people around you actually know that such a country and such a people as Armenians exist

[SagGal]

Well, you're not alone on this. I've had people ask me my nationality and when I tell them Armenian, they ask, "What is that?" in stead of at least, "Where is that?"

[Inna]

Well, you're not alone on this. I've had people ask me my nationality and when I tell them Armenian, they ask, "What is that?" in stead of at least, "Where is that?"

lol..that is just sad...I guess people cant help being stupid, or just plain ignorant

[SagGal]

I guess people cant help being stupid...

You can say that again.
Here's another example. I was just playing chess online with my screen name being my first name and this guy asks what nationality I am. Here's the conversation.

Me: I'm Armenian. And yourself?
Him: Your name doesn't sound like it. I'm from LA.
Me: You've heard of Armenia?
Him: LOL. Of course. I live here.( He said, "here". Am I in Armenia and with out even knowing? )
Me: Armenian. Not American.
Him: oh. I read it somewhere in geography books. Easy mistake I made. It sounds like American.

AH! He didn't even bother reading it right. This kind of stupidity makes me sad.

[Anonymouse]

Next time, you should ask him if he has played this game. Maybe it might help put some of those marbles in the right slots to make his brain function correctly.