hye 4 life? or just wen ur bak home?

[slickesthye]

Im the only hye in my area...n im proud!

But does anyone here feel somewhat isolated because there isnt enough of us lovely people round?

i Mean who actually knows what an Armenian is??
"oh i didnt know it was a country!" - quoted!
frustratin aint it?

[One-Way]

I know what an Armenian is.

[slickesthye]

I know what an Armenian is.

lol....hey u must b the 1st!!
i swear when people dont even know where it is it makes u wanna screaaaaam!!

[ArmoBarbi]

I know exactly how you feel.

American: "So what nationality (they mean ethnicity!) are you??"
Me: "I'm Armenian"
American: "Oh Romanian"
Me: "..Armenian"
American: "Oh Albanian"
Me: "...no..Armenian?"
American: "Where's that??"
Me: lecture about Armenia
American: "wow...cool"
Me: *sigh*

Welcome to the forum!

[Crimson Glow]

I know exactly how you feel.

American: "So what nationality (they mean ethnicity!) are you??"
Me: "I'm Armenian"
American: "Oh Romanian"
Me: "..Armenian"
American: "Oh Albanian"
Me: "...no..Armenian?"
American: "Where's that??"
Me: lecture about Armenia
American: "wow...cool"
Me: *sigh*

She just stole one of MY quoted conversations! J/K

It's frustrating, but at the same time, kind of fun in a wierd way....because it's unique. But I make it a point to make my ethnicity known. And the stares you get around here just because you're blasting some Paul Baghdadlian on your car stereo.....priceless. But a lot of my friends have actually become enthralled with learning about the culture after I introduced them to it.

[One-Way]

lol....hey u must b the 1st!!
i swear when people dont even know where it is it makes u wanna screaaaaam!!

Lol, I'm Armenian though, I was making a joke.

Anyway, yeah. People outside of this city don't really know what an Armenian is. I gotta walk 'em through it. Tell them a few times- "No, we're not terrorists, no we don't live with Osama bin Laden.."

[LadySilver]

It's really bad at my school. There are only 4 Armenians including me and well it gets annoying after a while when you have to keep explaining where Armenia is and its Armenian not Albanian or whatever else they call it.

[One-Way]

^ I rather have it like your school. At mine, every Armenian gets stereotyped. If I try talking to a girl, who isn't Armenian, they'll be like, "Oh he's Armenian. He probably has a Mercedes and comes to school looking like [describes rabiz people]."

Even my friends poke fun at it. They always say stuff like, "Hey Armen, how come you don't act like the rest of the Armenians?" I always say, "We're not all like that, and you guys know that by now."

Going to a school with almost no Armenians is cool because at my cousin's school, they look up to Armenians. My cousins act the way they do, and everyone there thinks Armenians are cool, so everytime I see them- they always tell me, "Yeah! Another Armenian. You guys are so cool."

Ya feel it?

[LadySilver]

^ I rather have it like your school. At mine, every Armenian gets stereotyped. If I try talking to a girl, who isn't Armenian, they'll be like, "Oh he's Armenian. He probably has a Mercedes and comes to school looking like [describes rabiz people]."

Even my friends poke fun at it. They always say stuff like, "Hey Armen, how come you don't act like the rest of the Armenians?" I always say, "We're not all like that, and you guys know that by now."

Going to a school with almost no Armenians is cool because at my cousin's school, they look up to Armenians. My cousins act the way they do, and everyone there thinks Armenians are cool, so everytime I see them- they always tell me, "Yeah! Another Armenian. You guys are so cool."

Ya feel it?

=P Oh ya I feel it

[ArmenianKid]

Im the only hye in my area...n im proud!

But does anyone here feel somewhat isolated because there isnt enough of us lovely people round?

i Mean who actually knows what an Armenian is??
"oh i didnt know it was a country!" - quoted!
frustratin aint it?

i get that all the time.

american: whats a armenian? did u make that up?
me: no. why the hell would i do that?
amercian: no seriously where r u from?
me: armenia, do i have to show u a map?
american: u know its mean to lie to people
me: *walking away*