H and I laugh a lot because there is something about me that makes strangers smile at me and talk to me an unusual amount. I think it is partially because I often smile at strangers. If someone is walkng towards me and there is no one else around, I usually make eye contact and smile. I guess I am part southern. And in stores, especially on the south shore of QC where foreigners are more of an anomaly, if folks hear me speaking English they are interested to know my story. We joke that I am a pretty big deal in the Home Depot in St Romuald.
But sometimes the attention is not as positive, and I notice people just flat out staring in, while not an unfriendly way, more of a "look at the odd zoo animal" way. One day I mentioned it to H, asking if maybe I had something on my face, and he pointed out that I am in general extremely loud, especially in comparison to the locals. And as well my loudness was being broadcast in a foreign language. Well, yes, you do have a point there.
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