I’ve experienced culture shock before but it’s always been in some foreign country where I don’t speak the language. It’s never happened in the States before but in the first couple days I felt it in full force.
Conner and Dan had described where they’re from a hundred times but honestly, I thought they were just being dramatic. Arboles is very small and very spread out. There are no stoplights, the closest grocery store is 20 miles away, and there is one convenience store and one bar in town; the bar used to be their old house that was renovated into the new business. Serious culture shock.
Not to mention being thrown into living with Conner, my boyfriend’s parents. They’re absolutely wonderful and totally sweet—they even lent us their bedroom to sleep in while we’re here which I still feel both immensely grateful and rather bad about—but during the period while I’m getting comfortable with everyone, it’s all a little intimidating.
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