for me too, a bachelor president is not big deal…but for the common folks, this is a question on mar’s capacity and image.

thanks for dropping by

I don’t see something wrong in having a bachelor as a president. But, to the general public, a president with a happy family looks better.

to define america at this point of time is so difficult…but to define a good friend, one would simply mean “dear holly”.

You know, America really is a cultural melting pot – and most cultures haven’t really “melted,” just found ways to co-exist, more or less, peacefully. To say derogatory things about American culture may be as self-critical as it is critical of Americans, given that our nation is made up of people from just about every country on the planet. If it’s so bad, why keep coming?

the only saving grace that eastern viewers on my knowledge is seventh heaven.

and indeed, the american society is now very difficult to define as you rightly pointed out that it had become a melting pot of so many cultures.

ei, holly, why not write something about this here on my blog as guest post for all readers here to read a great write-up about your ideas on the american/western family structure against the eastern perception. for sure, it will be great equalizer and maybe an eye-opener as well.

what do you think?

I would welcome a return of real news, and wish the media would leave fiction and drama to those of us with degrees in creative writing rather than journalism.

I do think that the perception of our “family values” overseas is unfair; I know someone who got his notions of western family life from a mashup of “Little House on the Prairie” and “Three’s Company” (a show we merely adapted from the British, in the first place). TV is…not the place to learn about Americans.

At any rate, my father in law lived with us for eleven years – partly at my suggestion and urging. I’m all for the kids growing up and moving out for the sake of their independence – when they’re ready – but they know they always have a home to come to here. I make my own dad “check in” with me when he returns from a trip, so I know he got home safely (and I do the same for him). We talk on the phone frequently, though we live in different states. We’ll visit in a couple of weeks. It’s a big country, but even if we’re not close geographically, we’re close in spirit, and will generally drop everything to help one another if needed. Families here aren’t as “loosely-knitted” as you might think.

Beyond that, it’s hard to accurately pin down what makes Americans tick. We really are a “melting pot” of many cultures. I think it’s funny when someone here expresses disdain for “Americans” without realizing that they are part of that nebulous entity – if they have chosen to live here, work here, raise a family here – they’re part of the equation, aren’t they, whether they were born here or became naturalized citizens or not?

it is indeed sad, that i think it is not only the US but many other western countries that are living up to the perception that you have a loosely-knitted family relationships and values. but i think there is something in the east that is quite very unique when it comes to valuing the family…or maybe as you pointed you, it is because of the shows from fox, cbs, etc that are exported here that people from the east are having these kinds of perception.

anyway, i love your last punch there. media sways things and facts to the direction they like…and we are indeed just waiting for another sex scandal to break the fear and anxiety we are all living into because of the virus and the corruption around.

thanks…thanks holly…:D