my business is your business

isnt it odd how kuwaiti society keeps tab on everything..

its like you are supposed to live according to wat everyone agrees is ok.. but who makes up these rules? I feel that we are in a courtroom and the society is the jury for the trial.. and each action is depicted by a unanimous vote on whether you are guilty of committing a social crime or not..

I recently ran into a female friend of mine having coffee with a male friend in a well known coffee shop.. i said hi and walked away toward the cafe i was meeting my friends at..

when i arrived i told them that i ran into flana and i commented that she got a hair cut and her hair looked much better now and moved on from there to give them an account of my hectic day..

i was interrupted by another who said: "BQ did u see that flana was with a guy? is she engaged or is that her brother?" so i was like "huh?" (annoyed at the irrelevant question and thinking who cares?).. so i replied that i didnt notice who she was with to avoid the conversation..

to me whoever i saw was not doing anything out of the ordinary, she was simply having coffee with a friend.. one of my family's american friends says "in kuwait, the only socially acceptied way of meeting up with a friend of the opposite sex is where no one can see you like shalaih, i wonder wat that leads to"..

How embarrassing lol.. and i agree.. here in q8 if u do normal things its wrong and ur reputation goes down the drain, but when they cant see you and ur away somewhere ridiculous then its ok just cuz they dont know..

just think its ridiculously funny how we all live with these silly rules ..

another silly thing i noticed was the concept of "estegbalat".. which is when an event happens to a person and as a result the person must welcome guests into their home and go buy very expensive chocolates and flowers for when the guests arrive..
wat i noticed is that both parties, the hosts and the guests are not inetersted in participating in this event yet both do it .. the woman who just got out of 8 hours of labor is supposed to welcome guests, have makeup on, and provide them with chocolates and a small trinket instead of enjoying her new born with her husband..

FUNNY!