Field Test: Sustaining a Relationship With An Israeli Man

Diva suggested that to really understand where I am, I need to make a sincere attempt to sustain an actual relationship with an Israeli man.  So the next time I had the opportunity, I didn’t run away screaming or make the usual paranoid accusations while laughing in his face. I promised him that I wouldn’t…

Cultural Differences, Malice, and Stupidity

I am still reeling from the disorientation of learning the differences between a gigantic sexual market and a tiny one.  In the U.S. I was considered very cool and easygoing.  Here, I’m clingy, obsessive, and paranoid.  Sometimes I freeze someone out or say something incredibly ill timed and stupid just because I don’t know what…

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