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Wednesday, November 16, 2011\u00a0<\/p>\n

This will be a quick blog; about some of the things I have had people say to me, in reference to the clothing that I wear.<\/p>\n

In America there are just some things that you don’t say to a person, especially to a woman:<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 I had a pair of pants made that ended up being slightly tight, so when I put my hands in my pockets and split the pocket a friend in Rwanda said, “Oh, this is no problem, your legs are just wider than your pants!”<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 I had a skirt made at a different market, and instead of trying the skirt on in front of everyone, I said I would take it home and if there were any problems I would bring it back.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Of course the skirt was too small (this is becoming a habit, I know!), so when I took the skirt back to get it altered my tailor said to me “Are you a woman? Because you are very BIG like a woman.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(What she really wanted to know was if I was married).\u00a0<\/p>\n

We have been fighting a change in culture as soon as we moved to Lubumbashi compared to Rwanda, and specifically in clothing that we wear.\u00a0 <\/span>I finally just resorted to only wearing long skirts, so there was no question if I was being “offensive” to the culture.<\/p>\n

1 – One day I went into a store while Blake stayed behind, and a man came up to Blake and said, “Congratulations, your wife is dressed very well.”<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Monique gave me a long black skirt for my birthday this year that is REALLY long.\u00a0 <\/span>When I wore it to some friends’ house in Gisenyi, Rwanda, the family was giggling a bit.\u00a0 <\/span>When I finally asked what was wrong, they said, “You are wearing a super Christian skirt”!<\/p>\n

3 – Recently in French class, one of our classmates came to us and said, “Lindsey, you dress very good.\u00a0 <\/span>Many white women will come to Congo and dress very bad, but you, well you dress very good.”\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>(She is referring to someone showing their legs with short skirts vs. someone wearing long skirts).<\/p>\n

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Until next time, to all my married friends, may you grow to be very big like a woman :)!<\/p>\n


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