12 Reasons to Date A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
Agreed, Marian. My Peruvian husband & I have been married now close to 58 years!
Agreed, Marian. My Peruvian husband & I have been married now close to 58 years!
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Just loved this one. Thanks. I bet there are even more reasons!
All so true. And a couple more: we can fix things that break or wear out, often in highly unusual ways. And, if money is scarce, we can subsist for days on stuff like rice and peanuts.
Hell—we can squeeze five cups of tea out of one tea bag
-we can wrap a banana in a chappati or pita bread slathered with peanut butter and consider it an exquisite treat
-we know how to exist, learn about the world and have many adventures without a cell phone in our hand, or evven an airmail letter or a newspaper
-we can regale you with “ancient history” like how our host community and country reacted and mourned the death of President Jack Kennedy
-we have actually drunk Palm Toddy, Mauby juice and chewed sugar cane stalks for refreshment
-we can go two years without furniture, we just squat on our haunches for hours and sleep on woven mats
-after two years in a Muslim country every American woman is beautiful and a joy to behold
-you won’t have to buy a lot of new books, we read the old ones over and over again and then we bum other old ones from our friends
-we recognize thee morning sounds of roosters crowing, donkeys braying, birds singing, goats baaing and the Mullah calling all to the morning prayer
Absolutely, John. I’d add one more thing. Remember during the pandemic how everybody was completely freaked out about not being able to find toilet paper? Well, guess who that wasn’t a problem for.
I love this–and it is so true! Often friends say they would love to travel with me because I have been to a lot of places that aren’t on most people’s must visit list. And I usually say, “Well, you’d be welcome, but do know my standards are low (i.e., any mode of transportation is fine with me, even if I am up close to other people, (as in squeezed between two strangers on a bus or in a matatu), my restaurant choices tend to the local and simple, and I don’t mind eating with my hands–without utensils, and hotels? well, you know–the only requirement is a clean bed, especially if I’ve brought flea powder.
And you can find a wonderful spouse!
Agreed, Marian. My Peruvian husband & I have been married now close to 58 years!