Are you a "smiley-smiley" person? Smiling at strangers you walk past? (You don't even know them. You're not even in a conversation with them!) Do you feel the need to act like a welcoming committee? When you're around sour people, do you think cheering them up is important? And you don't work in entertainment or tourism?
Well, then, you are NOT a stereotypical Hungarian.
Hungarians do not understand all that smiling, all that showing of teeth. YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SMILE WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY. Smiling when you are not happy is gratuitous. It's phoney. It's being someone you are not. A people pleaser.
Save your smiles for when you really feel them.
(And that goes for your emoji's too!)
C 2019 Magyar American BlogSpot All rights reserved.
