America

The other day I was talking to one of my friends here at St. Johns about guys. My friend, who shall remain nameless, isn't from the United States. She is an international student from Europe.
The two of us were just talking about usual girl stuff. You know, how much boys irritate us and how they are such big jerks. As we got more into our conversation, she started telling me how she hasn't found any cute boys here at St Johns or in even in the city itself. She went on to tell me how the boys in the United States are not cute what-so-ever and the guys in her country are much better looking. This just kind of made me laugh, and obviously, didn't bother me. In fact, I agreed that the boys in her country are probably really good looking.

As the conversation progressed, I became a little more upset because she turned the subject around and started to "bash" the US a bit. First she started saying the thing about guys, which was alright by me, but then she said she didn't think people around here are very friendly. She said people pretend to be your friends, but then next time you see them, they'll pretend they don't even know you. According to her, people in her country would never do that. This made me feel bad because I wanted to know oif everyone felt this way about America...

I don't think my friend was trying to be mean and purposely insult Americans, but that's kind of how I took it. I felt like maybe this is how everyone views America/Americans and I don't like that at all. I don't want to be known as someone isn't friendly just because I'm from the US. I've only met a few exchange students who go to St. Johns, but I've never really had an in depth convo with them as I did this girl, so I don't know their views. I'm sure she has met some people who are very rude, or fake, but is that a reason to make such a statement about America? I believe this statement can relate to some people here, but if you think about it, everywhere you go, you encounter people like that. I guarantee if I was to move to Europe, I would meet someone who wasn't very friendly. I just don't think everyone in America should be given a bad name because of those who choose not to be nice.