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Living the American Dream

It's the best. But my parents love it here because it's great, like, financially. But they hate it. They just hate— they miss the culture. They're so old-fashioned. And that's like the part where we completely differed on. I was like, America, America, America. And like, the thing is, with my parents, I would always piss them off and I would always pretend like I hate Slovakia.

June 1, 201729:19David
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Jason29:02
Yeah, that was kind of— and I do not like to get too sentimental, but I— I mean, yes, I do. I love to get sentimental. But, you know, I love American stories. Like, if I meet someone from another country and they moved here, I love to hear them say, I love it…
David29:16
Oh, yeah.
Jason29:17
I love to hear that. I'm like, oh, you like it here? That's awesome.
David29:19
It's the best. But my parents love it here because it's great, like, financially. But they hate it. They just hate— they miss the culture. They're so old-fashioned. And that's like the part where we completely differed on. I was like, America, America, America. And like, the thing is, with my parents, I would always piss them off and I would always pretend like I hate Slovakia.
Jason29:37
Right.
David29:37
But then, but then when I would go to school, I would pretend like I hate America and I would be like, I would be so for Slovakia. But I, but I was so young and I loved to like tick them off and I'd be like, oh, I don't care anything about Slovakia.
Jason29:49
Why were you so interested in ticking them off?