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Originally Posted by MittensKittens
Hi Aleks, welcome! My DD turns three in August. I was watching some videos from her from last year, and realized how much she has grown up and changed. Amazing, really. And time really flies.
How do you like being an expat? Lots of us here on this thread are living in other countries, and if you are a bit of an introvert that is going to leave you friendless pretty easily. What is Mexico like generally?
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Hello!!!
Oh yeah I know time flies, I remember when she was a little baby, or when she couldn't even talk. But I have to say, i'm enjoying toddler Ingrid more. She's more fun, she's just so talkative and smart. But she's also really shy, but that's her personality. She obviously inherit it from SO and I
I really miss the UK, even though people say I should miss Spain( where i grew up). But I really don't. I met SO in England and we lived there the happiest moments of our lives. I got used to it and liked it. And then they offered SO a job here. And he accepted it. People are nice, but I mean, I don't really have any friends here. Unleast back in England I attended a Natural Parenting group two times a week. And here I don't have that.
The wives of SO's co workers and his female co workers have tired to include me. But we have lots of differences and I just don't feel comfortable. They must think I'm a snob
Well, Mexico City is HUUUUUGE. But it has it's advantages, it's a city full of history and culture that I can show DD. I love to go to the different parks and museums with DD. Today for example, we went to Bellas Artes. I've planned to take her last week but it was closed for most of the day
There's a big multicultural community here. It has it's downsides, the pay is horrible. Don't make me start about the traffic.
I haven't visited near by towns, we are doing that during the summer though.
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Do you think it's hysteria or a legitimate concern? It's hard to tell here because the news tends to sensationalize the topic rather than dealing with the facts. They love winding people up and getting them scared
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Well, it was really concerning at first. When they said that hundreds of people were dying of a new virus. And all of a sudden they closed restaurants, theaters, schools, etc. And they adviced us to stay at home, and to wear masks if going out. During that time, I was really freaking out. And we stayed at home during the first two days. But then it started getting really weird. Obama came to the country days before all of this started. Lots of people think it was all planned. Some people even say that the virus was made by humans lol. I don't really think that's true. But it seems pretty weird.
The health system here is not bad as many peole think, it's actually more accessible than in the US as it's Universal healthcare, and attention is available. Mexico is not behind in medical care, I can assure you that. And Mexico does not have hygiene problems as many think it has. This is a very urbanized city. It's not any worse than Barcelona (my home city). or New York.
DD was getting bored inside, and she cried becuase she wanted to play outside. As we live in a very small apartment, she doesnt have lots of space here. So yeah, we actually went out and about. With masks of course, that didn't last long. It was really hot for wearing those things. And besides they're not useful at all.
And here we are healthy as ever nothing happened
They overreacted with all of this.
I've never eaten veggie tacos. I don't even eat tacos for that matter
I made a veggies soup today, DD loves it.
Today at the park, this woman told me that I should let DD be a kid
Just becuase I didn't wanted her to eat junk in the streets UGHHHH.
Why can't people understand that eating junk is not a part of childhood.