So mom asked me too...

My mom sent me an email asking if I could do a post about the kinds of things people ask me about the US and what I say. So here it is. Everything. There isn't one special thing that they ask me all the time, I get tons of completely random questions about the US and most of the time it is pertaining to what is going on in the room right then and there. I guess though that there are a few that I seem to get more then others. When you go to parties do you actually use the red plastic cups? -Yeah, most bbq's and stuff like that have paper plates and the classic plastic red cups, they're blue a lot of times though too. At school do you have the jocks, nerds, and cheerleaders? -I think a lot of schools have that but it's not quite like the movies, clicks are more common in the US then they are in Sweden. Are there a lot of fat people? -That depends on where you live but no it's not uncommon to see a heavy person while walking around. Do you eat at home every night? -No, I am on the go a lot and pretty busy so it's quite rare that I actually sit down and have a meal I eat on the run most of the time. So ya, that's a few questions I get but mainly no I don't one question all the time, mostly kids just ask about things they've seen in movies and adults are just inerested in life in general. I find it hard to answer any question because the US is such a huge country and there are so many different places and opinions on things. It is fun to kind of represent such a massive country though, I enjoy it. Sometimes I get asked questions about politics and how I feel about Obama and stuff. I think I get this question more here in Sweden then in the US but that's mainly just because they here a lot about the US on TV and they find it interesting to talk to a real American about how they feel and stuff. So it's not like in the US all my friends are asking each other about politics because they want to see how an American feels about it since we're all Americans there.