@ramsey

I was at a Croatian gathering at a friends place. Mostly couples and myself. This couple comes last, the guy mumbles hello, sits alone next to the wife group (does not come to the men group) and stays there the entire night. Staring at his phone. I think to myself "what an asshole". So some time passes by, we eat, we drink, I sit next to him, not bcs I want to, but bcs it's the only place available to sit. I Speak to Croatians for the next 10 min. Realize he is French. Great, not just an asshole, but a French asshole. So I start the convo, just your plain "hey, what's up, is it weird to be the only non Croatian here" etc etc. Turns out, he's a regular dude, just not that... outgoing. Especially in a group that's not speaking his language. So we spent the next 45 min talking about everything and nothing. Really pleasant convo. And mid way through the convo I realize. Oh. We were the assholes. A lesson in there.

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