So. Much. Frustration.
When living in a town where people of my ethnicity are sparse, I get rather excited to find out if someone who lives around me is Armenian. That really really gets me excited. I don't know why particularly. Possibly because I don't have family around me or perhaps because I'm curious to have Armenian friends--just to see what its like. I kind of just want to find someone like me, who gets me, who I can spend time with and just be comfortable around.
But it is SO complicated for no reason. There are three kinds of Armenians that I have known to live around here:
1. The Armenians who come from goddamn criminal families. Like seriously they've done some shady business shit and now they're just chillin' in Cincinnati thinking that no one will catch them. I guess no one told them that they actually stick out here more than anywhere else and laws are more strict but alas let them go on thinking they're safe.
2. Armenians that have been here for so many generations or so long that they don't even really consider themselves Armenian. Sorry, but if you can't at least speak the language or understand most of it, I don't consider you Armenian. (I'm awaiting serious backlash for that statement but I don't care. I'm a snob like that. Language and culture go hand in hand.)
3. Armenians that moved here from LA and who are hella pissed that they are here. Like excuse me I didn't ask for you to come. Its really not that bad here. Maybe if you took off that slanted baseball cap, put away your big ass diamond cross necklace, and stopped scowling, people would actually be nice to you. You're in the midwest, okay? People here are friendly for no reason and like, for example, when you go to the grocery store... they actually go out of their way to put the carts in the outdoor corralling area. And when you're on Facebook raging about how bored you are and how much your life sucks, why don't you turn your phone off for one second and actually try exploring the city. Bougie ass snobs pissing me off and shit.
Sorry, guys, this wasn't really meant to be another rage session. But it's really hard sometimes. Is it so hard to find someone ANYONE who is Americanized but not so much that they're not Armenian anymore? UGH I'm done.
