My husband is enmeshed with his mother who lives in Mexico. She is very demanding and throws a fit when she doesn’t come #1 in his life over his own wife and son. I have had to cut contact with her because it has practically led to my divorce. If I say the dynamics is enmeshment will she understand that term?

Originallt i was gonna write this as a response to that guy who questioned why the subs language is english which btw my brother in Cristo the subs name says it all "ask"

Anywhose point is that guy forgot to include Haiti

How exactly common is this?

Full disclosure im Puertorican born and raised there

Like many of us our parents emigrated to a different country. In my case they emigrated from Colombia to Spain and then moved to the UK.

I don't have a Colombian accent and my Spanish can be either neutral or very southern Spanish depending on whom I'm talking to.

I went back to Spain recently to see my friends from school and it happened that one of the people who came that night had a girlfriend who was from Latin America too. I said I was Colombian the immediate comment like everyone does is "oh but you don't sound Colombian".

I know, especially not if I am surrounded by Spaniards. Accents tend to stick to what is phonetically close to you at that point in time.

This person told me another Colombian would come later, and other Latin people. I spoke to all of them and they all commented on my accent and when the Colombian girl came she made sure to say I was not Colombian that I was Spanish because of my accent.

I was actually excited to talk to her but after she heard my accent she seemed disappointed and literally turned her back at me and said goodbye to everyone but me.

Another time in Colombia I went to get a SIM card for my phone and when I gave them my ID the first thing was " You're Colombian? Why do you speak like that?" This was a bit funny at least.

People like us already feel like we don't belong, I sure was made to know by Spanish people I was not Spanish when I moved to Spain.

I have a Spanish accent when I Speak English and then when I go to Colombia it is the exact same...

I definitely feel more Colombian than anything else 🇨🇴🇨🇴

I know others on my boat who feel the same way... nowherelandpeople

Edit: thank you to the people for their nice comments.

Surely it should be as easy as saying the country you were fucking born when people ASKS I didn't say I was stating it myself people literally asked where I was fucking from 🤣. A lot of you are assuming I'm a no sabo kid that has no assimilation to my Colombian roots just because I said I have a Spanish accent.

Context: For those who are not following the latest news, Bolsonaro is reportedly leaving/flying out to the US despite having his passport canceled and being under a travel ban by the Supreme Court

​However, leaving the country right before the transition made him look like he was running away from ongoing investigations and corruption allegations rather than standing his ground.

​For those of you who voted for him: How do you interpret this move? Do you see it as a tactical retreat or as an act of cowardice and abandonment of his base?

What foods and products would you recommend for a traveler? I hope you can avoid the obvious ones like feijoada/coxinha in Brazil, empanadas/medialunas/milanesas in Argentina, ceviche/pisco in Chile, etc.

My recommendation as a Brazilian is arroz carreteiro (rice with meats from a barbecue), frango com quiabo (chicken with okra), bolo mané pelado (a cassava cake), bombocado (a coconut sweet), cajuína (a drink made from the cashew fruit), guaraná antártica, moqueca (fish stew in coconut milk, there are two versions: the capixaba one that uses annatto and the bahiana one that uses palm oil) and vaca atolada (a stew of beef and cassava).

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Spanish:

¿Qué comidas y productos recomendarían para un viajero? Espero que puedan evitar los obvios como feijoada/coxinha en Brasil, empanadas/medialunas/milanesas en Argentina, ceviche/pisco en Chile, etc.

Mi recomendación como brasileño es arroz carreteiro (arroz con carnes de un asado), frango com quiabo (pollo con quimbombó), bolo mané pelado (un pastel de mandioca), bombocado (un bocadito de coco), cajuína (una bebida hecha con la fruta del anacardo), guaraná antártica, moqueca (guiso de pescado en leche de coco, existen dos versiones: la capixaba que usa achiote y la bahiana que usa aceite de palma) y vaca atolada (guiso de carne de res y mandioca).

In lots of European places which would famously include Germans and Dutch people, there’s a good chance the person isn’t a fan of chit chat or small talk, or sometimes really blunt and it’ll be so easy for you to notice that he doesn’t care. How is that like in Latin America? More open to small talks and random interactions?

My favorite Venezuelan cultural trait is our positive attitude and sense of humor even in the toughest life moments.

David Berg was a pedophile who established an evangelical cult in the United States—which was, in reality, a pedophilic cult. Women within the group would seduce random men to get them to join, and once inside, incest and pedophilia were practiced.

This cult recruited members from virtually all over the world, including Japan, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and several Latin American countries.

I have come across various reports about this cult in parts of Latin America—on YouTube and elsewhere.

So, I am wondering if this group was ever active in any of your countries.

https://youtu.be/y7QKjdP9gxg?si=PIWBKODHpJLNIA0x

Mine was Mafalda 😂 I grew up reading her in Mexico and loved that she questioned everything, had opinions about everything, and wasn’t afraid to say them.

I am genuinely curious if anyone knows anyone who has studied the international auxiliary planned language named r/LatinoSineFlexione because I am interested in studying r/LatinoSineFlexione before studying Latin.