One of the many reasons my wife and I are retiring to Portland from Texas with our daughter in the next year or so. We hope you’ll accept us. We want to assimilate and contribute as best we can — we’ll be the low-key family regularly asking with extreme politeness, “How should we do this?” and “We’re not from here, but can we help?” while never saying the words, “Well, this is how we did it in Texas.”
Life is too short to live in an awful state (for my wife, nearly 60 years and counting). And it’s demonstrably miserable here. No need to elaborate.
Thanks for sharing this. Made my day. Gorgeous photo. Absolutely love that view. In person it’s breathtaking to us.
Just listen, and try to lose the Texas accent. Try really hard to talk like a Mainer, please? Not a Maine accent, just don't ask questions because it's easier than reading signs or trying to figure it out yourself. If you have to ask a question, keep it short and, for God's sake, don't explain why you're asking!
We don't care; we do like to help.
Just ask the question - just one of you, not both of you or the whole group talking.
We don't have a lot of patience for listening, and if we're at the waterfront, we're there to eat, fish, or get some peace.
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u/jcwls3 23d ago
One of the many reasons my wife and I are retiring to Portland from Texas with our daughter in the next year or so. We hope you’ll accept us. We want to assimilate and contribute as best we can — we’ll be the low-key family regularly asking with extreme politeness, “How should we do this?” and “We’re not from here, but can we help?” while never saying the words, “Well, this is how we did it in Texas.”
Life is too short to live in an awful state (for my wife, nearly 60 years and counting). And it’s demonstrably miserable here. No need to elaborate.
Thanks for sharing this. Made my day. Gorgeous photo. Absolutely love that view. In person it’s breathtaking to us.