hutsu wrote:
laugh at me or otherwise deliberately make me feel small or stupid
i've been video chatting with my sister who lives in the uk & one of her friends a couple times and i get nervous and embarrassed about not knowing english words for something (despite of them constantly telling me that i'd pass as a native speaker), and always sort of expect they're going to make fun of me when i can't pronounce something etc. idk if this is a cultural thing or just bad self esteem, i feel like every single finnish person i know is embarrassed about their ability to especially talk, but also write in english???
laugh at me or otherwise deliberately make me feel small or stupid
i've been video chatting with my sister who lives in the uk & one of her friends a couple times and i get nervous and embarrassed about not knowing english words for something (despite of them constantly telling me that i'd pass as a native speaker), and always sort of expect they're going to make fun of me when i can't pronounce something etc. idk if this is a cultural thing or just bad self esteem, i feel like every single finnish person i know is embarrassed about their ability to especially talk, but also write in english???