LoveLoveMIKA

Thank you for posting this! I'm glad to hear Mika is No. 1. Do you mean the song, Big Girl or Mika? I think it's good that a real "Big Girl" likes the lyrics. Ah, those ladies and those weird (rude) looks. She just doesn't understand or isn't very polite/nice about it. I've done the same thing. I like seeing things about Mika, it makes me very excited and proud of him. Even if it's little. I don't hear enough about him in the states, either, unless I come here to the MFC.

Sweet about my cousin? Regardless, he is sweet. He was the sweetest cousin during my stay in Ecuador, just so nice and easy to get along with. He was my favorite. Shhh... He is amazing! I hope to see him again and soon. He lives in Ecuador and I live in the states... it's hard to get the money. Really? I think Mika's the only one I've heard of that hugs his fans and seems rather affectionate. It's good to hear that other musicians are like that too. That guy musician you met seemed very nice, affectionate and sweet. His greeting is the type that make me feel really loved and special. It's only natural that you didn't expect it--you just met him! I wouldn't expect it either, I kind of prepare myself for people being distant, so I'm not sure how I would act if someone did that. I'll have to consider it and prepare myself, especially since Mika might give me a hug if I ask him. Plus, saying you smelled nice is so kind! I've gotten that a few times, but I wish more people would tell me that more often. I know I don't smell because my mother and father would let me know. EDIT: I'm sorry, I have to go to sleep. It's been wonderful talking to you. I hope we can continue this conversation sometime tomorrow.

Not nosy at all. Hispanic/Latino, but we prefer to be called Latino. I take it you're white (no offense), correct? Now, that's my favorite sort of hug! I actually love to hug people like that, the whole running up, throwing my arms around them, embrace, and depending on how they hug me back before, I squeeze them tight or very tight, long/short. If I haven't seen them in awhile, I'm not keen to let go too quickly, but if I just saw them, it's a quick burst of a hug and quick letting go. Often, people let go before me, but I'd hate to be the one to let go first. So sometime hugs aren't as long-lasting as I'd like them to be. That's true. I think I have only one friend here in Miami, Florida that I have ever been able to share a hug with. I think now I just read off their vibes and wait if they hug me. I had the same thing happen to me. I understand if it makes them feel uncomfortable and I hope they don't hold it against me. Definitely true about culture and social status. I think the most basic is the family, too. I mean, being Latina, supposedly I am meant to be super affectionate, but my family is rather dry, except for my Dad who gives massive hugs, kisses on my forehead and his whole side of the family is very affectionate. My mom says it's clingy and she tires of it, but I like it. Just not if they hug me when they're all sweaty, which they've tried. I'd rather get a hug from someone who actually gave me a deep, serious hug, too. It just makes me feel really loved... and wanted. My cousin, Johnny, once hugged spontanesouly, off my feet and so tight that the bones in my back cracked, but it was a delicious hug. I told him I loved it and ever since then he would do it to me, he never had before. I love that.

The girl in the chatroom must've not been white. I wasn't raised in a white family, so we don't do that. In the Chronicles of Narnia, I think I saw the Mom give a quick peck on the lips to Edmund and I was shocked although I think I also saw that in Peter Pan, too. Of course, across cultures, some things may shock. I heard that in Arabic culture, the men can stand really close and sometimes when they speak, will place a hand on the ribs of the other man and this is considered perfectly normal. And in Christ's day (because I went to a religious school), the "disciple that Christ loved" would lean his head on Jesus' shoulder, which was normal then and in that culture, but would be taken to mean something wholly other in mine. Plus, in my culture, when people hug it's really an embrace--tight, squeezing the other person--while with white people I get a loose, ackward sort of hug. Which my mom says doesn't count. Of course, I understand the difference between cultures, but the first time this happened, I was quite put out by it and the girl I tried to embrace looked at me like and like... I don't know, she thought I was a lesbian or trying to feel her up or something. I was confused because I thought I was giving a "proper" hug. Sadly, after that she would always give me weird looks and every time I tried to talk to her to explain she would walk away or ignore me. I don't think that it's weird within your culture. I mean, I'm trying to be as respectful and as sensitive as I can possibly be... I mean, it's something you grew up with, but since I didn't, it would be really odd to me... and perhaps even incestous feeling, which is why I think some people find it strange. So, in short, I don't think it's weird or wrong within your culture if you care about the person (be careful of herpes, though, no joke), but I have a different one (culture) and in mine, it would be seen as strange, so I'm not about to do it. I think this is the sort of thing that is best to keep one's cultural stuff to one's own just to be safe and be very aware that not everything in one's culture is good/permissable in another. Like I no longer embrace white people anymore and they don't give me a quick peck on this lips, no matter how close I am to them. It also reminds me of a story of a little no older than 5 Latino boy who loved his American teacher. The boy grew up in a typically affectionate, very loving home and was used to expressions of "I love you, mom, I love you so much." So, one time he, being very affectionate and not thinking anything badly of it, goes to his teacher, "Teacher, I love you so much, so very much!" and embraces her and doesn't want to let go. The teacher, (must've been due to the difference of culture) reports that she thinks something is wrong with him, that he needs to see a psychiatrist and that he has problems. I suppose she thought he was hitting on her, or was attracted to her, but it was really due to his culture and how he was raised to think that something that was ok at home could be ok elsewhere, but not the case. Unfortunately, whoever is unaware of the cultural difference would probably have her same conclusion. :-(

Oh, I think what you mean is like a cultural thing. I've seen that too, and it's strange to me. But then, I like to greet and say good-bye close friends with a kiss on the cheek, both male and female, and some people find that strange. I think I would find it odd with a girl/woman and definitely be more comfortable with a guy. I had two friends that were really close to one another--both girls--and one time a guy/bunch of guys asked them to kiss and they did, just a peck like you said. About a nanosecond long. They said it was like kissing a sister. I wouldn't kiss a sister on the lips, though. I have seen parents kiss their little babies on the lips, a quick peck, maybe like that. But, I didn't feel any sexual tension or anything. I just wouldn't do it.

How so? I don't think it did at all. EDIT: I've never had a friend that close. To me, that would border on boyfriend/girlfriend and I do not think I would be able to do that if there wasn't any attraction or if there was, I think I'd end up feeling used. So, I wouldn't do it. (Of course, I don't at all hold it against you for that. I just have a different point of view. I hope you understand what I mean. I'd hate to offend you and I don't mean to.) I always seem to become best friends with a guy throughout my life, so that we always spend time together, in fact, and most people always think we're going out, but really, we were just good friends and really hit it off (in a platonic and absolutely NON-sexual way). I would've felt really weird if any of them had wanted to kiss me, though. Or if I would have kissed them even for a second, although we were close. I think it would've triggered some emotional tie to them that I just wouldn't want.

Really, truly Mika!!! Oh, I want it!

Yes, a similar one! I remember it, but I think his was a bit (more) pastel-colored and I'm not sure the shape of the pieces of the bracelet, but definitely, I remember it very well. EDIT: I'd buy it for a dollar, as well! :-)

Is that a pound sign on his shirt? Sorry, I'm not English and I haven't seen the mark of their currency.

I take it you went to the concert (I've haven't read this entire thread, so I don't know for certain). Are you trying to make us jealous?

Thank you for posting! I look forward to seeing this.

Thank you for posting! More publicity for Mika = Happier me!!!

It is really nice and sweet of him. Not everyone would do that.

I recognized one lady by her MFC, but I don't know who she is.

Thank you for posting! So, Mika has a doll now! And he said he wasn't pretty enough, yeah right. *sarcasm*

WOOOOOOOOOW! Thank you so much! I've never seen them before! I'm curious... Are they yours? If not, whose? Do you know this person in real life? If not, how did you find them? Please let me/us know and please post more pics if you find any. :wub2:

Me, too!

Thank you for posting! :-) I've never seen it before. I love that it's quite large.

Unforgettable.

No. Are you eating at this very minute?

Thank you for posting! I think I welcome just about any US publicity.

No. Do you like to chew gum?

That's really cool you're into saving the environment, Hannah. :-) *is admiring* This may seem random, but I always wanted to plant a tree on Earth day. It's not at all cool those people called you hippies and such. I think I'd be proud to be called a tree hugger, though. I think the people who do those kind of name-calling are mockers and the kind of people that throw trash in the streets. Some of my cousins did that, after they government/people had spent a fortune to clean it up. I was furious. I mean, I couldn't believe it. It's their own country, city, their own children who would have to deal with it, and it had just been cleaned. And if they're not part of the solution, then they're part of the problem. Sorry to rant

I think it's the sort of thing that's best ignored. There's a saying, don't get in argument with a fool because he'll beat you with his experience. In the past, whenever anyone has said something to them, they are just mean and become mean to whoever gets at them and then say even ruder and worse things about the person you are trying to defend. I leave them alone and let them steam for a bit, they eventually get bored and move on.

And you know what that means... On a more innocent note: I love that he matched the white sunglasses with his white T-shirt.