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I wrote a very long post but deleted it. I relate so much to what you've said about direct Europeans. I've essentially resigned to the fact that being raised in the UK has doomed me to life long neurosis where I will constantly look for subtext and intent in people's words.

I have tried VERY hard to not take the bluntness as abrasiveness, but I can't. It's impossible. It's too ingrained after 25 years of social conditioning. I will always be doing that mental gymnastics that doesn't even feel like gymnastics. I've tried. I've tried very hard.