I’m hosting family from America in my home in Europe this week. Being away for just a couple of years has made me really aware of American tendencies. They’re fat and literally are only always thinking of their next meal. We can eat, and they want to talk about dinner. They always complain about their knees and feet even though they’re also only in their mid thirties. I’ve decided to no longer host friends/family from America because it’s always like this 🤦🏼‍♂️ 🫃🏼

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This really has to do with the social class that your f&f belongs to.
Lower social class tend to obesity.
As much as we, as euro, like to moke americans for obesity, we are not a good example. Just walk through the street and focus on 45+ people, or kids. Specially in poorer neighborhoods, obesity is also a problem for us.
You just experienced a bad sample, but honestlt, the vegan-yoga-runner sample is way more annoying than the easy going simple american. They are lovely tbh.

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Are you trying to make them walk like 30k steps a day or 15k? I’d be complaining if I was walking 30k +

It’s honestly been so refreshing moving from the SE US to CO because you just don’t see a lot of overweight people. Most folks are pretty fit from climbing mountains

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Are there a lot of fit ppl on CO? Yes, but you def see a lot of obese ppl as well (almost 25% of the population according to your link)

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Lol my partner and his family are like this and I thought it was because they are Vietnamese. Not that way for my family. I realize it's worse when they are traveling

Hahaha. Are you hosting families for income?

It sounds like you just don’t like your family.

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Where in Europe?

seems like you just don’t like your family, sounds like a personal problem

Nah bruhv, the Americans are full force in Europe right now, and everyone knows it 😂

Yeah it’s true.

- overweight but far from obese American

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