For those loyal followers out there, you might remember my post about my Korean friend Anton and our realization that Americans look at people more when they're talking with them. Well, if Anton was uncomfortable with how intently Americans look at him, he's doomed talking to Russians. I myself, being American, wouldn't really have noticed how intently Russians stare into your eyes when talking to you...
Except that, on literally more occasions than I can count on my fingers, I have been talking to a Russian and in the middle of a sentence he/she will interrupt me and ask, "Do you wear lenses?" I can't get over it. It cracks me up every time it happens. Here colored contacts are still pretty popular, though, and contacts are a little more novel, less everyday occurrence. But still. Never have I been talking with an American and been interrupted by the realization that I wear contacts. It's just one more of those quirky Russian things that I so greatly enjoy.
And Anton said I have eagle eyes.
Except that, on literally more occasions than I can count on my fingers, I have been talking to a Russian and in the middle of a sentence he/she will interrupt me and ask, "Do you wear lenses?" I can't get over it. It cracks me up every time it happens. Here colored contacts are still pretty popular, though, and contacts are a little more novel, less everyday occurrence. But still. Never have I been talking with an American and been interrupted by the realization that I wear contacts. It's just one more of those quirky Russian things that I so greatly enjoy.
And Anton said I have eagle eyes.
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