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Originally Posted by Niamh.
Years ago when I was 18, I went au pairing in America and we had a kind of a meeting thing with the group leaders where they were telling us about cultural differences etc and I specifically remember them saying that if you ask a person if they want something and they say no, they actually mean no so don't keep asking  |
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...I was brought up on the go on, go on, go on thing...you will just have a bit, won’t you..just a small bit, you’ll hardly notice..?..it was just easier to say yes first time and realise they were never going to stop asking...(..I’m sure I would put a bit of cake in my picket sometimes because I just couldn’t manage it..)..