Comment on Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language?
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
he says “Why can’t you just stay here?” or “Why can’t you visit this country first?”
Just straight up ask him why. He may not have an answer he wants to vocalize, but it puts him in a position where he may have to try internally.
A lot of fear of immigrants comes from the fear of the unknown, which likely corresponds with his fear of you traveling to foreign countries.
IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Scrolled way too far to find this. Depending on how well traveled OP is their grandpa might be saying, “there’s tons of cool stuff much closer to home, why not check that out first?”