Pick up lines...

There are few 'stubborn' men in Pajule that would probably like to make me their wife on account that I'm from America and am something of a novelty in the village. Culturally, it's accepted when men often openly flirt with women and women are expected to decline their advances many times before finally giving in. It's a kind of play hard-to-get game. Well, I'm not 'playing hard to get,' but it takes some time for them to realize.

A few months ago, I would get text messages referencing passages from the bible as support for a relationship... 'Man should not stay in the home alone,' 'Woman was created from the rib of Adam...' stuff like that.

The other day someone asked me when I would have them over for supper and then told me that they 'wanted to be close to me like Jesus Christ.'

Pretty funny stuff.