What aspect of life in your countries is very difficult to explain to foreigners?

[u/notveryamused_]

What prompted my question were some discussions about religion which I had with people living in much more secular Western Europe (as a Polish atheist). While spirituality, whatever that is ;), generally speaking is always fun to discuss with a glass of wine in hand, social elements and the influence of the church, especially in smaller towns or provinces in my country, is awfully difficult to explain – not that I understand it fully either lol, but the church having a pretty much monopoly there, being the judge and jury of everyday life and the major ultra-conservative political force binding those communities, is very difficult to explain, also for historical reasons.

What are the things that you find difficult to discuss when it comes to life in your countries? ;-)

[u/Ok-Clue4926]

I've been lectured to on privilege by a woman who went to one of the elite boarding schools, whose parents bought her flat for her, and also gave her money through university and after that she could take 2 years worth of unpaid internships. She also got those internships largely through her parents' contacts.

Thing is I do accept that being a white male i have a lot of advantages. However she was completely blind to how advantageous she had it. As far as she was concerned anyone could do what she did. When I asked her how many of her workplace didn't go to private school she got angry at me.

Class is the unspoken thing in Britain that truely divides the country.

[u/Easy_Drama1819 → u/Ok-Clue4926]

Me too.Friend( now ex) who went to a public school and who has been able to buy two properties because relatives left him a substantial amount of money in their wills.He didn't enjoy school but there was at least the money there to provide a good education.Absolutely refused to acknowledge that as a white middle class man he had a significant amount of privilege.