Growing up with Disney cartoons, I never cease to forget what Thumper rabbit said in Bambi, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
I really love that in American culture, people do not pry into your personal life. They keep mum and move on with theirs. Unless you volunteer information, they will not insist asking for any more.
On the contrary, Filipinos just love all the lame gossip and details that are not even important for anyone to hear. Oh how we love to gossip for the sake of talking, as if we had nothing else better to say.
When you encounter this cultural practice, you can't help but just whisper in your head, "So what?"
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