After returning from Brazil, I never expected to experience re-entry shock. I'd done this out-of-country thing before. I am now finally recognizing that the "jeito brasileiro" I've picked up has made me a "weird" kind of American."Jeitinhos"
1. Be friendly. When you see a friend... stop and talk to them. No matter if you're in the middle of a run or running late. They are priority.
2. Be welcoming. Always invite everyone to your house. If you mean it, invite them 3 or 4 or 5 times. Then it's a real invitation. If you haven't invited someone to your house, they are not really your friend.
3. Be "modest". Wait for people to insist on serving you something, giving you something, inviting you somewhere, or to stay. In this vain, you always say you have to go before you are really ready to go... at which time the host responds, "No, it's early."
4. Be generous. If someone says they like something, give it to them. If someone doesn't comment on something you have, give it to them. If you have something to give, give it. If you don't have something to give, give it anyway. If you have anything in front of someone else, offer to share or give it to that person.
~These are the ones that occur to me at the moment. There are undoubtedly more. I'll add as I think of them.~
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