#non native bilinguals intrigue me ! this lady 34 yrs old completely fluent but was miami born and didn't know a word I had used all my life

[namjoonsheaux]

My fam isn't rlly religious in the way most immigrants cling to theirs when they move to the US and I feel like while I certainly appreciate that ... it also made for a very isolated experience as an immigrant since most of the first gen ones I know tend to fall back in the ex pat community they have made thru church ? My parents tried when we first moved but it just wasn't meant to be ? We didn't have a car, they broke their backs working - it was only the four of us it wasn't practical ! It's funny bc all my cousins and fam will post those corny catholic chain letters on Facebook bc it means something to them ? I feel bad for rolling my eyes at it but at the same time I don't ? I've always been somewhat cynical about catholicism bc the institution is flawed ! Sociology wise I understand the need for an institution that will "subdue" the masses but I also understand why humans need that type of artificial guidance the world is big we don't have answers we want hope ! I don't rule out the possibility of a higher power tbh too many things in my life can be seen as "blessings" (even if others aren't ) BUT I just think having it be personified into an all knowing god is unrealistic to me? The man made doctrines and scriptures that deny so many things ?? are done BC of men not bc a god gives a fuck wether u r gay or not or wether pigs are sacred or not - everything is relative to when it was created ? This is too abstract I'm talking in fragments so I'm not making sense !! I did not mean to ramble lmao ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS - my brain prays in two languages at the same time ... freedom of religion isn't a thing in Peru like it is here - we had literal religion studies classes that were only about Christianity lol I had a kid bible w all the stories - I like Greek mythology bc they're just stories to me as well- I'm rambling again OK ANYWYAS point is I know the our father and hail mary in Spanish and English n my brain literally does both at the same time if I recite it in my head and I wanted to post about it bc again being a native bilingual is a TRIP

#native as in I was born in a place moved to another and then learned that second language #non native bilinguals intrigue me ! this lady 34 yrs old completely fluent but was miami born and didn't know a word I had used all my life #it wasn't a hard word but I guess one not used commonly in daily Spanish you'd use in miami ? #s thoughts