The Peace Corps Web site, obviously attuned to the loneliness and desperation of Peace Corps Volunteers across the globe, is possibly trying to make us feel better. I think it worked. Kind of. They made a list of 12 Reasons to Date a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/2012/02/12-reasons-to-date-a-returned-peace-corps-volunteer/
I can think of a few of my own:
- We don’t blabber on or otherwise talk too much. In fact we are very quiet. A combo of way too much alone time and 27 months without speaking proper English render us almost mute. The perfect girlfriend!
- When we DO get the courage to speak, our small talk is top notch. No more musings about the weather and the Super Bowl, let’s chat about rural beekeeping methods and how to make paper from elephant dung. Have you ever retrieved something you’ve dropped into a pit latrine? Let’s share!
- I may have latent schistosomiasis but….it’s not contagious!! At least I’m pretty sure…. Can you give someone parasitic worms? Welp. Take it or leave it.
- Not only will we be impressed that you have a car, we will be impressed when you pick us up and we’re the only ones in the vehicle—hey, you could fit 13 more people in here! But we appreciate that you did not.
- A dinner/movie date is no longer boring to us. Food that isn’t mashed plantains or boiled cornmeal??? A movie that’s not a pirated version with Chinese subtitles??? I’m in. Let’s go somewhere with shrimp.
- No bride price! As Ugandan men frequently remind me, I’m free. Form a line, boys.
Hot.
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Sexy.
Date me.
Mom said,
February 16, 2012 @ 5:46 pm
The line is already around the block!