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I do have a question: I have not been to New Zealand but spent some time in Australia and have found the competition (not just at football games) between the two countries curious. It seems there is a lot of hidden or maybe unacknowledged hostility behind the jokes and comments. I thought at first it was only an Australian thing, but later found New Zealand friends to have the same attitude toward Australians. Nobody could give a decent explanation, though. Is there some historical reason? Maybe a political conflict? Competition in economic terms?

As to New Zealand’s image hereabouts in Germany: spectacular landscapes, cultural diversity (especially with the maoris about), lots of sheep, lovely climate, very much a place for nature tourists. You don’t hear much about the cities there, more about hiking.

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I have been teaching my daughter that people are equal, and I would not in the least be surprised if she one day dated someone of another race or color. I think you do not mean ‘surprised’ at all, but actually ‘irritated.’ As far as I can say from my own parents, they would be irritated if I brought someone home from another race – but only initially. They, too, raised me with an egalitarian concept, but they themselves were raised in a highly race-conscious environment, against which their egalitarianism was protest. Maybe this parent generation is then surprised or irritated by their children’s dating behavior because they find themselves face to face with subconscious racial prejudice that they have been carrying around with them since their own childhood and never knew was there (seeing they were so busy raising us egalitarian).

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It seems to me you are generalizing ‘women;’ I think women looking for a relationship look for love, loyalty and such first, and the Merc only comes in with the hardcore mercenary (because there are some women who are mercenary just like there are some men who dig a rich old bitch). Personally, and compared to younger men, I can add that I do find older men more interesting, but not that much older. 5-8 years would be a maximum for me. I once had a relationship with a man 16 yrs. my senior who _was_ considerably more affluent, and I didn’t like it. He really was another generation; the difference in age was not enriching any more but separating; and I didn’t feel comfortable when he took me out to five-star-places that I had only known from outside before. I felt very much out of place there – this was his world and not mine.

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