So the past weekend the HyWy and I decided to try out CouchSurfing. Without going into the details of the experience (because that was what the website is for) I thought I would offer up some of my own reflections.
I was amazed at how genuine and open people can be. I don't know why I was so amazed given the people that the HyWy and I meet through our various other activities, but I think that was just the thing. We didn't meet these people through other activities they were for lack of a better word complete random. Call it a Berkeley feeling, but there is something reassuring that one can have an experience like this in what otherwise feels like a rather skeptical society.
One particularly interesting aspect of the whole experience was telling people that we did it and hearing their reactions. I grouped them into three main categories: I would never do that, I've thought about it and since you have had a good experience I'll seriously consider it, and I was definitely going to do it, but you just beat me to it.
I wonder if the general age range of our friends contributed to their reactions. Would people have reacted differently if they were in college and used to doing 'random' things? Maybe the things that we accepted socially back then have changed.
I was amazed at how genuine and open people can be. I don't know why I was so amazed given the people that the HyWy and I meet through our various other activities, but I think that was just the thing. We didn't meet these people through other activities they were for lack of a better word complete random. Call it a Berkeley feeling, but there is something reassuring that one can have an experience like this in what otherwise feels like a rather skeptical society.
One particularly interesting aspect of the whole experience was telling people that we did it and hearing their reactions. I grouped them into three main categories: I would never do that, I've thought about it and since you have had a good experience I'll seriously consider it, and I was definitely going to do it, but you just beat me to it.
I wonder if the general age range of our friends contributed to their reactions. Would people have reacted differently if they were in college and used to doing 'random' things? Maybe the things that we accepted socially back then have changed.
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