Balkan people and their mentality from Western point of view?

[Alexq]

What is point of view of Westerners about people from the balkan, their mentality and cultures?

[Linet]

They are jellous of our happiness

[riverman]

Pretty much neutral here, even if a Balkan said where they were from I doubt most people here would know where the country was much less the history etc.

[Grenzland]

I have a lot of contact to Balkan people via Internet and in real life and yes they are quite different.

What attracts the attention the most is the "Everyone against everyone" mentality. Croats hate Serbs, Serbs hate Albanians, Macedonians hate Greeks, Turks hate Greeks and so on.

+ in every country lives at least minority of a nation and because this isn't enough there are also 3 different religions in this area.

So I feel always insecure how to interact with them. I don't want to be involved because if you say "nation XY is right" you automatically piss of some other nation(s).

The people there seem very hard and a bit chaotic. But if the family is involved... better run!
But even there were hard times for the Balkan they always seem to be happy. Nobody really worries in Balkan.

That's just my experiences.


E.g.

I mentioned the Macedonians. Now the Greek users hate me because I didn't say FYROM. But if I say FYROm Macedonians hate me...

Very complicated!

[Linet]

I have a lot of contact to Balkan people via Internet and in real life and yes they are quite different.

What attracts the attention the most is the "Everyone against everyone" mentality. Croats hate Serbs, Serbs hate Albanians, Macedonians hate Greeks, Turks hate Greeks and so on.

+ in every country lives at least minority of a nation and because this isn't enough there are also 3 different religions in this area.

So I feel always insecure how to interact with them. I don't want to be involved because if you say "nation XY is right" you automatically piss of some other nation(s).

The people there seem very hard and a bit chaotic. But if the family is involved... better run!
But even there were hard times for the Balkan they always seem to be happy. Nobody really worries in Balkan.

That's just my experiences.


E.g.

I mentioned the Macedonians. Now the Greek users hate me because I didn't say FYROM. But if I say FYROm Macedonians hate me...

Very complicated!

Why hate you?

[Grenzland]

Because Balkans are like women. Everything you say is wrong.

And then there the worst combination ever: Balkan women!

[Arbërori]

They probably think we're cousins in constant war.

As of Balkan women, it is true, everything you say is wrong until proven otherwise & that never happens!

[Grenzland]

Even if they live in Germany Balkan girls never stop being Balkan.

[Linet]

German...Nothing can kill our temperament

[Grenzland]

German...Nothing can kill our temperament

Temperament doesn't create cars!