I got to swim with the Indian families last night!

@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

25 Jun 22

@TheHorse

Is vanny checking up on your activities again?

I would hope you can kiss pretty girls, with their prior consent of course, if you feel like it. I certainly wouldn't tell on you. As long as you're both over the age of consent. Playing catch or otherwise have fun with kids is also allowed.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

@DaddyEvil Have you ever lived in the San Francisco Bay Area? Heh.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

I have accepted that I am not allowed to kiss pretty girls or engage in other implicitly heterosexual behaviors. But when it comes to kids, i am allowed to play catch with them and otherwise have fun.

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paigea

@paigea (35629)

• Canada

24 Jun 22

Hopefully, the groups will mix at some point. Some very hot evening when the AC quits

. For some reason, your post reminded me of a scene from Fresh Off The Boat. The Indian family are at a sports game (Baseball) with the Cleveland? Indians. The dad holds up a sign that says "Now the real Indians are here" Totally embarassing the daughter

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

Sounds fun, though. Most Americans would enjoy it. But most Indians are more familiar with cricket than baseball.

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paigea

@paigea (35629)

• Canada

25 Jun 22

@TheHorse is there a place to play cricket there? The bigger cities here have cricket

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

@paigea Typo corrected. I must have been drinking again.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457249)

• Switzerland

25 Jun 22

I hope that the two sub-cultures will mix more one day... I doubt.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457249)

• Switzerland

25 Jun 22

@TheHorse Brazilian and Mexican cultures are similar, I am not surprised they play together.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jul 22

@LadyDuck But don't forget the black and white kids. I love the fact that littlies are oblivious (or almost oblivious) to race.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

We shall see. Most of my "best friends" at the preschool are Mexican-American. But they play freely with black and white (and Brazilian-American) kids. Prejudice is TAUGHT.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (48886)

• United States

24 Jun 22

It’s a shame they don’t all swim together.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (48886)

• United States

26 Jun 22

@TheHorse I hope they did.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jul 22

@Tampa_girl7 Nope. Not yet.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

Perhaps they will tonight.

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Greg

@xander6464 (40825)

• Wapello, Iowa

1 Jul 22

The sub-cultures should mix more.

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Greg

@xander6464 (40825)

• Wapello, Iowa

1 Jul 22

@TheHorse Matching values is a good start.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jul 22

@xander6464 Both groups seem really devoted to their families.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Jul 22

I'd like to see that happen as well. They seem to have the same values.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (155469)

• United States

25 Jun 22

What a cute picture. It's too bad that the two cultures don't seem to want to mix.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

I will do what I can to change that. Especially with the kids. I'll play catch with anyone who wants to play catch.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jul 22

@LindaOHio Exactly. No guitar at the pool. I did give the little boy in the photo guitar lessons. I refused to take money from his parents, but I demanded they pay me in Indian food. It was yummy!

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (155469)

• United States

26 Jun 22

@TheHorse Have you ever brought your guitar to the pool to play for the kids? You probably wouldn't want to risk damage to it.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41132)

• Delhi, India

25 Jun 22

Glad to know that Aditi now does running jumps in the pools. I think she is learning to swim from you now.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

She has support from me and many others.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (94747)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Jun 22

Cute kids. Glad you had some fun

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

I hope to have more fun this evening.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73201)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

24 Jun 22

Glad you had fun and some swimming partners. It can get lonely swimming alone,

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

I get a bit bored when I swim alone.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325290)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jun 22

They are good looking kids. It's funny how these unspoken understandings come about.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

We create new sub-cultures for the next generation.

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PLETHOS

@Plethos (13560)

• United States

24 Jun 22

thats odd to me. maybe they wanted a family swim day. is there a "culturally open swim day?" right now it just comes off as seperatism. ive lived in apartment complexs before, never had this problem.

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@TheHorse (205201)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Jun 22

I don't see it as a problem. It is 90 F here now, I will swim. I will see what I see.

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Nocturnal Writer

@Nakitakona (56302)

• Philippines

30 Jun 22

Are those your Indian kids friends in the photo? They're lovely.

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