Q4 2B

I'm reading The Village Bride of Beverly Hills by Kavita Daswani.

Today was my birthday so I took my driver's test, which I passed by the way!! :) But what I found interesting was that everyone waiting in the lobby for various reasons was so open about themselves. In my post 1A I mentioned how Priya comments about people in America being much more open about their personal lives to people that they just met or people who are complete strangers and I just realized how true it is. In the 20 minutes that I waited to take my test, I learned that the man sitting next to me was waiting for his 18 year old daughter to pass her driver's test and it was her second try. He grew up on a farm and started driving when he was 12. He is a painter. He is getting married this Saturday and it is his third marriage. He is a chain smoker and has health issues. In only a few minutes I had heard most of his life story. Another woman was a stay-at-home mom and she quite obviously took a lot of pride in her son as she rambled on abotu his good grades and extra cirriculars. When he walked in and announced that he failed, she erupted like a volcano even though she had seemed so peaceful and gentle. Priya would most likely say that women do not show rage and anger like that in public back in India, but in America, "everyone knows everybody's business."