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Guess I should be taught too then.
It makes me curious. Which country are you from?
Anyway, where I live we don't learn this kind of things, but somehow I know the difference between EU and Schengen. Long because I was able to there. May be I learned through Wikipedia. Can't remember.
The Netherlands. In the heart of the EU.
Oh, what a coincidence. I live somewhere there for quite awhile - not long to be able to learn Dutch. I find the Dutch culture to be quite interesting. Your fascination of gifting, including flowers was not something that I used to while I was in the UK. In my opinion, you are very genuine with you emotion. I may be generalizing too much, but that's what I feel. Wish I could be back but I don't think will get the chance anymore.
Edit: And I got some Indonesian friends who celebrated birthday in the ways that I've never seen before. Then, when I got to the Netherlands, I figured where the influence is from.
I myself am not that much of a gifter, there are situations where I have to remind myself of such what I see it as rules. But that may have something to do with my autismβ¦