Hello! I am a man of 37 and I have been in Bulgaria for about a year. I spent an awful lot of time abroad - I worked for the same company for almost 15 years on 3 continents. I'm not a virgin, I don't suffer from complexes and I think I look pretty good. I like to play sports and keep fit. I have no family in Bulgaria, I was a single child with one parent - mother only. She died when I was 22 and had just finished my education. I had absolutely nothing in Bulgaria - no property, no car, no relatives. We went on a brigade with friends and I stayed there. I have had relationships with all kinds of women, of many nationalities and even of different races. My longest relationship was 2 years with a Serbian woman, supposedly identical culture and thinking. There was an option to return to Bulgaria, because my colleague HR in another company with a business like ours was looking for a person for their new branch in Bulgaria. I speak English perfectly and Spanish almost as well as English, but mostly due to the fact that I am Bulgarian and I also speak Bulgarian, I was just perfect. I instinctively accepted, then I was afraid to return, I had not set foot in our country for 15 years. I have problems with adaptation and love life. I had decided that things were going well so that it was time for my family, so I was at home, I had saved a little over $ 350,000, enough to invest in my own home, to buy a few more by renting them out. My salary is also very high, the same as it was in the United States, no matter what. After the initial enthusiasm and excitement, things went awry. When I returned, I toured our entire country. I couldn't be happy, I went to Tarnovo, to Varna, Burgas, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach, Borovets .... But I'm still alone! All my friends have been married for a long time, they have children, some small, some already directly with teenagers. Those who do not have and are not married have failed a lot. There are alcoholics, there is a person ruined by gambling, I can't contact such people, I don't want to get in circles with alcoholics, and casinos for me are a place where I have no idea what to do, I only know that people lose their money .
I went into the casino bars, but this friend of mine, he played, and it quickly became clear that we had no common interests. I have a hard time communicating with other people. For example, I was buying breakfast the other day, the saleswoman was a very nice girl and I just said good morning, how are you on this wonderful day? She looked at me badly and called her to leave me alone. Did I say something bad? People don't say hello, in the United States, even on the street, strangers say hello, how are you, etc. and for me this now seems quite ... rude and rude. I tried to meet women at Diamond. I was looking for free ones, I put some frameworks like the same or at least close education, we still have to talk, I didn't look like Angelina Jolie. I wrote to several - they do not answer me. 2-3 people answered me, it quickly became clear that they considered me a joker and made fun of me for the way I wanted to start a conversation. I'm not used to being without female company for so long. I forgot to say that I also had problems with colleagues in the office. I passed once and heard how they discuss this one, who came from somewhere - boss, I work here ... I will not enter into controversies, even less with subordinates, so they taught me never to quarrel with subordinates, for not to undermine your authority and fall down. I asked everyone to provide me with courses and qualifications for something. Zero. They didn't have any. I also placed mine so that everyone would see them as such, so that they would be aware of why everyone is appointed to a certain place and for a certain job. I heard that I was arrogant and very confident. There is a girl, a student, who combines learning with work. She is constantly late or has not slept. I asked her why she didn't fall asleep, she said - well, because I'm studying! I'm not a bad person, but I have criteria, the work requires a certain level. Anyone who brings their problems from home or puts something else above work is simply fired. That's how they taught me, fired dozens of people in front of me for far smaller things. I told her that she either came to work fresh and worked, or I fired her. I became even worse in the eyes of my colleagues. The main thing is where to look for my partner? Bulgaria 15 years ago and now it seems to me quite a changed place. It's beautiful, I like it, but I can't communicate well with people, I feel like a foreigner, even in Australia when I worked for a year and for 1 month I didn't feel isolated and alone.
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Brother, the truth is that you made a mistake when you returned to Bulgaria. Bulgaria's biggest problem is the Bulgarians. This is a tribe (not a people) with absolutely no values and morals, always grumbling and blaming others for their own problems. I currently live in Bulgaria, but I want this not to be the case at all costs and for my children not to be part of this breed. The way you behave is completely normal and adequate. The problem is with the people around you. I advise you not to change, but also not to try to join the people in Bulgaria. Go back to where you feel in your place, it won't get better here.