We should get coffee sometime! Americans really do use language to soften social risk in ways that can sound borderline fictional to more direct cultures 😭 “We should get coffee sometime” often isn’t: 👉 an invitation-invitation. It’s more: 👉 “I liked this interaction.” 👉 “I’m open to this continuing.” 👉 “No pressure.” Which is why so many people from more direct cultures end up wondering: “Then why involve coffee.” Also fascinating to me that: “Let’s get drinks” somehow does tend to sound m
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We should get coffee sometime! Americans really do use language to soften social risk in ways that can sound borderline fictional to more direct cultures 😭 “We should get coffee sometime” often isn’t: 👉 an invitation-invitation. It’s more: 👉 “I liked this interaction.” 👉 “I’m open to this continuing.” 👉 “No pressure.” Which is why so many people from more direct cultures end up wondering: “Then why involve coffee.” Also fascinating to me that: “Let’s get drinks” somehow does tend to sound m
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