“Homely”
The first time I encountered this word was in India, where it’s somehow THE character property that people expect from girls. Hence whenever you open the newspaper page with the marriage records, you’ll most likely find “homely” being one of the top three keywords listed in the majority of all announcements. In other words, a girl that not only will stay at home, wash, clean and cook for the man in question, but even “likes” to do so. Well!
This weekend I wanted to go to the yellow mountains. I invited my translator to join me. The plan was all laid out, I knew where we wanted to go to, which trail to follow, the weather was perfect - not to mention the season with all the forest beautifully colored!
And I even offered him to pay for the whole trip for the two of us to go there.
And you know what? He refused my offer with the saying: “Since we have the company outing one of the next weekends, I’d rather stay at home”…
Hmhm…in one word: a “homely” person.