Provincial ... Having heard this word, the inhabitants of the capital are contemptuously twisting, they immediately represent a village girl or a guy who will do everything to “catch on” in a big city. It is believed that the provincial gives the wrong speech, lack of good education, unfashionable clothes.
But much depends not on the place of birth of a person, but on his character and aspirations. Other provincials will give odds to the indigenous inhabitants of the capital.
This article is not about provincials - residents of small towns. This word has another meaning. This is a shortcut for people whose views and interests are limited. They cannot become free, they live with an eye on someone else's opinion and all the time they want to seem better than they really are.
Below are 10 signs that give the provincial.
10. Housing envy
The provincial head betrays envy to another's real estate. He envies everyone: friends, acquaintances, even grandmother-neighbor. Although there is nothing to envy. Each person has his own home.
One is destined to be born in the capital, the other in a small town or even in a village. If you came to the capital, then you left the house, most likely the parent.
So, most of your new acquaintances - the indigenous inhabitants of the capital, share housing with parents, grandfathers, grandmothers, sisters, brothers in the same way.
By the way, it often happens that children grow up and want to live separately from their parents. They also rent an apartment or take a mortgage. The only difference is that they have a permanent residence here.
Do not waste energy on envy, it is better to set a goal and achieve it.
9. Choose fashionable places, clothes and other objects of general admiration.
The provincial strives to always look worthy. That's just, when buying clothes, he thinks not about quality, but about the fact that these things are expensive, fashionable and popular.
He is trying to get to all cultural events, not because it is interesting, but because it is fashionable, and even there you can meet the “right people”.
Think why you need this? Live the way you want, without regard to fashion trends and the behavior of your metropolitan friends. Perhaps they also play a role.
It is much more pleasant to communicate with a person if he is not building anything from himself. By the way, many rich people do not "stick out" their level of wealth, they do not stand out from the crowd, they just do not need it.
8. A short memory for your own biography
The provincial does not like to talk about himself. He will not answer a single question honestly, either begin to laugh it off, or come up with some kind of fairy tale.
If you recognize yourself, maybe you should change your behavior? Nobody invites you to tell everything about yourself. Only there is nothing shameful in the fact that you studied at a secondary school in the city of Uryupinsk, where you graduated from a technical school and even worked at a local factory. What matters is what you have achieved now.
Many provincials have achieved dizzying successes in the capital, but they remember their biography to the smallest detail and do not hesitate to admit it.
7. Consider living somewhere better, but do nothing
The provincials are very fond of talking about "what is better somewhere." Usually we are talking about life in other states. There are high salaries, there a specialist with secondary education can save up a cottage for a year, there is a different level of health care and education.
Such conversations are very tiring. Even if you think so, do not share your thoughts with others. If you like another country, go there and start a new life, rather than blow the air with empty talk.
6. A lot of gold: chains, rings, watches ...
Each provincial considers it necessary to show their financial condition. Very often this happens when a person was poor and then became rich. Yes, the provincial may be rich, this does not change his thinking, he still thinks narrowly.
So, a man buys a thick gold chain, watch, ring. Women generally do not know the measures in jewelry. They put on chains, bracelets, rings on all fingers. Although you don't have to be rich to buy gold, you can even borrow it.
Countless decorations will not make you a native of the capital, and those around you will soon associate you with a sparkling Christmas tree.
5. Proximity to the local "star"
The provincial thinks that getting to know the star gives him an edge. Although often this can not even be called acquaintance: an accidental meeting on the landing or at a social event.
A person begins to tell everyone around that he is familiar with a celebrity. He believes that this fact will exalt him in the eyes of others.
He does not think that for residents of the capital acquaintance with a celebrity is not the ultimate dream. They probably had a similar situation more than once, but it never occurred to them to brag about it.
Indeed, there is nothing to brag about here. This is someone else's success, you have nothing to do with it.
4. Despise native places and not love your
The provincial does not like to remember his city and everything connected with it. He denies his relatives and friends, considers them losers. He thinks he has escaped from this small town, and this elevates him above the people who stayed there.
Such a person will be ashamed of his parents, relatives. He will diligently study the rules of good form and try to get rid of everything that reminds him of his homeland.
People who think freely are always grateful to their parents; they remember with love their small town or village. Even if they succeed, they will never be ashamed of their past.
3. To worry about what people think
The only thing that excites the provincial is the opinion of those around him. Such a person is afraid to do something that compromises him in the eyes of other people.
For example, a provincial has a car, unpretentious, domestic. So he will park for a couple of blocks from the place of work, and his colleagues will say that his foreign car-swallow again had to be returned to the service. "Crashed the wing, drove into the bumper ... A familiar ride ...".
This is just an example, a huge number of such situations can arise. And this concerns not only material issues.
2. Do not trust anyone, do everything yourself
Another trait that betrays the provincial. A person tries to do everything himself, even if he does not have the appropriate experience and skills. It doesn’t always work out, but it goes ahead. He does not know how to delegate authority to employees, he solves everyday issues.
Yes, only the provincial will undertake to repair the crane, when he knows nothing of this. Nothing that then he will have to make repairs in a rented apartment, as well as pay for the repair of the neighbors below after the "flood". If you have such a quality, get rid of it urgently.
1. Lack of empathy and off-scale egoism
The provincial does not show compassion, does not help people. He adheres to a special tactic: "Think only of yourself, do only for yourself." He does not want to waste his strength and time on strangers, it is better to strive for his goal and rather achieve it, without being distracted by the problems of others.
If you behave this way, consider that you may also need help. But no one will help you, because at some point you ignored the requests of other people.
Help people with deeds, in a word. All the good that you do will definitely come back to you.