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bradley · Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 235 Location: China

[quote="sharpe88"]Since she's actually living there, they know who she is and don't have a problem with that.

[quote="Fred Smith"]

And that means nothing because that's such a general statement. And did I mention a foreign teacher has his unmarried Chinese girlfriend living with him full time?[/quote][/quote]

This is the same as the situation here when I first arrived. They know who she is. They trust her. They may even worry that someone is bringing back prostitutes to the room.

You could try to introduce your friends to people.

Or try to make friends with the guards.

PattyFlipper · Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 572

bradley · Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 235 Location: China

Or just make smalltalk with them. The guards here really appreciate that. Their job is really boring and thankless

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 302 Location: Yinchuan

My school in yinchuan wanted us to sign people in and out. Luckily it wasn't with the doorman it was with the school itself.

We ignored it and brought home whom we pleased.

Itsme · Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 624 Location: Houston, TX

I had a friend over once. She was 25 but had her hair in a cute double pony tail arrangement, making her look as old as my students (16). We ate in the cafeteria with hundreds of students and quite a few looked looked at our table in surprise, wondering who the new "student" was that had come over to eat with me. I wonder what they thought as the two of us walked to my dormitory for some luven Very Happy