"Is he Jewish?"

That's the first question that people ask me after I tell them my boyfriend's from Germany. Well not entirely true- it actually goes a bit more like this: (after we've established the fact that my boyfriend is not from Israel):
- "Where is he from?"
- "Germany"
_ "......... (weird awkward face followed by a forced smile) ...... Is he Jewish???"
- "Nop"
- (now there's another awkward face followed with another forced smile)
"... Where does he live now? In Germany?"
- " Yep"
- "Isn't it hard? A long distance relationship?"
- "Well, we got used to it, and we know it's temporary"

That's just a short part of the conversations I usually have with all the "Neshume Tehorot" (Pure souls- from Yiddish - obviously sarcastic) that hear about my relationship.

You get used to it. To the faces, and the questions.

Next time I might give you a taste of the questions we've been asked in the airport, by the security people. It's even more invasive than this!!!