You may ask, but after living here for a few years and watching the same thing go on and on. We got fed up, fed up with the way people moved to find a place in the sun, away from the rat race of the UK. And found nothing but sun and scoundrels. We decided enough was enough and began to research the market place, and find out why people could not find skilled tradesman, why people could not find the products they wanted and why people got ripped off. I teamed up with a friend of mine and we began our research. The huge problem was simple, the only directories available would only allow paid advertisers in them, nobody would give free listings, the attitude was simply "why should we"
Of course, nobody wanted to help the people of he island, that would be out of the question! nobody would give you a number or tell you anything unless you attached some silver to it, it some cases even gold. We could see there was a huge demand, but people were reversing it, there was no choice.
We set to work, and put together a team of individuals who found every resource available to build a unique online directory. This took over 12 mths, with the website released in February 2007. The first month found 12'000 visits, and we were ecstatic! the next month it increased, and continued to grow reaching over 350'000 as I write. Now that's alot of people, looking for alot of numbers ( I sound like Cilla Black). So why did nobody else do this, well I think we are brought up in our UK society, to look after number one. We are brought up to not care about thy neighbor, why should we. Why should we help the the old man across the road, why should we care and be bothered about anyone else. As long as we are OK who cares! and who cares if were OK.
After moving here, this to me becomes apparent, the world is so fast and furious in the UK people have stopped caring. The young people in England are being raised in a world that doesn't care. There is much revolt from the new generation of young people, they are spiraling out of control, is this behavior a way of them shouting "hey I just want to be cared about" Of course we must all so consider the poor parenting. Young girls bringing up children in a world of broken families, and dis function. All of this relates to the behavior of us all today; We should leave our ways behind us when we decide to relocate.
Lets look at the Spanish, the way you see the old men laughing and shouting on street corners. The young lads always stopping to say hello to them, and help with their every need. the family values you see installed into the young people, if your not having dinner at grandma's on Sunday then your a little strange! Not vice versa, as we have watched the Sunday dinner in England, our last tradition, become a treat when on holiday!
Eating is so important to the Spanish, when you eat you eat at the table, with the family, and spend time there talking about your day. Enjoying each others company, finding out about every ones new thoughts. England's meals have slipped from the dinner table, to the lap, exchanging your cutlery for a remote control.
That's what its got to do with bpteneife.com, that's why we care, and that's why we need to change our ways, and find our traditions, locate our family values and install them into our children. Bring into this new world we have found, a new generation of caring individuals, children with respect, families with functional values, people with care.
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