In past blog entries I have spoken about some of the effects of communism on the people and families here. The main issue seems to center around the challenge of trusting other people in relationships after years not being able to trust anyone. There were secret police everywhere and they coerced or compensated many common citizens to spy on their own friends and family. Even though those days are gone, the apprehension to be open and trusting remains. Therefore it is not uncommon to encounter people who are friendly and cordial in the early stages of a developing relationship and then to experience some sort of resistance from them to going deeper. These are traits which are easily passed to down from the older generation to the younger. My experience is that this phenomenom is slowly fading away as there is a definate openness within the younger generation (people under 25).