The article discusses the author's discomfort with her boyfriend Ahmed's habit of loudly spitting in public. While Ahmed views spitting as a normal practice from his culture in Saudi Arabia, the author perceives it as disrespectful and disgusting. Despite their cultural differences, she appreciates his honesty about himself but wishes he would change this particular behavior. The narrative sheds light on the clash of societal norms and personal boundaries within their relationship, particularly in the contrasting views on spitting and public decorum.
I think that's bad enough, but he does it really loudly, which makes it worse—a huge hack sound followed by a big glob of spit, which goes flying.
He says that where he grew up, in Saudi Arabia, spitting is normal and not seen as disgusting. He used to have spitting competitions at his school.
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