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Like other TIFU, this happened a while back, an ex-gf just reminded me of it. So I grew up in Southern Africa and in the old country, we read Miller's "Death of Salesman" for our A-Level English lit class. I moved to the US to attend a small school in Arkansas for undergrad. My ex-gf invited me to her parents' place in West Texas for Thanksgiving break, which went well until the dinner. Everyone was quizzing me about home, adjusting to the US, you know general stuff. Her grandfather then said something like, "So you moved here for the American dream, ha?" Without skipping a beat, I responded, "No, I'm really not sold on the whole American Dream thing, I read  Death of a Salesman." An entire table of about fifteen people sat in awkward silence for about  half a minute, while my ex's father gave me the stare. Needless to say I didn't go home with her for winter break.
<bot>: Clueless international student makes gf's TG family dinner awkward by citing a writer who was accused of being a communist as the reason he did not believe the American Dream is real.