You two... Are you married?

We (my boyfriend, my son and I) My boyfriend, our son and I were at the reception of a Turkish hotel. We were speaking to a guide discussing some tours with a guide. Then two very drunk Russian men with suitcases appeared. and while One of them was talking to a receptionist while the other sat rather close to us and started eavesdroppeding on the our conversation. In Several minutes later, he commented after hearing my son's words. When we finished speaking talking, he asked me in a very loudly voice: "You two... Are you married or what?... What's happening wrong with you two?" I was so shocked that the only thing I could say was "We are OK".

What would have been your reaction? [My retort would be, "Yes aren't we lucky?"  This speaks of volumes and let him think of his own situation.  If he's married, this implies what a lousy marriage he has since he's drunk and travelling with another man.  If he's not... what a lonely person unlike us! etc.  So many intepretations and you are not insulting him directly.]

British people sometimes ask me if it is the truth true that the Russians are quite, ... mmm.. shall we say too direct and uncouth? I'm afraid we are.

Thank goodness I have not met any such Russians yet.  The most recent ones were on my Bangkok trip.  I was walking behind two pairs of couples with the men dragging on some brand new luggages while the women were chatting. From the sounds of it, I knew they were Russians.  When we stopped at the traffic lights, I gave one of the women a knowing smile and suddenly she burst out laughing and knew what I was thinking.  Soon afterwards, everyone in their party gave a jolly good laugh.  Sometimes, you don't have to speak the language of the tongue to understand each other.  The language of the body always speak first.  The only Russian word I knew was "da" and they even laughed louder.  It was a good experience.

Happening to you, I'm sorry!!!