White Woman Shares Her Terrible Experience After Speaking Spanish To Her Brother's Hispanic Fiancée Who Doesn't Speak The Language

"As a white girl, you shouldn’t be speaking Spanish." Don’t look at us. We didn’t say that; Luisa did!

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• September 25, 2022

We see many daily posts on Reddit, but we're happy to announce that we're completely hooked on AITA posts. It's always so lovely to read these stories because not only are they self-reflective, they are pretty entertaining too.

We've got one for you today…

A Reddit user who goes by the username Whitespanishhh shared a story that we find pretty surprising. The story was about how she spoke Spanish to her brother's Hispanic fiancée, which didn't go down well with the bride-to-be.

OP (original poster) explained that her brother had been dating a woman named Luisa for months, who had previously mentioned that her family was from Mexico. The couple had moved in together and threw a housewarming party.

At the party, OP shared that she heard Luisa speaking English with a bit of an accent, so she had incorrectly assumed her brother's fiancée spoke Spanish. 

Instead of correcting her, Luisa lashed out, stating that not everyone speaks Spanish. In addition, she mentioned that as a white girl, OP should not be speaking Spanish. 

This scene certainly left a sour taste in everyone's mouth. Later on, OP's brother had to apologize—He explained that it was a sore spot for Luisa.

To better understand the situation, OP proceeded to seek clarity from the Reddit community. She also mentioned that she had apologized to Luisa for assuming she spoke Spanish.

Let's get to the nitty-gritty of the story below.

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An interesting read. You'll need to sit down for this one

OP took an interest in foreign languages. And she felt it was essential to learn Spanish

OP explained that she had been used to conversing in Spanish with her brother and his best friend. And so she decided to do the same with his girlfriend, as well

Unfortunately, his girlfriend, Luisa, didn't receive this well

Now OP is confused if she was wrong to assume that Luisa, who is Mexican, is a Spanish speaker

The post has since gone viral, garnering over 7k upvotes and about 1.5k comments. Let's take a look at how people reacted to the story:

"There are a lot of white people in Spain," and a lot of them speak Spanish

"Maybe apologize to her for not realizing she didn’t speak Spanish, but NTA at all"

Hmmm...we wonder

"Wouldn’t the same logic dictate that as a Mexican girl, she shouldn’t be speaking English?"

In case you're wondering, yes, white people do speak Spanish

"That's rude and moronic as hell"

"You can be white and speak a different language"

"That's just a regular old social faux pas, and it's not for her to gatekeep an entire language"

"It's wrong to assume but based on context I would've assumed the same, assumption is human nature"

"She’s most likely ashamed that she didn’t learn to speak it and misplaced that anger on you with cheap shots"

Do you think Luisa was ashamed?

"How come people don't know that whites also speak Spanish?"

"She was being racist"

"NTA. But I wouldn’t assume someone speaks Spanish"

"Lots of Mexicans don't bother to learn Spanish correctly"

"You shouldn’t assume people speak Spanish outside of a Spanish speaking country"

The overwhelming majority of the Reddit community agreed that OP was not in the wrong. In fact, many people empathized with her and shared their own similar experiences.

Additionally, some users were critical of Luisa's reaction and felt that she was in the wrong for lashing out at OP.

Ultimately, this experience has left OP feeling confused and unsure of what to do moving forward. She is worried about how future interactions may go now that this misunderstanding has occurred.

The Reddit community offered her a few pieces of advice, but ultimately it is up to her whether or not she decides to take any of it onboard.

What do you think about the story? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.

Jesse