The "Not Enough" Gene

One thing The Colombian possess is what I and an Australian friend of mine (who is also married to a Colombian) call the "Not Enough" gene. Having spent a number of months in Colombia I have witnessed the possession of this gene first hand - it is certainly characteristic to this culture and one that the Australian race does not seem to have tucked away in their chromosomes.

The "Not Enough" gene refers to the ability of The Colombian to simply not know when enough is enough when it comes to the "fiesta" or really to anything in general.

Let me give an example -

The "Not Enough" gene will kick in at 6am in the morning, even when the party clearly died four hours ago. The Colombian would never think at 2am to say, 'Well thanks guys - great party! I'm off now. Thanks again!".

Ah No.

The Colombian has to stay and hover around awkwardly until basically he is the last person standing. This is because his "Not Enough" gene has fired up and is taking over his sense of sensibility and rational. The "Not Enough" gene fuels his paranoia that he "might miss out on something".

The "Not Enough" gene drives me crazy.