the same thing used to happen to me. I am an hayastantsi born in Hayastan though having some odar background but/and as Hyebruin says above, there are sooooo leeeeeess armenians (though i still hesitate) who have pure 100% armenian background.. whatever, i was about being vegitarian.. i havent eaten meat at all, any kind of meat for more than 15 years (since shildhood) and just imagine, i was treated in the same way, saying that i m an hinduz, or whoever,, coz itis really whirl that armenians don eat meat at all, now i eat a lil bit chicken, fish, and thats all,, but it is also very strange to them that for example there is an armenian who doesn t like Xozi Xorovats.. hm... anyway..the times are slowly getting changed here and people also.. like to say .. the intelligents and city residents live other countries, and the vilagians and artsax people move to live in Yerevan changing the "stangards", mentality and other things with them.. again like talking behind the girl who came home a lil late around 11 pm from some friend's birthday party.. or stopping the car suggesting her to take "wherever she pleases" .. and bla bla,, or being soooo proud of driving some LADA.. eeeeh.. if even the intelligents were here anyway the most of the people would do their "responsibilities" bothering normal people here.. whatever.. what about "girlfriends".. i ll say that we also have some change to enjoy their presence herein (especially in YErevan, i don know about other places) but we also have such couples here :) looking a tyotya dressed like a guy with other tyotya showing that she is holly. : haha , or kids, teens.. amazing... how fast they grow up, we weren t like 'em.. whatever..