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Breakdown of a German/American relationship

Advice requested from German males, am I crazy?

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eurovol
Flounce off already.
mystery
Well.. there aren't any germans presently on board (unless they are fibbing about their nationality ohmy.gif ) but alot of native english speakers... hmmmm...

http://www.toytowngermany.com/xtra/stats/members/#

"Just because you SPEAK English on TT doesn't mean the majority isn't German. Isn't TT "Germany's English speaking crowd?" Sorry, that must also be too difficult for my cRaZy mind to comprehend. Me ears are bleeding... " (curious22)
taxidriver
QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
I haven't given this topic attention in my personal life for quite some time, but you all CONTINUE to give my post attention - which proves you've nothing better to do and that to me is really sad because this isn't even worthy of the 2 pages you've given it, much less 10 pages.

I'm NOT a bigot. You just made yourselves easy targets and it became entertaining to watch your reactions, lol. Bottom line here - don't dish it out if you can't take it. Calling me a racist is the dumbest thing I've heard yet here.

Just because you SPEAK English on TT doesn't mean the majority isn't German. Isn't TT "Germany's English speaking crowd?" Sorry, that must also be too difficult for my cRaZy mind to comprehend. Me ears are bleeding...

But you still return to this post every day to ramble off more insane shit... just dig deeper. I want to see how you try to wiggle yourself out of this. For me this is pure entertainment. I love to push buttons of the insecure and challenged members of our genepool and see their reactions. Like I said before you are plain stupid. And you probably just snorted another line for breakfast and the last few braincells you had said bye bye
Mariposa
QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
I haven't given this topic attention in my personal life for quite some time, but you all CONTINUE to give my post attention - which proves you've nothing better to do and that to me is really sad because this isn't even worthy of the 2 pages you've given it, much less 10 pages.

Well, but so do you. And you are the one who returns only to post on this topic. All others of us post on many different topics, many have friends here who they want to talk to. You are the only one who comes back just for this topic.

QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
Calling me a racist is the dumbest thing I've heard yet here. You know I've been with a German man for 2 years so how could I be? That would be about as effective as calling me a racist if I lived in the South and dated an African American.

Just because you date a German doesn't mean you cannot be racist. Now I wouldn't call you racist, but some of the things you have said definitely fall into the ignorant category.

QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
Just because you SPEAK English on TT doesn't mean the majority isn't German. Isn't TT "Germany's English speaking crowd?" Sorry, that must also be too difficult for my cRaZy mind to comprehend. Me ears are bleeding...

It's been fun, but it's just plain boring now so I must leave your TT and return again to the real world. Choos! (oops sorry, I'm not supposed to slaughter your language anymore) - although I never claimed to speak/write German, but I believe English speaking/writing is a requirement on TT. Think about what you're saying & polish your English skills sweet pea.

Sweet pea? Oh please... actually most people here are English native speakers. That is what the forum is for: the English-speaking crowd in Germany as opposed to the German-speaking one. I am German but most members are not. The majority of people who have replied to your topic are Americans, British, etc, not Germans.
And trust me, I practice my English all the time, TT is part of my daily English dose. It may sound arrogant but I am well aware of my English writing and speaking skills being good, so until you know how to spell basic German words (no, it is not a requirement, but if you are going to use German to show off your skills, please do it right), do not criticize my or anyone else's English. If I had been dating someone of another nationality for two years, I would have at least enough interest in their culture and language to know how to say & spell "goodbye" in their language.

By the way, if you had ever paid attention to the other topics on this forum, you would have quickly noticed how often they are about "the Germans"... now if we were all German, we would hardly be having so many topics about them.
zemonkey
@Mariposa - actually, you are Americanich wink.gif - your constant attitude to try to create understanding, educate. Very American. Sehr nett.

Someone point uncurious to the learning German thread, perhaps she'll understand we are not from here. I can't be bothered. Or she could clicky on the profiles...

Word of the day: Jingoist
Mariposa
QUOTE (zemonkey @ Jul 1 2007, 1:33 am) *
@Mariposa - actually, you are Americanich - your constant attitude to try to create understanding, educate. Very American. Sehr nett.

I'll try to take that positively... tongue.gif I could also become the TT grumpy German if you prefer. wink.gif
blum123
QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 2:51 pm) *
Calling me a racist is the dumbest thing I've heard yet here.

I was not calling you a ractist specifically... just types of people I tend to shy away from. You specifically are a small minded prejudiced person. I guess racist was on my mind when giving examples of types of people I cannot stand when I was thinking about how you and a member here named Hated would make the ideal couple...truly.
blum123
Edit: Not "ideal" couple..perhaps better to say "made for each other"
Ruthie
I nearly peed myself laughing at the statement that dating a German proves you are not racist.
Saint
I tried to read Furious22's latest post but somehow, the words just don't sink in...it's like they have no real meaning. This frustrated me momentarily until I remembered: ahhh, it's that Common Sense filter installed on my frontal lobe.
Owain Glyndwr
QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
Just because you SPEAK English on TT doesn't mean the majority isn't German. Isn't TT "Germany's English speaking crowd?" Sorry, that must also be too difficult for my cRaZy mind to comprehend. Me ears are bleeding...

did you bother to look at the member nationalities before spouting your crap?

Saint
QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
Sorry, that must also be too difficult for my cRaZy mind to comprehend.

Indeed

QUOTE (curious22 @ Jun 30 2007, 8:51 pm) *
Me ears are bleeding...

You are only supposed to take one pill a day, Dear.

Grinner, Darling..would you please have sex with Curious and then drop her? We really need to get her to the Flounce Stage as soon as possible.
Red
I don't think you can ever teach someone coming from the prudish American culture to take nudity easy (trust me, I'm American)... they have to live in a place like Germany to understand that the sight of a breast in public (or a naked child at the beach for that matter) does not incite a spontaneous orgy.
eurovol
Depends on how good you look naked. biggrin.gif
Ruthie
Sorry, but in no culture is it appropriate to take out your breast to show your nipple piercing to your older male relative. Sounds like a youngster seeking attention and the older relative was trying to be supportive and didn´t realize he should set boundaries rather than let the poor girl get away with everything. And then the GF freaks out since the relationship is obviously not ok, and makes a fuss out of a lot of nothings. I think most normal people would choose family over a GF of two years if forced to choose for stupid reasons by someone like curious22. He probably dumped her and she won´t tell us because that would mean we were all RIGHT!
iain
QUOTE (Red @ Jul 1 2007, 6:29 pm) *
they have to live in a place like Germany to understand that the sight of a breast in public does not incite a spontaneous orgy.

so thats what I've been doing wrong all these years. Ok so if I can't incite spontaneous orgies by simply showing my breast/breasts how do I incite them? blink.gif this really does explain a lot though.
dimmer
Can't believe this topic is still alive. Can we hope for another 1000 words essay from spurious curious?
What I love most about this topic is that my own problems are put in perspective. Everytime my girlfriend complains I say: Other SOs have their pierced nieces around and play nude darts. Would you put up with that? If yes I promise to never leave crumbs on the butter ever again tongue.gif
*now have to convince my niece to play the part and to try to survive my sister's reaction...

Somebody suggested curious and hated should meet up: I'm all for it! Will there be a webcam?
erdbeere
o curious... the more you post the more full of shit you sound...

in your first post you went on about how they kept talking in German, and your German is good enough to know that they were talking about you and making jokes about you and whatnot... but by the German skills you have demonstrated here I think you are really full of shit and had absolutely no idea what they were talkign about but since you are so paranoid you figured they must have been bad mouthing you.

And you seem so proud that you are still with your German man...you have top bring it up in like every post that either you've made up, your still together, you've been with him for 2 WHOLE YEARS etc... wow congratulations, what a relief that he didn't dump your ass. Maybe he is as desperate as you are? ohmy.gif

And its just funny how you keep bashing the Germans as that some how hurts us? As others have mentioned, the majority here are Brits or Americans...and all you are doing is reinforcing the bad reputation Americans have for being ignorant and narrow minded. Somehow you have been with this German guy (who I'm still confused about, I mean is he your boyfriend or your husband? Why the hell do you call him husband!!!???!!!) and still no crap about his culture and can't speak the language whatsoever? How is that possible? Maybe this German man you are with is made up? Maybe its all made up? I have a hard time believing you are 100% real...thats a totally scary thought ohmy.gif
DMGK
Tylenol , where the fuck are my Tylenol???
Mariposa
QUOTE (erdbeere @ Jul 2 2007, 11:09 am) *
And its just funny how you keep bashing the Germans as that some how hurts us? As others have mentioned, the majority here are Brits or Americans...and all you are doing is reinforcing the bad reputation Americans have for being ignorant and narrow minded.

I am German and it doesn't even hurt me. I can only take someone serious if they are not acting totally ridiculous...
Red
Just another side note...

One of the things that I was pleasantly surprised about when my German was finally good enough to understand what other people were saying, is that German's tend NOT to badmouth people as much as Americans do, and in particular, not when the person they are badmouthing is in the same room, regardless or not of whether they understand the language.

I remember when I was new in Germany, I would wonder whether people speaking German in the room were talking shit about other people who couldn't understand (i.e. myself), because that would frequently be the case in the US. But I noticed that Germans, if they are in the middle of a conversation and someone, for example, walks into the pub, undresses and proceeds to throw darts, may at most give each other a look of acknowledgement that something odd is happening, but they will not talk shit about the person while they are right there. I've often had to curb myself when in the company of Germans, because my instinct would be to shout "what the f@$!"?, but that's not as often done here.
MoiLV
That is the biggest bunch of bull ever. Germans talk and bitch just as much as Americans do. At work, in social situations, whatever. Perhaps you don't understand as well as you think you do.
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