TheAwkwardExpat

I complain unjustifiably about Bavarians and life in Germany.

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Anyone out there getting married soon and looking for a quality, eco-conscious registry? Some pretty impressive friends developed this awesome website/ app. https://t.co/4ZuIMvC5YJ #everlastly

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@EliMcCann I call it “Fehlgeleiteter Bindung” when I realize I misdirected my limited social energy toward my students instead of my actual friends. Usually happens right around when anonymous professor reviews come out.

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@DalaiLama The question is: for what are we supposed to hope?

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@BarackObama 😊

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Are you paying attention?

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@JayElHarris What is this from?

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Me: Why are you late for class tonight?
My Students: Because of WWII.

Turns out it was a legit excuse. https://t.co/dHGfB9KPq2

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Where is this coming from, you’re again not asking.

I’m sick of getting scolded by old German ladies for not wearing a coat!

I’m an adult, dammit! #OmaPolizei #PoliticalQuestions #Bavaria #Germany

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What are my politics, absolutely no one is asking. We’ll, I’ll tell you.

Sure, I have fairly strong leanings, but I’m really more about asking questions.

How do we create equitable systems where individuals are free to make their own choices and /1

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where the negative consequences of these choices don’t significantly cost/ harm the rest of society…where other members of society don’t see you choosing to live your daily life differently from them as a direct threat to them? /2

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@IDontSpeakWhine #ParentingStrategiesToRemember

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@dubs1587_c @meantomyself Our Spanish babysitter and I failed trying to teach my son the Macarena. We’ve got a new strategy.

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An American living in Germany, being educated on the daily life of the American teenager by her Spanish aupair (recent exchange student in the US). What’s this called: reverse culture shock? Generation shock? Am I that detached from the US or just old?!

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If I can’t come up with a good reason not to get dual-citizenship, am I going to have to become…a German?
What does that mean for the career I’m trying to build making fun Germans? #ExistentialCrisis

“Germany’s new gov to allow dual nationality.” https://t.co/k83ZCfkns7

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Where is this coming from, you’re again not asking.

I’m sick of getting scolded by old German ladies for not wearing a coat!

I’m an adult, dammit! #OmaPolizei #PoliticalQuestions #Bavaria #Germany

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Thinking about all those incredible people Ive worked with in beautiful Kampala. ❤️ “Twin blasts in Uganda capital kill two, injure dozens” |Reuters https://t.co/9wcg2o3tVz

[Stacey Harkey @StaceyHarkey]

Or there are historic figures who have positively changed the world but have also done awful things. Susan B Anthony was racist and Martin Luther King Jr. was a womanizer. Does this make them good or bad?

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Maybe my hood isn’t so bad… #fuerstenfeldbrook #Germany #Deutschland #Bayern

[SRM_MD @srmduke87]

Tell me you've never owned a cat without actually saying so

[SammyJo 🦦 @sjc4783]

As if I didn’t already love @Kathbum