tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post7874708955688133979..comments2023-10-24T12:39:03.746+02:00Comments on Uh Oh Spaghettios: two months later....Rebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768568719894187436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-65511643923299981542014-08-25T20:13:55.776+02:002014-08-25T20:13:55.776+02:00Couldn't agree more on the "the more Amer...Couldn't agree more on the "the more American I feel but the less American I become".<br /><br />I was just in England for 10 days and when I said I lived in France I got a comment "Oh but your English is really great," to which I replied "I'm American actually." The woman than said "Oh right, now I hear the American accent." I couldn't believe no one picked up automatically that I was American and some people even started talking about TV personalities like I was British. I thought I had "American" stamped on my forehead, and especially evident when I didn't speak with a British accent, but apparently not...<br /><br />And glad to hear you're managing your depression. It's always hard to blog about difficult subjects when the final outcome is so far from sure.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100259488053106803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-62943015843655511792014-08-16T23:01:37.366+02:002014-08-16T23:01:37.366+02:00It's been 17 years for me as well. And I unde...It's been 17 years for me as well. And I understand exactly what you mean - American and yet...<br /><br />We are moving to Luxembourg this summer, we'll see how that changes things for the boys and me.<br /><br />As others have said, keep swimming, doggy paddle when you have to! We are never as alone as we think we are. Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-52026172022475604782014-08-16T06:12:02.289+02:002014-08-16T06:12:02.289+02:00I'm happy you've posted on your blog again...I'm happy you've posted on your blog again. I always enjoy reading it. I am especially eager to read more about your kids' bilingual development and also about your teaching English at their school. I'll be volunteering with my kids (who are home-schooled for now) to teach English at a local maternelle this year and it's a bit daunting. Ideas would be most welcome. <br /><br />I'm sorry you've been feeling low. Maybe your depression has nothing to do with this and I am off the mark but I have had some very rough periods myself since moving to France nearly half my lifetime ago. It is an enormous, often traumatic, never-ending adjustment to live as a foreigner! Especially here, I think. I sometimes think of it as a great leap into dark, cold water in which, if you don't drown, you have to struggle to keep afloat every day for the rest of your life. Sending you lots of warm cheery vibes... Keep swimming! <br />Another American mom near ParisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-18909828350970153182014-08-13T23:18:00.703+02:002014-08-13T23:18:00.703+02:00"I realize that the longer I stay here, the m..."I realize that the longer I stay here, the more American I feel but the less American I become."<br /><br />That is absolutely spot on!<br /><br />I have lived in three places in the last 17 years, but no longer in Germany. I have exactly the same feeling about me being German.<br /><br />I guess there is nothing we can do except accept it. It may not be a bad thing.BabalDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462472771197361179noreply@blogger.com