We legit have the same dad!

Can we talk about how it’s clearly time for us to have a national picture ID, independent of state drivers license? It’s so frustrating that so many voting issues are linked to drivers licenses, when many people don't drive or often move around. I'm in the weird position that I don't have a valid state ID of any kind…

Oh Rich, I’m crying so hard right now because my kitty also died a few months ago while I was traveling internationally. I loved her so much (she was only minimally an asshole, like, typical cat-levels of assholery), and I really struggle with how she went and whether she felt abandoned by me because she was at a…

Ugh, everyone at work is mad at the office because the newest batch of company t-shirts (not required, but free and encouraged) were ordered in two different cuts. The women’s shirts are way fucking shorter and have a v-neck that’s fairly wide, while the men’s shirts are standard t-shirts. This doesn’t sound so bad…

I know there has been some restructuring in the school system, so it might have been different earlier. Regardless, I totally agree that it’s way too early. We’re considering sending our kids to Montessori or some other alternative because we don’t like the idea of our kids’ futures being determined so early. We’re…

Those signs are actually from earlier in the year, and not specifically related to this Russian thing...and, in my experience, English is not a preferred language for Russians in Germany :(

At 13, she’s already been college-tracked or not for several years. They get split up into different schools starting in fifth grade, so the decision is made by the end of 4th grade. That said, you can always fail out of your school and be sent to the next level down.

That is a very good description of how it feels to gtfo of grad school and academia. I'm going to use it. Your friend is awesome.

High five! I got kicked out, too, but partially on purpose. Way harder to straight up walk away. My life is also significantly better in every way because I left behind grad school and academia. Here's to happier lives! 🍾

I think it totally depends on where you spent your formative years (whatever that means to you, personally). My best friends here are through-and-through German, but lived abroad or in the US for a significant period of time when they were quite young adults. I didn’t seek them out specifically, but I think it makes…

Dude, me tooooooooo. I moved here a lot more recently, but I don’t have the really close female friendships that I used to. Germans are, indeed, very hard to befriend. Do you happen to be in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg ? :D

Multigyn Floriplus, but if you’re in the US I don’t think you’ll be able to get it :( The US isn’t listed on their website, but Canada is, so Amazon might be an option. It’s not prescription or anything, so who knows why you can’t get it in the States. Here’s their website. Good luck! I've also found relief with pure…

This one, yeah, I wouldn’t have fallen for, but I had such a terrible problem with yeast infections after my husband and I started having sex (regular and oral) with no explanation and little help from the doctor...and after a few rounds of fluocanizol and monistat seemed to do nothing I got seriously desperate, so I…

A friend of mine freezes yogurt in a tampon applicator to make something insertable. She says it’s obviously cold and uncomfortable, but does the job. A person gets pretty desperate when she has recurring and severe yeast issues :(

I know exactly what she’s talking about! I think we watched it in fifth grade. It’s a female puberty video in which the mother, who’s maybe a nurse, explains and illustrates the female reproductive system by drawing it all on a griddle with pancake batter—and this might happen the morning after a sleep over? It was…

You do now have to take a German state exam for certain kinds of visas, although the class is not required. The language class and integration class are two different things. As a foreign spouse of a German, the language requirement is extremely low, but the classes to get citizenship-level German + the integration…

This obsessive dipshit is calling it a cover up because it's not being reported by gawker (like, I mean, it's gawker ffs), but also because German social media accused the police and media of covering it up I the early days of the new year—and that might not be entirely wrong, as the chief of the Cologne police is…

Yes, indeed, that is the truth. Plus shit tons of state holidays. Plus flexibility to work part time without penalties (many of my colleagues only work Monday-Thursday). I have fits when I see all the bullshit rhetoric in the US about families, but the absolute refusal to support families in any way, even just some…

Me too! I honestly don't make that much money, but work attitudes here really make up for it. My quality of life is so much higher than when I lived in the US, and it's things like real breaks, sick leave, and holidays that really do it.

It is totally awesome, and it’s the number one reason that I can’t imagine going back home in the next five years or so. the best part is that the kids here go to kindergarten at three years, so you theoretically never face serious childcare costs. Germans bitch about how much kindergarten or the precursor (for kids…