It would be more intelligent to not comment on being a mom until you are a mom. Having friends who have kids is not the same. Being in a public place with kids sometimes is not the same. Being with a kid sometimes at home is not the same. Babysitting is not the same. Nephews and nieces are not the same. A dog is not…

Ok, so we have seen different things. I lived in California as a child and young adult and I would say at least half of my friends had foreign parents and hence spoke another language - and this was a long time ago. But maybe birds of a feather....

Perhaps that was true 20 years ago, but I don’t think it is anymore. All the kids I meet from the UK speak at least a second language well, often a third. It’s pretty much the standard for university in Europe today. Also because Erasmus, the abundance of school exchanges in Europe, the normalcy of gap year abroad,…

Weird how my ten year old kid understands this better than me. She is always reading over my shoulder, commenting, “Are you sure you want to write that on the Internet?”.

I guess maybe you should inform the refugees here in Germany of that. The majority that I meet, trying to find their way to appointments and what not, rarely have English. We generally get by on a mix of beginning German and English or drawing on pieces of paper. I am sure they would be delighted to hear that their…

To be fair, her “friends’” body language in those photos look more like they feel like they are being stalked.

Wow, her face is really different now. Sigh. Money.

Funny, we don’t hear much about Esperanto anymore, do we?

Not all Syrians, depends on their level of education.

Probably German. Syrians get German lessons straight away when they arrive, at least where I have lived. Lots of Poles speak German before even living here. But there are some Syrians who speak great English here, too.

amen. I have more confidence since I highlight by body less.

I love Italian style and wear it well (i.e. waist and hips), but I realised it has gotten me too many problems at work, with both men and women. I wear this style now because I am 10 kilos heavier than unusual and I am refreshingly left alone.

I got one of these dresses in a beautiful pink from Cos. I wore it on a first date and the guy asked what kind of job I had that I needed to wear a uniform.

I am so embarrassed about how much I listen to the new album.

Her eyes freak me out. She could never be First Lady based on the amount of eyeliner she is wearing and on top of it she has had too many eye lifts.

THANK YOU! I have been saying this for ages! My friends (Democrats) roll their eyes, but I am dead serious. The Powers That Be pulled off much more complicated stuff than this.

More like 6 weeks of occasionally looking at the You Tube video of Michelle making the original speech.

I have lived in Germany for 8 years and have gotten more tickets here than anywhere else in the world. And my ex says I am a ridiculously safe driver.

Thank GOD she didn’t say “prayers”. I am so fucking sick of everything being about religion.

I think it is much worse. Many think terrorism is due to economic disparity, not religion at all. Having lived in France for 20 years, I can say with certainty that their situation is very complex, going back ages, but in the end of the day, if the North Africans in France had (economic) hope, we probably wouldn’t be…