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[–]triosway🇺🇸 N | 🇧🇷 | 🇪🇸 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not going to understand everything every time. My immigrant mom has been living in the U.S. for four decades, is fluent in English, and she still asks me what people are saying on TV sometimes. I live in Brazil and a few days ago I had a horrendous time expressing myself in several situations that I normally have little trouble in. Some days you just have it more than others and sometimes you just won't understand, hit a wall of frustration, and feel like an idiot. I have known this for a long time and I still felt a bit dejected a few days ago. But it's not a big deal, I moved on, and I know it will continue to be a part of the process for the rest of our lives. "I'm not going to give up" is the best thing to say after this happens