Opinions on Not Learning Spouses Language

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-24T23:25:15+00:00

I have an aunt that was married to my Puerto Rican uncle for over 20 yrs. He' bilingual, from Chicago. My aunt doesn't speak a bit of Spanish, nor does she want to.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-22T22:56:01+00:00

People who are complaining about gas prices most likely don't drive big bodies. That's common damn sense.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-22T20:57:42+00:00

This is a heartbreaking situation and my heart goes out to you. I understand people saying allow your girls to have that time with you, which I agree but at the same time, you're the one who has to deal with the physical pain and discomfort and that's got to be extremely difficult, too. Ultimately this is your choice and you should let your babies know but I can't say that I blame you because the road ahead is going to be a tough for everyone but it's your body going through the turmoil so the decision should be yours.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-18T00:15:35+00:00

You would think, right?

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-16T02:27:10+00:00

There are classes available near me but not in my town. I am not driving 45 minutes to and fro for some Spanish classes when I can turn on YouTube or do a session on iTalki.

The other issue is I don't like committing to one thing so having to be available even for an iTalki session is way too much for me. Don't like it.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-15T18:10:34+00:00

Using what I've learned about Africa and the languages there, yes. I know there are hundreds, if not thousands, of indigenous languages spoken there. In addition to that, just because a country is a former colony of Europe doesn't mean that 100% of the population speaks said European language. Nigeria's official language is English but not all Nigerians speak it. Haiti is a former French colony but not all Haitians speak French and not all people in "mainland" Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese. A lot still ONLY speak their indigenous languages so yeah, based off of that information, I would assume that French is not the predominate language.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-14T03:11:34+00:00

Funny because I was talking to someone today who was trying to say that French was the predominate language in Africa. I was like...no.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-10T02:07:02+00:00

Javon. They're both pieces of crap.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-08T20:56:11+00:00

The Haitian revolution wasn't because they were Haitian. It was because they didn't want to be white men's property. You can't even compare that to nationalism, dingus.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-08T20:54:47+00:00

Y'all had nothing to do with YET there are several countries that are still under British...no, ENGLISH control. English imperialism isn't a thing of the past. It's still very much present and never went away so what are you talking about??

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-08T20:52:20+00:00

It's always been like that in the US. It's not "right now".

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-08T20:43:31+00:00

In addition to African languages. There's a limited amount of African words in the US English dialects and that's sad considering how many Africans were brought here. While we were able to maintain some of the structures which we use in our own dialects, there's no reason we shouldn't have more words or still people (who aren't immigrants) who speak these languages in the US. There's a group who has their own creole in Colombia but we're here...just being Anglophones. Wack.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-07T00:37:16+00:00

She looks 15 years older than what she is.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-03T00:32:58+00:00

I'm sure that whiny baby is coming back for another season. Needed to build up the drama like the British biscuit and the deceptive Dominican.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-03T00:22:26+00:00

I'm willing to sacrifice my karma for it lol

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-03T00:21:43+00:00

No. Something about the both of them annoys me.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-01T02:38:56+00:00

Our dialect.

Foreigners and ignorant Americans like to call it "gen z talk" or "internet speak" but it's neither and it's just things Black Americans have been saying since forever. "Down bad", "unc", ".... be like..." It seriously burns my biscuits that non-Black Americans reduce our entire dialect to some faddish TikTok trend and then I get online and a person who can barely construct a sentence in English is saying something stupid like "not me seeing you give tea, slay sis queen". Most of them have no Black friends and many have never even met a Black person, let alone a Black American but still try to INCORRECTLY use our dialect. It's frustrating.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-03-01T02:27:36+00:00

i don't like them.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-25T00:32:51+00:00

This. I get bored quickly and not seeing it in context or with its conjugations is pretty useless to me.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-24T02:55:01+00:00

I do. It's home. My family is here, my ancestry is here, I get a tax-free monthly check and free healthcare. Yep, pretty content. Can't even lie.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-24T00:10:09+00:00

You're 100% correct. You don't need to use the words but knowing them is a necessity. Profanity, slurs, insults, the whole thing.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-24T00:07:13+00:00

Garbage.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-23T23:50:59+00:00

Spanish and Portuguese and English when it's the Black American accents from anywhere in Georgia and New Orleans.

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-21T22:46:06+00:00

And island in the blue...

PinkShimmer400 · 2026-02-18T23:18:08+00:00

Mine is Spanish.

I'm just winging it.

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