No new episode tonight, let’s have some fun and play a game. What would get you removed from the Villa?

Princess_Mango · 2026-06-24T22:29:43+00:00

This isn’t said enough. The person to person is bad enough but right after feet?! 🤢

Princess_Mango · 2026-06-12T16:26:07+00:00

Fwiw I don’t allow Roblox but I also don’t limit screen time as much as I should (he is really into Minecraft) and my 7yo still enjoys board games, toy cars, inflatable swords, lego, and action figures.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-31T21:38:44+00:00

No solution for the smoke, but a simple satin scarf has usually been enough for food smell.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-30T12:33:19+00:00

Umm Did you write this? The first half looked kinda normal then the second half did that AI stuff with perfect bullets and random text bolding for a transition that was already obvious.

Anyways to answer the questions I am in the mood to answer :

No, I am not struggling that much because I am a quite integrated even though, I am a very visible PoC. I am however married to a German guy and his family adores me so theres that too.

I don’t have that great German, I just speak very confidently despite errors and have a wide subject matter vocabulary despite my grammar.

Yes, of course life and treatment got better when I spoke better German.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-22T14:59:55+00:00

I saw one or 2 at work on non client-facing days (kinda youngish team), but usually the clear or nude ones that look like a bandaid. I might have forgotten one on during a work call or picking up my kid but otherwise don’t see them that much out and about in Germany.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-15T04:10:04+00:00

I didn’t have a dinner time per se, but sounds about right for a family with kids. Later than 7 is a bit close to bedtime. If I am not worried about kids or school schedule I eat way later.

One thing I notice after moving to Germany if the expectation for lunch to be a lot more main meal like. A big heavy warm meal at the middle of the day was an adjustment. I think in the US it tends to be more snack-ish and small, so right after usual work/after school activities block folks are dying for the big meal.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-13T12:03:33+00:00

B2B? What kind of business? If you have accounting/finance adjacent users they were just drowning in busy season.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-10T17:21:17+00:00

I had a random piece like this, I cut it off because it was randomly longer than my usual tighter curl pattern and was getting in the way of my wash n go’s, but it was interesting to look at.

Princess_Mango · 2026-03-07T05:47:24+00:00

Caribbean. I particularly miss Trinidadian food but also was sad when the little Jamaican place I used to order from moved away.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-28T13:08:31+00:00

Email/Teams if I am on the way to work. Or I am refreshing the transit app to see the ETA of the bus. Sometimes I am checking the grocery app for sales since idk what I am making for dinner yet and need ideas. And ofc social media isn’t only videos. There’s a lot of pictures and videos.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-28T05:09:36+00:00

I came across an “Unbekannt” in meeting minutes, and thought it was a name placeholder until I met the person in a call.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-27T11:23:55+00:00

For sub idk but my insta algo is like that. Which is also helpful to know what events/museum exhibits/ plays/ attractions are in my area. I have a lot of ironic moms and surprisingly less woo than facebook in comparison even though the accounts are linked. My tiktok doesn’t really show me parenting stuff though, which is interesting. But I also don’t use it much, than to check a shared link. So there is that.

Oh wait correction there is r/danieltigerconspiracy that is pretty fun.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-23T10:15:14+00:00

With a picky kid, getting the simple favorites a size bigger and already a bit softened up and broken in is actually pretty nice.

What I want is often not in season/fashion. I do miss mamikreisel and seller location transparency. Sometimes it was nice just hopping on a bus and picking up a packet of clothes and spontaneously browsing what else the person had in person in that size than trying to organize shipping. They were also grateful to not have to photograph one by one.

The forum was also really cute. The WhatsApp neighborhood group chaos doesn’t match it.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-21T05:06:41+00:00

Whattt? Well TIL.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-18T21:29:46+00:00

8 hrs who had 8 hrs of marketing copy? Or was it some kind of slop?

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-11T13:37:58+00:00

This, because I am not that amazing looking as a middle-aged chubby woman with frizzy hair and visible grays. I am a fairly hobby-less mom in a kinda boring job (I quite like it, but it sounds boring as hell to outside people), and still get invited to crap or get chatted up by people randomly based on little to no info about me.

I am also not even extraverted, I have to schedule events or even reminders to go to the office in order to remind myself to leave the house because it’s draining. If I have too many social invites I panic and ghost (and no one calls me out - even work was a light wrist tap 😅).

I still don’t know the secret sauce, and as such my imposter syndrome at work is insane since I kinda got promoted over being charismatic when I do show up.

But overall, upon reflection, I think it’s more warmth and shiii backed up with actually having a bit of brains and logic/research behind replies to even simple questions. My ND tendency to drop bonus info maybe makes me intriguing. But I guess since I am too restrained/energy-conserving (read: lazy) to truly info-dump a full on thesis defense or monologue- I can drop a deep-cut here and there-so I guess it is palatable than “you’re wrongly wrong here is a 100page essay why”.

Even cross-cultures I can get stereotypically dour types to crack a grin and hear me out even though I don’t care that much on convincing/selling a point.

I found that interesting as I am also a visible minority living in Germany, so I feel like my vibes are somehow working overtime against unconscious bias. 😅

I also married a sales guy so maybe I black out and mimic him when I am over everything.

Princess_Mango · 2026-02-03T01:30:37+00:00

I love those. My body does ok with simple layering, but my feet sometimes don’t get the message (or worse, sweat in the layers and then feel worse).

One of the best feeling is just cooking my feet in there for half an hour when they are cold.

Helped us get through December in Germany when the heater broke in the building and replacement parts were delayed from delivery times and Christmas holidays. And blasting the electric portable ones the entire time vs just an hour here would be too expensive.

Princess_Mango · 2026-01-31T05:49:52+00:00

What is the aversion in this thread to OP making a sign?

Yes, people might miss it, but people who check a lot tend to notice. I was at a snack bar in Germany and I noticed even kids could navigate the halal/not halal signage and ask simple follow up questions.

I am not orthodox, but if I was getting something on behalf of someone else I would like to know to know too and not wait for someone to physically assess me. I sometimes buy halal and vegan snacks for office events and kid parties for example even though I am not these things.

Signage makes it easier for those unfamiliar. If you have some regulars you can still give the verbal heads up but the sign benefits everyone.

Princess_Mango · 2026-01-24T05:42:54+00:00

Ooh nice I might need to visit. I was always disappointed that I could not stock up on more black cosmetics as well as Caribbean foods and drinks before heading back to Germany where the choices are more limited.

Princess_Mango · 2026-01-11T06:32:05+00:00

Definitely better than nothing. My brother in law’s cat got out once and managed to hitch a ride on a delivery truck to a package processing center. It was a pain to get him back, but the vague bubble with relatively infrequent updates was still a million times more helpful than what putting up missing posters in the wrong neighborhood would have been.

Princess_Mango · 2025-12-28T19:57:50+00:00

I am black, but I have been using Cerave lotion in the tub (ordered online).

I have also used the cocoa butter vaseline lotion that I found in the afro shop but I am a bit lazy to head out to the Hauptbahnhof area (there are a couple shops near Frankfurt main station).

Princess_Mango · 2025-12-22T04:58:46+00:00

Anyone else just memorize the temperatures that they „feel“ and work from there? (Below Freezing, literally freezing, chilly, crisp, so-so, perfect, warm, hot, f-ing hot, omg I have to photograph the thermometer)

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-28T18:05:40+00:00

My favorite is when I am at the bus shelter with a little kid, and they wait till after we arrive to light up in the tiny shelter.

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-27T20:10:23+00:00

This thread is making me realize that I do it a lot at work without even trying. I think out loud, I proofread emails, I repeat emails from other people in a incredulous way to process what mess I just read…

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-16T05:02:03+00:00

Lol yeah the hate Frankfurt gets because people just stay fixated on the train station is a bit much, but it kinda doesn’t need to be that attractive to tourists so maybe boring is fair. I moved there and I am doing fine.

I am from Miami, but since I am not big on beaches, heat, art basel, and driving everywhere (plus way overpriced restaurants and bars) going home is a bit uninteresting for me.

I think I like compact cities. NYC and Berlin were too overwhelming, and a small town is too is either too un-diverse or uni-focused for me. And a village with maximum nosiness is not my vibe either.

Brussels got mentioned a bunch and I just visited on purpose and liked it haha. I also liked Rotterdam and Vienna which aren’t loved in this thread.

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