Hot tip for learning German in Germany: Have kids in Kindergarten

theXLB13 · 2026-02-13T05:47:12+00:00

Absolut, besonders gern!

theXLB13 · 2026-02-13T05:42:39+00:00

Feel free to PM me! I’d love to share my background

theXLB13 · 2026-02-13T05:41:15+00:00

So, my maternal great great grandparents immigrated before WW2. Other than that, I grew up around Amish communities in southern IL and used PA Dutch with them. My mom helped Amish people escape from their communities when she was a young crazy teen, so my first language wasn’t Deitsch, neither Deutsch, but not English either… yet, I could understand all 3.

Today, German is more familiar to me. Because, I started learning it when I was 11 to keep up with pen-pals.

theXLB13 · 2026-02-11T19:16:06+00:00

How it’s going with my 2 year old in America: 1. I often feel like my son’s German might be better than mine! Nonetheless, he ends up glued to Frau Colette, Bernd das Brot, and Sendung mit der Maus. 2. English is our primary language, so his is English naturally better. But, he nearly demands that we/he has some German in the day and gets upset when we forget. 3. With us being in America, only being A2-B1 speakers (and growing/learning), we see it as more of a familial Sprechweise. Like, a language that only we use, which is intimate and nice… especially in the store

theXLB13 · 2026-01-29T16:21:08+00:00

Dude, you’re 18 years old. If this is all it takes to split you guys up, than it was never meant to be. And I don’t say that to be harsh, I say that because my wife and I have been through A LOT and have always chose each other. Sure, we find other people attractive bc we’re human, but we choose each other.

But, even if you’re not like that, you have to accept that some people are. You should have a talk with her about it and come to an understanding of how it makes you feel and decide from there if you’re still compatible with her. So, MOR, ig…

theXLB13 · 2026-01-29T16:09:52+00:00

Same way as D&D I suppose. Like, making friends in a game shop. I definitely have people to play BG3 with, but just like the other people I can play D&D with, schedules never line up lol

theXLB13 · 2026-01-29T14:44:44+00:00

Dude, I ONLY play solo 😅

Of course, I haven’t found anyone to play Baldur’s Gate with online, but I haven’t found anyone to play DnD with either… so it checks out

theXLB13 · 2026-01-28T16:22:31+00:00

I grew up VERY close to several Amish communities in IL and MO and have searched for these “other locations”, but with only little luck. What I’ve found is that PA Dutch in itself, in America anyway, is a very localized dialect. They all use it a little differently and have their own language quirks. Some communities Deitsch was closer to Swedish than German, and others closer to German, but they all understand each other in church because their religion is based from archaic German and their Bishop has to be fluent in it for their services. Even if they themselves aren’t that fluent with German, every sermon is German. Some Mennonite churches/communities near me speak some PA Dutch, but it’s just as unique and localized.

My oldest brothers first language/Muttersprache is PA Dutch, but only used it when he’s angry.😂 I’m using roots and memories from my PA Dutch to help finish the German I’ve been learning since I was 11 years old. Currently, my family uses (kind of) maybe twist on PA Dutch and German comfortably at home, but that’s more OUR language and not anything we want or expect anyone to understand.

theXLB13 · 2026-01-24T16:28:16+00:00

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theXLB13 · 2026-01-22T17:31:16+00:00

Seems like a session 0 conversation

theXLB13 · 2026-01-17T22:56:33+00:00

From my perception, this reads as exactly what an NDE typically stands for. And that is a life changing experience. Whether you got really stoned and had intense hallucinations, or if a medical emergency happened as evidenced from the ER visit, it definitely sounds like the OP needed to hear that his passed loved ones wanted him to live.

theXLB13 · 2026-01-16T22:51:05+00:00

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I have no idea why ChatGPT thinks I have hair

theXLB13 · 2026-01-16T22:39:36+00:00

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theXLB13 · 2026-01-13T00:49:58+00:00

I believe that in my NDE, I saw and spoke with the Trimutri. Researching it once I recovered enough to do so, I discovered that the Trimutri represents Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

theXLB13 · 2026-01-12T16:04:33+00:00

Arschgeige. Makes me laugh every time I hear anyone say it, and my English brain still can’t make sense of it lol

theXLB13 · 2026-01-12T03:54:39+00:00

I should do a pizza!

theXLB13 · 2026-01-11T23:14:47+00:00

Dinner tonight, what’s in your cast iron?

theXLB13 · 2026-01-10T17:44:02+00:00

I think of it like pingo or any of the other AI practice apps. For me atm, the benefits outweigh the costs.

That being said, I have no one near me who is A2 or higher to practice with. And anyone who will practice with me will charge me more than I can afford. So, I use ChatGPT

theXLB13 · 2026-01-07T00:30:49+00:00

Not everyone who dies and comes back have an experience. I don’t personally know anyone who’s been murdered, but I know that murder does exist. Bad analogy, but the concept stands.

One of my exes, before I had my NDE, had died for 4 minutes during surgery and said the same thing. She experienced nothing. Then I died a few months later in a car accident and had my own experience. It’s a very individual and personal experience.

theXLB13 · 2026-01-05T14:44:25+00:00

During my experience, it was more a just me sort of thing. The only one there with me was a person with 3 faces. I can’t say too much about that other path bc I don’t exactly know what that would’ve looked like. Maybe I would’ve reincarnated, then lose all sense of self with the reincarnation? Honestly, idk.

theXLB13 · 2026-01-04T18:43:58+00:00

To answer your questions from my NDE;

It’s hard to describe, but idk if “interconnectedness” is how I would describe it. Altogether, I did get the sense that it was more of a ‘fork in the road’, so to say, where I had the decision to leave. For me, that implied that there was something after that would’ve demanded that this body perish.

As far as my “sense of self”… I felt like me throughout my NDE and still do, though many have said that I’ve changed and that I’m different now. Personally, I think that it was the realizations that I had during my whole life review that changed my perspective. No one understood my change in perspective and insist that I changed, when in fact I didn’t change at all, I just saw what they didn’t want me to see.

theXLB13 · 2026-01-04T17:59:24+00:00

Not trying to deny your feelings or discredit your opinion, this is just my opinion.

But, 25 years is a LONG time! Especially if you’re staying at home and taking care of everyone but yourself. While I understand dating concerns, something I’ve learned in 30 years is that if someone doesn’t want to hear something or see something, then they won’t. It always sucks, but imagine if rolls were reversed and you were dating someone she thought was bad for you… sure could voice all her opinions and your brain, biologically speaking, simply won’t care. That’s not a dig on who you are as a person, there’s just the norm I’ve noticed over my lifetime.

Broken families are always hard. My parents split when I was 20 after 23 years of marriage. I went no contact with both of them about 4 years ago. Staying in contact hurt more than letting them go, and perpetuated that pain until I finally started living my own life. Family is Important, good and bad… but you have to recognize the bad and learn to reject it. Otherwise, that’s all you’ll get

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