The Reality Of Dating A German Girl

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    0:00 Intro
    0:26 Laura Arrives
    1:37 PDA
    2:18 Reading
    2:49 Sticking to plans
    4:00 More Steps
    4:22 Journaling/Sponsor
    5:39 Garbage and Brotzeit
    6:21 Clothes and Bluntness
    7:05 Cafe I like
    7:27 Insurance and German Music
    8:07 How tall are wind turbines
    9:00 Being married to a German

ความคิดเห็น • 542

  • @helgaioannidis9365
    @helgaioannidis9365 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    I'm a German wife of a Greek husband and we live in Greece. In Germany I was always considered unorganized, was never on time and very much into giving out compliments. Here in Greece I get told a lot how structured, organized and reliable I am. I love living in Greece, the bar is so low for a German 😂

    • @hueffel987
      @hueffel987 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I need to move to Greece.

    • @MIGBMWLOVER
      @MIGBMWLOVER ปีที่แล้ว +13

      relax... sit back and enjoy the sun!the Greek way is something like this: the deadline is due two days from tomorrow no need to panic.

    • @marvinh4893
      @marvinh4893 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same in Austria

    • @marcstein2510
      @marcstein2510 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow the famous german arrogance - packed in a nice joke so you can deny it.

    • @helgaioannidis9365
      @helgaioannidis9365 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@marcstein2510 ah yes. Everybody finds what they are looking for.
      Thruth is I prefer the way Greeks handle time. I think it's healthier and more natural. I've been living in Greece for nearly 20 years now, because I adore the culture and the people. I had a hard time learning to be at least closely as warm and welcoming as Greek people are so naturally.
      Every culture has many characteristics and according to how you look at it each of them can be a flaw or a strength.
      I might be arrogant, have never been told that yet, but am willing to learn. So I'll think about it. Thank you for pointing out how you perceived me. ☀️

  • @logan.pankow
    @logan.pankow ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I’m a 21 year old who moved out to Germany 2 years ago for studies & to get married to my high school sweetheart (foreign exchange student); we had been in a long distance relationship for 2 years. We’ve been married for almost a year now, but because I was in Germany on a student visa and changed my course of study, I’m now back in the states to get my “Visum zum Zwecke des Ehegattenachzugs.”
    Needless to say, I had a huge culture shock coming back to the states, & I miss my wife, German culture, and German food:( can’t wait to get back to Saxony!

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is really sweet. Blessed guy.

    • @tonigerbach
      @tonigerbach ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Saxony! That's where I'm from. I miss it too, I moved to the UK

    • @buscobube4118
      @buscobube4118 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When you miss saxony, you have to love Germany a lot

    • @Spyker8921
      @Spyker8921 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Aww

  • @derek-press
    @derek-press ปีที่แล้ว +27

    33years married to a German,wake up almost every morning to the sound of the vacuum cleaner and a nice dose of minus 10 deg C coming through the bedroom window

    • @birgitm.8179
      @birgitm.8179 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😂😂😂

    • @dagmarvandoren9364
      @dagmarvandoren9364 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope you love it. Cleaning. Yes cant control the world...but can beautify your own with cleanliness....jap

  • @ChromeTeck
    @ChromeTeck ปีที่แล้ว +117

    The best you can hope for is:"Da kann man nich' meckern!" - "There's nothing to complain about!"
    Then you know you made it.

    • @-esox-3714
      @-esox-3714 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      For as long as I can remember, me saying "nicht schlecht" is about the best rating eg. a meal can get.

    • @JD-yp5uu
      @JD-yp5uu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@-esox-3714 I am of German extraction, and my father used to say that. Now, I know where that came from!

    • @reinhard8053
      @reinhard8053 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@-esox-3714 I have friends (not American) who are also: that was the "best" meal (or whatever) ever" and that often... As a result I don't mind much on their opinion to something.
      But I think we are not much different to ourselves. I don't do much cooking but once I made something exactly as it should be. When I thought to myself: "this is perfect", that really was a bit off and I evaluated it again. Astonishingly it was perfect 🙂.

    • @user-sm3xq5ob5d
      @user-sm3xq5ob5d ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reinhard8053 I think one can find some logic in there. If one mentally adds that the emotion expressed does only refer to the very moment it is been said. At that moment he feels satisfied and really content so he desires nothing more. And since long term thinking does not exist in the American mind the term "ever" means the time span of 10 minutes before and 10 seconds after the event.

    • @shahlabadel8628
      @shahlabadel8628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      interesting perspective! sounds so true.

  • @robwilliams2410
    @robwilliams2410 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    We love Laura ❤
    I’ve been in Germany for almost 24 years and married my German girlfriend nearly 20 years ago. I became a German myself nearly ten years ago.

    • @sirgalahad1470
      @sirgalahad1470 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      OMG Laura is so cute !

    • @bearenkindercool
      @bearenkindercool ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sirgalahad1470 to the point. she is the star behind nalf. of course he has a terrific career in football, and now starts his business here. we germans love nalf. and seing laura now and then, wonderful. she is his match, for sure.

    • @markmagiera6115
      @markmagiera6115 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      very fond of Laura. IF NALF gets up the courage & Laura agrees to Heiraten... Laura will be NALFs better 1/2

    • @ramone138
      @ramone138 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You cannot "become German". However, you can get German citizenship.

    • @antonb9459
      @antonb9459 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ramone138 Well, that is becoming german

  • @bcool9104
    @bcool9104 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    My former German girlfriend and now German wife just watched this together and fully agree with your take on our relationships! From reading; to walking a LOT and the lack of compliments, it is definitely a change for an American when dating a German. No BS, which is so refreshing in a relationship!

    • @beatrixpastoors1104
      @beatrixpastoors1104 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Immer dieser Aküfi! Was ist BS?

    • @Garagantua
      @Garagantua ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@beatrixpastoors1104 Nun, die deutsche Übersetzung wäre KS - das Zeug, das hinten aus einer Kuh heraus kommt ;).
      (Sowohl TH-cam als auch die anderen großen amerikanischen Medienseiten sind manchmal etwas pingelich, was solche Wörter angeht - die Abkürzung ist nicht nur einfacher zu schreiben, es ist so auch weniger wahrscheinlich, das der eigene Kommentar zensiert wird.)

    • @beatrixpastoors1104
      @beatrixpastoors1104 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Garagantua danke. Genau das hatte ich auch zuerst vermutet, nur für mich machte es im Kontext des letzten Satzes überhaupt keinen Sinn. War jetzt BS im Sinne von sugarcoating gemeint?

    • @Garagantua
      @Garagantua ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@beatrixpastoors1104 Ich vermute, genau so ist es gemeint: redet keinen BS um den heißen Brei herum, sondern sagt, was Sache ist.

    • @ohauss
      @ohauss ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "....and the lack of compliments"
      As they say "Net g'schimpft isch g'lobt g'nug!"

  • @Finndu
    @Finndu ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Wait for the summer in that apartment.

  • @MrsDaedalus_
    @MrsDaedalus_ ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I am born Chinese but grew up in Austria and I am more Austrian than I am Chinese, which annoys the hell out of my grandma. I am very blunt and I do call out BS when I see it. My granny likes to cause drama and she is a person that doesn´t like when people younger than her question her "authority". Ergo, she is very conservative. When I called her out on her BS, she will say that I am not Chinese enough and that is not what Chinese women do. Well, I told her that I am not living in China, so I don´t have to behave like a Chinese. I can respect the culture, but I am not going to change who I am just because she doesn´t like it. Also acting the way she wants, is the reason, why Chinese women and girls are being harassed in school and the workplace overseas. (Which I experienced personally.) Being obedient and quiet might get you somewhere in China, but not in Austria. And I live in Austria, not in China.
    However, the neat part is more my partner than me. He is Austrian, Viennese to be exact, and god he is organised and neat. That drives me crazy because he always cleans up my desk, every time I visit my mum in Graz and the end result is that I can´t find my stuff. I had a designated place for my Bluetooth keypad and he just store it away, when I was at home during the holidays. I couldn´t find my keypad for two months and finally found it, yesterday! I was livid!!!
    😅

  • @asmodon
    @asmodon ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Laura deserves a whole hand to hold.

    • @LieNa.
      @LieNa. ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes. Don‘t be a jerk! 😌

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm sure she gets a whole lot more. Everyone chill.

    • @jinsvunsolved
      @jinsvunsolved ปีที่แล้ว +2

      War es eigentlich ein Finger oder etwas anderes?😅

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jinsvunsolvedoh wie originell🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼

    • @jinsvunsolved
      @jinsvunsolved ปีที่แล้ว

      @@susannabonke8552 Das jemand auf so eine Stuss antwortet ist kaum zu verstehen!

  • @klamin_original
    @klamin_original ปีที่แล้ว +428

    You need to do some 100% German vlogs now, it's unfair to have Laura always talk in a foreign language while you are still hiding your everyday German skills. ;)

    • @tic-tacdrin-drinn1505
      @tic-tacdrin-drinn1505 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, and you need to learn some Italian too, to honor your citizenship . By the way the plural of cappuccino is cappuccini.

    • @wumbleisthebest3270
      @wumbleisthebest3270 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wider audience ig, i wouldn't change it

    • @Andreas_42
      @Andreas_42 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505And the plural of Rucksack is Rucksäcke. At least in German. In English it's rucksacks. A language might borrow a word from another language, but apply it's own rules to it. So I'll continue to drink two or three espressos a day. Except when I'm in Italy, then my order at the coffee bar will be: "Un caffè, per favore." This will usually get me a nice espresso. 😊

    • @traderdaniel4749
      @traderdaniel4749 ปีที่แล้ว

      +1

  • @natalielubo
    @natalielubo ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I am German and married to an American. He sometimes says that the way I say things is rude and I'm always trying to explain that we just talk like that. Maybe I'm not the only one. 🙈

    • @spaceowl5957
      @spaceowl5957 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Rude” often just means you don’t fit into American social norms and he judges you for that. Which is kind of toxic. If it’s clear that you didn’t mean to offend him or make him feel bad I think he should try to understand you more not shame you for not adhering to “normative behavior”

    • @spaceowl5957
      @spaceowl5957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My opinion as a German who has spent a little bit of time in the US

    • @menschin2
      @menschin2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think he is right. We are often very rude. Maybe the next generation will be more polite.

  • @Khalidazizphoto
    @Khalidazizphoto ปีที่แล้ว +219

    in germany we say „NICHT GESCHIMPFT IST LOB GENUG.“ which means "NOT SCOLDING IS PRAISE ENOUGH."

    • @annypenny8621
      @annypenny8621 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i‘ve never heard of this saying…it’s more common in southern Germany maybe 🤔

    • @patricegraziano2303
      @patricegraziano2303 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@annypenny8621 correct...it's more a swabien saying
      Net gschimpft isch globt gnug 😄

    • @resathe6760
      @resathe6760 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@patricegraziano2303 I'm from Saxony and also know it. It isn't used very often but it is definitely not a southern Germany only thing either

    • @patricegraziano2303
      @patricegraziano2303 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@resathe6760 Danke für die Info. Schien mir tatsächlich immer so "typisch schwäbisch". Eben ganz in der oftmals schroffenen Art der Schwaben. Aber den Sachsen traue ich das selbstverständlich auch zu 😁

    • @resathe6760
      @resathe6760 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@patricegraziano2303 😅😅

  • @seanward536
    @seanward536 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My wife is German and I am retired Army and we live in Weimar, Germany so I can relate :)

  • @roncenti
    @roncenti ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Last week it was 25 years since I moved to the US. And I still can not give American compliments. I just can't use the American excitement range.
    The German range from 1 to 10 is Crap(1) to Good (Or maybe Great)(10). I would go up to Great but that needs true greatness.
    That is where I put my compliments.
    The American range is from Fantastic (1) to Best in the universe times infinity(10)
    That makes no sense since there is always something better and if I use high superlatives often then I have to use higher ones when better. That is how "Super Awesome" was created. If you had just used "Awesome" sparingly then you would not need something higher than awesome.
    OMG... I am more German than I realized. 🤷🤦

  • @blotski
    @blotski ปีที่แล้ว +103

    The PDA thing surprises me. I always think of Americans as being very open, affectionate and definitely not shy. I don't think I'd ever walk with my wife without holding her hand. We're 66 and have been together since we were 24.

    • @spiritranger9202
      @spiritranger9202 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It's the puritan influence. We still have issues with nudity at beaches. But we love violence...go figure 🤷‍♀️ 😂

    • @user-sm3xq5ob5d
      @user-sm3xq5ob5d ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@spiritranger9202 So no problems with PDA, "public display of aggression"?

    • @kyihsin2917
      @kyihsin2917 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't think most heterosexual Americans have a problem holding hands in public, but they tend to be unwilling to make out in public, which most German couples have no problem with at all.

    • @quo33
      @quo33 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tja, Protestanten, die meisten. XD

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@kyihsin2917 The making out, I'd say depends on the age, environment and other sociocultural contingencies.

  • @claudiacables945
    @claudiacables945 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    So true . I am from South America, live in USA and have been married with a German for 35 years. Now I laugh watching the video about not getting compliments and planning everything, very stoic etc.... but that was very difficult for me at the beginning. In my Latin culture we are the opposite : warm, a lot of PDA, loud, spontaneous, disorganized etc.... so just imagine how complicated that was. But we compromise and made it.

    • @jackigroebel9463
      @jackigroebel9463 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh wow latin American and a German, those are like 2 polar opposite cultures 🤣 How did/do you 2 ever find the middle ground???

    • @HuSanNiang
      @HuSanNiang ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jackigroebel9463 let see and stress it even more Latin America and Finnland ...

    • @jusebacho
      @jusebacho ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same history here Claudia 😂, I’m from Colombia with a German wife in US, I understand u, we are a PDA with steroids, saludos desde tejas

  • @Cowboy-in-a-Pink-Stetson
    @Cowboy-in-a-Pink-Stetson ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I'm guessing Laura is from Bavaria and taught you "Brotzeit"?
    You're in Swabia, Nalf, and it's called "Vesper" (pronounced Feshpa). 😀
    Great video again. Thanks for the fun.

    • @caraira1909
      @caraira1909 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      We call it Abendbrot in my region (North Germany)

    • @ronA8te
      @ronA8te ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where I live in South Germany we also say Vesper to the Brotzeit a kid takes to school or the food we make when we go hiking 😊

    • @LisaZoe86
      @LisaZoe86 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brotzeit sounds outdated and or like its from the south of Germany... never used it in the north or west^^

    • @cleancoder3838
      @cleancoder3838 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pronounced more like "Feschb(e)r"

  • @silvialittlewolf
    @silvialittlewolf ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Loved your insights. Now ... how about you film a video with Laura's point-of-view on dating an American? That should be interesting too! 😁😄

  • @crothefool1651
    @crothefool1651 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I'm an American and married a German seven years ago. We live in Wuppertal. My experience has been quite different. My wife's biggest tick in what you're talking about is never being late, but her family doles out compliments regularly. I am actually the one who would sarcastically say something was alright or passing when it was really good. Neither my wife nor myself are exceptionally organized, though, due to her, we do keep all official and bank mail... all of it. Receipts for my Aufenthaltstitel as well.

    • @saladien9987
      @saladien9987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should keep the Mail otherwise your in trouble if its gone.

    • @JanSt12
      @JanSt12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Grüße Nachbar 👋

    • @crothefool1651
      @crothefool1651 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JanSt12 Grüße! :)

  • @jawor479
    @jawor479 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mach weiter so! Mega informative und unterhaltsame Videos! Great work Nick!

  • @corneliameiler6099
    @corneliameiler6099 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    really appreciate you let us be part of your journaling, it felt so intimate. very touching

  • @spiritranger9202
    @spiritranger9202 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    This is hilarious 😂! I think the trash organizing and planning thing might be European traits in general. I'm American and my husband is Romanian and he hates the wishy washy nature of Americans. Europeans follow through with their plans. And yes, he separates all the different trash types 😱

    • @inotoni6148
      @inotoni6148 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm also from Romania, but belonged to the Hungarian-German minority and have been living in Germany for 33 years. I had a Catalan girlfriend for 5 years and I have to say that they are very similar to the Germans. I'm organized too, but she was on a whole different level. When a friend asked her if she was free for a coffee next week, for example, she pulled out her calendar and answered that in 5 or 6 weeks I would have 1 hour on Saturday afternoon. Such unspontaneity and being over organized was unusual even for Germans.

  • @MartyBecker
    @MartyBecker ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Enjoyed the video and I can relate. Next month is my 35th wedding anniversary with my wife from Germany.

  • @ThcBanaman
    @ThcBanaman ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I had two weeks of vacation in Schwäbisch Hall last year because of Nicks videos :). Great time and now I recognize all the little places

  • @GrasImOhr
    @GrasImOhr ปีที่แล้ว +37

    So when I was a kid for my 7th birthday I got this game as a present. The goal was to sort the trash properly and bring it to the recycling site. Action cards went like: Congrats, you collected old newspaper and recycled them, jump ahead a few steps. Or: you didnt bring a bag to your grocery shopping and used single plastic, go back and pick up a trash card.
    I am not kidding, I loved this game 🤓

  • @jackigroebel9463
    @jackigroebel9463 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    American married to a German with 3 kids here 🙋‍♀️. This is spot on. It drives me nuts planning EVERYTHING (but also let's be real....it's also helped me with my own personal life and getting more done effeciently) what really gets me is what I fondly refer to as "constant bitching" 🤦‍♀️😂 i have to fish for every little complement and while i don't need the "puppies and rainbows" mentality of an American i am still an American and need a compliment every once in awhile. When my German in laws or my husband says "ja, man kann es essen" (essentially ja it's edible) to something i cooked than thats about the extent of a compliment that i will get 😂 the cultural differences are cute and noticeable now but wait until you have kids and the cultural differences of how to raise them comes into play! Then shit gets real!

    • @ulliulli
      @ulliulli ปีที่แล้ว +20

      "Nicht gemeckert ist genug des Lobes" - "Not complaining is enough praise"

    • @jackigroebel9463
      @jackigroebel9463 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ulliulli 😂 aber ich bin Amerikanerin und braucht lobe! Or as we say "Honey brings more bees than vinegar".

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well you can try to teach them slowly to give out compliments when it's warranted.

    • @radschele1815
      @radschele1815 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tbh, that's my dad.
      When i wanted him to try my food i cooked for the next day, he was like "ah, ill eat it tomorrow, then we'll see" i just gave him instructions "you'll now try this city and you'll say it's good". He laughed but he followed the advice.
      But I'm also used to state my expectations 😂

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your endurance.

  • @r.schumacher
    @r.schumacher ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We need to buy "Übertopf"...immediately hooked :)

    • @sonjagatto9981
      @sonjagatto9981 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nalf did not know he needs an "Uebertopf". 🤣 How could he live... all these years without an
      Uebertopf? 🙄Hi from Canada❣

  • @davidhjortnaes2000
    @davidhjortnaes2000 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Please let Laura know she has done a wonderful job decorating your apt.

  • @thereallotharmatthae
    @thereallotharmatthae ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well done NALF, don‘t have time to watch the entire video right now, but you are a legend. Best of luck - your flat looks dope!

  • @LucasBenderChannel
    @LucasBenderChannel ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The space looks so cozy 👌

  • @StephanLuik1
    @StephanLuik1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Germen bluntness, hahahaha.
    I am Dutch. Never can get used to the sheer amount of words needed by Germans to express their thoughts.😂 (Love these neighbours though❤).

  • @susannagy208
    @susannagy208 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved this!! You two are absolutely adorable together ❤

  • @sakutaro3musik486
    @sakutaro3musik486 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    always fun to watch ^^

  • @t.kausch419
    @t.kausch419 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ja, da hast Du Recht. Deutsche (speziell Frauen) möchten es geplant sehen - das Leben... und es muss effizient sein was Du machst. Verschwende keine Zeit für "unnütze" Dinge. was ist Dein Ziel? Schöner Beitrag Nalf - sehr schön.

  • @Quotenwagnerianer
    @Quotenwagnerianer ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That new appartment looks impracticle but very cozy. I love the vibes.

  • @lsg546
    @lsg546 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man.., thank you so much for your videos. They ae always inspiring and motivating (among other things in terms of sports and movement) but at the same time calming and 'balanced' to me. They often make me think "lifes good". Hope you get what i mean.
    Also, i sometimes feel like you definately figured out what life's all about.😊
    Ahh.. maybe that last comment was weird, but yeah,
    All the best.

  • @habicht6
    @habicht6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    NALF.... ist immer interessant!!!!

  • @johnfloros3232
    @johnfloros3232 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been watching you for quite some time now. I'm glad to see that you have continued your vids. They are always entertaining and a pleasure to watch. :-)

  • @annypenny8621
    @annypenny8621 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Of course we say that when someone has done a good job. It’s kind and motivating…

  • @michaelherrmann3423
    @michaelherrmann3423 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    More please.That was good. And how do you manage to use an airliner if you are afraid of hight? Using the restroom on a plane must be scary then. Greetings to Speedy and Cody. Cody's sound in the video was better to hear and understand than Speedy's.

  • @aquarius4073
    @aquarius4073 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What's so strange about holding hands in public? It's so cute and romantic ☺😘

  • @HardyMUC
    @HardyMUC ปีที่แล้ว

    Still love your videos. Thanks, Nick.

  • @stillnotathomeintheworld
    @stillnotathomeintheworld ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived in Schwäbisch Hall 40 years ago and I was so excited to see it has a hipster coffee shop now! Absolutely beautiful Altstadt.

  • @thl7587
    @thl7587 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In Germany we say:"Not being scolded is praise enough.!"

  • @zervalu6313
    @zervalu6313 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nalf, please start distinguishing between German culture at large, and Swabian culture in particular. Especially that last bit about paying compliments, or rather the lack thereof, that is absolutely a Swabian thing. When it comes to complimenting someone's cooking, famously the best you can hope for from a Swabian, is "It's edible.", which essentially means it's great.
    Same with the staring in your other video. At least in my experience, you will get a lot less stares in places like Cologne or Berlin.

    • @Ned-Ryerson
      @Ned-Ryerson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would say "Southern". Franconia is not that different. Mind, Schwäbisch Hall is Hohenlohe, so almost Franconian.

  • @thats_guip
    @thats_guip ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You guys are one of the cutest couple I’ve ever seen!

  • @josephgriswold439
    @josephgriswold439 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Not offering compliments is a special trait of the Schwaben. They even have a saying "Ned gschimpft isch globt gnua" or in High German "nicht geschimpft ist gelobt genug." English translation: "not complaining is enough praise." I have been living with my German wife for 25+ years in Schwabenländle and can confirm.

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a Swabian I concur, although in Germany we're usually conservative and skeptics. Now if you're invited somewhere for dinner, you may compliment the food or whatever it may be if it truly was that good. At least you'll be polite and say thanks. Also when dealing with kids or mentally ill you'll find Germans to be more liberal with their praise.

    • @josephgriswold439
      @josephgriswold439 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@B.A.B.G. of course there is a special Swabian complement for good food: Mann kann's essen

    • @alrunh.5998
      @alrunh.5998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am from Northern Germany and we we don't give compliments either. But we're also famous for not talking at all. But when I was in Finland, I was the talkative one. That was strange for me 🤣

    • @summersun6536
      @summersun6536 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alrunh.5998 yes, the Northern Germans rarely give compliments, because you rarely speak in general. 😉😀 But I love that. When a Northern person says something you know they mean it. I always experienced you as quiet, but very caring.

  • @melaniew.4652
    @melaniew.4652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nick, you should adopt that cat or one from the shelter cause I noticed a scratch pole in your apartment!

  • @xy-ow7hw
    @xy-ow7hw ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always love the "Bird View" of Schwäbisch Hall. Do you always have to ask for a permit or have you done some with one take off?

  • @gentlemanx7987
    @gentlemanx7987 ปีที่แล้ว

    "That's why i get these cactus plants now..." 😂😂😂 Hillarious. Good, entertaining video. 😁 Thank you guys. You are awsome! 🍀

  • @jacoblofthus7908
    @jacoblofthus7908 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations! You two look amazing together!

  • @MrWilhelm1950
    @MrWilhelm1950 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thw two of you make a lovely couple.
    Best wishes!!

    • @itsworkinprogress
      @itsworkinprogress ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah and he really seems to like the changes she brought to his life. That's a good basis

  • @LenaGresser
    @LenaGresser ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I think I have to go" 3:47 That´s some serious Alfieri energy :D

  • @onger4458
    @onger4458 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Nick, your videos are great! But you music seems to be a little loud compared to your voice and i always have to change the volume of the Video to not hurt my ears :D It would be nice if you could have a look on that. Keep up the good work!

  • @CavHDeu
    @CavHDeu ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Schön, dass es noch mehr Leute gibt die Höhenangst haben 😅 kann nicht über die 4. Sprosse einer Leiter hinaus 🤫

  • @mariobiehler4734
    @mariobiehler4734 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Servus, my women and i like your videos. We're both from Ellwangen near Schwäbisch Hall 😊
    - Not bad und weiter so!

  • @ArgusStrav
    @ArgusStrav ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:23 damn, that's some nice books. Fantasy readers unite!

  • @Therawpy
    @Therawpy ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nicht geschimpft ist Lob genug.

  • @marcus25g
    @marcus25g ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Like when I cleaned the fridge at my German ex's house, Her only response was ''you put the cheese back in the wrong place'' :(

  • @Kokuswolf
    @Kokuswolf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:56 "Our plastic got separated, Nicolas" ... I can relate so much to this. The "our" and "we" ... my wife uses these when she means "you", but in a polite forceful way which I can't disobey. The extra exclamation mark is the trailing first name at the end of the sentence. You know this when you have a wonderful girlfriend, Nicolas.

  • @Astrofrank
    @Astrofrank ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Funny video and a nice couple.

  • @astridchladek1927
    @astridchladek1927 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There I am asking bout Cody and Speedy in the Q&A… and only minutes later… there they are😄

  • @sarou3457
    @sarou3457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:23 The TV Tower on Alexanderplatz is Berlin's most prominent landmark and the tallest building in Germany. 368 m

  • @MrFusselig
    @MrFusselig ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like Laura, she seems to be a great person :)

  • @AmericasGotGermans
    @AmericasGotGermans ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Reality is...."🤣Everything is crazy organized 😆 But to be honest, it realy depends on the person. I am NOOOT organized 😉But YES, we can do better in giving eachothe compliments! I give you that and I am working on it 😉

  • @fafnirdrache1210
    @fafnirdrache1210 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "the best you can hope for is - 'Hmmm - not bad' " Died laughing. Felt like i'm looking into a mirror. 😂🤣😂

  • @jarnobot
    @jarnobot ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I saw you're reading Ken Follett's the Pillars of the Earth. Just wanted to let you know that there is also an outstanding video game adaptation of Pillars of the Earth, which was also made and published by a German company. It has both English and German voice acting and an art-style that I really like myself!
    If you're into visual, interactive novels and are interested in playing though the story, I would highly recommend it!

    • @__-fm5qv
      @__-fm5qv ปีที่แล้ว

      There was also a TV show! I can't remember if it was any good though.

    • @blablaklabautermann7578
      @blablaklabautermann7578 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jep even though the author is american, reading this particular book itself is very German😅

    • @TheEulerID
      @TheEulerID 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blablaklabautermann7578 Ken Follett is Welsh.

  • @JamesG.Griffin
    @JamesG.Griffin ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude your Dachgeschoss is incredible
    Looks fucken great

  • @TsterMr63
    @TsterMr63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good book choice! Ken Follett rules.

  • @thomasbrutting8046
    @thomasbrutting8046 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Net g'schimpft, is g'lobt g'nua!" is all you need to know about receiving praise in southern Germany! ;-)

  • @JW99736
    @JW99736 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    As an American grandchild of German grandparents…I think 2 of the most noticeable traits were: Be on time, or die!! And also, don’t waste food (because during the war, there was none). Also, that Blockbuster hat is awesome.

    • @abee8405
      @abee8405 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is so right. I was born in the 80s and whenever there was a food fight in an originally American show on TV, I was shocked and apalled. I still am. Way worse than any nudity or PDA!

    • @__-fm5qv
      @__-fm5qv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the "don't waste food" is most european grand parents to be fair! Especially in both the UK and Germany as Germany's main cities were basically flattened by the war and rationing in the UK would continue for another 9 years after the war. Its pretty wild to think that for people like my Grandma they wouldn't have been rationed their entire life (as far as they could remember at least) until they were 18.

    • @auraluna7679
      @auraluna7679 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't think that's a generational thing.
      Most people I know dislike waste.
      I was always appalled when someone scraped leftovers into the bin or sink in movies.

  • @joekhatib3798
    @joekhatib3798 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The cactus plants are good for you Nick! 😂🤣😂

  • @kyihsin2917
    @kyihsin2917 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For Cody: 800 meters is about half a mile. The Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is 830 meters tall.

  • @kathi_LG
    @kathi_LG 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it ❤

  • @habicht6
    @habicht6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Brotzeit als Metapher.... darauf muss man mal kommen!!!! CHAPEAU....

  • @brigittelacour5055
    @brigittelacour5055 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not bad !
    It's " pas mal" in french and depending how you say it, it could mean from literally not bad too very good.

    • @dagmarvandoren9364
      @dagmarvandoren9364 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pas mal. Nicht schlecht....
      The same

  • @steelcrown7130
    @steelcrown7130 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Regarding the reading: Germans and Americans, you do your thing. It was just nice to see that, as expected, Australians read a *lot* more than Brits. AND a bit more than either Germans or Americans, but the main game is to beat the UK.....

  • @tunnelewok
    @tunnelewok ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! 😯 I really enjoy watching your videos - and a few other "Americans in Germany" channels... But when I think of the term PDA, this always comes to mind spontaneously: What is a PDA? Epidural anesthesia, PDA for short, alternatively called epidural anesthesia or epidural blockade, is a common method of pain therapy in obstetrics. Epidural anesthesia is administered by injecting anesthetic into the lower back (spinal cord). 😉

  • @checksix21
    @checksix21 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are spot on. I’ve been married too a German for twenty five years and everything in this video is correct. Good luck 🍀

  • @123_thenumber5
    @123_thenumber5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had such cactus plants, because they afe easy to handle... a few
    months later they died :(

  • @l4d1k06
    @l4d1k06 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Take good care of Laura. Best wishes for both of you from Sammy. 👋😅👍

  • @bh5037
    @bh5037 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Happy wife - happy life ...

  • @knowlegde5680
    @knowlegde5680 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    nice vid

  • @EH-lu2if
    @EH-lu2if ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m German, but I like it to make compliments. And I don‘t plan everything😂 (und ich bin nicht immer durchorganisiert 😜). Vielleicht bin ich nicht typisch deutsch?? Ich würde mich freuen, so ein Video mal auf deutsch zu hören, dann verstehe ich wenigstens alles 😂

    • @DieNona82
      @DieNona82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ich auch!!!

  • @black4estmike587
    @black4estmike587 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    du bisch klasse, dei Freindin au😁😁

  • @captainsewerrat
    @captainsewerrat ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I said it some odd 90 thousand subs ago, and I say it again, happy to have you.

  • @cyrion7819
    @cyrion7819 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    9:30 The fact, that your live is exactly planned does not mean, that you KNOW the plan.
    "No, we can not play the game abc with our kids tonight. We are vitising XY."
    "Eeemmm"
    "You did not know? Oh! Now you do."

  • @asmodon
    @asmodon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:44 „It’s 80% top notch!“ 😂

  • @axemanracing6222
    @axemanracing6222 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You're a pretty lucky guy, sometimes it's worth the wait and you, Sir, got it right! Congrats.
    My uncle went to Vancouver in 1976 and when I was visiting in 1997, his son's (my cousin) favourite German word was "Brotzeit". He also said "I didn't complain, so it's good" 😀 German habbits are in our genes. 😀

  • @hunk1967
    @hunk1967 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is Cody hairless? Love the remarks on sweats, brotzeit and so much more. Integration has started on level 2.0. Mine was 'Mahlzeit'

  • @mitasol3864
    @mitasol3864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice appartment Nalf, but you might need some airconditioning in summer, living right under the roof😁🥵
    Talking about German reluctance to exuberant compliments, in Franconia about the highest you can get is "basst scho" translating to about "well, its okay"

  • @MrZenGuitarist
    @MrZenGuitarist 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hehehe!! Funny video. I'm not German, or from U.S but from Sweden. I was just struck by how similar the German 'mentality' seem to be to how we Swedes are.

  • @bas1330
    @bas1330 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    On the reading statistics...US graphic novels (comics) do not count towards this statistic in Germany...^^
    PS: Great video... :)

  • @mojojim6458
    @mojojim6458 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall ! Great book; book one of a trilogy. Please tell me you're the one reading it. Or that you'll read it after your mountain guide is done reading it.

  • @SecretSquirrel59
    @SecretSquirrel59 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I enjoyed my years in Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental, my former wife was from nearby Steinbachle. Truly wished our marriage worked out.

    • @abel82
      @abel82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You wished? Why it didnt work out? A cultural thing?

    • @SecretSquirrel59
      @SecretSquirrel59 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She would not follow me back to the states. I waited 3 years, then filed for divorce. Cultural? Probably more maturity.

    • @abel82
      @abel82 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SecretSquirrel59 maybe she didnt wanna Leave her Zone of comfort

    • @cleancoder3838
      @cleancoder3838 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can relate. As a German I wouldn't follow a partner to the states, too. it isn't a matter of years at all. In most cases I believe, you can't expect a German to move to USA and I understand that. Life in Germany _can_ be so much better. If Life _will_ be better, is up to you and your partner of course.

  • @noneofyourbusiness1990
    @noneofyourbusiness1990 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice apartment you guys got there ...

  • @gentlemanx7987
    @gentlemanx7987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Brotzeit is not glamerous or flashy, but it is incredibly functional." - NALF, 2023 🤣👍🍀

  • @rscaht
    @rscaht ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What I love best ?
    Walking hand by hand with my wife.
    I'm so proud of her .

  • @estaesta2476
    @estaesta2476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow beautiful am happy to see you guys ♥️♥️💐

  • @eTheRealEm
    @eTheRealEm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What town/city is this? It’s beautiful!