r/AskAGerman

Working 09:00-18:00 feels like you are trapped in any other area of your life. You can’t go to a bank, you can’t go to a Verwaltung, you can’t even cut you hair, cause everything closes at 18:00.

I mean how is everyone finding time for those things??

I get it that on Saturdays you can go shopping and doing other stuff, but still everything is closes till 20:00. On Sundays you can’t do much either, apart from going to a bar/restaurant.

How is everyone ok with that and how noone else doesn’t want a change?

Apart from anything, you come home about 19:00, your energy is gone and you don’t have time and energy left to do something meaning for yourself, like hobby or learning.

I want to know how everyone is doing it.

Thanks,

Meine Mutter ist 60, mein Vater 66. Früher haben sie sich immer darüber lustig gemacht, dass ich ständig am Handy bin, aber inzwischen sind sie selbst diejenigen, die stundenlang dasitzen und am Bildschirm scrollen. Manchmal können sie sich nicht einmal lange genug konzentrieren, um richtig einen Film anzuschauen.

Ein paar Freunde haben mir das Gleiche erzählt, vor allem über ihre Väter: ständig Nachrichten, Sport, Spiele, Facebook oder irgendetwas anderes am Handy.

Das Merkwürdige ist, dass es sich im Vergleich zu vor 5–6 Jahren so anfühlt, als hätten sich die Rollen komplett umgedreht.

Ist das einfach so ein Altersding, oder haben andere das auch bemerkt?

Haiii!!! My grandma is turning 89 (I believe) on the 8th and a really want to surprise her by singing to her in German. She is completely fluent in English but German is her native language and I know it makes her happy every time I tell her a new German word I learned. I love her so much and I just want to make her day :)

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share my experience trying to buy a used gaming PC in Germany as an international student. Maybe someone here has gone through the same thing or can give some advice.

I recently moved here for my master’s and was planning to build a PC, but the prices for new parts are honestly too high for me right now. So I decided to look into used PCs. I spent about two weeks searching almost every day on Kleinanzeigen and Facebook Marketplace. At first it seemed fine, but after a while I started noticing some really weird patterns. A lot of posts looked almost identical. Same description, sometimes even the same photos, but posted by different accounts. Some listings would just disappear after a day or two. When I messaged sellers and said I wanted to come in person and test the PC, suddenly they were not available anymore or said it was already sold.

One guy even asked me to move to Instagram. At first he seemed normal, but when I said I could come the next day with cash, he started making excuses. Then he stopped replying and blocked me. A few days later I saw what looked like the same setup posted again.

After this happening multiple times I honestly feel like most of the good deals are just fake. I know scams exist everywhere, but this feels like a different level.

So now I’m a bit stuck. I still want a PC, but I don’t want to get scammed. I checked Facebook too, but it feels even worse.

Has anyone here had a good experience buying used PCs in Germany? Are there better platforms or forums where people are more reliable? Any advice would really help. Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I'm a 22y belgian woman and I would like to move in Germany, and if I could, in Berlin.

I'll have my care giver diploma, to work in retirement home or hospital (you know, help old people to wash, eat,... this job doesnt seems to have a special word in english but in french it's "aide soignante"). And so yes, my native langage is french, I speak english too and Im starting to learn german, by myself.

But while doing some research, get an appartement seems very very complicated but I cant work till I dont have an Anmeldung and till my diploma havent being "reconised" by germany. I saw that colocation is a great way to have a place to stay but how easy it is to found one and for how long? I dont have any revenue, I'll not be a student anymore, I'll not be fluent in deutch when I will arrive there. I'm planning to go by the end of the year or in the beginning of 2027.

Plus, I'll not have enought german skills to work in healthcare at the beginning, Is it easy to work in a restaurant (I have been working in restaurant since Im 15 in belgium)?

Internet told me that it's very possible, that the health jobs need a lot of new employe and that they won't be to hard with my accent. But, honestly, I don't know if this is realistic and I could need advice or just someone to tell me if it's impossible or no.

Thank you very much to the people that will help me^^

I have been living in Germany since 2.5 years now and most of the things that I have in my apartment is being owned by my landlord.

I am moving to an apartment which doesn't have a fitted kitchen so I have to buy everything.

I was being told by my German colleague that I should buy a dishwasher in used because I can easily get it between 150-250 euros while new ones are expensive.

I want to ask what do you guys think about other things?

Should I buy others things like fridge, washing machine, microwave oven, dishwasher etc new or old?

If old then how much old can one thing be?

Where does one find English speaking therapists/counsellors? I am happy to pay privately, not on the insurance. Is there a website I can check?

I was thinking of making a driving license in Germany but I am on a student budget.

I wanted to ask mainly two things.

1- Is there a good driving school in NRW that accepts installments payments?

2- Can I transfer some lessons or my driving license from a non European country?

Also what's the minimum price to expect nowadays?

Thanks in advance :)

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Basically the last part of the video. I got all the other references but I'm confused about the last part where they're like "get ready for a kinky party". I didn't know German people have a stereotype for being kinky? Since when?

EDIT: I saw some other reddit posts abt this and reddit users seems to deny it but when I do a Google search, it says that Berlin has a lot of kinky clubs. So I'm not sure who to believe and it's not like I can teleport to Germany to figure it out myself. But I figured if no one in the Instagram's post comment section is denying it, it must be true to some extend...?

Hello, there is a coworker who sent me a message last Saturday, saying “I wish that the Easter season brings you strength, peace, and hope, as well as renewed energy for your continued scientific work — which you handle excellently — and for embracing challenges in your personal life, love, and as a wonderful husband 🥰.”

I feel a little offended. Because we are not that close and he assumed that I am straight and looking for a husband (?). I am not looking for anyone. I replied to him explaining that not looking for anyone or a man. Then he replied to me, “I am christian, for us marriage is holy and bring to God”.

I have lived in Germany for three years. For me this conversation is a little weird. But should I take it as nothing? Or did I misunderstand him?