My German wife and I are not ready to have kids. I have mentioned this before, and yet the subject just keeps coming up. It continues to arise because all — seriously, all — of our friends are having kids. (And because my wife’s biological clock is probably ticking loud as hell, like a stopwatch hopped up on German engineering.)
I know absolutely nothing about children. I can hardly tell the difference between a 6-month old and a 6-year old. To me, they’re just annoying. All sticky and gross. Like little wood grubs dipped in honey. Man, I am the absolute last person anyone should ask about the bliss of child rearing, but that doesn’t stop my wife; whenever she sees a fresh baby, she feels compelled to fire awkward questions at me, like this little gem from the other day:
THE WIFE: “Do you think, when you have a child and you keep it alive and shit, you get a good feeling?”
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
also because of the great blog title, I follow you ;-). my english is not good … but here I want to follow me as far as possible
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Thank you for following our blog, Fotograefin! We are glad to have you as a reader.
Maybe we can teacher each other some more English/German?
Have a wonderful day!
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I love to follow your blog. If you could write German, that would be great. My English is not really good.For this, I use a translator program;-).
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I understand, Fotograefin. Unfortunately I will continue to write in English, but perhaps I can include more German in the future.
Are you taking an English class right now?
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Love your honesty here. Do you find that this question (“Should we have kids?”) has gotten a lot louder since coming to Germany? At home (US) the question was always, “When?” as if it were an obligatory step. There are so many child free couples here, and they’re really happy! Too much contrary evidence! Wah.
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Oh yeah, it seems like Germans wait way longer than Americans to have kids. So long, in fact, I can’t tell if the people pushing the strollers are parents or grandparents! :)
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So true!
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