how long does it take for your milk to dry up?

mcmahan writes:

Anybody want a translation. I could probably use the practice. I'm not
great, but I'm sure I'd be better than babelfish!

No, Larry, please no! It says just about the same as she's said in English,
in the same tone. 'Nug said.

Sidheag
DS Colin Oct 27 2003

"Cheri Stryker" wrote in message
Good God, people, can we please let this thread die?

I know childrearing is a hot issue, but, really, don't we have enough
trolls around here already?

(That circumcision thing is really getting on my nerves.)
--
Cheri Stryker

Ignore it. I didn't even realize there was a thread going on cir%%. I always
ignore threads that don't interest me. The beauty of Usenet.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

wrote in message ...
Anybody want a translation. I could probably use the practice.
I'm not great, but I'm sure I'd be better than babelfish!

You or me, I'm not picky. But if it's me, it'll wait until I have time.

Tho' if you hadn't figured it out by now, you'd earned the clue by four.

Jess

"NL" wrote in message
...
Ok, versuchen wir's auf deutsch. Vielleicht komme ich dabei ja besser weg
als auf englisch.

You know, it wasn't all that long ago that I was struggling to find words in
english myself, but I didn't use that as an excuse to be critical and overly
harsh.

If you're having trouble, there are several reasonably fluent speakers here
that would be willing to help you find the word you're looking for, and
there are decent translators available online. Make Google your friend.

Ich habe nicht versucht orgenonchick runter zu putzen. Aber ich finde
nunmal das sie keine phantastische Mutter ist.

That point most definitely did not come across, and perhaps *you* telling
her that would be a good start to an apology.

As for the rest-that's you. Not her. Entirely different people and how you
coped is different from how she is coping right now.

Jess

Ach so! I see now that you are from Germany. Didn't notice before... I
think that explains alot. My husband is from Germany (so I had the benefit
of an in-house translation), and I have been to visit his family there.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that child rearing there
is much different than here. And there are some very prevalent stereotyping
of Germans about Americans. My husband says that many Germans view us
Americans as lazy, snobbish and spoiled. I guess perhaps we are. It is my
understanding that the German attitude towards family is still very
traditional, in the sense that the women usually stay home and raise the
children, the husbands go out and make the $, and the German people are very
rooted in a much stricter "way of doing things". I'm trying not to
generalize too much, because I am sure that this is not always the case, but
this is how my husband described Germany to me. I can see how many of the
things we do seem very foreign and maybe odd or "wrong". And maybe you
already have some preconceived notions about "us Americans". Regardless, I
feel that your strongly negative opinions are not necessarily rooted in
accurate facts, but in your prejudices. I forgive you for short-sightedness
and quickness to judge, and I do apologize for my language. If you need a
clearer interpretation of what I am trying to say, I could give it a try in
deutsche, but I doubt it would be any better...



"NL" wrote in message
...
Sue wrote:
"NL" wrote in message

I don't know if you realize this, but english is not my native language.
I'm pretty good, but I didn't grow up speaking english, so sometimes I
might use the wrong words to express myself and come across as being
harsher than I actually am, I guess it'd be the same if you were writing
in german. So please don't asume that everyone on usenet is from the US
or the UK, some of us don't have english as their first language.


No excuse for being judgemental and rude and dissing another mother when
you
don't have all the facts.

Ok, versuchen wir's auf deutsch. Vielleicht komme ich dabei ja besser weg
als auf englisch.

Ich habe nicht versucht orgenonchick runter zu putzen. Aber ich finde
nunmal das sie keine phantastische Mutter ist. Sie ist sicherlich ganz ok,
aber wenn ich mir durchlese was sie schreibt, dann geht's ihr verdammt
gut, sie geht skifahren, sie macht ihre Turnuebungen, sie hat jemanden der
ihr die Kinder abnimmt, aber alles ist nicht genug.
Sie hat keinen Bock alle 5 minuten nach der kleinen zu schauen weil sie ja
schliesslich auch noch ein Leben hat und weil sie auch wichtig ist. Klar.
Wir haben alle auch ein Leben. Aber sie hat fuer sich entschieden noch ein
Kind zu haben. Das ist ihr neuer job. Und ich finde sie macht ihn nicht
besonders gut. Ein Kind ist kein 20 Stunden die Woche job, ein Saeugling
ist nicht mal ein 40 Stunden die Woche job. Man kann ein Kind nicht
abstellen wenn es einem auf den Geist geht, und wenn sie schon eine
achtjaehrige Tochter hat sollte sie das wirklich wissen.

Trotzdem hat sie sich fuer ein zweites Kind entschieden, und dafuer bei
diesem Kind zu Hause zu bleiben. Also sollte sie sich auch darueber im
klaren gewesen sein was das fuer Konsequenzen beinhaltet. Man hat mit
einem Baby eben kein eigenes Leben. Nicht in den ersten Wochen. Das kommt
mit der Zeit wieder, aber zu erwarten das ein 6 wochen alter Saeugling 30
minuten still ist waehrend man selbst irgendwelche gymnastik macht...

MfG
Nicole