You've been in Germany for a while when...

·     -You wouldn’t dare leave the house without your big, blanket infinity scarf.

·     -You eat all your meals with both a fork and a knife.

·     -When you do have the chance to speak English, it’s completely broken and your sentences are formed with German grammar.

·     -You’ve forgotten what it tastes like to have normal water with ice cubes.

·     -If you’re going to wear a skirt, you wear tights under it. Even skin colored. 

·     -You still fold your pillows into odd contorted shapes at night to add more density.

·     -If your lounging around the house, you make sure to see your house shoes on. Don’t want any cold feet, right?

·     -If you’re going to eat bread or toast, you’re going to eat it with butter.

·     -Every meal is an elaborate feast with all the options you would want in your meal already on the table, especially at breakfast.

·     -You stop ignoring all the annoying differences between German and English and accept that it’s just going to be a pain in the butt to learn, and start studying.

·     -You’ve accepted that it’s totally normal for you, you little Aüslander, to walk into the wrong classroom on a regular basis or find out you just didn’t have class that day. Take a seat and practice some German with other people that have off. Life is full of surprises. 

-   -You would never disobey the little green man that says you can walk before you cross the street. 

-  -You finally figure out what that song means that you've had stuck in your head this entire time, and boy is it weird!