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DD-moving to France
What happened there? Did she ever come back to answer any questions or give more info?
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Re: DD-moving to France
She did. Basically she said she'd posted in a hurry but had been on other expat boards where she had heard the stories she referred to. She and her husband both read, write and speak French. The want to live in rural France so they can continue to farm. No job transfer. WiseRita told her to fry her fish before cooking her potatoes - figure out what visa she could move on (if any) then worry about living there.
If anything happened after that I didn't see it.
Hahahaha. Thanks for the recap.
That's the last I saw of it, I don't think there was anything else after that.
How could a 9 word sentence ("I don't require a visa due to EU citizenship") turn into a long winded explanation?
Sounds like you can move on to the small potatoes all you want.
Deleting is never a good idea, it's insulting to the ones that took the time to answer your question.
Seems to me that it only took you a simple sentence to explain why you don't need a visa.
Hold on I don't understand. Since you have an EU citizenship you're not 100% American or you could always say to people in France "I am not American I am {EU country of your citizenship}". So why worry that French people hate Americans? And if it's your DH that is American, does he have an EU citizenship too? Because if not he will need a visa.
I think the reason you DD'ed is because you're ashamed of your gross generalization.
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oh LandOBiscuit, we all know that you are only saying that because you are French and you secretly hate Americans. I shall throw camembert in your general direction and beat you with day-old baguettes!
Unless she's French (as in, born and raised, like all French people), holding a passport isn't going to make her one in the eyes of the French. (I'm assuming she means she holds french citizenship, but it would be the same for any other country).
I would be careful using the expression "I'm _______" when in fact one isn't, in the cultural sense of a lifetime spent in a given country/culture. The expression "I have _____ heritage" (or otherwise obtained citizenship) is usually more correct. This is just my opinion.
edited to add a sentence
I wouldn't assume this. She said EU citizenship. She never said "I'm French", either.
Yes she didn't specify what EU country she had citizenship of, that's why I mentioned "any other country" as I explained my point. I probably didn't word it right. What I meant is that (replying to a previous suggestion) telling people in France that she is <EU citizenship> isn't going to make her be perceived as a <EU citizenship> if in fact she isn't. That's what she was worried about in her original post, that whole thing about her fear of being "mistreated" because she's american makes me think that she's american and even if she holds a, say, Swiss passport, she's not going to be perceived as a Swiss, 'cause she isn't.
Sorry, writing the thought down makes it look more complicated than it actually is.
Ouch, day-old baguettes hurt (for real lol)
I see what you're saying. Kinda like she would have a Swiss passport because her dad is Swiss for example but she never lived in Switzerland. It's true that she wouldn't be considered a "true" Swiss in the cultural sense.
I'm sad that I missed the Original Post.
This post has been more fun than the original.
Was it seriously about her being afraid people wouldn't like her because she is American or some other EU nationality?
Yes. That her and H want to move there, but she's heard from several people or sources that French people don't like Americans.
I saw the first few comments (I didn't see wise_ritas) and it was up for a while. I think she mentioned EU citizenship after Wise_ritas so I missed that one, too. Then it was DD'd. Which is weird because anytime I try to DD something I can't.
Exactly, that's what I mean.
She said she really wants to live in France but heard some "horror stories" about the French hating Americans.
Like a PP said, even though I have another citizenship, I was born in the US and raised culturally as an American. So, for everyone else around the world, I am an American no matter what my paperwork might say.
And for whoever it was that is obviously completely tweaked about my original question, I am not the one making the generalization. It is made all over the place online, and in books. Kind of like people think that the Swiss are all cold, rude, and hate anyone who isn't white. For someone who has never been to Switzerland, it is impossible to tell otherwise. I was simply wanting to know if it was true and what experiences people have had....good, bad, or otherwise.
And yes, this post is a lot more entertaining than mine. :-) I am sorry for deleting, I didn't mean to be offensive.
You'll be fine, stereotypes will only make you prejudiced.
If you have a moving plan or otherwise more practical questions, we're all ears.
Meh... The generalization people tell me when I said I lived in Switzerland were the complete opposite of what you said. They just think of the neutrality, cheese, and the people must be nice.
In reality until you live there long enough and start translating the billboards you start to realize that their neutrality is just a mask. I loved the place was starting to make something out of myself. But the better my fluency in German the more I began to resent the politics of the place. The place hides it's self under secrecy while also hiding the racism from the outside world.
My guess is that while you grew up American your heritage is Swiss. But I could be making a huge generalization. Either way you can take my opinions of Switzerland with a grain of salt.
Edit to add: My issues weren't exactly with the Swiss people. We got along just fine for the most part. I said my Gr?ezi and Merci and tried to chit chat before running home to try to understand it all. I had issues with the politics. Just like people have issues with American Politics but there are plenty of nice and level headed Americans.
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