Difficulty in making friends with young people in Germany…
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Difficulty in making friends with young people in Germany even with a C1 level of German
Something very strange is happening to me. I live in Bremen, and the people I hang out with also travel to Hanover or Hamburg quite often. The thing is, I find it very difficult to make friends, and the people I do associate with are Latin American expats, 30 years old and up, who already have families, and we get together for barbecues. I'm involved in a few clubs. I have one for handball and one for chess. I do boxing at the gym, and I'm also in anti-fascist and Left Party groups in Germany, and I notice that they only see me as a foreigner. I do everything I can to be seen as one of them, but they already have all their friends. Some of my colleagues are from other Middle Eastern countries, but when it comes to a real friendship, where if I need a hug they'll give me one, or where I can share very personal things, I notice that they're not interested, or that I'm in their way, or at least that they don't want to know my life story. It's probably the life story of any immigrant, but it makes me cling to the past, idealize my country of origin, and feel I'll never be able to adapt to German culture. I've been here since June 2024, arriving without speaking any German or English because of hunger.
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Something very strange is happening to me. I live in Bremen, and the people I hang out with also travel to Hanover or Hamburg quite often. The thing is, I find it very difficult to make friends, and the people I do associate with are Latin American expats, 30 years old and up, who already have families, and we get together for barbecues. I'm involved in a few clubs. I have one for handball and one for chess. I do boxing at the gym, and I'm also in anti-fascist and Left Party groups in Germany, and I notice that they only see me as a foreigner. I do everything I can to be seen as one of them, but they already have all their friends. Some of my colleagues are from other Middle Eastern countries, but when it comes to a real friendship, where if I need a hug they'll give me one, or where I can share very personal things, I notice that they're not interested, or that I'm in their way, or at least that they don't want to know my life story. It's probably the life story of any immigrant, but it makes me cling to the past, idealize my country of origin, and feel I'll never be able to adapt to German culture. I've been here since June 2024, arriving without speaking any German or English because of hunger.
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