You know you're an Au Pair in the USA when/ if...

...you always introduce yourself with: 'Hi! My name is (your name), I'm from (country) and I have (amount of children you are taking care of) children to take care of!!'

...you know what a S'MORE is

...you spent all your money at the MALL and you still don’t have anything to wear

...you hate Dora, The Wiggles, Thomas and Teletubbies

...you say silly instead of stupid

...you go to PLAYDATES

...you've seen more movies in just one month than in your whole life at home

...you drive over 30 minutes to a friend and you think it's not far

...you only have other Au Pairs as your friends

...you can make bacon

...you use 'like' and 'totally' as every third word

...someone has asked you weird questions like: 'Do you have cars in Germany?' - 'You don't have Thanksgiving?' - 'How long does it take to DRIVE to Europe?'

...you don't think it's wrong to have cake AND ice cream

...you park as close to a store as possible so you don't have to walk even one yard too far

...you cherish moments of silence more than ever before

...you notice yourself saying 'GOOD JOB' a hundred times a day

...you wonder why you slept the whole night so uncomfortable and the next morning, you notice you slept on a Barbie, a lollypop, sand toys etc.

...you need to be creative to find new punishments because a simple time-out doesn't work anymore

...you have to admit to mistakes you never did or put the blame on you day for day

...you're sure you don't want your own kids within the next 100 years

...you know now exactly how difficult it was for your parents to have little kids and you feel like saying 'thanks for all you've done' to your mum and dad every day

...you're ready to drink anytime of the day

...you start to love Disney movies again and can copy every passage of them

...you've learned what it means to be patient

...you know what a LCC is

...you know that you should never SHAKE A BABY!!!

...you take a nap, after you dropped the kids off at school (after being up for just 2h :-D)

...you are DRIVING to the bus stop to pick up your kids, which is only 200 meters from your house

...the kids call you mum 'cause you spend too much time with them

...you think $160 every weekend just for shopping and coffee is not that much

...one cup of coffee doesn't wake you up anymore, it just keeps you alive.

...you or your friends live in the basement (you are a KELLERKIND!!!!)

...you miss the good ol' days when you were able to go to a bakery to get real bread w/ real crust

...you don't actually walk into the bank, you use the drive through to get your money

...you use Purell instead of washing your hands

...you're actually happy about finding JUST pee in a diaper you've to change

...you don't sing songs from the radio but kid's songs instead

...you don't care anymore about your looks when you're on duty

...you think lunch always consists of 'Macaroni & Cheese', 'chicken nuggets' or 'hot dogs'

...you would literally be lost without 'mapquest.com'

 

Naja, was soll man dazu noch sagen? Das ist die ernüchternde Realität