Can I use my german passport to travel to USA or do I use my US passport?
And if I lived and worked in germany my whole life and never in the USA and never filed taxes can I enter USA without problems?
I just found out I am us citizen a few years ago don't ask why but I'm 34 and recently traveled to US with my german passport and they were all like "wtf where is your passport" and I'm like: "Here.." and they "Yeah your american passport?!" and I'm "I'm german" and he is like: "Dude you are born on american ground you are american!"
Well they let me travel in to the states without american passport but told me to go to the embassy as soon as I arrive back in germany or else I won't be able to enter USA again.
That being said, I done that. Now I have my american passport. But do I show both passports or only US passport? And after doing my research I found out americans file taxes every year. I haven't done it the last 18 years of working. Should I just not file? I will never work in the USA and I will never live in the USA. Or will I get problems at the airport? Can they see I don't file?
Theo oder Anzeigenhauptmeister?
Wir bauen aktuell ein Energieeffizienz 55 Haus. Mein Problem, zumindest was ich aktuell sehe, ist dass die Räume mit normale GK Platten beplankt sind und keine "grüne". D. h. ich müsste den extra Raum neu beplanken, oder?
Und abgesehen davon, wie ist es bei Energieeffizienz Häuser 55 mit der Belüftung und welche Rolle nimmt da die Dampfsperre(bremse) ein?
Hätte noch 500 m² Garten, allerdings nur einen Leerrohr der vom Haustechnikraum nach Außen in den Carport führt. Könnte ich irgendwie die Sauna darüber anschließen lassen und mit meinem Erdarbeiter die nach außen gebrachte Stromleitung zur gewünschten Location "graben"?
Wie würdet ihr vorgehen? Sauna innen im Haus oder außen eine bauen?
I mean really. I often forget about it because I like many other people out there just take it for granted and we use it everyday.
It's really insane being able to call someone from any given location (well if you signal lol) to anywhere on this globe. You can write an e-mail and the person will read it with little no delay.
Heck, we can be living in a polar climate zone and be in tropical climate zones within a day if you have the spare money to fly.
110 years (1914) people installed the first air conditions in their homes. I don't know how life was without but I can imagine.
We can buy food in a store and keep the food cool and frozen for however long we want in our own homes.
So I don't really know how to ask this question because I can't quite explain what I really mean or want to ask.
I am now 30 years old and I couldn't be in a better situation than currently. My job is fun and providing me enough money to live a happy life and pay my own built house (I am a nurse). I have way more free time than lets say even in my childhood. I remember coming home from school and feeling anxiety cause of exams. I remember nursing school, it was hell for me.
Now all I have to do is go to work and when my shift is done I am off and can do whatever I want whenever I want. I don't have to ask parents to drive me somewhere, I have my own money, I have my own house, I can play video games all day... and still, I don't know why but nostalgia is real.
I am not even sure if my feelings are real. I can only give silly examples like coming home from school, logging into world of warcraft with friends and having a blast. But I don't think it was like that. We were all just in skype and everyone was minding their own business in that game. We had good laughs though.
I don't know. My life should be so much better than it was 15 years ago but I miss the 2000s era. It all just felt so different. I remember the hot summers going to the lake with friends.
Now? I don't know. Maybe it is because it seems like I am the only one that has so much "time" and no one really joins anymore. While I have a wife and no kids and most of my friends don't even have a wife yet (so no kids....) they still are somehow busy and don't go to the lake anymore, don't play video games anymore, don't do anything. I actually wonder what they do all day.
Life felt more exciting back then. Maybe because I had goals and now I am "done"? But this should feel good. I am happy that I am "done". House, wife, job. Those were the things I wanted back then and now I am more than happy to have those things.
I ask this because I live in a country with the classic seasonal variation most peoples mind comes to if you say seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter).
I enjoy the variety in activities and I am always happy once a season ends and a new one comes with new activities and especially vegies and fruits that come along that season.
Here in Germany I am always hyped for the next season to start and I enjoy all of them. Spring in April comes with Asparagus, Rhubarb, later on strawberries, ... summer with fresh pears, cherries etc.
I could go on.
And not only speaking of food, also activities. Swimming in Summer, hiking in Autumn, Snowboarding in Winter, cycling and hiking in spring, swimming and stand up paddeling in summer and so on the cycle repeats every three to four months new activities.
I have been to SEA a lot and I like it there too but I couldn't imagine a life without the seasons and I couldn't imagine living in a place where it's either dry season, wet season and so on.
Edit: I know people get use to where they live but I was in Australia once in my life during winter season and it just never felt like christmas. It always felt weird. I need the cold and rainy or snowy days here in Germany to make it feel like "winter, christmas".
So much work I underestimated it. Currently Petting dry wall on the walls, just looking at what is still not done yet and thinking about all the finishing with filling up the walls, screws, sanding, painting and then the floor has to be Sand and put in snd doors.
Im dead til I make this house livable. The only good thing is I have no rent costs til its done and live at my parents house
Hey!
I am marrying my girlfriend in june and I invited a few friends of mine to my wedding.
My partner (female) has about 6 close friends and we wanted to stay around 50 people with family and friends for our wedding.
The problem I have is that I had to cut out a few people that I know but have nothing to do with since a few years. I feel kind of bad, because 2 girls in my friend circle are close with my best friends and I like them as friends to talk to but personally I wouldn't have anything to do with them without my friends.
It's a weird situation, but I didn't invite them because my partner and I wanted to keep it at the limit of 50 people with family and friends.
I feel bad. Today I was at a party and I couldn't talk about the wedding because 7 friends that were invited were there and the other two who werent invited would be left out so I avoided it and was happy nobody talked about the wedding invitations. I think the other two know they aren't invited even though I enjoy talking with them when we go out...
I hate weddings...
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