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

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

...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!!"

...you are drinking the water you used to swim in when
you were little (Chlor-Wasser) and you don't mind
anymore!

...everybody is greeting you with a "Hi! How are
you!" and most of the time you can't respond
fast enough, so you say it first!

...the worst thing is, when the dad is working from
home!!!

...you spent all your money at the MALL and you still
have nothing to wear

...you say silly instead of stupid

...you go to PLAYDATES

...you've seen more movies in 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 say "like" and "totally"
every three words

...someone has asked you silly questions like: "Do
you have cars in Austria?" - "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 the 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 even start to say "Good for you" in a
positiv way and you don't mean the german
"schön für dich"!!!

...you wonder why you slept the whole night long so
uncomfortable and you notice the next morning, you
slept on a barbie, a lollypop, sandtoys etc.

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

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

...you're sure you don't want 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
sorry 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 of the kids at
school (after being up for just 2h :-D)

...you are DRIVING to the busstop 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 $200 every weekend just for shopping and
Starbucks are not that much

...you or your friends are KELLERKINDER!!!!

...you miss the good ol' days when you were able
to go to the bakery and get real bread w/ real crust (
not that American sh** called bread..haha)

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

...you use Purell instead of washing your hands

...you get four plastic bags for the can of milk and
the one pack of oreos at stop and shop (well...at least
they pack it for you :D )

...you feel guilty of murder, when you forget the snack
for the playpark...

..you can't say "no" anymore if your
hostmum asks you "could you please...if you get
the chance... just if it is no problem"

... your teeth have never been this white (thanks to
the chlorid...)

... you never give your name on the phone

... the kids want something NOW!

...you start apologizing for walking by someone in the
grocery store

...you think that your land is just the best country in
the world