Ich Liebe Dich Is German For I Love You

 

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    Communication is key in relationships.  Without it, how can one expect their budding romance (or even a romance that has been around for some time) to stay alive?  This is all common sense; I don’t need to tell you this.

       But I need to tell my own relationship this.  How can Kurt and I explore our connection when we cannot even speak the same language?  Kurt just moved here from Germany, and his English remains at about four words:  Hello, goodbye, yes, and no.  For everything else, there is a lot of gesturing.  Sometimes there are drawings to get points across.  Let’s just say I’m not going to win Pictionary anytime soon…

       We met on the subway and it was love at first sight.  But then we opened our mouths, spoke our native languages, and it has been downhill since then.  We have tried to not let it get us down, but that is a difficult task.  It is so frustrating to try and tell each other how we feel.  I want him to know how I feel!

       I can see it in his eyes, though.  He feels the same way that I do.  And that makes it worth it; that makes everything more bearable.  So for now, we have to use dictionaries and paper.  But one day?  One day he will say “I love you” in English, and I will respond “I love you, too” in German.  It will be a beautiful day, the day that we can communicate with each other in both languages.

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