@janineandgen: I mostly post the fun and positive sides of living abroad—but always remember, there’s another side too. No one talks about the hardest part… getting life-changing phone calls from thousands of miles away. Sometimes you say goodbye through a screen. I still get nervous when my phone rings in the middle of the night—I always think of my family. Social media might look happy, but we all carry things you don’t always see. 💔 #livingabroadlife #lebeninamerika #auswandern #immigrant #heimweh #liveabroad #expat #longdistancedaughter
I’m in the same boat and every time my phone rings with an unexpected call from Germany my heart sinks a little bit.
2025-07-22 03:58:49
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_ZenFM_ :
ich verstehe dich
2025-07-18 18:14:06
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Thorsten Sowa :
Hope all is ok
2025-07-18 22:04:34
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Stephanie :
Das ist immer so. Wenn mein telefon hier mitten in der Nacht klingelt, Weiss ich das was nicht stimmt😢! Nd is definitely hard, cause we can’t jus up nd go…it’s a process for us to go back
2025-07-23 14:30:08
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FLORA | Engineer Your Comeback :
I’m so sorry! Very relatable - I lost a family member last week (them in the US and me in Germany…) 💕
2025-07-18 18:10:07
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kybanjodude :
I understand you! Half of my family is also in Europe and a few of them are getting to the end of their life. 😢
2025-07-18 23:04:06
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marc10110101🇳🇱 :
true!!!
2025-07-18 18:16:25
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Frank Kibira :
welche Art von schlechten Nachrichten, was auch immer es ist überwinden Es,..
2025-07-18 19:33:24
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Urmelausdemeis :
I have lived in the US for almost 30 years. When that phone rings in the middle of the night, my heart jumps out of my body. It will never change. But what is worst is when you have to call them in the middle of their night. 💔
2025-07-18 18:43:12
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فصيح الدين :
Safe travel 🤝
2025-07-18 18:29:31
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Päddy :
Rede mit ihr, sie ist deine bessere Hälfte und hat mit Sicherheit Verständnis für dich 🙃
2025-07-19 01:25:06
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Sabrina Nicholas :
hello
2025-07-18 20:07:00
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Sarah A. :
Verstehe dich vollkommen. Hatte letztes Jahr schlechte Nachrichten von zu Hause erhalten und konnte nicht zurück nach DE da ich die greencard noch nicht hatte und auch kein AP. War ne super schwere Zeit
2025-07-18 23:56:04
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Sven 🇳🇱🇸🇪 :
hug!
2025-07-18 20:01:50
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Stephanie :
Und hoffentlich alles ok?
2025-07-18 21:24:24
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G Middag :
Ich hoffe deine familie ist ok jetzt
2025-07-18 18:01:44
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The__one :
speakomg from recent experience, those kind a news are also hard to tell to someone who lives far away and has no option to help or react 😔
2025-07-18 20:59:43
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Sandra 🇪🇺🇩🇪in the 🇬🇧 :
same. the older I get the worse the anxiety
2025-07-20 10:45:54
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♣️☯💣 𝐇ⓚým 🌷🎲♠️ :
You have to go back to your country 🥹
2025-07-18 18:16:14
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Magic Lucas 🇩🇪 :
A plane ride away
2025-07-18 22:21:48
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Jessie LePorte :
Ich verstehe vollkommen wie du dich fühlst.
2025-07-18 18:14:19
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The Shepherd and the Pug :
My phone rung at 2:30 in the morning. It was my brother telling me our father just has passed unexpectedly. I knew before I picked up the phone 😔
2025-07-18 18:07:53
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Tori :
My family lives on the other side of the US, and even though we’re in the same country, those 3000 miles might as well be a million miles when something bad happens and I just want them by my side. Sending love to you and your family ❤️
2025-07-18 19:00:43
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Beth :
I’m sorry. I feel this way too and I’m in Germany with my family back in the states. I totally understand.
2025-07-19 05:22:19
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