Funny Faux Pas

Wow, three posts in two days! This is a nice change of pace for those of you who are so tired of staring at the same updates over and over again. I remembered that I wanted to tell you about two times that I completely embarrassed myself in German. Thankfully, God has given me the ability to laugh at myself, whether alone or with others, so I laughed hysterically too! The first time happened at Stefan M.'s birthday party in the dorm. Someone asked me where a guy was, and I wanted to tell her that he had gone to the bathroom. When I said it, she started laughing, and I realized that I had told her that he was IN the toilet. Even now I laugh out loud when I think about it. So we laughed hysterically as I said in German, "Oh my goodness, hopefully not!" The second time was just the other day. I was showing Christian the pictures of my family and friends that I brought with me in a small photo album. When I showed him the picture of my family, I asked him how to say sister-in-law in German, repeated it to him, and thought I had mastered it. We moved along in the photos and came to Jeff, who is the brother of my sister-in-law, Gina. (Hopefully, he will not mind that I am sharing this with you!) I wanted to explain that Jeff was Gina's brother. After I did so, Christian had a really confused expression on his face and asked me to repeat what I had said. Apparently, I had used the wrong word. Turns out that I had basically told him that Jeff was the guy who got me pregnant! We laughed hysterically, and then I explained in English what I was trying to say. I hope you enjoy those stories, and please feel free to laugh too!