1-YEAR in the USA as a GERMAN | What has changed? Mike's experiences and rambles

[@irenecoermann2439]

Omg you two are delightful and really funny! I am a German in the US for 37 years and this country has changed a lot in this time. It's refreshing to hear a younger perspective. I find it fascinating how you guys switch back and forth with the languages since you both speak both well. That's rare. My husband speaks no German at all. Looking forward to the next video. As a side note, my German has gotten pretty rusty at times but German language KZbin videos have helped me a lot. Love to see more from you two.

[@V100-e5q]

Hayley's rolling 'R' sounds perfectly Bavarian to me.

[@hayleyandmike]

Thank you!! Someone appreciates my little quirk!

[@heideschloegl7016]

You two simply cannot be copied! The sweetest entertaining couple ever. Listening to you and your Denglisch is awesome. I'm looking forward to the videos you make together. Love you ❤️❤️🫶

[@jennifercoxwell8591]

I love the videos of you both-they're so fun!! German-speaking videos would be super enjoyable! I love how Hayley is more German than Mike! My husband is British, and I'm American, and it's the reverse for us, too!

[@snoopy2083]

Oh mein Gott, es gibt ein Channel von euch beiden? Hab' ich jetzt erst entdeckt. Ihr seid so süß zusammen. 🙂Ich liebe euer Denglisch.

[@hayleyandmike]

es ist neu ❤️ ich möchte Mike's Perspektiv zeigen!!

[@vanoptikum_nero]

Very unterhaltsam. I really enjoyed your Zwiegespräch. Greetings aus Österreich. P.S. I love that DEnglish style!❤

[@girininjoo]

I loved this video (ok. like all the others too :))! You guys were soo funny, both in a great mood, and Mike super chatty, he really does seem more relaxed now. Btw I wouldn't mind seeing the same tree over and over again as long as we have you two in the video! I'll happily watch anything you two throw into the mix, love this channel! 😅

[@Nynke_K]

This was a very fun update and I'd love a video with as much German as possible as well! And don't worry, Mike, your German will get better again if you spend a while back home and really need it!

[@blondkatze3547]

Wie schön ,dass man euch beide wieder mal zusammen im Video sehen kann . Ihr beide seit so ein sympathisches Paar. Liebe Grüße aus Norddeutschland.💜

[@hayleyandmike]

danke danke ❤️ Grüße aus sunny Florida!!

[@lalicola]

Es ist so cool, euch zu hören und das Denglisch zu genießen. In meiner Familie werden auch zwei Sprachen gesprochen und Aussenstehende sind etwas verwirrt, wenn sie uns zuhören😊. Bitte mehr von euch beiden🌸😊🙋‍♀️

[@JouMxyzptlk]

The "I know the English word, WTH was the German again?" happens to me as well, can relate to that. (Disclaimer: I am German, living in Germany)

[@Winona493]

Ich, als Deutsche in Deutschland, hab das sogar, wenn ich zu viel englischsprachigen Content auf KZbin gehört habe, selbst dann! Also total 'relatable'. Seht Ihr, ich sag's ja.😂

[@nadinebeck2069]

Oh yes, I often watch English content about gardening and there are indeed some words for shrubs and flowers I lnow better in English than in German 🙈

[@thiloreichelt4199]

As a software developer in an international company, I daily read or hear English content. I occasionally have problems to find the correct German word.

[@MsCaro79]

Regarding privacy rule and regulations in the US: same here! I'm always flabbergasted when I see or hear about that topic. From people on the streets or in supermarkets to employers who just speak openly about others or the authorities showing faces of people unblurred, or even posting videos of (alleged) offenders online, giving their full names and/or addresses. I don"t even know where to start. You would never be employed or get a flat again, if you did that in Germany.

[@scarba]

It’s funny to hear him say he’s more relaxed now because I’ve watched so many videos by Americans saying Germany is more relaxed with a slower pace of life and more relaxed because they CAN’T go shopping or anything on a Sunday. It just proves how quickly we integrate into new environments and that becomes the new normal. I would say Mike seems definitely happier in Florida.

[@LythaWausW]

On Sunday, we are more relaxed because we have no choice. Those other days become much more stressful when we have to divide up our errands between them.

[@scarba]

@ ja, ich wohne auch in Deutschland, wir wurden gezwungen zu entspannen:)

[@aphillips5909]

Servus von Bayern Haley und Mike, and Happy New Year! Wow, 5 credit cards within one year? That is amazing, did the requirements change within the last few years? I lived in the states for 20 years, after living there for a few years, I had a conversation with a German friend of mine. She advised me to apply for a credit card around Christmas time, easier to get approved, and then slowly built creditworthiness up. From having no credit to having too much credit, anything can mean they do not approve you. I wonder if there are new rules now? I had a hard time when I moved back to Germany after such a long time out of the country to speak german again. Biggest issues were reading business paperwork, and understanding the meaning of it completely. I would also speak to people randomly in English or German, not even realizing which language I spoke. People then looking at me like I lost my mind. So Mike, if you stay in the states for a long time, these issues will definetely come up. :)

[@MsCaro79]

I see so many parallels between the two of you myself, being half- British and half- German, particularly when it comes to language topics.

[@joannunemaker6332]

I'm glad everything is going well. Glad you are here Mike!😊❤

[@claudiaoe2661]

Ihr könnt 10 mal zum selben Alligator fahren 😂 eure Interaktion ist Mega! ❤

[@Pixelhead-ex1wp]

No idea why Mike said he felt stressed in Germany because of the closing times of shops. Munich is a big city so how long have the shops and supermarkets open? Supermarkets should be no problem at all. Opening times until 8 pm should be enough but they often have open until 9 pm or 10 pm and maybe one until midnight. Is it different from Cologne to Munich? It was nice watching this video. The sense of humor is doing a wild ride here :-)

[@hayleyandmike]

In Bavaria it is usually 8pm and where we lived it was sometimes earlier. For people that work "different" hours it can suck.

[@imloco22]

You guys are the cutest. 😊 looking forward to all your videos.

[@hayleyandmike]

We will* try to make fun and exciting videos!

[@lazyperfectionist1]

Mike has embraced the _credit_ culture we have, in the US? Mike is balsy. I have made it a point _not_ to have a credit card for many years, now. Credit cards open the door for debt and debt is bondage. I learned that lesson _first hand._

[@thiloreichelt4199]

While that is true, if you are living in the US, you should at least occasionally buy something via credit card (and pay it off immedeatly). If you do not have a card or never use it, you do not have a credit rating and that shuts you off from parts of US society.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

@@thiloreichelt4199 Well now, it's happened _several_ times, in my life, that I've had my credit checked. The first time, the party who did it said I had what was called "single line" credit, which apparently impressed her very much. That was more than 20 years go.

[@dicktator5980]

"and i habe to verbesser you". Ihr seid die Besten. 😂 Liebe Grüße aus Bayern❤

[@hayleyandmike]

Liebe Grüße aus Florida ❤❤️

[@152Feli]

Ich würde sagen, das Video hat eingeschlagen wie eine Bombe🎉 😅 ich lieb es jetzt schon. ❤

[@FrankMehrholz]

That was definitely fun watching you.

[@AnnaLee33]

Ihr 2 seid echt goldig miteinander. Sehr schönes V ideo! Bin auch für einen deutschen Tag! Bin schon gespannt! I love Denglisch, Bayerlisch...

[@valnovi2630]

yay new video!!:) and movie reviews would be fun!

[@hayleyandmike]

I love MOVIES!!!!

[@gitteharbo]

Mixing the sprachen. I like it! At home we do it a lot. German/danish. Somtimes we dont recon it before the end of the sentence. Because a werb at the end only works in german.

[@jankock-bx7ps]

sehr lustig, das gucke ich mir mal an! happy new year aus Dortmund

[@V100-e5q]

Forgetting words: This happens to me all the time too. Either in English or in German. A word or name I have not used for some time will not reappear in my mind.

[@Phelia-y9t]

Great setting!! I would love you continuing in English! :-)

[@Jan-xh5ee]

This is exactly what I needed!! I'm over here cackling at how Americans love to tell you their whole life story 😂😂 totally relate! As neighbors of Germany, moving to the US this year, its actually very hard to find content like this as more and more Americans are leaving. So thank you for this channel. Do you guys have any pets?😊

[@1Thom]

The Germans say COLGATE ("KOLL-GA-TEE"), in Austria it is pronounced exactly like in America - I remember that even the TV commercials on Austrian TV were dubbed differently than the German commercials... funny 🤣

[@Nynke_K]

That's so funny! (Also, was this video next in your queue after the one about things Germany does differently? It really has been a bumper weekend for Hayley videos!)

[@kurteibensteiner2736]

The same with the french tyre brand "Michelin". Germans totally germanize the word, but Austrians pronounce it the French way.

[@Monika-ls2qt]

Hi from Berlin ! You guys are so cute and Haley's German and Mike's English is really great.Lots of fun to listen to the both of you. And by the way - in parts of Berlin you could walk around in your pyjamas in the middle of the day and no-one would even give you a glance ;-) Keep making videos ... they are so enjoyable! Regarding thinking in one language and translating in your head to another language: I have lived in the US for some years and in addition had to use English as business language for more than 20 years in Germany. Nowadays I realize that I think in the language that I am currently speaking, writing or reading -so as I am writing this I think in English. Have you made similar experiences?

[@carstenengel8020]

Geboren und aufgewachsen in Berlin habe ich an der Stelle genau das gedacht - wie du in Berlin rumläufst - no one cares.

[@karenkingrey6142]

30 seconds in, I’m soooo interested in his thoughts/opinions! lol.

[@hayleyandmike]

Aren't we all 😂 Mike is always a mystery!

[@patrickssmith3594]

It`s great that you both have a joint channel. I`ve noticed that Mike`s English has REALLY gotten better and he TALKS more..like you mentioned. That`s a good thing though.. No.. you can`t go to Walt Disney World every weekend.. whereby.. I went to Disneyland Paris in September.. first time in 30 years. LOVED the hotel I was in. Ironically, as I was there, I think that Hotel Marvel New York wouldn`ve been the hotel for you guys - that thought did cross my mind. Anyway, I`m glad you two are living together HAPPY over there.. and things aren`t so difficult .

[@hayleyandmike]

Did you enjoy Disneyland Paris? I’ve heard mixed reviews. I would like to go one day but want to make sure it’s worth the money

[@patrickssmith3594]

@@hayleyandmike I thought it was the best short vacation I ever had. I think I gained 10 lbs. in 3 days. And the best steak I’ve have ever had in Europe I gotta say.

[@hayleyandmike]

@ well damn 🫠😂 that is tragic because that means I want to go!!

[@patrickssmith3594]

@@hayleyandmike The service was fantastic. If you wanted something special like the Indiana Jones leather jacket - 400 Euro. A glass replica of the Sleeping Beauty castle 6000.. the most expensive thing I saw was the Beauty & the Beast cartoon figures out of glass rocks.. thought it was diamonds but glass rocks - 49,000 Euro. Stick to buying cups and T- Shirts… better for your wallet.. lol

[@Ka-ly8oi]

Ihr seid so lustig, ja deutschen Dienst-tag finde ich gut. Ich mag aber auch Denglish sehr. Finde auch, dass Mike lockerer geworden ist und mehr redet und nicht mehr so zurückhaltend ist.

[@sswan9689]

Enjoyed this video of you & Mike. Who knew Mike was high on the extrovert side 😅😅..Very chatty!!

[@hayleyandmike]

I know, right?! He's more comfortable being a chatty kathy here compared to Germany 😂

[@zuendiepummelfee]

Brrrrrpppffftt!! 😂 LMFAO!! Einen DIENSTag nur deutsch reden wäre saulustig anzusehen (und -hören) und würde Eure "Sprachhygiene" fördern... 😂😘 Ihr seid echt ein funny couple! Shit, denglish is contagious...

[@RitaKeiner]

Wirklich großartig euch zuzuhören thankd❤

[@ChristinaMotzer]

Es hat Spaß gemacht, euch zuzuhören

[@rairei]

Nice video but way too short ..naja, passt scho 🙂 (just joking, 15 minutes length is perfect) "more eyes, more surprise" - this was new stuff for me ..more more more, please Big thumbs up for the Bavarian sweater .. first stuff I noticed 🙂 For some footage (+talk) take us with you .. groceries, places to eat and more. Gas stations: Card or going in? Gruß aus der oberbayerischen Heimat 🙂

[@hayleyandmike]

I can add that to the list ❤❤ thank you so much!!

[@lisastenzel5713]

Deutscher Dienstag sounds so hilarious!!😂👍👍👍 And I'm of course interested in what is the healthcare like now for Mike. What insurance do you have, still German?! How does this work. You got a visa and what kind?

[@elisestarday6372]

How did you two meet? Absolutely 💯 gorgeous couple! 😊 I hope I'll find this kind of chemistry relationship

[@lazyperfectionist1]

3:56 “This is a _hoodie_ with _sweatpants.”_ 😳 Has Mike been raiding _my_ wardrobe?

[@hayleyandmike]

😂 so you’re telling me you enjoy being comfortable no matter what?!?

[@maudeboggins9834]

Cycling. Can Mike still enjoy cycling? That is the aspect I love about Germany.

[@ingwer55]

Bitte mehr!!

[@Tristanowitsch]

Würde ich genauso machen mit dem Kreditkartenspiel. Würde die auch nie wirklich benutzen. Aber das Spiel seinen Score nach oben zu treiben reizt schon extrem. Ich glaub da gibts auch KZbin Kanäle für wie man das macht.

[@silviacook9256]

want to say hi from Alabama,bei mir werden es 31 Jahre in der 🇺🇸 ❤

[@AnnaLee33]

da war ich schon!

[@DaveP.]

Weekly movies review? Awesome idea!!!! 😊

[@hayleyandmike]

Maybe monthly to start off 😊

[@DaveP.]

Oh sorry, I might have gone a bit too excited on that take. 😅 So I was mixing up 'monthly' and 'weekly'.

[@hayleyandmike]

@@DaveP. it's ok... it made me laugh but I saw my life flash before my eyes having to edit a movie review every week 😆🤣

[@lisastenzel5713]

I have a trillion questions, but I think...many will be answered already by the end of this video. Why do I have the feeling I'm having an actual conversation with you with those sit down videos?😂

[@VCRider]

Happy nur year !

[@schnaeutz4546]

Ich habe es bei einem deutschen Freund beobachtet, dass sich tatsächlich nach einem Jahr Amerika Fehler im Deutschen einschleichen. Wenn man das vermeiden will, dann muss man ständig zwischen den Sprachen wechseln.

[@fritzieschomaker1476]

When we first came here I had to give the propane company a call. I tried three times, I could not understand that very sweet Southern lady and had to hand over the phone to my (German) husband 😂.

[@hayleyandmike]

😂 southern accents are Mike's weak spot. Northern and Midwestern accents are easy for him but put him in Alabama and he is so confused 😂

[@fritzieschomaker1476]

@ I don’t know if I could do Alabama nowadays, we are in NC. MOST of the time I’m okay 🤣. We moved here almost 9 years ago 😁.

[@katia_g213]

😂😂😂 Mike sounding very ominous in the intro

[@susanrudolf2308]

Yes! Let's do Deutscher D 14:50 ienstag 🎉🎉

[@Winona493]

Gleich abonniert; kann man sich doch nicht entgehen lassen.😂

[@lurker666]

Ja, deutscher Tag auf jeden Fall!!

[@pinkhope84]

What does mike for a living?

[@hayleyandmike]

We promise to make a very in-depth video about this topic because so many changes are happening behind the scenes 🥴😵‍💫🫠 it may take a few months but I promise it’ll be up. Mike is a photographer to answer simple and short.

[@sswan9689]

​@hayleyandmike A photographer, National Geographic perhaps (if it still exists), Lol!! Or TMZ 😂😂😂

[@pinkhope84]

@@hayleyandmike thank you 😊

[@Volk-ei9bx]

Mikes English has improved 👍👍👍👍😂😂😂

[@ingedatenfee5242]

I feel with Mike, when he thinks in English and has to translate into German. Living in Sri Lanka as a German and the last visit to Germany was more than 7 years ago, German feels more and more complicated to me. You need so many words in German while you could tell the same thing with a short sentence in English.

[@hayleyandmike]

That is very true! We always talk about how English is so simple compared to German. It is like giving your brain a break.

[@berndhofmann752]

I lived several times in other countries: Ivory Coast, Spain, Switzerland. And I was travelling all over the world. Working as an intl. Management consultant. I felt always a crack in my perception and feelings entering another country. This culture shock is very necessary, because it creates a new perception! I did a lot of coaching in this matter.

[@Patrick-on2ty]

haha.....??????

[@pqrs_987]

ich nicht speaken or unterstanden Deutsch, Haley.... could we get some English subtitles please?

[@hayleyandmike]

@@pqrs_987 I can try my best 🫠😂

[@pqrs_987]

@@hayleyandmike 😁

[@nic6208]

Please English or subtitles when you go into Deutsche. How is Mike finding working in the USA and do people expect you to get married once they find out you have been together for a few years?

[@berndhofmann752]

You are a wonderful couple! ❤❤❤

[@hayleyandmike]

Thank you!! that is very kind of you :)

[@berndhofmann752]

@hayleyandmike oh, I just Zell you, what I feel! It's the perception of am experienced coach! Q💕💖😁😉😄

[@birteoldhaber513]

Mike,was machst du eigentlich beruflich in den Staaten?

[@hayleyandmike]

Wir machen irgendwann ein Video dazu (aber gib uns ein paar Monate) 🥴 🥴

[@birteoldhaber513]

@hayleyandmike Würd' ich gerne,aber ich weiss nicht,ob ich dann noch lebe.🥺 (kein Joke)

[@tonifischer2421]

Oh mei, wo kann’s relaxter sei, ois wia in Bayern.

[@klberlin1966]

You are the cutest couple here on KZbin. I would marry you both!

[@MsCaro79]

A "safe space" for Mike😂😂😂

[@renetroger5814]

Schönes Video und immer so lustig mit Euch beiden. Mehr davon. Viele Grüße aus Stuttgart. ❤😂

[@Beate-g4v]

very sweet 🥰

[@hayleyandmike]

Thank you 🤗

[@Julia-Richter]

Did he already have an English name when he lived in Germany?

[@hayleyandmike]

Mike? 😂 I think Michael is a universal name for the most part 😅

[@Julia-Richter]

@hayleyandmike The German short form of Michael isn't Mike, but Micha or Michi.

[@hayleyandmike]

@ he has always been called Mike ☺️

[@bepsnet]

What about social security, there is none in America as far as I know, do you have to put money aside to bridge unemployment? And what about your retirement provision? You say you don't have to work that hard, can you earn enough with little or relaxed work, or do you still have something in Germany and do you work for a German organization?

[@hayleyandmike]

You have retirement in the USA, you pay towards it every month out of your paycheck. From my perspective, nurses work only 2-3 days a week usually which is what I mean with not "hard"....

[@bepsnet]

@@hayleyandmike This is presented differently by the many videos about life and work, balance on this site and the sick days and bills you get when you end up in the hospital or the use of an ambulance etc. There are enough Americans who are young and leave for Europe, that's why I found it strange that you chose to do it the other way around. But if you don't have to worry about these kinds of things, then you are right, America is also beautiful.

[@Jan-xh5ee]

Where did you get that information? There is social security in the US, it's just only a small percentage of your earned income and most Americans can't live off it, which is why most contribute a percentage of their income every paycheck towards a 401k investment account (an employer benefits which most companies have). Additionally there are many other ways Americans save and put money aside so that when they retire they live comfortably. In a lot of European states, you pay a percentage towards the state's social system which is distributed once you reach a certain age, 65+. In the US it's a much more flexible system, the ball is completely in your court, the more you save, the more you invest, the more you have at retirement. While those who fail to plan, will struggle in old age

[@honigimtopf9325]

Ist ja geil 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bimmer4755]

I love watching yall together. It’s always so funny. Love watching mike talk . He’s very amusing. Hallo aus Spartanburg SC 👋

[@lynnsintention5722]

So now he can imagine how difficult it must have been for you and appreciate your struggle to live in Germany....THe people are so different, so much more relaxed, friendly and less constntly watching what others do and looking for some small mistake to criticize!

[@hayleyandmike]

It really was. I think Mike appreciates my journey a little more now as well because he is experiencing first-hand what it's like to be alone and be so far away from your "comforts". The positive thing about Mike is that his family loves to travel and has already visited us a few times ❤️

[@johnlabus7359]

Mike is accidentally hilarious.

[@hayleyandmike]

😂 he really is. Very dry Humor 😅

[@simonspeechley2859]

If you showed the same alligator every week, eventually you would have to start a third channel to give it a platform.

[@hayleyandmike]

We have a favorite here.... he is always in his same spot giving us a little show!

[@annie_on_the_moon8723]

Are there any english speaking listeners? Must be confusing when you're using German words in the middle of a sentence.

[@NotSoPhotogenic]

I'm an English speaker, but I appreciate the mixing of languages. 👍🏽😊

[@1944Helmut]

you both speak Denglish

[@piccadelly9360]

Einmal Deutsch und dann Mixt Deutsch - Englisch , und dann switch

[@orangeguy3314]

Mike said he doesn't care about going back to germany in hayleys past videos. That should tell you enough about germany. Of course hayley will kept gaslighting you in her videos.

[@hayleyandmike]

Wow…. you made it over here after years of constantly commenting negative stuff on my other channel. Talk about an obsession with Germany

[@orangeguy3314]

@hayleyandmike wow, you said you never move back to america. After saying germany was so germany and you would never live in america again. Now, you want gaslight your followers and need them to forget about all the negative things you say about america and never wanting to live in america again. Sad!!

[@hayleyandmike]

@ thank you for being so obsessed with me and my life 😍🥰 god bless honey 🩷 years of your support means a lot!!

[@orangeguy3314]

@hayleyandmike Wait until Mike's green card goes to permanent status. See, how long until he devorce you for a slim down florida beach bunny and takes half of your youtube money. 😂🤣

[@hayleyandmike]

@ 🥳🥳🥳 I’ll be waiting patiently 😍💰💰💰💰

[@orangeguy3314]

Let's some more about the economy of germany crashing and the large protest going on in germany over the auto industry mass layoffs.

[@TheMntnG]

whyyyyy? germany is so much better!

[@johnadney2782]

Bitte I mochte ein schau auf Deutsch. Ich mochte mein Deutsch zu uben mm

[@freyjav6055]

"Eulogy!"...."ah damnit!" 😂😂😂😂