🌍 Bonjour, mes amis! Get ready for a wild ride through the streets of Brussels, where languages collide and family drama unfolds! 🍿 Meet our protagonist, a 31-year-old expat navigating the tricky waters of in-law relationships and linguistic barriers. 😅 Her sister-in-law, "Stubborn Sarah," has been living in Brussels for nearly a decade but refuses to learn a lick of French! 🇫🇷 Can you believe it? 🙄 Buckle up, because this story is about to get juicy! 🍿😮
Eight Years in Belgium and STILL Won't Learn French?! 😲 Fed-Up Woman Takes a Stand!
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🌍 Expat Life in Brussels: A Tale of Two Languages 🇧🇪
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🤐 Sarah's Stubborn Refusal to Learn French 🇫🇷
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😤 "Everyone Speaks English, So Why Bother?" 🙄
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🤷♀️ To Each Their Own, But... 🤔
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🙋♀️ Guess Who's Always Stuck Translating? 🙋♀️
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😒 The Rest of the Family is Fed Up Too 😠
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💔 A Sensitive Conversation Interrupted 😢
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😡 Enough is Enough! 🙅♀️
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🗣️ Time to Put in Some Effort, Sarah! 📚
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😢 Tears and Tantrums 😭
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🍽️ Family Dinners Held Hostage 🍴
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Family Feud Alert: The Great Translation Debacle!
Well, well, well... looks like our protagonist has had enough of playing translator for her stubborn sister-in-law! After years of being the go-between, she finally put her foot down during a sensitive conversation with her mother-in-law. Cue the waterworks and tantrums from "Stubborn Sarah" and her husband! Now they're holding family dinners hostage until our hero apologizes. The internet has some thoughts on this one, folks! Let's see what they have to say about this linguistic showdown in Brussels!
Fed-up woman refuses to learn French, suggests husband do translating. NTA
BakuShinAsta | BakuShinAsta
Living in a foreign country without speaking the language? NTA.
marcelinediscoqueen | marcelinediscoqueen
Language barrier in marriage - husband should translate. NTA.
LadySmuag | LadySmuag
Effortlessly not learning French for 8 years? 🤔
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Fed-up woman refuses to be the family translator. NTA!
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Standing up for herself and her language rights. 💪
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No French, No Problem? Commenter defends not translating for woman.
NUT-me-SHELL | NUT-me-SHELL
NTA comment: Husband should be her translator, not you. 🤔
HunterDangerous1366 | HunterDangerous1366
Respectful or not? NTA commenter shares opinion on language learning.
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American woman in Germany calls out woman for not learning French.
karenrachael | karenrachael
After 8 years in Belgium, not knowing French is unacceptable. 😑
Karla_I2007 | Karla_I2007
American astounded by SIL's lack of effort to learn French 🤯
Ghitit | Ghitit
Learning a partner's language is a big thing. NTA 👍
NoCoffeeAfter4 | NoCoffeeAfter4
NTA. Expecting to not learn French after 8 years? 😑
coolranchpuffs | coolranchpuffs
Fed-up woman takes a stand for language expectations in family 😎
Cryptographer_Alone | Cryptographer_Alone
No excuses for not learning the language after 8 years 👏
Gritou | Gritou
Standing up against unpaid interpreting. NTA wins!
Floriane007 | Floriane007
Friend learned French for fiancé's family, OP not wrong here 👍
pourthebubbly | pourthebubbly
Fed-up commenter calls out entitled behavior and suggests translation apps.
ItisntRocketSurgery | ItisntRocketSurgery
Agreeing comment calls out unnecessary post in NTA situation
Kaelenmonk21 | Kaelenmonk21
Stepson sets an impressive example for language learning ❤️👏
Lady_of_Lomond | Lady_of_Lomond
Translation duties over. NTA. Their loss if no-shows. 👍
pensaha | pensaha
Translation troubles at family dinners? NTA takes a stand! 😊
SienteElBern | SienteElBern
Navigating language barriers in Brussels 🤔 NTA stands up for herself
LadyRosy | LadyRosy
Refusing to learn the language after 8 years? NTA says commenter.
scolshrmpz | scolshrmpz
NTA! Blatant disrespect and lack of interest towards in-laws 😱
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No one wants to translate for SIL anymore 😒
EmeraldBlueZen | EmeraldBlueZen
Surrounded by French speakers for 8 years and still no effort? 🤔 NTA
sausagemice | sausagemice
Translation troubles solved with a family dinner ultimatum 🍕
NorbearWrangler | NorbearWrangler
Fed-up woman stands up for herself, won't be a translator 🚫
elderoriens | elderoriens
No obligation to translate. SIL may have a learning disability. 🙏
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Taking a stand for refusing to be a translator 👏🏼
ShaneVis | ShaneVis
Standing up for herself and refusing unpaid work. NTA 👏
ScammerC | ScammerC
Mother and daughter taking French lessons, OP not obligated to translate 💪🏼🇫🇷
peitseoga716 | peitseoga716
Lazy ex-pat refuses to learn French, not the a**hole.
PitchPurple | PitchPurple
NTA. Eight years in Belgium and STILL won't learn French?! 😲
Blommer12345 | Blommer12345
American agrees: not trying to learn French is disrespectful 🤨
meganes97 | meganes97
Dominican woman in building refuses to learn English, but expects help 🤷♀️
mtempissmith | mtempissmith
Struggling with French in Belgium, empathizing with SIL's language struggles 🤔
FuyoBC | FuyoBC
Learning the language is important, but so is respecting privacy 🤐
satansBigMac | satansBigMac
Struggling with languages and empathizing with SIL's inability, NAH.
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Refusing to learn French in Belgium? NTA stands up to in-laws
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Learning a new language is hard 😕 but should she try? NAH
Hegel321 | Hegel321
Fed-up commenter suggests petty revenge for uninterested wife. NTA. 👍
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Fed-up commenter questions husband's responsibility to translate for wife.
mandichaos | mandichaos
NTA. Learning French is her responsibility or her husband's.
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Fed-up woman refuses to apologize for not speaking French. 💪
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Fed-up commenter suggests woman's husband should translate for her. 🤷♀️
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Woman criticized for not learning French, but NTA according to comment.
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NTA stands up to entitled language expectations. 👏
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Fed-up commenter stands against SIL's refusal to learn French 😱
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Translation demands are unreasonable. NTA stands firm.
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Fed-up commenters call out woman for not learning French 😠
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Fed-up woman's attitude towards learning French questioned by commenter.
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NTA takes a stand and problem solves itself 😎
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Lazy SIL won't translate, woman takes a stand. NTA.
Huge_Industry_1259 | Huge_Industry_1259
Fed-up commenter defends woman for not learning French 💪
A1askaKnight | A1askaKnight
Translation drama? No problem, you're NTA! 🤗👍
Artistic_Society4969 | Artistic_Society4969
NTA! After 8 years, it's surprising she hasn't learned French 🤔
PriorHedgehog | PriorHedgehog
Refusing to learn French and still attending Friday night dinners? NTA.
Successful_Dot2813 | Successful_Dot2813
Woman in Belgium refuses to learn French, gets called lazy. 😒
Dogmother123 | Dogmother123
Living in a foreign country and not learning the language 🤔
estherlovesevie | estherlovesevie
Husband's role as translator questioned. NTA deserves apology. 😐
Particular-Grape5731 | Particular-Grape5731
Canadian defends learning French in in-laws' country. NTA 🇨🇦
GundamGirl94 | GundamGirl94
Don't apologize for refusing unpaid labor. NTA 💪
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Learning the language is a must when moving abroad. 👍
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Translation drama: Commenter defends woman who didn't need help 🙌 NTA
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Translation refusal makes siblings jerks - NTA comment
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