3. age inappropriateness:
i come from a society that believes in being age-appropriate. at 18, you must be in college. at 22, you must have a job. at 26, you must be married. at 30, you must be ‘well-settled’. well, in germany, my 27-year old friend started a bachelor in computer science, a 32-year old friend has a girlfriend who is 20, another 25-year old friend took a break from her well-paying job because she is planning to travel the world with her husband! shockers when i compare to my friends’ lives in india.
3.没有捆绑的年纪
我来自于一个受年纪捆绑的社会。在18岁，你就有必要去上大学，22岁的时分，你需要去找作业，在26岁，你就要成婚了，而到了30岁，你必需要安靖下来。三十在德国，我27岁的兄弟初步学习核算机科学的本科常识，一个32岁的兄弟找了一个20岁的女兄弟，而另外一个25岁的兄弟从她的高薪作业中辞去职务，因为她方案和她的丈夫环游世界。和我的印度兄弟比较照，他们的行为真的震动到我了。

addendum: age consciousness was also an indian phenomena. in germany people are not age-conscious at all! germans don’t impose their seniority based on age. they impose their seniority based on knowledge! i was talking at the same wave-length to a 59-year old colleague as i was to

my 25-year old friend. i have a diverse group of friends whose ages i have hardly cared about. girls never shy away from dating somebody who is 5, 7 or even 10 years older than them (unless they have hair coming out of their noses…or ears!)
seniority：老一辈／老资历；
弥补：年纪知道相同也是一种印度特征表象。在德国，我们不会被年纪所捆绑。德国人的资历不以年纪为基础，而是以常识为基础。和我交流的火伴有着类似的布景常识，年纪跨度从25到59不等。我有一群兄弟，他们的年纪情况我历来不关怀。女孩子们历来不会因为害臊于和大他们5岁，7岁或许10岁的人约会（除非这些人的鼻子或许耳朵的毛长的太长！）。

4. splitting

up the bill:

(image source: splitting the bill)
“zusammen oder getrennt?”, asks the waiter at the end of our meals. the waiter is asking whether you want to pay the bill as a whole or individually? everyone pays for what they order. going out with friends is so much easier. hell, even splitting up the bill on dates is perfectly alright!

分摊账单：
在用餐结束后，一般都会问效能员：“zusammen oder getrennt?”，这是效能员就会问你们是为一切人付款仍是为自个付款。每自个都会给自个点的菜付款。因而和兄弟出外面吃饭就很简略，即就是约会分摊账单也是很挺不错的。