When Andy suggested that his wife (and my new let's-hang-out-everyday-after-language-school buddy), Whitney and I join the Accidental Hausfrau Verein (club), I thought he was joking. I even laughed out loud.
However, the next day searching for things to do on Toytown.com, a web resource for English speaking expats in Germany, I discoved an "Accidental Hausfrau" meet-up group. So...Andy wasn't joking?
According to Jennifer, a wonderful Seattleite in my Tandem sprachkurs, no, Andy was not joking.
A New York journalist who ended up in the Freistaat after she married a Bavarian artist started the group in 2007. Career-minded, but without a career-visa, this woman was looking for ways to fill her time in München (outside of the kitchen). Thus, the Accidental Hausfrau Verein began.
"Perfect!" I thought. A bunch of educated 20-30-somethings (stuck?) in Munich without any work opportunities.
Going out on a limb last Friday, I decided to join Jennifer for the weekly Hausfrau meet-up: lunch at Cafe Puck.
However after being sandwiched on a bench for five hours, discussing whether or not one of the older group members was going to be kidnapped in Morocco this weekend, I determined that, perhaps, I am not quite ready to be an Accidental Hausfrau...or at least not the inactive restaurant loitering kind.
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