There is this woman I met about 5 years ago, she handles some stuff for me and I pay her for the services.
She is Swiss, and therefore very formal, but after all these years I think I have finally charmed her. Sent her an email, saying please call me Annika, and today when visiting me, she finally did. For nationalities that don't understand, this is a big step for ze Swiss, who like to call people by their last name even though they have known each other for a long time.
Anyway, she had told her partner about it, and he had laughed heartily, so at the spur of the moment I decided to include them in my circle of friends and invited them for dinner.
Not the first time I work hard to get to know ze Swiss, but so worth it! Once you're in, you're in for life. And my life is here.
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well done! the Swiss are sometimes hard work indeed, I found it so hard to get used to people I felt I knew always calling me Frau P. Plus I'm so bad at the formal grammar
Makes two of us.
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