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Jenn! Grand Master

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That happens when you move here.

Something about when your clothes hit the US air, they change shape :P

Almost right, I think!

When I moved back from Italy, I didn't gain any weight, but my clothes started to get too small. I think it was because of the fact that over there I always air-dried my laundry, whereas here, I put them in the drier.

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Same here. I really don't know if my clothes shrunk or I gained weight. So hard to know when the scale tells you pounds and not kilos.

But clothes DO shrink, even if one gains weight. American washers and dryers are freaky! I'd wear some clothes and put them in the wash cos I'm washing that color, dry them, put them back on....tight!!

Sooo weird. That never happened this bad in germany!!

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That happens when you move here.

Something about when your clothes hit the US air, they change shape :P

hmm... wish i could say that... but, i've lived here all my life...

i tend to alternate back and forth... sometimes when i am a little depressed... i will eat... and then sometimes when i am a little depressed, i won't eat...

i have started walking... and have lost 11 pounds... got lots more i want to lose... but it gets lonesome walking by myself... and i have no one else who can walk with me on my schedule... but i AIN'T giving up...

oops... forgot to say... *hugs* lisaD...

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That happens when you move here.

Something about when your clothes hit the US air, they change shape :P

Almost right, I think!

When I moved back from Italy, I didn't gain any weight, but my clothes started to get too small. I think it was because of the fact that over there I always air-dried my laundry, whereas here, I put them in the drier.

Many Euro made clothes are 'do not tumble dry' as well - which I sometimes forget and shove them in the drier cos so far Ive not seen one 'radiator' in a US home!

Luckily so far nothing has shrunk..

If it happens once Ive moved tho - I reckon its cos I'll have put on WEIGHT! :yes: Jeans never lie ladies ;)

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germangel Rising Star

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my euro clothes were fine in euro dryers...what do they do different? I don't get ot

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hmmm.maybe, the problem is..not enough laundry is being done :thumbs:

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American dryers are too hot and incredibly hard on the clothes... I don't put any of my Australian clothes into the dryer if I can can help it - I wash them all in the machine and then hang them up on hangers on a clothes rack in our spare room so they can air dry. When I first got here I totally ruined a few things using the dryers at the stupid laundromat!

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Did anyone notice that they gained weight after getting married??? This happened to both my husband and I. After we tied the knot we started gaining weight. My mother says it's because you become secure in the relationship and don't feel the need to work as hard to look good.

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that is too true for my hubbie. I think he's letting himself go cos he knows he scored me. It's not cool at all since I'm still trying. working out 3 times a week and stuff...

Angelika (Schweinfurt, Germany) and Chris (Tulsa, USA)

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I have always been overweight but even more so since I moved here. I have only been here coming up to 8 months and have put on 25 pounds! Shocking!

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Ladybutterfly, if that photo in your avatar is you you sure don't look overweight to me! You look just right :) The human body was not meant to be a skeleton until AFTER you're six feet under.

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- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

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STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

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*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

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