Q&A- CLUB MATE, MOVING IN TOGETHER AND BEING EXCLUDED FROM VEGAN COMMUNITIES

Ett skepp kommer landat med frÄgesvar! (Har fÄtt sÄ mÄnga fina och engagerade kommentarer pÄ sistone, tycker det Àr sÄ himla kul! Vill bara kramas med er alla!)

Whoop! Here’s another bunch of answers/questions! (I’ve got so many nice and dedicated comments lately, and that makes me so happy. I just want to hug all of you!)

Kommentar 1: Hej Ebba! Har en mycket viktig frÄga som jag hoppas du kan svara pÄ. Jag var pÄ ett hipsterfik i Stockholm för ett tag sen och ville dricka Club Mate, men nÀr jag bestÀllde i kassan sÄ rÀttade killen mitt uttal. Jag sa det aningen engelskt, tÀnk klabb mejt, medan han sa det med lÄngt a, klubb maaate. Hur uttalas det?! Vill ju inte riskera att förolÀmpa Ànnu en hipsterkille :))) Kram!

Kommentar 2: Hejhej! Det uttalas in fact klubb maatee. Nu ska inga mer hipsterkillar förolÀmpas!

Haha underbar frĂ„ga. Blev sĂ„ förvĂ„nad nĂ€r jag sĂ„g Mate pĂ„ var och varannan matbutik nĂ€r jag flyttade till götet. Jag sĂ€ger varken mejt eller maatee, utan har nog mer ett “tyskt” uttal, tĂ€nk typ “matte” fast med lĂ€ngre, och mer betoning pĂ„ a:et. Kanske lite som hipsterduden. Fasiken vad svĂ„rt det Ă€r att beskriva uttal i skrift, haha.

Comment 1: Hey Ebba! I have a very important question that I hope you can answer. I was on a hipster cafĂ© in Stockholm a while ago and wanted to drink Club Mate, but when I ordered at the counter, the guy corrected my pronunciation. I said it somewhat English, think “Klabb Mejt”, but he said it with a long, club maaate. How is it pronounced?! Do not want to risk offending another hipster dude :))) Hugs!

Comment 2: Hey! It’s actually pronounced club maatee. Now no more hipster dudes has to be insulted!

Haha I love this question. I was so surprised when I saw that they sell Mate in almost every grocery store nowadays when I moved to Gothenburg. I say neither Mejt or maatee, probably more of a “German” pronunciation, maybe like the hipster dude. It’s so hard to describe pronunciation in writing, haha.

Hej. Tack för en inspirerande blogg! Kan snart knappt rĂ€kna pĂ„ fingrarna hur mĂ„nga Ă„r jag följt dig hehe, kĂ€nns som vi vĂ€xt upp tillsammans. Och aldrig har jag kommenterat heller! Meeeeeen tycker det Ă€r sĂ„ spĂ€nnande det hĂ€r med din relation och Gbg/Berlin och hur allt funkar sĂ„ undrar bara hur det kommer sig att du flyttar tillbaka till Berlin nu. Hur gör du med skolan dĂ„? Pluggar distans? Varför mĂ„ste Sean bo i Berlin? Är han frĂ„n Sverige? Är det Berlin du ser dig sjĂ€lv bo i nĂ€r du tĂ€nker pĂ„ framtiden?

AlltsÄ! Vad fint! Det kÀnns ju verkligen som att jag vÀxt upp med er ocksÄ!
FörstÄr verkligen att allt flyttande hit och dit blir förvirrande! Jag ska ha 3 mÄnaders praktik pÄ en pr-agentur i Berlin frÄn mitten av april till mitten av juni, det var dÀrför jag bestÀmde mig för att Äka till Berlin nu ursprungligen. Jag har vÀl inte riktigt sett det som en flytt riktigt förrÀn nu, nÀr jag kÀnt mig sÄ kÀr och glad dÀr att risken att jag stannar kvar Àven efter praktiken Àr vÀÀldigt överhÀngande. I sÄ fall kommer jag ta studieuppehÄll i min nuvarande utbildning och plugga nÄgot intressant pÄ distans i höst. Vi har ju aldrig bott tillsammans pÄ riktigt innan, sÄ det hÀnger ju sÄklart pÄ att allt funkar. Just nu kÀnns det vÀldigt lovande.
Yes, Sean Àr svensk och uppvuxen i Stockholm. Anledningen till att vi hamnar i Berlin Àr dels för att jag gillar Berlin mer Àn vad han gillar Göteborg, och att jag liksom har massor med jobb och vÀnner i Berlin redan, medan han skulle fÄ problem med sin musik-karriÀr i Götet. Dessutom Àger han en lÀgenhet i Berlin, nÀr jag hyr i andrahand, sÄ jag har helt enkelt bÀttre förutsÀttningar för att flytta. Jag vet inte var jag ser mig sjÀlv lÄngt i framtiden, tÀnker att Berlin nog Àr roligast att bo i som ung vuxen och kanske inget stÀlle man verkligen vill slÄ rot eller skaffa kids pÄ. Men jag vet inte. Det finns inget stÀlle jag kÀnner mer för just nu i alla fall.

Hi! Thank you for an inspiring blog! I can barely count on my fingers how many years I’ve followed you hehe, I feel like we’ve grown up together. And I have never commented either! Buuuut I think it’s so exciting this with your relationship and Gothenburg/Berlin and how everything works, I just wonder why you move back to Berlin now. What will happen with your school? Will you study on distance? Why does Sean have to live in Berlin? Is he from Sweden? Do you see yourself staying in Berlin when you think of the future?

Wow, thank you! It really feels like I have grewn up with you, too!
I really understand that all my moving back and forth is confusing! I’m going to have a 3-month internship at a PR agency in Berlin from mid-April to mid-June, that was why I decided to go to Berlin again originally. I haven’t really seen it as a real “move” until recently, since I’ve been feeling so in love and happy there that the risk that I’ll stay even after the internship is veeery big. In that case, I’ll take a study break in my current education and study something interesting on distance in the autumn. But Sean and I haven’t really lived together for real before, so of course it all depends on that everything works out fine. Right now that feels very likely.
Yes, Sean is Swedish and raised in Stockholm. The reason we’ll live in Berlin is partly because I like Berlin more than he likes Gothenburg, and I already have lots of work and friends in Berlin, while he would have problems with continuing his music career in Gothenburg. In addition, he owns an apartment in Berlin, and I am renting mine second hand, so I simply have better opportunities to move than he does. I don’t know where I see myself far in the future, Berlin is probably most fun to live in as a young adult and perhaps no place you really want to settle down or get kids at. But I don’t know. There’s no place I like more for the moment, anyway.

Does it feel a bit odd not to belong to vegan/vegetarian community anymore? I was omnivore for 12 years, then lacto-ovo vegetarian for 10 years, and now I’m pescetarian. I still eat mostly veggies but I do eat fish couple times a month. I noticed it’s a pretty touchy subject because ”real” vegetarians/vegans often frown upon any eating behavior that differs from theirs. On the other hand, meat-eaters often have totally different mindset and different morals than I, so I find it hard to relate to anyone lately.

Yes, I really relate to this! I feel exactly the same way. In heart I still feel like a vegan (I know some of you might find that provocative), and I have absolutely no valid arguments at all for eating meat or fish even though I sometimes do. But I’m not allowed to be a part of that community anymore, just as you said. Don’t really know what to do about that though, I guess I just have to get used to it or go back to vegan.

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3 responses to “Q&A- CLUB MATE, MOVING IN TOGETHER AND BEING EXCLUDED FROM VEGAN COMMUNITIES

  1. Lux says:

    Hey Ebba, thanks for answering the questions! It’s always nice to get to know you a bit better 🙂 I wish you and Sean all the best, it feels really amazing to finally move in together after a long distance relationship! <3

  2. tasear says:

    socks + slippers = awful style
    please don’t do that

  3. Richard says:

    Ah, Ebba, you’ve broken my heart by kissing another guy 🙂

    E-kisses for you.

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