I’m a Spanish person living in the Netherlands for already almost 9 years. In one hand at some point in these last years, I started to feel like I don’t belong in Spain anymore, and on the other hand, I think I’ll never feel fully integrated in NL. Any thoughts? Advice? Someone feeling the same?
Yes, and I think a lot of immigrants and especially immigrants (grand-)children feel that way. We are lions in the sea and sharks in the woods. It’s always difficult to explain to teachers (those who mean well) that not only I do not feel like a German, but I don’t even consider it necessary. To me personally it’s positive. I like cultures and traditions and obviously they are still part of my identity. But I like that I don’t have the vulnerability of making them a bigger part of my identity than they need to be.