Ok then help me. What is wrong with me wanting to speak German and being frustrated that natives want to speak English with me? I thought if I post here, you guys, being Germans, could help me understand if there is something I can do about it so i don't constantly feel like an outsider. I posted with my frustration to try to show how it happens and why it's upsetting me. It's not an isolated event, it's not that my German isn't good, it's not that I am confused and they want to clarify something, I'm not speaking slowly, etc. I've thought about this a lot and don't really think it's me but maybe there's something I could do about it nevertheless. But when I post about it here, you guys just are rude back. Like I should be grateful to have this problem. Sure, maybe I wrote too much about the annoying side of it but it is really annoying and coming at me about being annoyed is really ridiculous. The main question is what is the motivation behind the switch and what, if anything, can I do about it? Speak English back doesn't solve my problem. Speak English back will make me forever a tourist in my own home. I need solutions.