My boyfriend is a Swiss exchange student, and in 2 years I'm going to do an exchange in Switzerland to see him. I'm so afraid though that my German won't be good enough, so I constantly try to get him to speak it with me. But he "needs to practice his English," too! (He does not. He's basically perfect.) No one seems to understand this benign request of mine, and my parents "teased" that I should just dump him.
Please, has anyone else ever felt the same way? Honestly I don't even want to talk to him sometimes in fear that he'll just speak English.
Please, has anyone else ever felt the same way? Honestly I don't even want to talk to him sometimes in fear that he'll just speak English.

One of the ways I became fluent in French is a podcast (free on iTunes) called Coffee Break French, and I am sure they have it in German. Check it out if you want to practice. :)
*squeezes a little turd out**