It’s interesting to me that you feel a stronger emotional connection to a language you speak less well – and other commenters seem to have a similar sentiment. I think I only have that for very emotionally charged statements (i.e. “I love you”) and not for normal conversation. I usually prefer to talk in the language which I have recently used least, and also the language where there’s most native speakers present. When I’m confused about the language spoken, I default to English – but I still get a weird feeling if I’m speaking English to a group which consists exclusively of other German native speakers.
It’s interesting to me that you feel a stronger emotional connection to a language you speak less well – and other commenters seem to have a similar sentiment. I think I only have that for very emotionally charged statements (i.e. “I love you”) and not for normal conversation. I usually prefer to talk in the language which I have recently used least, and also the language where there’s most native speakers present. When I’m confused about the language spoken, I default to English – but I still get a weird feeling if I’m speaking English to a group which consists exclusively of other German native speakers.