Overseas

Um. Where do you live now?

I have lived overseas for the last 16 years. Thinking about returning stateside for the next two years and see how it goes...but I'm a little nervous about it!

A missionary on an island where the inhabitants practice cannibalism sounds enthralling.

Do you speak any languages besides English?

Do you speak any languages besides English?

Wait...you mean that it's a prerequisite to know another language when living overseas? I thought the world bowed down to the almighty American language already?

Do you speak any languages besides English?

Wait...you mean that it's a prerequisite to know another language when living overseas? I thought the world bowed down to the almighty American language already?

And Ebonics.

Oh sorry! I live in Indiana

Why would you want to leave Indiana? It's awesome!

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It's only awesome because I was born there.

I lived in Torrejon, outside Madrid, when I was a child. My father was stationed there in the air force. And because I lived there, I can no longer donate blood. I might have mad cow. *gasp*

It took quite a lot of work to find out WHY people who've lived on a military base in Europe for six consecutive months since 1980 can't give blood. It's because those bases contracted their beef imports from the UK.

And according to the Red Cross, the technology will likely never exist (or they won't pay for it) to screen the blood properly to allow me to ever donate again.

I've lived overseas for the past 9 years, since I was 15, and to be honest I have no plans of ever returning to the US. I'm actually considering relinquishing my citizenship in the future.

I am German and have lived overseas (from your perspective) nearly all my life. But seriously, I did move overseas (from my perspective) once, for a year, I lived in the US. It was awesome. I also lived in Spain for a year which is not overseas (from my perspective) but a foreign country anyway. I'd do it again (move abroad) in a heartbeat. It's an awesome experience that makes you grow so much as a person, not to mention expand your cultural horizon.
You would probably feel 100% more comfortable moving to a country where you speak the language. Romania, China, Australia? That is a bit random. Hope you put some thought into the decision. Not sure what you do, but you would probably want to go to a country where you also have a chance of getting a job.

lol overseas? what does that mean exactly? Do you mean have you ever moved to live in another country to the one that you originally come from? Or do you mean have you ever lived on a boat?

I live on a tiny offshore island, I have never lived in another country other than England, I have travelled abroad widely, but there are very VERY few places that I would want to actually live.

My Husband is Canadian, so he has moved abroad and is living the English village life here on the island, he likes it here, it's VERY different to living in Toronto, and VERY VERY different to living in Canada, we do almost speak the same language however, at least enough to make ourselves understood lol :laugh:

Oh sorry! I live in Indiana

A fellow Hoosier! I was born and raised in Indiana and currently live near Lafayette.

I've lived in:

Oman
Turkey
Egypt
Kuwait
Syria
Chad
Yemen
Thailand
Indonesia
Brunei

I've visited about 40 more, and truly loved my experiences. Whether you can do this type of lifestyle depends on you, can you adapt and realize you aren't in Kansas anymore (or Indiana), enjoy the differences or be frustrated by them?

I could live in China, depends on the area, I like Shanghai and the surrounding cities, Beijing is OK, Shenzhen would probably be OK as well. More rural I would really have to think about it (would depend on my work schedule), I'd have to take a pass on living in Chad again! (one civil war rescue is enough)