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- 01-18-2011, 12:11 AM #9Registered User
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I agree with thanka2 and carang's comments. The transience of expats here, the fact that people in different financial brackets don't tend to mingle (from my own observations, this seems to be due to the fact that people tend to be more 'calculative' here, and may want something from you....networking is a huge thing here....my experience anyway....and also people here don't like to lose face so are unlikely to hang out with those with much more money than they have....comparing is a huge thing here) and the fact that people are always in a rush and busy to do....what.....I'm not sure (because back home everyone seemed to manage to do all the tasks of daily living) make forming deeply rooted attachments very difficult. I'm a little bit more fortunate as we have a few friends from uni from home who relocated here before we did. Having said that I have made a few great friends through geobaby whom I see regularly with our children, and I think we will be friends for a long time, even if they leave. Good luck!
- 01-18-2011, 10:03 AM #10Registered User
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Thanks ladies,
Your words of advice and things you have been thru really help. I don't need to work but I married and quit my dream job and moved here all within one month and I guess I'm still reeling over the fact that I worked to hard to get that job and now i'm doing nothing. I do believe my bigger obstacle here is making friendships as having no family here and few friends makes it hard to really want to stay, especially thinking of the small support system when baby comes. I love making friends but just don't do so very easily, I'm very friendly but have a hard time making initial small talk with people I don't know and am a bit shy. I'm in pre-natal yoga but I like the idea of the volunteering or joining social groups. Thanks again ladies, your words of advice help a lot :)
- 01-18-2011, 11:10 AM #11Registered User
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