mardi 28 février 2012

The expatriate's wednesdays: The activities of the expat wife !


From left to right:
what my friends think I do / what my mom thinks I do / what my husband thinks I do
what the locals think I do / what I think I do / what I really do

Like so many of us, you probably have a facebook account !
You may have or will very soon see this app.

It made me laugh ! What do you think of it ?
Reactions show that expat wives do agree 100 % !

What representations ! Are you surprised ?

An easy life made of pleasures and money for our close ones
A life when we easily and nicely juggle with our non stop 'to-do lists'

And reality:
Spending our life with the administration ! !

Clearly, we are persuaded that our dear ones are totally wrong about our daily life which is so much filled with admin  ! !

How do you feel this distance between other's fantasms about your life and your expat reality ?

Is it that important at the end, what others think about your life ?

How is it possible to change our own attitudes if we feel discomfort / anger that the others do not really know what's going on for us ?

Others will change only if they want to, only if they want to listen.

In the human equation, we can only change ... ourselves

And this is enORmOuS ! ! !

Because that means the balance of the relations can be modified ! !

How ?
By thousands different means ! !
Thousands and even more ! !

. . .
 
And let's be honest, There is also some truth within all these pics;
If we want, we can travel, take care of ourselves, spend time with friends, do some shopping, and we are quite good at dealing with the internet guys, organising all the sporty-cultural activities of the entire family and many other horrid things in many langages ! !
 
For example, today, I spend 3/4 of my time wandering in Rio taking pics !
 
How about you ?
 


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