#expatblr

When I find out I’ve been saying a word incorrectly for years and no one ever told me:

When my fellow expats and I get used to being stopped on the street for photos with random strangers:

When a stranger is making rude comments about you and your friends in a language they mistakenly assume none of you understand...and then your friend makes a witty retort:

When I’m the only person of a different nationality at a party and everyone around me starts passionately singing a song I’ve never heard and I’m just like:

Watching your vegan friend realize she’s been eating rice boiled in fish stock for the past two years:

When someone tells me my look is not on trend but I’m rocking something current from another part of the world:

That moment you realize either your language skills are not where you thought they were, or your friends are murderers...and you're not sure which you'd prefer to be true:

When things start to get intense in a multi-lingual group chat: