Sat, 26 May 2012
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Josta, a Dutch mother living in Geneva, and experiencing her first expat adventure, tells of the blooming social network among expat women – a flower of constant regeneration.Yesterday, I was supposed to meet a friend in the park. Friend… she is a friend of a friend. The concept ‘friend’ has changed since I left my home country and the definition has become much broader. But nevertheless, she is my friend.
We thought it would be nice to invite our mutual friend as well so we would be three (and six kids). But it turned out that, in the end, we were nine (and 15 kids). What happened was, another friend will be leaving next week so she wanted to see me one more time before departure. Of course she was very welcome to join us.
But she wanted to bring another lady, since she just moved here and wanted to meet some people. Of course she was more than welcome as well. Then another one joined, and another, and so on… the more the merrier of course!
Everyone seemed happy and some exchanged phone numbers to meet again in a smaller group (just like we tried to do before things went out of hand). It was a good reflection of how social life develops and how volatile expat life can be – people leaving and people arriving, all during the same afternoon get-together. Everybody talking, no real conversations but everyone seemed happy and upbeat.
Reprinted from ExpatWomen.com, the largest free global website helping expatriate women living overseas.
Photo credits: Sunflowers by AF-Photography (Flickr.com)
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