{"id":658,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/13-problems-youll-be-familiar-with-if-youre-an-expat\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:51","slug":"13-problems-youll-be-familiar-with-if-youre-an-expat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/13-problems-youll-be-familiar-with-if-youre-an-expat\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Problems You’ll be Familiar With If You’re an Expat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life abroad is wonderful… most of the time. You know there will be challenges, like learning a new language, but other problems might catch you by surprise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Life abroad is wonderful… most of the time. You know there will be challenges, like learning a new language, but other problems might catch you by surprise.<\/p>\n

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Some expats spend their days posting selfies of themselves sunbathing and tweeting about their amazing lifestyle. But others are a little more honest about the negative sides of life overseas … here are the top 13 moans.<\/p>\n


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1 – It might take you a little while to adjust to living in a different time zone. More than a little while in fact.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2 – Meanwhile things just don’t taste the way they ought to.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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3 – And you will find it hard to find the simplest things in the supermarket.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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4 – Whatever it is that you really crave, you can be sure you won’t be able to buy it in your adopted country.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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5 – Your friends at home will judge you for stuff that is just a normal part of life where you live – like having hired help around the house.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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6 – If only those friends understood how tough life can be. First, there is the nightmare of dating in a place where half the people you meet plan on leaving pretty soon.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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7 – And when people visit from home, they are almost guaranteed to bring some kind of lurgy that you’ve lost all immunity to.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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8 – Life far away from home also means you have to do a lot of forward planning – or face the consequences if you’re prone to procrastination.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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9 – Meanwhile simply getting through the day can be a challenge when everything is back to front and upside down.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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10 – Just communicating with those around you can be an uphill struggle.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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11 – You’ll soon find your visa has run out. And you will waste hours of your life queuing to renew it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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12 – Taking a holiday may not turn out to be the relaxing experience you’d hoped for.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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13 – And the good news is that just as soon as you’ve cracked the local lingo, you’ll realise you’ve forgotten your own.<\/strong><\/span>\"14.png\"<\/p>\n

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