- The top question you get asked when meeting someone new is probably: “Where are you from?” After hearing your kinda American, kinda American, slightly British accent, who wouldn’t?
- You wake up to at least a dozen texts, Snapchats, new posts, and likes everyday. Just as you went to sleep the night before, your best friend back home in South Africa probably just woke up and we all know how much time difference sucks.
- Speaking of time differences, you pretty much have all the time zones listed on your clock app so you can check if your friend in Dubai is awake to text you back.
- You spend half your time at airports.
- Speaking of airports, you’re occasionally on the same flights as someone from school.
- You know that Taco Bell tastes different everywhere. (FYI, American Taco Bell is the best!)
- No matter how many goodbyes you say, they never get any easier.
- Your family group chat probably goes off every other minute. Your mom probably insists on sending the family daily photos of your dog, food from back home, or maybe even selfies with your grandma for the amusement of your siblings at college halfway across the world. A folder is probably needed just for photos from the group chat!
- Your family is probably only together for a couple times a year. Besides, your sister probably prefers adventuring with her Spanish boyfriend and his family for the summer, which is again, halfway across the world from home.
- You can probably swear in at least 5 different languages. I mean, who wouldn’t wanna know how to say f*ck in Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, Arabic and more?
- Your passport probably has about a billion stamps in it from traveling to and from home every couple months.
- You never know which of your three addresses to fill in whenever a form asks for your address. Do they mean home, home home or…?
- You’ve tasted the most legit and authentic food of every cuisine there is.
- You constantly use the calculator app on your phone to convert prices to at least two different currencies before buying anything.
- The fact that you move around so much means you never make it to any of the yearbooks.
- And because of that, jumping in halfway during the school year means you probably repeat certain topics in class over and over again (and probably falling asleep while you’re at it!).
