22 Signs You're a True Expat

You left your home country to go live somewhere new, but have you reached true expat status? Take this quick test and find out!!

You’ve made a new life for yourself in another corner of the world.

But have you crossed the line to becoming a true expat??

Test yourself on these 22 signs of a true expat and see for yourself!!

1. You get cravings for silly things like Heinz ketchup and Hershey bars

2. You get grumpy about the very same things that initially drew you to your adopted home

3. You often feel torn between two identities.

4. You’re friends with expats, but only those who arrived around the same time as you

5. You find newbies irritating

6. You sometimes dream in a foreign language

7. You’ve attended weddings, birthday parties and baby showers….. on Skpye!

8. Your old life seems gray

9. After many iterations, you’ve finally perfected the The Ultimate Guest Tour

10. You pity those still stuck in corporate life

11. Your friends have become your family

12. You’ve eaten things you never dreamed you would

13. You get strangely defensive when someone (who doesn’t live there) criticizes your adopted home

14. You wouldn’t be seen dead in the ‘expat bars’

15. You’re a lot more adventurous than you used to be

16. When you fly back, nothing ever seems to change

17. You never get bored of gloating about your new life

18. You plan less and do more

19. You turn up late but are often early

20. You’ve attended countless leaving parties for friends who ‘went back’

21. Your family have stopped asking you when you’re coming home

22. Home is where you are now

How did you score? More than 15 out of 22 and we’d say you’re a true expat, let us know!