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Q: Communicating with the folks back home...

Do you have many 'real' conversations anymore?

 

Or is it all wechat moments, and Facebook updates?

 

Who puts in more effort to stay in touch - you or the people you left behind?

 

And have you lost people who just drifted away?

 

 

 

"The people who drifted out of my life never really tried to be in it".

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There are occasional Skype calls (Christmas, thanksgiving, Easter...).  The rest is mostly Wechat moments and Facebook.

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I have my parents and siblings on wechat. We talk daily. Skype calls weekly. Most friends have drifted away but close friends we still chat semi weekly on Facebook.

I think I and my family and friends have done pretty well considering its been 8 years

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I usually talk to my friends and family via Skype or emails. I hate using the phone because I used to work in a technical support center and for security alarm system. Was always on the phone...

 

Most of my old friends have moved on... don't have too much in common since I moved to China and they mostly started families or bummed out. I don't use Facebook all that much because I really don't like social media.

 

I stay on top of the important updates but to be honest, I think I am doing a lot more here than they are doing back home, so there isn't too many updates for them to give me.

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I am in regular email contact with my parents and my brother.  Up until a year or so ago the same applied to my daughters but they've moved away from email.  Seems it's so yesterday these days.  I love email.  I think it's one of the great inventions of our time.

Did skype twice about 5 yrs ago...not my style.  Don't call anyone.  Have never looked at wechat, facebook, etc..

Got a couple of mates in regular email contact too.  Just this afternoon one of them got word I'll be in Melbourne in August and he's arranging for us to go to the footy while I'm there.

I will dash off a few emails before I leave China for Australia to tee up some rendezvous with some old mates and expect to catch up with some of them while I'm there.

It's good to stay in contact with some of the people from the real world.

 

 

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