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Q: Do any of your friendships at home dissolve whilst your in China?
I try and kepe in touch with my fam and all my buds back home, though I often wonder if we're ever gonna grow apart and end up not having anything to talk about when we finally see each other again, as my life has been all China for some while. What experiences have you had with this?
10 years 48 weeks ago in Relationships - China
Yes I think this happens slowly. Some of those friends that I would see infrequently tend to drop completely off the radar. I am not too worried as long as I still get plenty of emails about having beers after work, despite not having participated in such an event for more than 2 years.
The sad thing is that most friendships made in an expat community are even more volatile, so if you spend some years in China, when you return you will have less friends. But hey, it's the best friends that keep in touch.
No not really...there was a dog which was one of my best companions. Whenever I go back the dog still remembers me and doesn't seem to lose it's memory! It's nice to keep friendships alive and know that they don't just disappear over a trip overseas to China!
I've been living out of a suitcase for the past 20 years or so, chasing jobs around the world, making friends, losing friends, but... the friends that really count, stay in touch on a regular (email, Skype, phone) or irregular basis (Christmas e-card, Facebook post). And when we do meet again in the flesh after a long hiatus in the relationship, we basically pick up where we left off. So, the friendships don't dissolve. They are simply put on hold until we meet again...
