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Article on making friends in a new country
« on: January 16, 2017, 09:04:57 AM »
I don't  know if anyone else reads BBC Capital, but there are always good 'expat' articles in there.  This one was interesting on the attitudes need to make friends in a new country, but that it is also very hard as well.

"...an independent spirit is crucial. There needs to be a degree of fearlessness, and a strong enough mentality to be able to handle the loneliness, which can be crippling at the best of times."
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2017, 10:32:19 AM »
Do you happen to have a copy of that article by any chance that you could share? Would be curious to give it a read through.
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 10:46:41 AM »
The link isn't showing up for you?

Here's the un-hyperlinked version:
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170111-how-do-you-make-friends-in-a-new-country
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 10:47:50 AM »
Quote from: phatbeetle on January 17, 2017, 10:46:41 AM
The link isn't showing up for you?

Sorry! went back and looked again and it's there :) It wasn't showing the underlined bit and the text looks all the same so I didn't notice it! Will take a look at it now, thanks! :)
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2017, 10:53:01 AM »
Quote from: x0Kiss0fDeath on January 17, 2017, 10:47:50 AM
Sorry! went back and looked again and it's there :) It wasn't showing the underlined bit and the text looks all the same so I didn't notice it! Will take a look at it now, thanks! :)

No worries, thought I hadn't done something right  :)
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2017, 10:57:34 AM »
Quote from: phatbeetle on January 17, 2017, 10:53:01 AM
No worries, thought I hadn't done something right  :)

haha nope! most definitely me and my morning brain! (it's nearly 11, you'd think I'd be awake by now!)
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2017, 11:02:04 AM »
Look who's back!
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2017, 11:07:03 AM »
Quote from: jimbocz on January 17, 2017, 11:02:04 AM
Look who's back!

haha me or Phatbeetle?
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2017, 11:18:59 AM »
You!  I was starting to wonder if you'd disappeared
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2017, 11:22:25 AM »
Quote from: jimbocz on January 17, 2017, 11:18:59 AM
You!  I was starting to wonder if you'd disappeared

haha Didn't think anybody would even notice!  ;)  :P

I was so busy over the holidays I pretty much went radio silence! Still alive and well though and I'm back!


Just gave the article a read and just wanted to say that this part has actually worked for me before even living abroad! :

"For Jeannie Liu , the key was being persistent. “I tried going back to the same place again and again, like a restaurant, or a supermarket. Eventually I got to know the people and was invited to all sorts of gatherings. Then I met more people and made more friends.”"

Going to the same place repeatedly is bound to make you at least some casual acquaintances!
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* ILR applied for January 2019 (using priority processing). Approved February 2019.
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Re: Article on making friends in a new country
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2017, 08:30:26 PM »
Quote from: jimbocz on January 17, 2017, 11:02:04 AM
Look who's back!

Back again.... Shady's back... Tell a friend.

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