it took me 6 years working abroad to realise that I could speak more freely with a random stranger from my homeland, than I ever could with my (now ex-)girlfriend.
I went to japan once (pre-pandemic) and it was a little bit crazy how whenever us english-speaking folks would run into each other we were suddenly best friends. The people I work with would be lucky (good or bad, idfk) to see me speak to any of them throughout the entire course of a day.
it took me 6 years working abroad to realise that I could speak more freely with a random stranger from my homeland, than I ever could with my (now ex-)girlfriend.
I went to japan once (pre-pandemic) and it was a little bit crazy how whenever us english-speaking folks would run into each other we were suddenly best friends. The people I work with would be lucky (good or bad, idfk) to see me speak to any of them throughout the entire course of a day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrxDRUoZCX0