https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:57:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55193 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:24:31 +0000 MamaMoose 55193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MH.Abroad: Yess! I love it when I'm right : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55160 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:14:35 +0000 mediagirl 55160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I assume military because I have never been exposed to other jobs that would keep someone out of the country for years at a time. I also assumed military after you said you were moving back to the states for a while, but were only going to be where you were moving to for a short period of time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55154 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:47:15 +0000 MH.Abroad 55154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @MamaMoose: Not all the snap judgements are negative, just quick assumptions. People often have a very specific idea of what it means to live abroad.<br /> The negative ones are usually one of two things - either they think I'm rich and just move around the world for the fun of it and don't really work (SOOO not true, lol) or they think I'm a complete bum and just sort of float around trying to find odd jobs while seeing the world (still not true). </p> <p>By the way, MAMAMOOSE, you are right. I grew up a military kid and then a missionary kid, and I now do aid work. Good guess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55140 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:09:52 +0000 MamaMoose 55140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well it's sort of unfair because I know you've been abroad since childhood. I don't know why but because of that I always assumed you were in some sort of aid position (peace corps, teaching English as a second language, etc.) I kind of figured that's what your parents did and they instilled a love for it in you. My second guess is that you have a military connection because I know you move a lot. But I make no assumption about your personality or the kind of person you are. I'm very surprised to hear that people do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55138 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:27:05 +0000 looch 55138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really, people are making snap judgements of you because you live overseas? In a negative sense? I moved abroad for both a job and a relationship, most people in my circle relocate for work.</p> <p>I've never come across that, most people in my life know that I am an American living abroad and have nothing but good things to say about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55132 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:03:11 +0000 cyneswith 55132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I assume that you are an American, and somehow I loosely assume you live in Europe (otherwise, people tend to specify at least the continent.) I also assume you are in a job that is either difficult to explain or sensitive in nature. I tend to hear more "I'm a missionary in Papua New Guinea" or "I'm on a trip to Brazil" or "I'm on assignment abroad." When you say you live abroad, I assume you are settled somewhere and don't have a permanent home in the states, which (in my mind) rules out travel writer, journalist, businessperson, missionary in legal territory, military contractor, etc. The only person I knew who said "I'm going abroad for a while" was on a rescue mission to get some US citizens out of some deep trouble - and I'm pretty sure it wasn't quite legal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55129 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:49:25 +0000 DigAPony 55129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would assume that you had moved overseas to be with a partner, rather than for a job--but that's a completely unfair assumption to make! </p> <p>The only people I know who live overseas live there because of a relationship or because they're teachers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-when-i-say#post-55105 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:46:49 +0000 MH.Abroad 55105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...that I live overseas? I get interesting reactions sometimes. People make a snap judgement of who I am as a person.<br /> So it got me to thinking. There are many different types of international jobs, but which one do you think of first?</p> <p>Going a step further, what type of person do you imagine in the job?</p> <p>When I think of a computer tech, for instance, my immediate mind picture is a male, dark short hair, bold glasses, kind of quiet, overall a good person but not the "hero" risk taker type. Not at all true of many computer techs obviously, but still what jumps to my mind.<br /> What are the stereotypical, "instant reaction", whatever pops into your head, kind of people you imagine in these common international jobs:</p> <p>International Businessman/woman<br /> Missionary<br /> Travel Writer<br /> Tour Guide<br /> Charity Worker/Teacher </p>