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I'm not an ex-pat in the sense that I am no longer an American citizen but I've spent the last ten years living overseas due to my husband's job, seven in Germany and now three in England. My experiences during this time have changed me profoundly and looking back, I wouldn't change anything (not even being so far away from family and friends just months after getting married and at so young an age).

My one regret now is that we hopefully have a baby on the way (4DPO after IUI today) and we're scheduled to move back to the US for a couple of years in April. My husband and I REALLY regret not being able to spend the first few years of our child's life overseas but hopefully we'll be able to do it in a few years instead and at least then the kid will be old enough to actually appreciate it a bit If we could, I think we would spend all our working years overseas and then move back to the US for retirement in a quiet rural town.

I'm an expat but Canada isn't as exciting as Mongolia

I've been an expat for the past 6.5 years thanks to DH's job - I followed him to Asia when we were first dating and haven't looked back! We've lived in Hong Kong and Japan, do nothing quite as exotic or challenging as I expect Mongolia must be - but interesting nonetheless!

I was an expat because of my job and the fact I married a non American citizen. There are plusses and minuses to it for sure.

I'm an expat! I moved to Australia 8 years ago, and have since met my husband and settled here properly. We are expecting our first baby in March and have no plans to move back to Canada.
As previous posters have said, there are plusses and minuses. I LOOOOOVE Australia. Its an easy transition from Canada, the cultures are very similar. I make about double here as a teacher what I would make in Canada, and with more job security. My husband also makes a lot more here as a University lecturer than he would almost anywhere else. Though cost of living here is very high, we enjoy a nice lifestyle. I miss my parents, siblings and friends a lot, but I make it a priority to visit home as much as possible. When my parents get older and sicker, I think it might be more difficult. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it! At the moment, I would say that the positives far outweigh the benefits.