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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.

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.

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.