tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post4220954373798557195..comments2024-03-20T09:40:08.593+01:00Comments on Stepping Stones: Jessica's Expat Kind of DayMiss Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755376182972818159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-15770549509584837942006-11-13T22:15:00.000+01:002006-11-13T22:15:00.000+01:00I really like your response to my blog here. I cou...I really like your response to my blog here. I couldn't have said it so well. Laughing is a great way...so is yelling I found. After a week of deep thinking I realized that part of my utter loneliness is the way that every time i make the slightest complaint, my man comes back with a "look on the bright side" comment. I start to keep it all in, and think I'm crazy! Then, yesterday, I let loose (in a cafe FULL of people). I started yelling, not so much at him, but about how if he never supported me in feeling things were bad or crazy or annoying, then i felt ALL alone and a whiner. So today, we had a little bitch fest. and that felt good!Jessica Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226754021061414334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-80279827576056790622006-11-13T10:03:00.000+01:002006-11-13T10:03:00.000+01:00Yep. You know, even if you eventually do "get" the...Yep. You know, even if you eventually do "get" the culture and the language, you still feel the same way inside sometimes. I experience that roller coaster of emotions all the time. And you're so right, Kim, laughter (AND blogging for SURE) really IS the best medicine.christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991148606497381478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-52487317533845543122006-11-13T00:04:00.000+01:002006-11-13T00:04:00.000+01:00You said it...when all our friends at home would d...You said it...when all our friends at home would die to do what we are doing...thay have no idea how hard it is to be outside of the "loop" and without friends and family, even just the normal comfort zone of our life and culture, ...I have never had a better lesson in the realities of the grass is always greener...or is it? But we are still here, it is worth it but I hear you loud and clear...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-41338663868223046292006-11-12T15:01:00.000+01:002006-11-12T15:01:00.000+01:00Thank you, T1, for being raw/honest with these emo...Thank you, T1, for being raw/honest with these emotions and for the link to Jessica's blog. I did read every word from both of you. I like your last paragraph because laughing at ourselves IS what maintains our sanity. In the larger scheme of things, our snafus are nothing! And our loneliness is so much better than the suffering of so many around the world. That's not to minimize the pain of our aloneless but to put it in perspective. <br /><br />So glad you have P!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.com