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Haha nice.

I think it depends on the kid and the family. I was never really upset by being “uprooted”, because my family drilled into us at a young age that our family unit was all we needed, and every move was an adventure. It sounds really cheesy and Disney-esque to say, but I really didn’t get mad at my parents for moving us all the time. If it’s all you know, then it’s not hard. I think it would be more difficult to be uprooted once from a place you’ve called home for a long time.

It’s a mentality thing- you just start to view everything as temporary. Maybe that’s had some negative consequences for me as an adult haha but as a kid it worked just great.

In terms of the current political situation, both my parents have changed careers so it does not directly effect me at all. However, one of my family’s close friends (who had been working at a higher level of government in DC) was, uh, removed, and that was very interesting to see.

That being said, there is no way that either of my parents would have continued working for our current president (and has played a role in why I haven’t more strongly considered following in their footsteps for now).

I think what he did is incredibly stupid and dangerous. There, I said it.

It kind of depended on where we lived, I would say. For the most part I felt very integrated- learned the local language, went to schools with local kids (although as I got older I started going to International Schools). It was more of a feeling of a community within a community- the “Embassy family” was a tight knit group that you could rely on, but otherwise it was pretty common to assimilate in to the local culture.

Thanks for asking! Conversational, I would just say two at this point in my life. But I could get by in a few others and I’ve been able to re-learn some languages pretty quickly as an adult in my own travels.

You’re totally right, it is. I was trying to be as specific as I felt comfortable. You can infer that when I said “Europe” I meant ‘the Continent’, as the Brits would say.

And I’m sorry you are disappointed that I’m not sharing details of where exactly I’ve lived, but there are apparently plenty of questions to be asked that don’t require that specific knowledge. Let me know if you have any other questions about my experience!