The Expat Hassle of Keeping Old Friendships Alive [Season 3, Episode 38]

This week the guys address a common concern of long term
expats: how best to keep in touch with family and friends back
home. That is...if you want to.


We're lucky that modern technology such as Facebook and
Skype make it technologically easy to keep in touch, but the
simple fact of being 5,000 miles away makes it impossible to keep
track of the minutiae (and sometimes even the broad strokes) of
people's lives. Both Greg and Ed admit that some triage is
required; difficult choices must be made about who to keep in
touch with and who to drop. But surprise! After Greg complains
about a friend back home who doesn't answer emails, Ed admits
the he is that guy. Ed discusses
his guilt over doing such a bad job maintaining relationships
even though (in theory) modern technology should make it easier.
Although the boys don't come up with any perfect answer to this
problem, they air some thoughts and advice about how not to
alienate important people back home.


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