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[quote=Anonymous]My BIL and SIL and family are foreign service and they have definitely reaped the economic benefits of foreign service life.  For example, they paid off their house here in 15 years and built a huge addition on the same house which basically doubled it in size.  They had cheap childcare and help for most of their children's young lives which allowed them to do a lot of things they would not have been able to do here.   But, I do think their personal lives have taken a turn for the worse.  My SIL cannot seem to leave the party life she experienced overseas and she and all her foreign service friends are always lamenting how busy/expensive it is here, and how much better life was in their last posting (they've now been back here for 3+ years).  Alcohol was a huge part of their lives over there, and still seems to be now that they are back here.  My BIL seems detached from the family and no one seems to like each other very much when they are together.  The kids are doing OK in school overall, but often seem morose and unhappy.  Of course, I am sure this is not true of every foreign service family, but it seems like they and all their friends who are now back here are having a difficult time adjusting and seem to think life was so much better overseas.  [/quote]

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