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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was born in another country, immigrated here and moved around a lot as a child. Then I went to college and grad school in different cities, worked in nyc and then moved to dc (Virginia).

Depending on who I’m talking to, I may say I’m from X country since I was born there and identify culturally. Other times I may say I’m from ny since I just moved from there. I got married there, had 2 of my kids there, etc. other times I may say I lived in A or B state if I meet a person from A or B state. I did grow up in A and B state but not my entire childhood.

If I’m overseas or on the west coast, I say I’m from dc. I worked in dc but never actually lived there. We live in VA. I do not think I am lying by telling people I’m from dc. We have lived here for over 10 years. My kids are from here although they were born in nyc.

[b]There was once this nosy busybody who told another friend to watch out for me because I was a liar.[/b] I had said I went to college in X. X was the city of the college where my college was located but I went to a different named college. I also went to grad school twice so attended in different cities. The busybody was convinced I was a liar. I always thought she was weird. It wasn’t even worth it to explain to her that I lived in several states when I was a child.

I have a friend who I met thinking she was from the west coast. I learned later she mostly grew up in Canada and was born in another country. I really don’t care where she is from.

I have a friend from California who seems obsessed with WHERE in California someone is from. I have a friend from a suburb of LA. She grew up there and I always thought she was from LA. My friend always corrects me and says she is not from LA. Another friend is from the Midwest and went CA for grad school, got married there and lived there before moving to DC. CA friend again says how my friend is not really from CA.

OP, this says more about you than others.[/quote]

Sounds like she was right though...[/quote]

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