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[quote=Anonymous]There's a saying along the lines that we spend half our life trying to get away from our hometown/where we grew up and spend the second half trying to get back to it. If your spouse actually lived in the home country, there would be plenty of negatives to focus on as well. That said, I'm not entirely sure what to do/say to get him to shift his thinking. I often feel like a foreigner in the DMV, compared to where I grew up. My DH gets irritated that I get so negative about it. Reading your post makes me realize that I should work on focusing on the positive. Maybe remind him that if you lived there, that there would be lots of things that he'd find irritating/disappointing. Another thought: There is a thing called reverse culture shock when you return home from living abroad. I hated so many things about the US when I returned form studying abroad, even though I had been homesick.[/quote]
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