I still remain more comfortable with the minorities in the US than the white suburban majority. I cannot relate to the sense of entitlement that flows out of the white middle-class.

I am a student (International Communication) and I have to do a workshop about third culture kids and adults. I am searching for a guestspeaker and someone that we can interview. You are living a bit far away ofcourse, but maybe you know someone in my area that could help me and my group. I live in Belgium, Antwerp. If not, would you do a little interview (over the phone or by mail). Thank you.
Kind regards,
Ilse

Isn’t it great to know there is a name for this cultural dissonance that we feel?

As for frequent changes, I find that I look forward to any change that closes one chapter and opens another. Even if I’m not sure of what’s to come, I delight in letting go of attachments and starting fresh. Most of the time we do things and see people because it’s necessary or expected, and it feels so great to begin a new phase of life without all of that baggage weighing you down. It can be sad and frightening to let go of some good things and face the unexpected, but I find it lightens my load so that I’m free to spring into something new with renewed energy and focus.

I guess for TCK’s it would be impossible to move forward in life if you continued to hold onto everything from the past. It’s a good thing to be able to let most of it slip away otherwise you’d be disabled by loss every time you moved and each move would compound the loss over and over again. It’s a defense mechanism that people who stay in one place probably can’t appreciate.