Primadonna wrote:Both.
In the beginning when I came here I found out that friendships with expats are without content.
You can not make real or deep friendship with them because they will leave sooner of later.
And when you care for someone it is hard to say goodbye every time when one of them leaves.
That hurts sometimes.
So I tried to focus on the local.
In my case very difficult because I live not in a fancy area and the people are on their own. They invite me for tea but I see never them at my place. Besides this I found out that their mentality do not match with mine...
Now, I don't care with whom I become friends, as long their is a "click" and I like to spend some time with.
As long I feel comfortable with that person and I can learn or get inspired by them, it makes me a better person.
You are right about what you say.. The thing is i call friends the ones i can trust, not the ones i spend some time with.. These are to me just people i know... I don't think people from a fancy area mix a lot with others, unless there is a big amount of trust.. All in all i see too much opportunism, everybody blames the economy, but what has the economy to do with a friendships!