Dating (2)
Whether it is expat to expat or expat to local, cross-cultural dating has all the normal challenges of dating—plus a whole lot more. During the ten years I lived abroad, I dated plenty of men, and I had my fair share of interesting and enlightening experiences.
Dating
There are guides to help you learn the language, learn to shop, and learn to get around, but not much published material that can really help you with cross-cultural dating. That you have to learn on your own. Dating overseas is not like dating someone from your home country, in your home country. Subtleties and [...]
Sexual Misinterpretation (3)
Once I was on a train in Japan when a man sat across from me with a briefcase on his lap. He closed his eyes, and I thought he fell asleep . . . until his briefcase started going up and down. He was masturbating right in front of me!
Sexual Misinterpretation (2)
I had wrapped up a contract with a client in Malaysia, and he asked me for tea in the hotel lobby. I accepted, we talked, and then he asked if I was ready to go to his room. I stuttered and asked what did he mean? He said that he assumed, naturally, since I was [...]
Sexual Misinterpretation
Almost every woman we’ve spoken to about being overseas has a story about being “hit on” or, to put it more politely, receiving amorous advances. There are many reasons why, such as that men think that since you are a strong, confident woman, you don’t have a man and so may want or need sex. [...]