Getting hate from Americans..
Posted: June 24th, 2016, 12:03 am
Sup gents!
I am very happy living abroad and one of the things that probably happens to most people who expat, is they start to notice what's right with their home country, but almost more importantly, what’s wrong with their country.
So I post my findings on Facebook. Guess who likes all my posts? People from Finland. Guess who hates all my posts? People from America. Even my own family.
But Americans are dumb and ignorant. For example, I posted how safe it is to live in Finland, only to have my sister post stats comparing Finland to America.. showing America is more dangerous than Finland, but she posted it as a "haha, Finland isn't so safe!". Idiot.
Then my other cousin, who I haven't seen or talked to in 5 or so years, comes along and says his piece all of a sudden. Like he cares about my life all of a sudden. Dude makes some nice cash (150k) but he works 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. He literally gets 1 day to himself and that's probably doing whatever the misses wants. Neither have passports or ever left the USA. One can't because she's broke and lives off wellfare, and the other works so hard he doesn't have time to travel even thought he has the money to do so. He also has 3 kids and a very high mortgage.
Either way, I get the feeling that I’m seen as a "traitor" for not staying in a country that never gave a dam about me or a helping hand, or from relatives that never contacted me, but all of a sudden want to open their mouth when I did something about it. I have already received so much help here, and true friendship connections.
Has any expats had issues with the family at home over them leaving or posting your findings online?
I am very happy living abroad and one of the things that probably happens to most people who expat, is they start to notice what's right with their home country, but almost more importantly, what’s wrong with their country.
So I post my findings on Facebook. Guess who likes all my posts? People from Finland. Guess who hates all my posts? People from America. Even my own family.
But Americans are dumb and ignorant. For example, I posted how safe it is to live in Finland, only to have my sister post stats comparing Finland to America.. showing America is more dangerous than Finland, but she posted it as a "haha, Finland isn't so safe!". Idiot.
Then my other cousin, who I haven't seen or talked to in 5 or so years, comes along and says his piece all of a sudden. Like he cares about my life all of a sudden. Dude makes some nice cash (150k) but he works 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. He literally gets 1 day to himself and that's probably doing whatever the misses wants. Neither have passports or ever left the USA. One can't because she's broke and lives off wellfare, and the other works so hard he doesn't have time to travel even thought he has the money to do so. He also has 3 kids and a very high mortgage.
Either way, I get the feeling that I’m seen as a "traitor" for not staying in a country that never gave a dam about me or a helping hand, or from relatives that never contacted me, but all of a sudden want to open their mouth when I did something about it. I have already received so much help here, and true friendship connections.
Has any expats had issues with the family at home over them leaving or posting your findings online?