I am not rich. Privileged in many ways, but not at all rich. I made decisions from early on (avoid pets and marriage and kids, give up all my stuff, find paying work abroad) that have allowed me to spend the past seven years living and traveling through 11 different countries. It meant I had to sacrifice certain…

Oh gawwwd I need this now. I have spent the past seven years living and kind of accidentally settling down in a foreign country and I'm about to leave my nice apartment, chuck most of my possessions, quit my job, give up my ability to save half of my salary, and move to yet another foreign country and start from zero…

When he was five, my little brother was playing in the back yard while my parents were on a break from yard work. He came across a garden hoe and decided to live out all his cartoon fantasies. He stepped on it, sent the handle flying up toward his face, and gave himself a giant bruised goose egg that didn't go away…

You seem like a real delight. Go worry about your own marriage.

I'm really surprised at the amount of rude closed minded judgment going on over here. Jfc

I'm really amazed at how goddamned judgmental and nasty is about this. Jfc.

I haven't entered the country yet, but I have a working holiday visa ready to go. It cost about $400 but it was SUPER easy to get. I filled out an online form, submitted my payment and had the visa within a week and a half. I'd have had it more quickly but I'm currently living in a TB risk country so I had to get a…