YOU CAN TELL YOU’RE AN EXPAT WHEN:

You have to think for a minute when someone asks you, “Where are you from.”

You watch National Geographic and recognize someone.

You have a time zone map next to your telephone.

You sort your friends by continent.

You watch a foreign movie and know what the nationals are REALLY saying.

You haggle with the checkout clerk in your hometown grocery store.

You automatically take off your shoes at the door.

National Geographic programs make you homesick.

You will never again eat Uncle Ben’s rice.

I don’t know who to credit for the above but keep adding to the list.