Just to add also, the final few weeks she actually had to crash with me because her rental expired, we had a brief period of domestic life and what could have been. It was definitely bittersweet and we saved our crying until the last possible moment

The one I heard is from more the higher end expats who miss having domestic staff help with most of their chores while in Asia, sometimes it’s part of the expat package

Tbh it was quite brief but we were young and just kind of went with it an try to appreciate the time we had together, knowing that there was probably a deadline, and it was probably going to forever. We kept in touch by email for a couple of years as friends and then just kind of drifted apart anyway. we probably both found someone more suitable at the end but I don’t think either one of us felt like we wasted the time that we were together.

Been there myself. We both had to accept that it was time limited because we both wanted to pursue other things that weren’t Mutually compatible . At the end we said we will keep in touch and if it’s meant to be we can always reconnect.

After 6 months she moved on and after a year or so , so did I . (Both in our respective new countries)

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