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Can TCKs successfully co-exist with Non-TCKs? And can TCKs “click” with other TCKs if they’re background is so different?

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We received this email from someone who would like your opinion:

Do you think TCK’s can ever relate to, and even co-exist, with someone who isn’t? There are many TCK’s out there (especially here in Geneva), but that doesn’t mean they ‘click’, if they’re backgrounds are still so different.


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August 23, 2008 | Filed Under General Forum 

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14 Responses to “Can TCKs successfully co-exist with Non-TCKs? And can TCKs “click” with other TCKs if they’re background is so different?”

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    MsMerising Says:
    August 31st, 2008 at 11:49 am

    @ ANOUTSIDER

    I hear you. I am an outgoing woman and am very interested in knowing people intimately. What I find funny is I work the room getting to know people’s live stories and because they are not used to being so free so quickly they withdraw just as quickly. Like you, I find small groups of people with diverse interests much more socially rewarding than packs of people just drinking etc

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    Ayako
    Ayako Says:
    August 31st, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Anoutsider: “However, what I find really hard is to fit in with a *group* of non-TCKs. ” < —I know what you mean here exactly! One non-TCK is one thing but a whole group of them is another. :p

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    Tee Says:
    August 31st, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    For me, it depends on the person. For myself, all day I walk around ranting and raving about not finding people like me and are too American. Presently I have no friends. In the past I had friends for everything, tcks and non alike. I never really thought about making friends like me until recent major transitions I’ve gone through. I moved to a new location, been here for 4 yrs and still cannot make friends. (I won’t steal from the post here and make a separate one along these lines later.) The people I did meet and hang out w/ a little had such different values from me, I just had to end the acquaintance. I just didn’t click at all. Nothing. The very odd thing about it is these people usually like me-and I end up loathing them ;).

    So it is whether or not I click w/ them, are our values the same, and do we have similiar interests. I like people like this whether or not they are tcks. When our backgrounds were the same, living overseas for 4-6 yrs during their formative years, then it was the best match (it was a nightmare when we or they would move!)I never related too well w/ MKs who lived their whole life overseas (I grew up around many Christians).

    Sidebar: My best friends in the past were an MK and a military brat. I’m a military brat. All my good relationships in the past were All tcks. Of course I’ve lost contact w/ most of them long ago:(

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    MsMerising Says:
    September 1st, 2008 at 11:21 am

    @ TEE

    I hear you. I have been in L.A. for 4 years and have not made any close friends either. But I have recently began talking to someone who I feel a strong mutual connection with. Lo and behold, cross-cultural and spent 10 years in the Marines. Go figure :P

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