Originally Posted by HBG

Reading through this interesting thread, I got to thinking about nationality, moving between countries, learning more than one language, knowing more than one culture, and finally, does it make you a better-rounded, happier person?

I went to a school reunion a couple of years ago and met up with a childhood pal. He stayed in the same small town and one steady job and one house all of his life. When I tried to tell him about some of the places I had seen, the people I’d met, my exciting life, he suddenly had tears in his eyes.

He said, “I’m so sorry you had to endure all that shit and I wish you had stayed here like I did, and you’d have been just as happy as me.”

It did make me think.

Originally Posted by goaty

Experiences can´t bring happiness true, but I´d have preferred your life, but yes each to their own.