"WHERE ARE YOU FROM?"

15+ Answers to the Question: “Where are you from?”

• Somewhere out there...
• Do you want the long version or the short version?
• Pick a country—any country!
• Are you asking where I was born, where I grew up, where my parents are from, or what kind of passport I have?
• When I find out I’ll let you know.
• Please don’t ask.
• Um, it’s kind of hard to explain…
• Do you have enough time for this?
• Technically, I’m from…but my parents are from…but I grew up…and I do/don’t speak…but I like living…but technically I’m from…
• Are you sure you want to know?
• That’s a tough question.
• You know, I wish I knew.
• Um, it depends.
• I don’t know.
• Well, all over the world really. Where are you from?

a friend had told me about this book and i have yet to read it, but have 'read-up' a lot about it on the net. i am a 3rd culture kid although i know a lot of people who are way more so than i am, but i come from a long line of 3rd culture kids, way back further than great-grand-parents even... so it's deeply ingrained in my core psyche. check it out: 3rd culture kids