Yes, I am an ex-pat

I have been thinking a lot about the article on South African ex-pats. I thought a lot about how the article is correct on the fact that nobody has ever accused me of abandoning my country. Nobody has ever told me I am less of an American for not living my day-to-day life on American soil. But there have always been a lot of questions and assumptions about my husband's role in all of this. Most commonly that it comes as a surprise that he left because of me and we did not meet in Britain. The...