A quick chat about having the World Cup on your door step. Who has the longest work hours and is it just a part of Expat Life? Should you put up and shut up? What’s it like to work in Qatar during the World Cup?

We answer your questions about our 200th episode: When and how did we meet? What was our favourite holiday as an expat? Where would we like to live next if we could choose our next expat location? What’s our advice for introverted expats? Would we do any of our expat parenting differently if we could do it again?

We’ve also added a couple of our favourite things and a quick chat about The Crown.

How about you? Where was your favourite holiday? Where would you live next if you could choose and what’s your advice for introverted expats. Anything you’d do differently if you could start afresh parenting your expat kids?

Let us know in the comments. xx

Oh and the Mountain Goats song I couldn’t remember the name of is Next Year.

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Are you ‘randomly selected’ for an extra pat down every time you make your way throught the airport? We think we may know the reason why. Listen in to find out why it’s happening to you.

Would you/Could you break up a friendship over conversations about your children going to boarding school? Why does it hurt so much and how to gently discuss.

Our recommendations:

Kirsty: Fed Up, Liquorice Pizza, Australian Story (back catalogue – Joel Edgerton)

Nikki: Bad Sisters, The Old Man, Danish Dipping

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Nikki walks us through her covid on holidays experience.

Would you/could you send packages to a transit hotel? What are the rules? Do all hotels let you do it or are some hotels going to charge you for the privilege? We discuss.

Would you/could you set up a contract with your partner on how many times you’ll be heading to your home country (particularly if you’re both from different countries). Nikki referenced this post with over 80 comments and recommendations.

Our recommendations:

Kirsty: Peaky Blinders, The Twelve, CPAP machines!

Nikki: The Undeclared War, Loot, The Relationship Doctor (Jessie Stephens)

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In would you/could you this week we discuss expat insurance. What do you need? Are you paying too much? Or have you forgotten to pay at all?

We also discuss recent activity in the Two Fat Expats Group. Anger management, political commentary and killing the spirit of expats one post at a time. It’s time for us to have a chat. 🙂

Our favourite things:

Kirsty: The Split season 3, Gaslit, Everything I know about love.

Nikki: The Time Travellers Wife, Chat 10 Looks 3 Live Shows in Sydney, Top Gun Maverick (which Kirsty will probably never see).

This is episode 197, what shall we do to celebrate 200? Kirsty and Sarah began this podcast in 2015, where were you in 2015? What’s changed in your life? How many countries how many moves? We’d loved to hear from you. xx

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We begin with a couple of would you/could you questions.

Would you / could you leave an apple air tag in your shipment (either air or sea) to track your belongings?

Would you / could you take a trip home without your family, if you all hadn’t been ‘home’ for a long time?

Our favourite things

Kirsty – Shane (Shane Warne documentary), House of Gucci (HBO Max), I’ve always struggled with my weight, Losing it didn’t mean winning (NYT article and podcast)

Nikki – Hacks Season 2, Disney + and The Valet, Liar Liar (Podcast)

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We begin with a couple of would you/could you questions.

Would you / could you leave your child in your home country and return to live in your expat location without them?

Would you / could you change your June / July holidays this year? Travelling in the European summer is going to be manic. We discuss some of the issues the Fatterati have encountered with flights, travel, unexpected quarantine and delays.

Our favourite things

Kirsty – Better Things (FX), Reversing Roe (Netflix), 28-ish days (BBC podcast)

Nikki – Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix), Heartstopper (Netflix), The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix)

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Would you / could you agree to remote parenting roles while in separate countries? Nikki asks Why am I organising sleepovers from 10,000 miles away?

Would you/could you tell me what an ESTA is and if so do you feel up to date with its rules and regulations since covid?

Our favourite things

Kirsty – WeCrashed (Apple TV+), Smartless (podcast), I refused to switch seats on a plane, was I wrong? (NY Times article)

Nikki – Bridgerton Season 2 (Netflix), Pieces of Her (Netflix), Hysteria (Netflix)

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Would you / could you (and where) would you swim in your current location?

Would you / could you listen to a podcast at more than 1.0 speed? (Are we better at 1.5?)

Would you / could you pay for the cost of your job interview if it was in another country?

Would you / could you live the same life in two countries if you are splitting your life between them?

Our favourite things

Kirsty – Starstruck Season 2, Somebody Somewhere (HBO), The Betty Broderick Story

Nikki – zookeeper guy instagram account, The Dry (Amazon), As We See It (Amazon)

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What happens when expat love turns sour. Two stories of betrayal, young love and then twenty years on, how do you protect yourself from getting burnt? Why is an expat betrayal any different.

We decide on the best medical face mask to fly with. Stop overs in a time of covid, if you can’t fly direct what do you do in transit and how does it affect your choice?

We’ve also got all of our favourite things.

Ukrainecast – we’re both tuning in daily

Pivoting – Nikki loving it

Fairy Meadow (based on a story from Nikki’s home town)

The Daily – both loving it

Emma Thompson’s piece in the Gaurdian – both loved it

Kirsty wasn’t a fan of Spencer, Nikki yet to see it.

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This week in would you/could you?

Would you/Could you go out without a mask where you live?

Would you/Could you call Lunar New Year Chinese New Year?

Would you/Could you travel with just a ticket and a passport?

We speak to Bridgee a Kiwi in Saudi. If you’re unaware of the situation in New Zealand and what it has been like for their expats and residents you NEED to listen to this interview – plus there’s an insight into the online trolling expats have endured.

And we discuss a few of our favourite things.

Kirsty:

And just like that (the writers room). Love Me (television) . Survivor Australia (television).

Nikki:

The Gilded Age (both the television series and the podcast). How I met your father (television). The Trojan Horse Affair (podcast) Plus the insta account from the Kiwi in Denmark

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