I met a few foreigners-most of which were friends of friends or visiting from other countries-that just outwardly admitted a distaste for Americans. This doesn’t always garner us the greatest of reputations, especially with ethnocentric leadership in office during the Bush Jr. We Yankees are often considered by many peace-loving nations as the bullies of the world, inflicting our beliefs and principles on other nations at war, whether they liked it or not. Our presence in world conflicts doesn’t get lost to many foreigners. Some of these are true, while others aren’t totally, completely accurate. That the United States was the first of any nation to do a lot of things: invent the telephone, the television, first in flight, the internet, smart phones, the works. We are taught in America that we are the greatest country that has ever been. There is definitely deep-rooted cynicism from many foreigners about what the United States stands for and its role on the grand world scale. And an expat living in their country meant that I was an exotic foreigner available like some kind of banned pet that garnered oohs and aahs at elementary school show-n-tells. I’m different looking than a lot of the population and opposites attract.
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In Latin America and southern Europe, however, these genes, plus my American nationality, often help me feel like a very mini-superstar. But at 5’7” (I might be stretching that a bit), these features just make me another boy-next-door type while in the states. Sure, I have dirty blond hair and blue eyes. But to foreigners, I was aberration: part of a complex machine from the biggest power house nation on the planet. To me, I was just a plain-Jane gal (guy) originally from the Midwest coming to a country near you via Los Angeles.
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American movies are what dominates the foreign box offices. A song from a US artist is at least every 5th or so piece played in the clubs. Our pop-stars are always playing, in English, on the radio. So, no matter where you look or listen, there is influence from the United States everywhere. Somewhere along the lines, America became a power house in media and entertainment.
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I never looked at myself as exotic until I lived overseas. And dating, as an expat? Well, that’s an entirely different animal, especially for a gay man in his twenties in countries like the U.K., France, Australia, and Costa Rica. It’s exciting because everything is different than it is back home. Vacationing is completely different than working, cooking, grocery shopping, going to the gym, and LIVING in a foreign land. I wasn’t wrong in thinking this, but I did realize that living abroad took this learning to an entirely different level. Experiencing new cultures, new people, new ways of life, and seeing things you never thought imaginable when back at home. I’ve always said that the best education possible is traveling the world.