Ex-pat expectations

Why move to a new place if you’re not looking to engage with a new perspective? It’s the initial groundwork that’s tough, but the payoff can be that much better.

As a 40-year-old man, when you pack up your old life for a new one where you don’t have a job or really a plan other than being there to support your family you will likely become a hunk, a chunk, or a monk, writes Andrew Elliott. Pexels photograph by Wallace Silva

Opinion

BY ANDREW ELLIOTT

November 1, 2023

KINGSTON, JAMAICA—A hunk, a monk, or a chunk. No matter the destination, those are the three varieties of an accompanying male spouse when they join their partner on a diplomatic posting. At least that’s what a veteran female accompanying spouse told me as we flipped thr...

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