You might be a 3rd culture kid if...
-You can speak 3 languages but can’t spell in any of them
-You try to bargain with a checkout girl for a lower price when you're on home leave
-You consider a city 500 km away very close
-You have a time zone map next to your telephone
-You watch National Geographic and recognize someone
-You have friends from or in at least 10 different countries
-You can speak with authority on the subject of bathrooms in many countries
-You can’t answer the question “where are you from” in less than 10 minutes
-You have a passport but no driver’s license
-You know how to pack
-You think it’s normal to fit 15 people into a car
-You watch a movie set in a foreign country and you know what the local people are really saying
-You consider parasites or diarrhea to be appropriate dinner conversation.
-You miss the sub-titles when you see the latest movie.
-You think “visa” is a document stamped in your passport, not a plastic credit card
-You go into culture shock upon returning to your "home" country.
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