When someone says expat I don't normally correlate that to they took a job as the primary provider temporarily in a foreign country. Expat to me is more like someone that chose to retire in a foreign country. I know its just semantics, but none the less I don't call military guys stationed in say Japan "expats". Now if you say married a Saudi and took a job there specifically to be with her, that would be an expat.

Point being, that's a weird way to phrase it.

Title should be like "Should I take a job in Saudi?"

Big difference from, "should I retire in Saudi?"

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Posted by redstick13

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Posted on 5/29/17 at 2:54 pm to baldona

I'm not military but you're not far off. Basically I don't want to get my arse shipped off to Arabia and never see my son again.

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Posted by HurricaneDunc

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Posted on 5/29/17 at 5:09 pm to baldona

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When someone says expat I don't normally correlate that to they took a job as the primary provider temporarily in a foreign country. Expat to me is more like someone that chose to retire in a foreign country. I know its just semantics, but none the less I don't call military guys stationed in say Japan "expats". Now if you say married a Saudi and took a job there specifically to be with her, that would be an expat. Point being, that's a weird way to phrase it. Title should be like "Should I take a job in Saudi?" Big difference from, "should I retire in Saudi?"

The term expat being used to describe taking a job away from your home country is extremely common in the business world. Not sure there's anything weird about using it in that context.

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