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Ask Orbit · by Tanvir Rahman · 2026-10-10

People who moved to a new country as an adult, what surprised you most?

not the big stuff like language or food, its the tiny things. how you greet a neighbour, when dinner happens, how much small talk is expected

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Wanjiku Mwangi · 10 likes

i'd say start small, anything bigger fell apart for me

Maya Putri · 3 likes

i had the opposite experience tbh

Mina Chowdhury · 1 likes

can confirm

Linh Tran · 9 likes

this is the content i come here for

Giulia Rossi · 5 likes

yeah no, same

Nima Ahmadi · 2 likes

thats a good way to put it

Omar Al Falasi · 8 likes

hmm this took me way longer to figure out than id like to admit

Maya Williams · 7 likes

yeah for me its definitely the simple stuff

Mara Fischer · 5 likes

ok i have a whole story about this, short version: it went badly then well

Zeynep Demir · 2 likes

so your saying we wait and see though

Huy Le · 3 likes

cant believe i never thought about it that way

Brave River · 1 likes

depends on the day but yes

Bianca Santos · 1 likes

yep, 100%

Maya Putri · 0 likes

lol this

Angel Reyes · 0 likes

honestly no idea but im reading every reply

Rapid Coder · 4 likes

haha yes

Miguel Santos · 3 likes

agree to disagree but respect

Solar Marauder · 0 likes

ha, this is so relatable imo