Just as the title says, please share any coping tips as a spouse who moved for your partner’s career, especially if it was to a country you never would have chosen to live in yourself. I’m more than a year in and have been experiencing serious “expat blues” for a few months now, to the point I’m considering moving back to the US. I’ve formed friendships, devote time each week to hobbies, remind myself it’s only for a few years, etc. But I still can’t get over the vastly different standard of living once I’m outside of the expat bubble. I feel like all the things I disliked about the US are also here, and then some, which makes me feel like a failure as someone who always prided themselves on being a traveler.