Article by Charlie Hartmann Learning to live with saying goodbye as others move on is never easy, but that should not stop us from making friendships to begin with. When we were in the full throes of our expat lives, I remember going to a party in Frankfurt and spending a very pleasant hour talking to a localized international resident. At the end of the party I suggested we meet up again in the coming week to which she replied: “You seem like a very nice person, but you will be gone in a couple of years and I will be left heartbroken again.” At the time I found her comment odd to say the least, but having now become a local