Ruth Terry
1 min readSep 19, 2019

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My boyfriend is a white “third culture kid” (TCK) because he grew up overseas. There’s all this literature about TCKs and how they have a difficult adjustment in America and they exist “between cultures.” I don’t want to be completely dismissive, but when I first started reading some of the literature, which really helped him process his experiences, I was like, “What’s the big deal? This is how I feel all the time.”

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Ruth Terry
Ruth Terry

Written by Ruth Terry

American freelancer in Istanbul writing about culture, mental health, race & travel. Bylines everywhere from Al Jazeera to Zora. Tw: @Ruth_Terry | IG: @ruth.ist

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