Ain't that true! The stories about pruning qq and skype lists never gets old. I was talking about this with someone I know working in China the other day. It's hard to find a dependable relationship anywhere, but being in a place where you do not know the cultural mindset of people you can really hang yourself out to dry.

For me, many of the "outgoing" types I met especially expats in China all had hidden agendas and carried a malevolent streak about them. It was the ones who would have been labeled "weird" back home with playing xbox or Dungeons and Dragons all day at their home that were more mellow and introverted, therefore easier to talk to and get along with. You can't really pick and choose expat friends when you are an expat yourself.