From trailing spouse to working girl
This post was updated in 2017 in a few places to reflect the current reality. Trailing spouse: someone who follows their income earning spouse to a foreign country without having employment organised for themselves. Generally, the trailing spouse is female, but I've certainly met a fair few of the male variety! I find it a belittling term to be honest, as if we are lesser beings whose existence is dependent solely upon the earnings of our working spouse. Oh alright, I'll admit it - our existence in Singapore is dependent upon the earnings of our working spouse - it even says so on our little green cards, the ones so appropriately labelled Dependant's Pass, but that's not my point.