Moving to Dubai can be tough, especially if you’re arriving to a big new city with no friends.

But eventually you find your feet and, if you’re lucky, you’ll make a couple of good friends along the way.

We tend to stick closer to our friends here than we do at ‘home’ and eventually your Dubai family begins to morph into your real one. 

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Here are 5 reasons why your Dubai family is better than your real one

1. Your Dubai family doesn’t judge you for weight gain that may have occurred over the holidays

They SUPPORT your love of food

2. Your Dubai family approves of double-brunches, rollovers and everything in between

3. Your Dubai family doesn’t lecture you constantly about how much money you SHOULD be saving

4. Your Dubai family will never ask you guilt-trip style questions about when you’re moving ‘home’

5. Your Dubai family doesn’t judge you for having ten different takeout places on speed-dial 

(Or for being on first-name terms with the delivery guy.)