Originally Posted by shane71

Hi there been a while since been on here , well ill get straight to the point , we are waiting for a job offer to be finalized and are moving back to Perth . 1 year ago i never thought we would be doing this but we both finally feel that we can now put our life in the UK to rest . Coming back has made us both realise were we want to be . From my previous posts (and i have read them over and over) and the time we have been back has given us the opportunity to finally realise were we belong . Our memories of the UK should stay that way , life has moved on over here and we do not like what we see . Before emigrating we had well paid jobs and a very good lifestyle , unfortunately we have not been able too find that since being back . Our families are all here and when we tell them of our decision to return i dont think it is going to go down to well .
I dont want to say that Perth is perfect but it has more to offer us than the UK (there is no utopia) . I have my views on the UK and am not persuaded by others opinions and feel that if we dont make the move now we will have missed a great opportunity to live our lives for the better .
We came back and thought we were doing the right thing but over the year have come too realise that , yes we made a mistake and a rather expensive one at that too, but we had the opportunity to do it and it has now put our minds at rest . The rest of our lives now lies ahead of us and we will not be reflecting on the past (we , more so me) have been doing that for too long . So with fresh enthusiasm we await our destiny.

Originally Posted by shane71

Hi there been a while since been on here , well ill get straight to the point , we are waiting for a job offer to be finalized and are moving back to Perth . 1 year ago i never thought we would be doing this but we both finally feel that we can now put our life in the UK to rest . Coming back has made us both realise were we want to be . From my previous posts (and i have read them over and over) and the time we have been back has given us the opportunity to finally realise were we belong . Our memories of the UK should stay that way , life has moved on over here and we do not like what we see . Before emigrating we had well paid jobs and a very good lifestyle , unfortunately we have not been able too find that since being back . Our families are all here and when we tell them of our decision to return i dont think it is going to go down to well .
I dont want to say that Perth is perfect but it has more to offer us than the UK (there is no utopia) . I have my views on the UK and am not persuaded by others opinions and feel that if we dont make the move now we will have missed a great opportunity to live our lives for the better .
We came back and thought we were doing the right thing but over the year have come too realise that , yes we made a mistake and a rather expensive one at that too, but we had the opportunity to do it and it has now put our minds at rest . The rest of our lives now lies ahead of us and we will not be reflecting on the past (we , more so me) have been doing that for too long . So with fresh enthusiasm we await our destiny.

Originally Posted by Menschlein

Oh yes, those wonderful social differences. The humour and tenacity. The easy access to some of the best sights on the planet. We can leave our country, but our country never leaves us. It's ancestral, it's in our blood. Even though some of us are still haunted by post war memories we were not raised to hunt with crossbows, club seals to death, slaughter moose and deer en mass and fewer still ever get used to -40 or +40 temperatures. Life is short, make the most of it, live were your heart is at ease and all else will fall into place.

Originally Posted by shane71

Hi there again , well the time to return to Perth is nearlly upon us but do i really want too ? all was well job lined up relocation package ,then August came and was full on with family sociallising and friends from Perth have been here for a couple of weeks too in fact since end of July things have started to settle down and look rather good .I am finally back in my trade and earning some very good money.My wife is working too and our house is looking great after the hard work of renovating it. After a meal and drinks on saturday we came home and caught the end of last night of the proms before match of the day . Not something i would normally be interested in but was glued to all the flag waving and when they began to sing jerusalm and the national anthem had tears pouring down my face (am i going mad) . I am now not sure that i want to go . We have not had a holiday for 14 months and i feel if we do that then we may just crack it over here.Would love to here of any other ping pong poms who have experienced any thing like this .

Originally Posted by sallysimmons

You are experiencing the perfectly normal cycles of getting used to a new country. It takes 18 months to 2 years to fully settle anywhere and you are just now getting to that point. Personally, I wouldn't leave until the 2 years is up - otherwise you may come to regret it.

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills

You're right Sally

Originally Posted by Menschlein

Oh yes, those wonderful social differences. The humour and tenacity. The easy access to some of the best sights on the planet. We can leave our country, but our country never leaves us. It's ancestral, it's in our blood. Even though some of us are still haunted by post war memories we were not raised to hunt with crossbows, club seals to death, slaughter moose and deer en mass and fewer still ever get used to -40 or +40 temperatures. Life is short, make the most of it, live were your heart is at ease and all else will fall into place.

Originally Posted by lilybilly101

I have to agree too. We have been back nearly as year and we're still finding our feet. We're loving it but there have been and will be ups and downs. Be patient with yourself if you can. I think it's such a huge decision that we've made that any hint of regret makes a returning Brit panic. I so hope things get better soon.