vanity

+1

This is my experience too. I find the moral compass point depressing.

If you are useful or in the vicinity, they are pretty nice though.

vanity

Oink, why do you live here then, and are you just sarcastic because seriously, you must deal with your fellow country people and hang out with them

Oink

1) Work.

2) As little as practically possible. Mostly get the girlfriend to interact with them.

3) Not a chance in hell.

MarylandNed

Same here in the US. I know many US passport holders who don't really consider themselves to be American. One close friend is originally from Peru, holds US citizenship and feels unwelcome in the US. She feels that too many Americans consider it to be a white, heterosexual, Christian country and that anything outside of that is somehow less American. All Hispanics seem to be considered as potential illegal immigrants when the reality is that there are legal and illegal immigrants of all backgrounds here. The current election campaign is certainly not helping to make her feel more at home.

Juggernaut1064

Ive been here nearly 11 years and feel i have adapted to life in Canada. It wasn't easy though as im single and i dont make friends easily, My first friends where fellow brits brought over by the same trucking company. I think having decent numbers arriving created a superb support network and social network very quickly. If you arrive alone i think it's much much harder to make a social circle up.
Some still failed here in Canada, some spectacularly ! If Canada isnt right for you then it just wont work ! Recognising that it isnt working and planning your withdrawal back to the Scotland is the best thing you can do.
My friends network isnt solely brit now and i have friends from all over the world as well as Canada BUT only a few, Ive never been someone who had large numbers of friends which maybe helped me adapt to life here ?
Once your back in Scotland the bad memories will fade leaving you with the good ones, I'm hoping you have some good memories !
I did travel back to the UK last year for a Family wedding and i visited my old city (Hull) and i felt utterly detached and out of phase with the city and the people, Or maybe i'm just getting old now lol
Good Luck on your return to Glasgow !

vanity

OK

Wouldn't that make you feel depressed - but I assume you are generally like this? i.e. Do you like British folks for example

Oink

Not a bit, its rather enjoyable and liberating living in a country where you genuinely don't give a naff about the people or the place.

not2old

Seeing that you've been in Canada just a couple of years, do you go out of your way to only 'hang out' with British people, or do you mix with folks from different cultures that are also immigrants to Canada - then whinge about everyone else that is 'not British like' to your taste?

KuroKuro

My workplace is an exceedingly mixed place culturally, with people from all over the world working there. It's a nice environment in that not many people are from BC, so everybody is being nice to everyone else, no matter how weird they or their humor seem.

I lean a lot on being the "quirky British girl". If I say something weird or I'm ignorant of something I'll immediately follow up with "...is this a British thing?" or "Do I not know this because I'm not from here?" It does wonders for me because then I get to sit back and try to explain things or have them explained to me. It's cultural sharing.

vanity

Cool lol

vanity

Nice Kuro!

vanity

Whinging about whinging - anything else?

Jonah_

Hi, I'm in the interior near Kelowna. I don't want to be too specific as I'm learning these small town tend to gossip! It'll be great to go to an event.

ivobla

Good Luck! I am debating what to do too.Something is missing nothing clicks! All my friends are Eastern European !!!

mariabc

We're going back to Europe after 18 years here and one of the reasons is the lack of 'buzz' here in Canada. During our time here we made lots of acquaintances but not many real friends and found most of them quite 'blah'. Maybe it's the environment here or its just the Canadian personality, but eventually the lack of motivation can affect you, as it has in our case. When ever we've been back to Europe we've found people more motivated and excited about life, something we hope to get back when we move back.