Where do you call "Home"?
#46
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Re: Homesick in Sydney
you know this is all your fault anyway, i wouldn't have posted in here if it weren't for you
#48
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Re: Where do you call "Home"?
i probably should stop myself here but it's something i have to ask
when you refer to "people back home" don't you ever stop to consider that "home" is where you're at currently?
i don't mean to pick you in particular, it's something i notice regularly and seems strange to me
when you refer to "people back home" don't you ever stop to consider that "home" is where you're at currently?
i don't mean to pick you in particular, it's something i notice regularly and seems strange to me
Home is where the mortgage is ... heart ... whatever.
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Re: Where do you call "Home"?
i probably should stop myself here but it's something i have to ask
when you refer to "people back home" don't you ever stop to consider that "home" is where you're at currently?
i don't mean to pick you in particular, it's something i notice regularly and seems strange to me
when you refer to "people back home" don't you ever stop to consider that "home" is where you're at currently?
i don't mean to pick you in particular, it's something i notice regularly and seems strange to me
#50
Re: Where do you call "Home"?
After reading a lot of this i'm feeling a bit confused and realised something. It wasnt until i had made the concious decision to return that i did actually return to calling UK "home". I think maybe i was trying to convince myself Australia was home when deep down inside i never really felt it was.
If i take a path i usually throw myself into whatever it is 100% and i guess thats why i refused to call England home when i was trying to establish myself. Now that i know i am not here much longer it never will be.
If i take a path i usually throw myself into whatever it is 100% and i guess thats why i refused to call England home when i was trying to establish myself. Now that i know i am not here much longer it never will be.
#51
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Re: Where do you call "Home"?
After reading a lot of this i'm feeling a bit confused and realised something. It wasnt until i had made the concious decision to return that i did actually return to calling UK "home". I think maybe i was trying to convince myself Australia was home when deep down inside i never really felt it was.
If i take a path i usually throw myself into whatever it is 100% and i guess thats why i refused to call England home when i was trying to establish myself. Now that i know i am not here much longer it never will be.
If i take a path i usually throw myself into whatever it is 100% and i guess thats why i refused to call England home when i was trying to establish myself. Now that i know i am not here much longer it never will be.
When I was deciding to stay or go, in effect I was 'homeless'. On deciding to to head back, England became home again - does that make sense.
#52
Re: Where do you call "Home"?
Me too. When I was feeling settled here, I did think of here as home, it doesnt have to a permanent place though & as GG said, its in your head - where you feel happy, comfy etc at a given time.
When I was deciding to stay or go, in effect I was 'homeless'. On deciding to to head back, England became home again - does that make sense.
When I was deciding to stay or go, in effect I was 'homeless'. On deciding to to head back, England became home again - does that make sense.
Well to me it makes perfect sense. I left England in search of a home....I found it not in the physical sense, but inside my head/heart. I can totally understand people who have discovered that the UK is in fact their home.
After all, emigrating is a voyage of discovery
#53
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Re: Where do you call "Home"?
I have CONSTANTLY corrected people on the use of the word 'home', if I refer to the 'other place' then it is 'the UK' ... 'England' sounds wrong for some reason. And I believe it is little things like that that will show a commitment that will be respected ... or something.
Home is where the mortgage is ... heart ... whatever.
Home is where the mortgage is ... heart ... whatever.
i know it shouldn't bother me but it does, well it does when the OH says it :grrr:
#55
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Re: Where do you call "Home"?
It's just an automatic reaction now ... "How are things at home?", "You mean my family in the UK?" ... etc, etc.
I got a hearty laugh recently when I honestly answered a perfectly innocent enquiry of 'Where do you come from' at a party with my QLD suburb ... happy days.
#57
Re: Where do you call "Home"?
Because you're happy here.
People unhappy in Aus have more to gain (and therefore focus on that) than those of us who are happy in Aus. We have more to lose. And so we worry about that.
Home is just a word. Don't let how someone else thinks about it worry you. Even if that someone else is J.
People unhappy in Aus have more to gain (and therefore focus on that) than those of us who are happy in Aus. We have more to lose. And so we worry about that.
Home is just a word. Don't let how someone else thinks about it worry you. Even if that someone else is J.
#59
Re: Where do you call "Home"?
Because you're happy here.
People unhappy in Aus have more to gain (and therefore focus on that) than those of us who are happy in Aus. We have more to lose. And so we worry about that.
Home is just a word. Don't let how someone else thinks about it worry you. Even if that someone else is J.
People unhappy in Aus have more to gain (and therefore focus on that) than those of us who are happy in Aus. We have more to lose. And so we worry about that.
Home is just a word. Don't let how someone else thinks about it worry you. Even if that someone else is J.
Agree with you there mate.
Gedge, I think us women are a lot more attached to people than you guys are. We need our friends and family around us, whereas you guys seem to be content with the smaller family unit. I know I still miss my Mum like crazy, and she's been gone for 3 years now. My OH couldn't care less if he never spoke to his Mum or Dad again.
That's not to say guys don't miss people, but they are happy for a quick chat with them once in a while, women need that 'closeness' that unfortunately Australia takes away because of the distance.
#60
Re: Where do you call "Home"?
i probably should stop myself here but it's something i have to ask
when you refer to "people back home" don't you ever stop to consider that "home" is where you're at currently?
i don't mean to pick you in particular, it's something i notice regularly and seems strange to me
when you refer to "people back home" don't you ever stop to consider that "home" is where you're at currently?
i don't mean to pick you in particular, it's something i notice regularly and seems strange to me
Cheers
Ginny