Hi from USA
#1
Just Joined
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Joined: Nov 2013
Location: Cary NC
Posts: 16
Hi from USA
We moved here nearly 6 weeks ago with my husbands work and I fear I am suffering from culture shock, the blues and isolation. Looking to make friends or chat.
#2
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 41,518
Re: Hi from USA
Hi! It can be tough to adapt. Come on over to the USA part of the forum
#3
Re: Hi from USA
Most of us have experienced culture shock after the 'honeymoon' period...you are not alone. For many it improves as time goes on...but others find it more difficult.
#4
Re: Hi from USA
That's completely natural, I think I felt like that for a year. But every day does get better, and you've got some long hot lazy days to look forward to in the summer That will make you feel much better.
#5
Re: Hi from USA
Hello and welcome,
I am living in Missouri temporarily (2years) and understand your feelings completely! It is normal to feel out of place when you move to somewhere that is very different culturally. It helps to speak to like minded people.
Hope things get easier for you
P
I am living in Missouri temporarily (2years) and understand your feelings completely! It is normal to feel out of place when you move to somewhere that is very different culturally. It helps to speak to like minded people.
Hope things get easier for you
P
#6
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Joined: Aug 2013
Location: Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, US
Posts: 2
Re: Hi from USA
Aloha from Hawaii.
Want to talk about culture shock? Everything is different here, until you get used to it. Take care.
Want to talk about culture shock? Everything is different here, until you get used to it. Take care.
#7
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Joined: Nov 2013
Location: Cary NC
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Re: Hi from USA
Thanks everyone, it's appreciated that my feelings are understood. Hub gets to chat at work and go out with the boys, I seem to be nominated housekeeper, taxi driver, problem solver and I'm so miserable this week, I am even getting on my own nerves .
#8
Re: Hi from USA
All of us on here have experienced the ups and downs of emigrating.
Draw on those experiences, good and bad! Sometimes those bad ones help more, it shows you're not alone which can make it easier to deal with
You've got a lot of karma for one so new
Draw on those experiences, good and bad! Sometimes those bad ones help more, it shows you're not alone which can make it easier to deal with
You've got a lot of karma for one so new