hi everyone.

ive been reading this website for a few weeks now and have just signed up. what i would like to know from everyone is if you could return to the uk and have everything exactly as it was before you left would you?

would you?

ive been here 2 years now and ill be hinest and say give me my old life back anyday

its not all its cracked up to be is it.

ive done a poll. no one knows who you are so be honest please

What don't you like exactly?

We had a great life in the UK, but I wouldn't change this for a million bucks. We love it here. Is it perfect? Of course not, but it's a hell of a lot better for us that the UK.

I feel sorry for all those who are really unhappy, but there is a simple way to fix that

Al

personally, most things. i was told as a carpenter id make loads of money in brisbane. not true. i made a lot more in the uk and didnt have the crap i have here.

i was told australia is cheap. it isnt and getting worse. apart from the weather which is good i dont feel any better life living here. im just wondering if anyone feels the same

Sounds like you didn't research the move properly.

i was here on holiday in 2003 i moved here in 2006. how things changed.

QED. Living in a country is very different to being on holiday in it...as you've just discovered.

just. no.

i take it your happy here. what do you do for a living?

Count Beans!

a comedian everyone. ok i take your replies with a bucket of salt

Alot of things change, even from day to day. If you only came for the money, maybe you made a mistake, as alot of migrants also come here for the change in lifestyle, both for them and their families. What $value were you told that you could earn?
If you can make more money in the UK, do you intend to remain or return? I would find if I moved to the UK a) it is more expensive to live there, and b) I would be making the same or less than what I make now, with totally different working conditions.

i didnt just come for the money but we all need money to get by. a change in lifestyle yes but its turnt out for the worse. i earn an ok wage for brisbane and my wife works to but together we are finding it hard to get by. we dont have much money to enjoy anything and everything cost money.

ill stay for my wife but is she was happyto return i would.

Life just isn't that simple.

And its an entirely hypothetical question, and like most hypothetical questions, it leads to a fair bit of navel contemplating with not much resulting. Similar to "If you were a premiership footballer which member of 'Girls Aloud' would you knob first?"

Nothing can ever be exactly the same; life can't be put into reverse.

but can someone not wonder if others feel the same? i know we dont have a time machine but i am just curious is that ok?

You can wonder all you like if it makes you feel better.

And yes that's ok, but you don't need my permission.