Steph1471

Hi there,

I moved to Adelaide just over four months a go with my long term boyfirend and my parents had already moved to adelaide six months previously. Since we have moved here everything has gone so smoothly David my partner got a job instantly and was working with in two weeks ( as he is a plasterer) and i managed to get a Job within a month working as an accountant, we have moved in to a lovely apartment in a great area and have really settled well. The only problem i have found is that i have found it harder to make friends than what i expected to. I mean obviously i am always going to work do's etc. but we have not really met any friends as yet and as David is one of he lads who likes to go out drinking etc. i am quite surprised as we are both very sociable people. People we work with tend to like to keep themselves to themselves and are a lot more involved with there families. I am 20 and David is 26, part of me thinks it is a lot do with the fact that with moving from one side of the world to the other that me and david are permanantly with each other and that having family already here that we have had no need to make friends, but now when xmas has come a long i have started to feel a little home sick because i miss people back in england. Has anyone else felt like this? Does anyone have any ideas on where is a great place for young people to go out and socialise ( like a local pub or something?)in adelaide?

Vin 'n Bin

Hi Steph, which suburb are you in? ..it might make it easier for people to give you an idea.

Steph1471

I have just moved to seacliff, i was living in golden grove but moved about 4 weeks ago to seacliff

Vin 'n Bin

Hi Steph ...my brother lives just over 'the hill' in Sheidow Park. Vince and I are going for a 9 day holiday on the 21st. We are not staying with my brother though as he has no room so we are staying at the 'Atlantic' in Glenelg...the 'round one'.
Keep checking this topic and I will get back to it...or send you a PM when I have spoken to him when he gets home from work
Have you tried 'The Esplanade Hotel' which is close by you? You can also get a good meal in there. Talk soon....Bin

Vin 'n Bin

Forgot to mention that my nephew is 24 and his girlfriend is 21..I think.
My nephew is a chef at The Broadway in Glenelg....get back to you soon...Bin

Steph1471

cheers thats really nice of you! Steph

Wendy

Hi Steph and David,

Welcome to BE

There's a meet up at about 1pm in the Botanical Park on Saturday 15th if you both want to come along. The link is in my signature

marklyndapoole

Sorry to jump in on debate as we are in Sydney so cant give any advice on Adelaide. We have been here six months and our freinds are English. We are also finding it difficult to make Aussie mates. We are slightly older (40) with kids so differnet situation. Strange.

quoll

I think making friends becomes more complicated the older you get but along with that is generally a more insular community. Most of my Aussie friends have come from being work colleagues over the past 25 years but until I retired they were just work colleagues and I tended not to mix work and pleasure. I have found that most other casual friendships that I have developed over the years have been fairly transient as people tend to be more mobile especially in and out of Canberra.

My most enduring friendships are those I formed in young adulthood while at University and they have lasted nearly 40 years.

Eastend Girl

I agree, it's much easier to make friends when you are younger and that most of the friends I've made here have been through work. I think you have to put yourself out there to make friends and as you say you are both very sociable that shouldn't be too hard. I think a good rule is not to compare to the friends you left behind because they (in my opinion) are irreplaceable!

Steph1471

i understand what you mean, but that is just the thing as i also work full time as does my partner like you said you usually find that people do not like to mix work with pleasure, i will be starting part time uni this year and hope to meet more people there, but at the minute i feel like i keep meeting people that are not really in the same boat as me if that makes sense like the majority of the people i have met are either older or wanting to start new families so they do not want to go out, i am not saying i only want english friends but all the ozzy people i have met seem to have different ways and different sense of humor i tihnk that this is alot to do the working environment that i am in and that i have not found anywhere to start meeting new friends. i guess like eastend girl said i am trying to compare to different people in the uk

Vin 'n Bin

Steff, see my PM...and the lovely Wendy ...B. xx