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Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by deb68
(Post 9181325)
Coming to terms with pot noodles costing $3.75:p
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Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
These people moved back after only 5 days -
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=675949 BB |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
(Post 9181445)
These people moved back after only 5 days -
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=675949 BB I think their story is even more sobering to those who think its easy to 'just give it a go' and the 'what have you go to lose' brigade. The answer, for some at least, is a bloody lot. |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
I agree that the long flight over gives you time to think about what you've just done - I was shi**ing myself the whole way over. When we arrived (Adelaide, January 1983) it was hot, wet (the only day it rained that summer), immigration was a folding table in a concrete barn (the international airport at Adelaide had only opened 6 weeks earlier and was nowhere near finished), and all the houses on the road from the airport had corrugated iron roofs.
My first thought was "What have we done!!". The main thing that stopped us going straight back was the thought of the loss of face after having made such a thing about leaving the UK and improving our lifestyle. That plus the fact that we had friends who met us at the airport and took us to their home for the first two weeks. Having just passed the 28th anniversary of our arrival, I have to say I'm glad I stayed - otherwise "tin roofs" might have been my reason for going back! |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
(Post 9181445)
These people moved back after only 5 days -
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=675949 BB I still can't imagine throwing in the towel so quickly. When we moved we both decided we would give it a decent amount of time (ie.. a year or so) before returning. Even if we didn't like it (which we did) we would have stuck with it and just made the most of our time in Oz. |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by spuddyo
(Post 9179156)
I know a family who recently packed up and went back to England. They had waited 2 years for Visa's and eventually moved here in 2009. Both had good jobs and daughter was in high school doing well. Reason for going back " I miss the soccer on Saturday afternoon's" and " I can't get a decent pint".
I also heard of someone going back because they missed English TV once, they hadn't even subscribed to Foxtel to catch up on the UK TV shown here. They actually missed "Eastenders and Emmerdale" which are both shown here anyway, all be it a few months late. In both instances I reckon they were both lame 'excuses'. What's the craziest reason you have heard ? :confused: |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
on another forum, there was a family who came out from Yorkshire and moved to Toowoomba. The hubby was a local QLDer but had lived in the UK for years. They'd been out to oz numerous times on hols.
They arrived early last year but went back within 6 months, to the same yorkshire village. She realised almost immediately that something wasn't right and suffered with major (lack of) culture shock and spent the next 6 months organising a return! To me it seemed odd to spend all that time and effort moving out here and then immediately decide it was a mistake, but as far as I'm aware she's deleriously happy back home |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by newjersey
(Post 9180689)
I think that just by simply saying "give it time" people tend to sweep everyday issues under the rug. I would go a step further, by elaborating the "time" part with working through a carefully prepared plan, that will a) keep your mind busy on things that DO matter, b) keep your mind off things that DO NOT matter, esp. in the first few months after arrival. I speak from experience - I used to travel a lot for a job and developed a callus in a place where others feel homesickness.
Back to the plan - a research done in a good faith will allow you to put yourself in a right frame of mind and have something in store for the time when some things go pearshaped, just because they will. If you are not prepared, everything comes as a surprise and you can take so many surprises. So, in a personal opinion, I generally have respect for people diving in head first, but in a risk-conscientious manner, because they are those that push boundaries and show the way to do things (or, some times to not do things). But, having said that, when a family uproots itself with no contingencies and no upfront planning, they deserve all that is coming. I consider myself a strong independent person who has taken a lot of 'stuff' along the way in my stride. My mother died last December and I feel that I have dealt with it pretty well. That I didn't cope at all with the assault at the time was not something I expected and could have felled anyone in my position quite frankly. |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by tonyk38
(Post 9183272)
Since I did not elaborate on why my first two years were so bad, you should not assume that it was through lack of planning on my part. I suffered overwhelming stressors just before emigrating which were unrelated to the emigration process. I then got seriously assaulted at work by someone who was trying to kill me. As it was I was knocked unconscious. No amount of preparation or forward planning could have prepared me for that.
I consider myself a strong independent person who has taken a lot of 'stuff' along the way in my stride. My mother died last December and I feel that I have dealt with it pretty well. That I didn't cope at all with the assault at the time was not something I expected and could have felled anyone in my position quite frankly. |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
I moved back because my idea of a social life didn't involve sitting on an esky in some ones back garden eating snags off a greasy gas fired hot plate masquerading as a bbq debating the merits of various brands of tarps for the ute :(
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Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
I went back because I resented paying for popodums at the Indian -also the chutneys were not as good as the UK.
1349 curries later and i'm going back to Aus :thumbup: |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
I too have been generally disapointed by the average Indian food available here, however last week I finally found a 'real one' that ticks all the boxes. It was in a place I don't usually visit, can you believe - Umina ? Copperpot Indian restaurant. Well worth a visit if you are ever on the Central Coast.
Almost as good as the curry strip used to be in Rusholme, Manchester. it's almost worth a thrad os it's own - best Indian in Australia anyone ? |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by tonyk38
(Post 9180313)
For people to return after a matter of days or weeks is irrational, but if you analyse it, there are are reasons why people become irrational under these circumstances.
By the time many people get here, they are at the end of their emotional tether, especially if they have just said goodbye to loved ones. Do you know - I sometimes get the impression that some people are going into some sort of (self-enforced) exile. I have to leave, but I don't want to?
Originally Posted by newjersey
(Post 9180689)
prepared plan, that will a) keep your mind busy on things that DO matter, b) keep your mind off things that DO NOT matter, esp. in the first few months after arrival.
. What does matter is income, and putting down roots. But the little stuff can become monumental. |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by TGA
(Post 9183407)
I moved back because my idea of a social life didn't involve sitting on an esky in some ones back garden eating snags off a greasy gas fired hot plate masquerading as a bbq debating the merits of various brands of tarps for the ute :(
the snags, the hot plate, the utes, the tarps, the 'banter', the company, the venue, or the seating arrangements? |
Re: Silliest reason for 'going back'
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
(Post 9183819)
Which is one of the reasons why I have so much disdain for the whole supermarket foible. It doesn't really matter
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