Originally Posted by slapphead_otool (Post 8198748)

Its a free world Sally, or is BE some sort of “fit in with our negative views of Australia or clear off” society?:):):)

Originally Posted by kporte (Post 8199071)

The fact is there are a whole gamut of people and views on here. I love living in Australia but am considering going back to the UK if my relationship fails completely.Possibly a naive approach but It's a way I can deal with it. I applaud the Australian positive approach to their country but sometimes the negative has to be broached, or what will change what is wrong?

I can understand how only negative comments about Aus can be wearing to an Aus lover but I find as time has passed, I appreciate more and more , their thoughts. I rarely agree, but still can see what they think and feel. I truly believe that a bit more empathy is required. Again I have to state, nothing is black and white....

Originally Posted by slapphead_otool (Post 8198332)

I’m sorry, I don’t believe in the therapeutic value of a group of people sitting around bitching about how unhappy they are (in fact it is distinctly unhealthy). I don’t see any value in it at all, and when the target is well off the mark it really piddles me off.
Its just a bunch of people who don’t want to accept responsibility for their own actions.

“Im unhappy, so someone must be to blame for it”.

To be honest, I am a bit embarrassed reading some of the posts here from fellow Englishmen.

Originally Posted by Very Happy (Post 8200209)

Most ridiculous thread I've seen on here or Pomsinoz and my G0d that's saying something. :o

Originally Posted by Very Happy (Post 8200209)

Most ridiculous thread I've seen on here or Pomsinoz and my G0d that's saying something. :o

Originally Posted by slapphead_otool (Post 8197789)

[LIST][*]If you ring your mum more than three times a year – forget migrating.[*]If you watch more than 2 hours TV a day – forget migrating.[*]If you go to a major soccer game more than 5 times a year – forget migrating.

Originally Posted by slapphead_otool (Post 8197789)

I’m not rubbing salt anywhere Polly, but I am not going to allow people to blame a country for their own personal failings.

It’s a simple litmus test:

• If you ring your mum more than three times a year – forget migrating Bloody stupid, my Dad speaks to me every day except Saturday, he gets free calls and links up to me by phone and facebook, so should I move back to the UK now?.
  
• If you watch more than 2 hours TV a day – forget migrating Again, total rubbish, my husband works long hours so I spend alot of time on here in the evenings or if its too hot to go out, and I like watching TV, if I cant find something good on then I watch a DVD, so should I go back to England?.
  
• If you go to a major soccer game more than 5 times a year – forget migrating - So Australia does not have any sport that you could get interested in then?.
  
• If you are mid 30 and haven’t got decent job – forget migrating I emigrated at 40 years old and was just an administrator for an oil/gas company in the UK, I am still an administrator on far more money and more responsibility - so I shall go back to the UK then?.
  
• If you are stuck in a rut and think migrating will fix it – forget migrating

. Crap, I was living in a shite part of London and we wanted to move to Australia, not move to a better part of London, just move countries

As for the turkeys who end up here because of a woman (or man), Jesus – learn to say no and accept that we can’t have all we want. I know guys who have given their entire savings to a girl only to be ripped off. Is that Thailand’s fault? Of course not. If you are so much in love that you lose sight of reality then you shouldn’t be allowed a passport. If you end up here because of someone else and are unhappy – you only have yourself to blame.

And to be frank bitching about it achieves SFA. Stop complaining, take the hit on your love live and/or wallet and go home to mummy.

Originally Posted by ElizabethR (Post 8199735)

The everything is perfect, the people that emigrate to Australia complaining about certain aspects of British life , but ignore the same things here.

Originally Posted by viviennef (Post 8200255)

I live here and dislike heaps of things. Drives me crazy, its like some semi retarded nation with crazy beards and flat, unhumorous dialogue (I am in SE Queensland).

I dont want to go home though.

When I first found BE I was having a downer on things but all the moaning actually cheered me up and made me like it here again. Because I realised I actually liked most of the things people moaned about and didn't like a lot of things about Britain and the British too.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8200277)

I can honestly say I have rarely seen such a moronic statement ever on BE, It actually defies belief that someone can write such nonsense.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 8200295)

I think some of Slappy's comments are sort of symbolic and a sort of guideline. I know where he is coming from. You can spot a particular type of expat and how it is going to (sadly) unravel from a mile away - more's the pity.

I can think of similar examples of, admittedly, rough and ready (silly) guidelines which are not any guarantee but give people an idea of whether they are - literally - high-risk, or should proceed with caution.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8200305)

Speaking to a mother more than 3 times blah blah blah is symbolic? No, it's not. It's complete ignorance and just shows how little he knows about anyone migrating other than himself.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 8200313)

Maybe he could have been more subtle. But I knew what he meant.

Originally Posted by sallyclaire (Post 8200314)

How do you know what he meant? Who is to say that your interpretation of what he wrote is the correct one?:huh: