is it worth it
#181
Re: is it worth it
I refused to do the goodbye at airport thing - if you don't need to screw with your head, don't do it. I have also never said goodbye to any one back in the UK. I've only said 'see you later' either when leaving originally, leaving after a visit last year or when I'm finishing a phone call. Goodbye sounds terminal to me so doesn't get said.
#184
Re: is it worth it
well we have been here 18months and yes so far we love it, never say never thats my motto. Don't get me wrong Oz has its ups and downs but we like it so far xx
#185
Re: is it worth it
Melbourne has more levels than I've managed to unravel in my 30 years of living here. Gets better every year.
#186
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Re: is it worth it
Some do. It took me a lot more than 4 years. In my first few years I would have agreed with you, but now, after I changed, I can say it was worth it.
#187
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Re: is it worth it
Why though should I become a different person in order to feel less unhappy in a place I essentially don't like all that much?!
#188
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Re: is it worth it
Seems weird to spend several years being miserable only to eventually get to the same point in Australia that you were at in the UK before you left.
#189
Re: is it worth it
It happens to a lot of people.
Pretty soon we'll have you chanting "one of us" .....Dont go to sleep LOL
As long as you keep an open mind about experiences, unless you are determined not to like the place of course.
#190
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Re: is it worth it
Maybe, although the kind of thing I'm talking about means that you find it difficult to feel comfortable in the UK again.
It happens to a lot of people.
Pretty soon we'll have you chanting "one of us" .....Dont go to sleep LOL
As long as you keep an open mind about experiences, unless you are determined not to like the place of course.
It happens to a lot of people.
Pretty soon we'll have you chanting "one of us" .....Dont go to sleep LOL
As long as you keep an open mind about experiences, unless you are determined not to like the place of course.
Not determined not to like it. But am determined not to spend years wasting time waiting to suddenly wake up and think ''oh! now I get Australia! I love it now''.
Funny how some people just can't accept that some don't like it. I wonder if it raises a few insecurities for them.
#192
Re: is it worth it
Not determined not to like it. But am determined not to spend years wasting time waiting to suddenly wake up and think ''oh! now I get Australia! I love it now''.
Funny how some people just can't accept that some don't like it. I wonder if it raises a few insecurities for them.
Funny how some people just can't accept that some don't like it. I wonder if it raises a few insecurities for them.
With a bit of luck the Wife and I will have a few drinks with friends down one of the bars in Sydney Rd Brunswick tonight, dozens and dozens of really great pubs and bars within 3k's of my house. It's got to the stage where we can walk into any bar down there and probably bump into someone we know. Basically I'm saying I feel like a local and therefore belong n a very large cosmopolitan area. I'm not just talking local pub here.
Everyone finds their own way, I'm just saying what I've found here, I cannot imagine finding anywhere else now.
#193
Re: is it worth it
It took me a long time to *get* the culture in Aus. Whilst I haven't changed, I have adapted.
No where is perfect, but overall we love it
No where is perfect, but overall we love it
#194
Re: is it worth it
Not determined not to like it. But am determined not to spend years wasting time waiting to suddenly wake up and think ''oh! now I get Australia! I love it now''.
Funny how some people just can't accept that some don't like it. I wonder if it raises a few insecurities for them.
Funny how some people just can't accept that some don't like it. I wonder if it raises a few insecurities for them.
#195
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Re: is it worth it
I said this to you some time ago and it's still true... get the Hell off this board. Arguing about the relative merits of the UK vs Australia won't help you resolve how you feel and will probably only make it worse. Try and walk away from BE. I did for 12 months and came back a different poster (well in some respects anyway)