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Thanks for information. Him going back home is easier than renewing his passport lmao.
I wish I could get on a plane and go somewhere that easily. Maybe I will send him back again for his birthday! He has 3 brothers so I am sure he could stay with one of them until he gets on his feet and gets a job! |
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I am just laughing at some of the replies about getting the wrong change out when paying for things when they return home. I have been lucky, I guess, that I haven't had this problem (yet) :lol:
It is amazing how many people choose to return home. I find it hard to read so many people stay away for 20/30 years due to kids and grandkids or financial reasons, and are so unhappy. I can't imagine it as I was dreadfully unhappy and very depressed, and we were only in Canada 6 years! Well, we have been home 3 months today! I have nothing negative to say at all, so far. I am loving where we live, it is just perfect for us. My neighbour arranged a ladies day out to a local falconry last week and invited me. I met a few lovely ladies, it was a really great day, and apparently they do something different each month. Next month it may be 'Go Ape' or rock climbing! :eek: I said I would just sit and watch as I hate heights :lol: My hubby is loving his job but hates the commute. I think he is generally happy here and notices the very positive change in me. I am so much calmer and happier, at peace. My eldest just started her first job. It's just weekends right now, but it's a start. My youngest is settling at school and is going off to Dorset next week on a school trip. She is so excited! I am still looking for work but that's ok. We are ok financially and I am just enjoying spending quality time with my eldest right now to be honest. We didn't really have a lot of time together in Canada as I worked full time, putting on a fake face for the company and customers. I definitely have no regrets about returning and will never leave again! :lol: To all those who are nervous about returning, please don't be. It obviously does very much depend on the area you are returning to, but if you choose right then you will be very happy. |
Re: We made it!
Originally Posted by Lorry1
(Post 10941191)
I am just laughing at some of the replies about getting the wrong change out when paying for things when they return home. I have been lucky, I guess, that I haven't had this problem (yet) :lol:
It is amazing how many people choose to return home. I find it hard to read so many people stay away for 20/30 years due to kids and grandkids or financial reasons, and are so unhappy. I can't imagine it as I was dreadfully unhappy and very depressed, and we were only in Canada 6 years! Well, we have been home 3 months today! I have nothing negative to say at all, so far. I am loving where we live, it is just perfect for us. My neighbour arranged a ladies day out to a local falconry last week and invited me. I met a few lovely ladies, it was a really great day, and apparently they do something different each month. Next month it may be 'Go Ape' or rock climbing! :eek: I said I would just sit and watch as I hate heights :lol: My hubby is loving his job but hates the commute. I think he is generally happy here and notices the very positive change in me. I am so much calmer and happier, at peace. My eldest just started her first job. It's just weekends right now, but it's a start. My youngest is settling at school and is going off to Dorset next week on a school trip. She is so excited! I am still looking for work but that's ok. We are ok financially and I am just enjoying spending quality time with my eldest right now to be honest. We didn't really have a lot of time together in Canada as I worked full time, putting on a fake face for the company and customers. I definitely have no regrets about returning and will never leave again! :lol: To all those who are nervous about returning, please don't be. It obviously does very much depend on the area you are returning to, but if you choose right then you will be very happy. :goodpost: Great news that you are so happy. About your job hunting, I am not sure what age you are but is there a possibility of being discriminated with age? I am asking for myself as I want to work part time but will be almost 60 when we go back! I hate to set myself up for a "fall" According to the new NI rules I have to work now until 66 anyway before I can get my OAP I would rather work in UK any day than in Canada! |
Re: We made it!
Originally Posted by Lorry1
(Post 10941191)
I am just laughing at some of the replies about getting the wrong change out when paying for things when they return home. I have been lucky, I guess, that I haven't had this problem (yet) :lol:
It is amazing how many people choose to return home. I find it hard to read so many people stay away for 20/30 years due to kids and grandkids or financial reasons, and are so unhappy. I can't imagine it as I was dreadfully unhappy and very depressed, and we were only in Canada 6 years! Well, we have been home 3 months today! I have nothing negative to say at all, so far. I am loving where we live, it is just perfect for us. My neighbour arranged a ladies day out to a local falconry last week and invited me. I met a few lovely ladies, it was a really great day, and apparently they do something different each month. Next month it may be 'Go Ape' or rock climbing! :eek: I said I would just sit and watch as I hate heights :lol: My hubby is loving his job but hates the commute. I think he is generally happy here and notices the very positive change in me. I am so much calmer and happier, at peace. My eldest just started her first job. It's just weekends right now, but it's a start. My youngest is settling at school and is going off to Dorset next week on a school trip. She is so excited! I am still looking for work but that's ok. We are ok financially and I am just enjoying spending quality time with my eldest right now to be honest. We didn't really have a lot of time together in Canada as I worked full time, putting on a fake face for the company and customers. I definitely have no regrets about returning and will never leave again! :lol: To all those who are nervous about returning, please don't be. It obviously does very much depend on the area you are returning to, but if you choose right then you will be very happy. I knew within the first 10 years, but my Grandy became so distressed I promised I would stay. One copes down those years by not really acknowledging the slow mental and physical erosion; and it does occur. My only fear now is that the uber stress of this process--- (every single step of it has thrown up a problem that had to be revisited)---will put me in hospital with a heart attack or summat! At times I've been telling myself 'stay calm or you won't make it'. In the first world, we also develop our own 'survival' skills. Mine as I said was simply to block how I really felt. However, you can't con your subconcious... I found out in February this year that I could return, and I hit the ground at warp speed. Years of unhappiness have surfaced. I'm trying to keep it at bay, but feel like someone who is increasingly weakened, crawling toward an oasis. I would add that I didn't get to this stage in life by having any illusions. NO country is Utopia. But for me the UK is MY Utopia. |
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Lorry1...I agree with your comment that you have lost the emigration bug...ME TOO!!!
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Originally Posted by feelbritish
(Post 10941637)
:goodpost: Great news that you are so happy. About your job hunting, I am not sure what age you are but is there a possibility of being discriminated with age? I am asking for myself as I want to work part time but will be almost 60 when we go back! I hate to set myself up for a "fall" According to the new NI rules I have to work now until 66 anyway before I can get my OAP
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FeelBritish, I am (almost) 40 so am not sure about age discrimination at work (yet!). It's not that I haven't found work, it's that I am holding out for the right job. I am a specialist luxury cruise consultant and so don't want to just go back into a high street travel agency. I am looking to work at home and have a couple of jobs lined up, but one is not becoming available until early December unfortunately.
:fingerscrossed:for you finding work. If you are qualified and enthusiastic, I am sure you will have no trouble. Emporer, WOW! I really feel for you. I just can NOT imagine spending 37 years in Canada feeling how I felt throughout the 6 years. I look back on that person and I do not recognise her. I am totally different now. I really hope you love England when you return and are able to find peace. I know I have. Here's to the next 5 weeks whizzing by for you :drinkingbeer:(I know it's early here, but it's after 5pm somewhere in the World :lol:) Emmbritt, Yep well and truly over emigrating. I am happy to do a short stint in another Country for a few weeks or so, as I may well do for hubby's work when the kids are grown, but then I want to come home:wub: |
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Originally Posted by TheEmperorIsNaked
(Post 10941824)
'All of the above'! I did 37 years. 5 weeks to go.
I knew within the first 10 years, but my Grandy became so distressed I promised I would stay. One copes down those years by not really acknowledging the slow mental and physical erosion; and it does occur. My only fear now is that the uber stress of this process--- (every single step of it has thrown up a problem that had to be revisited)---will put me in hospital with a heart attack or summat! At times I've been telling myself 'stay calm or you won't make it'. In the first world, we also develop our own 'survival' skills. Mine as I said was simply to block how I really felt. However, you can't con your subconcious... I found out in February this year that I could return, and I hit the ground at warp speed. Years of unhappiness have surfaced. I'm trying to keep it at bay, but feel like someone who is increasingly weakened, crawling toward an oasis. I would add that I didn't get to this stage in life by having any illusions. NO country is Utopia. But for me the UK is MY Utopia. |
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Originally Posted by Celticspirit
(Post 10946326)
Do you have a family coming back or are you coming back alone?
It doesn't bother me a jot. Ultimately the most reliable person is self. |
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What has surprised me is how easy I found to carve a biche for myself here after returning. I came back to Scotland but to the West Coast. I grew up on the East and had no family, friends or contacts here. I worked on it and now it is a nice feeling when people greet me by name as I take my dog for a walk. Moral ? Live in a small community !
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Originally Posted by scot47
(Post 10951786)
What has surprised me is how easy I found to carve a biche for myself here after returning. I came back to Scotland but to the West Coast. I grew up on the East and had no family, friends or contacts here. I worked on it and now it is a nice feeling when people greet me by name as I take my dog for a walk. Moral ? Live in a small community !
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Originally Posted by scot47
(Post 10951786)
What has surprised me is how easy I found to carve a biche for myself here after returning. I came back to Scotland but to the West Coast. I grew up on the East and had no family, friends or contacts here. I worked on it and now it is a nice feeling when people greet me by name as I take my dog for a walk. Moral ? Live in a small community !
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Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10951815)
Seconded! I feel so at home here - and my accent is sufficiently local-ish to not be asked by EVERYBODY I meet where I'm from and do I like it here? I felt like wearing a $*&%$%&(^& Tshirt in Canada :o
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Hey Lorry1
It's been a long time since I was on here and I am so pleased to hear that you got back and are loving it!!! Since my last visit here I moved out of Nova Scotia, tried out Alberta for a while and am now in ontario. So feel pleased with myself that it is not just one province that makes me unhappy but Canada itself!! We are going home April 2015....seems so far off....my husband has a monthy count down calendar!! I cannot wait!! It will mean 7 years here but I have started an online MSc with a British university to hopefully bolster my credentials for when we return and my husband is now fully qualified. He is the reason we can't go home yet as the rule in the Uk is that he has to have 2 years post qualification experience (it is a USA qualification) to legally work at home. Anyhow so it's kinda like a sentence!!! Still I love reading your updates and everyone else's!! So looking forward to my cloud being lifted!! All the best :) |
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