Does going home get easier?
 

I have just been home to england for the 1st time since we moved here 2 years ago as a close friend of ours died....it was great to catch up with family and friends now we are back i've got that horrible home sick-have we done the right thing feeling again. Has anyone any thoughts on this? Does it happen everytime you visit?

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I'm afraid it does happen everytime, for me anyway. Even though you are looking forward to getting back to your own bed and not living in the pocket of family, I find it takes at least a month to feel even slightly settled again. Every time I've been back to UK I've usually resigned from my job upon my return as I feel so unsettled and need a change to take my mind off things! :eek:

I'm sure others don't feel the same and are just relieved to get back here!

Hope you feel more settled soon. xx

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It still happens to me every time we leave the UK after a trip home and its been 4 years. I think you get used to it but I don't think it gets any easier

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Been back once in 3 years and will go again in June (we are on a 2 yearly schedule to show off our daughter, basically), after the initial catch-up is done and the pubs have been visited then personally I am looking forward to getting back home.

I look at it as 6 and a half grand and 3 weeks out of my life that would have been better spent building a decent patio.

Brutal but true.

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Agreed. I find it easy going home. I do it a couple of times a day ;) I've got a trip back in June (no I'm not going with Vim :blink:) and am already looking forward to coming back home after.

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I await your first thread in MB2UK ... :lol:

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I had been here for 17 years before my first visit back to the UK.
It was lovely to see relatives and friends again...but I was so glad to come 'home' after 6 weeks there.
I have now been back 5 times in 36 years and we have another trip coming up soon. OH wants to visit the UK again but I would rather see somewhere that I haven't been to before...or re-visit countries I have been to before but would like to see more of. ;)

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My really bad homesickness for my sister and lots of bits of the UK has never faded and I make a point of going back once a year even just for a week on my own. Some years I have managed to combine Work and trips so I have been very lucky and got back twice in a year. I hate the goodbyes and yes it takes me a while to settle again until I start planning the next trip. I realised in my first year here it wasn't something I could shake so I cope. Pollyanna on this site really helps me as she suffers the same thing.

We have combined a family trip to Spain in a big Villa and had all the family to stay with us for different times over fours weeks. We also hope to combine our family holidays and meet halfway in Hong Kong or somewhere this year for Christmas but I really think I will be back before then for a dose of M&S and village pubs and sightseeing.

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Hey you are so true - I went back for the first time last march and paid to come back home early - it was good to catch up with folks but I really felt I would have rather spent the money more wisely on something that i would have appreciated more

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First trip back I didn't want to return to Aus. Second trip back and I felt like a fish out of water there which threw me into a bit of a spin.:)

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Wouldn't be so bad if the buggers got on a plane occasionally, 'not enough cash' my butt, you have enough cash to renovate yer shite airless box of a house in the crappy terrace surrounded by chavs.

Still, looking forward to seeing them :D

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I've been back only five times (in 28 years!) and I've never had a problem with homesickness or not wanting to come back. It's nice to catch up with people but home is here. :)

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Perth is home. I honestly haven't thought of the UK as home since we arrived.

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Most of our family couldn't make the trip down the M6 without a fuss so a 24 hour plane journey just wasn't going to happen for some of them.

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I guess I was the one to move away so I should make the effort :confused:

Still, a decent pint and a doner kebab or chicken vindaloo afterwards will be nice :cool: