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:

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I see what you are saying but I still think it should be a 2 way street :D

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don't get me wrong i wanted to come back to aus, it just shook me up a bit!

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Understandably so, it's a wrench to leave family and friends but needs must and there are other paths to be trod ... and patios to be built ;)

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I wish i could move em all here.....then again maybe not ha!

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Aye, sometimes the distance is also blessing, once every couple of years is enough :)

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When we lived in the UK the wife's parents would rather go to 10% off day at Homebase than come and see us (I shit you not). Now, however, they'll happily get on a plane and fly 12,000 miles to see us once a year. Which is unfortunate since they're wankers.

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:rofl: LMMFAO

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I find the goodbyes hard, but after that it gets easier (well apart from jetlag).

What really bugs me is that we fly 15000kms and some people say- can you come into London to meet up? (because we can't be arsed to drive 20 miles to see you and our lives are just too full to make the effort).

They are the people I do not miss....

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I go home at least once a year now because that is the only way I can survive being stuck here. I feel at home as soon as I get on the tube and I am "me" again. I hate coming back here but as I usually leave my DH here I sort of have to come back. If possible I feel even less at home here than I did 20 years ago and if it werent for DH you wouldnt see me for dust.

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OMG PMSL:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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:rofl:

I bet they love Bunnings;)

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Hi mate! Just landed from my latest trip north :)
You're so right, it doesn't get easier for some of us, we really do need that dose of M&S, pubs, sightseeing, gossip, mateyness etc........
After 5 years I know the way to cope - plan the next trip as soon as the last one is over. Gives everyone something to look forward to, and when Aus gets too much its like a little beacon in the distance ;)

This year I remember thinking as we landed that "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Heathrow, is one of the loveliest phrases in the world." I don't expect everyone to agree, but it shows how different we all are.

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Yes that phrase makes me feel all warm and glowing too - I actually feel myself heaving a huge sigh of relief!!! I'm all planned for this year - 17 July!!!!!!!! woo hoo!!!

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Well my Christmas trip was in the planning - but had a phone call last night and my mum is coming out! That means I spend till October asking her if she has booked only to find out she has done nothing and may turn up next May 09!

So on the bright side that means I get to persuade hubby I will need to travel July August home to see sister.

Quoll - I agree, my dash off the plan in Heathrow is the fastest I move! Have even managed to persuade sister to take me to Tescos at 6am. I know it is not everyones cup of tea but wheeling round my new niece at 6.30 round the aisles I was crying my eyes out!

And I had egg and cress sandwiches for tea!

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Now you are making me really homesick, I love egg and cress and sandwiches mmmmm:wub:

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Sorry to hear your news, and reasons for returning.

I am off on a similar quest tomorrow :(

However, my point is... I dont actually think of England as home, and I never consciously stop myself from accidentally calling it home, because for me.. this is home.

I really do not want to return, and am not looking forward to it, in any capacity, irrespective of the reason's for the visit.

Hope your 'pangs' wain :) good luck Ste

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I was in an Asda in High Wycombe with my mate by about 7,30am the day I arrived, with a trolley full of a healthy diet of cider, cheese, cockles and crisps. Check out staff thought I was crackers, walking round in a t shirt. They kept asking A"ren't you cold?" and couldn't understand me saying "yes, isn't it fantastic! I'm freezing and its heavenly!!"

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Me too, had them for lunch today after reading about them this morning on here.

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I'm jealous:teeth_smile:

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My thoughts entirely ...

When people think of here as being home..as we do, because it is ...then any trips back to the UK will be seen in the context of visiting family and friends.
Then they can return home, and get on with their lives.
:)

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How did you get the small cress???? I cannot find it anywhere here. Can you get people to send you seeds? I asked but they said no to me bringing any in.

Cheers

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I just bought regular cress seeds from Bunnings and my 5 year old grows it for me in an egg box and some cotton wool :D

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Cheers - have checked regularly and never seen the cress seeds - will be making sure Bunnings get them in. My mouth is watering at the thought.