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I have a cold, and feel shitty.

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I feel shitty too.

We can all feel shitty together :D

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I'm ok now but yesterday I was shitty as well.:thumbsup:

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I will share my cold if you want, then you can join Wendy and I ...a three-some :ohmy::blink:



.....thats this thread knackered.

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JustMadeAnExpensiveRashMistakeAndRealiseIDidn'tNee dToMoveAtAllAndItWasAnIssueWithMeAndNotTheLocation sickness?

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I went to college in the U, S of A, when I was 20 and I suffered pretty bad homesickness. Which was odd, because I'd spent the previous year drifting around Europe, so it wasn't like I was un-used to being 'away from home'. It being pre-WWW days, I got through it by reading The Times in the college library every morning and watching UK documentaries on PBS. Landed on UK soil after my degree, enjoyed the novelty factor for a short while, and then wanted to get on the next plane back to the states.

This time round I haven't suffered from it once. The missus got pissed off that very old mates hadn't been in touch with her, but I pointed out that she was the one that had emigrated, not them, and that if she wanted to stay in contact with them then she had to resign herself to the fact that she'd be doing all the legwork. Other than that she (who'd only ever got as far as France, just the once, on a family holiday) has settled brilliantly. My son had one single wobble when a photo of his old class football team was sent to him by one of his kindy schoolmates in the UK, but he was over it in half an hour and when asked now if he'd like to go back, looks at you like you've asked him if he'd enjoy a dogshit sandwich for supper.

Doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things - I don't think anyone is predestined to suffer homesickness. I also don't think there's a specific 'type' of person who suffers from it. All I would say, as someone who suffered from it in the past, is that if you don't suffer from it ... count your blessings ... :)

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i had to laugh at this mate.
i remember an old post of yours that i bring up at every meet;)

just passed on advice from you to someone last week and it worked.

i still think its the best advice i have heard. im sure u will remember it, because its the only normal thread you did:p

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we moved the kids from govanhill to eastkilbride, youngest hated us for taking her away from all her friends.

moved the kids from EK to sydney, youngest hated us for taking her away from all her friends.

moved the kids from sydney to the gold coast, youngest hated us for taking her away from all her friends. she promised us that when she turned 18 she would be moving back to sydney!

she turned 18 this year and went to sydney to have a party with her pals. on return she said she was glad to be home:lol:

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Intriguing. Got a link? :)

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good post :)

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gimme some time and ill try to find it;)

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Ive never had it :)

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Hi we only been here 4 months. I know there has been days when I feel real sad and just want desperately to see family and friends. Luke, my 20 year old son went back to Scotland in June and I miss him so much. I must say I did expect to be 'homesick' before we came, but most days I'm fine. I guess it effects everybody differently.

Donna

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cant find it mate, he most have posted it on someone elses thread;)

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I get "familiarity sickness" every now and then - never overwhelming, never enough to make me want to go back to the UK:). I guess I feel a bit sad when I realise that we will never have the same history with all the new people we meet as we did with our old friends ie weddings, birth of kids, that sort of stuff. It is however balanced with the knowledge that my murky past will never be known :rofl: