Yes I was struck by the irony there!

Believe me I understand homesickness. My stint in the US was debilitating and the first 4 months I spent in Canada I was verging on suicidal. I asked my husband if I moaned a lot during that time and he quite tactfully said I didn't. He said I cried a lot, didn't get dressed, didn't talk much, cried a bit more and generally didn't make much effort with life but I didn't moan, bitch and whinge about everything.

Like most emotional issues, there's not one size fits all. Not everyone behaves in the same way following bereavement or divorce or even the birth of a child, do they, so why would homesickness be the same?

Point taken and agreed.

You are my hairy poos` no.1 fan.
I guess your are the no.1 fan of the no.2

He was originally supposed to be a Tassie Devil , then I got here and realised that they are nothing like that, so I suppose he is a dancing hairy poo.

I can't remember what set it off for the first time but it was probably something minor. For instance, we went to the school last week for the parents evening and we were entering at the same time as a lady who went to the school as a child and she commented how it brought back memories for her as she walked in to the classroom, this was enough to get my mind turning over for the next few days. Stupid things like that can set it off.

The best I can do is learn to live with it as I don't think iot will ever go away.

The reason we are only coming after the summer holidays....we took your advice on board

Great thread Cas......I have enjoyed reading peoples experiences.

For me .....i am not sure how i will be. I do tend to flap a bit but that doesn't necessarily mean i will get homesickness.

But i will take on board all people experiences and try to deal with it....and failing that there is always


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Well said mate.
All the best to you.
*pearly*

I'm fortunate in that I've never suffered homesickness.
Been here since last November and before that was travelling in Oz for about a year.
Think it makes a difference that it's just me and my partner - we don't have kids - as I imagine if kids are unsettled it makes the parents unsettled.
I've also moved around the UK a fair bit, and after leaving uni 13 years ago, have never lived in any one place for more than three years.
I've made friends as I've gone along but have kept in touch with very few - I don't know anyone I was at uni with, for example, and my 'oldest' friends I've only known for about seven years.
I probably also only saw my parents three or four times a year during my last few years in England (I was down south, they live up north), so I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't really have any roots, so moving away was not so tough.
I've just popped back to England for a holiday which was great, and it was sad leaving my parents, but that's OK.
I'm also lucky in that I just seem adapt to wherever I am and never really think about where I'm not, if that makes sense .
I enjoyed life in the UK - in all the different places I lived - now I enjoy life here.
Should I stop enjoying life here - whether that be through homesickness or something else - then I'll just move on, so it's not something I worry about.

Very good outlook you have! I look at things in a very similar way. All the best to you too!
*pearly*

thats it for me, sometimes driving the car home i just wish so much it was my old home and the kids in the street would be playing outside and my little girl would run and join them, and i would see one of my neighbours and we'd stand and have a blether.

Now i drive up the drive , close my door , me and the kids are locked in for the night (please dont start the go out an do something posts, i dont get in from work till around 7pm and after a 10-11 hr shift i dont want to go surfing, lol, anyway its dark and cold just now)

[QUOTE=framac;5262793. But I would like my close friends and family nearer so I could drop in and just talk s**t but I know thats not possible so I've just got to live with it.[/QUOTE]


Now you come on here and post s**t to us

Suppose thats what happened to me. I never thought i would be homesick. I used to tell people 'nah, i won't miss anything or anyone'..me so strong!!!

So i guess i was abit embarrassed when i started to want to go home

I even dream most nights about my old house in UK I do tell myself to get a grip!!

We should start a club... Trapped in Aus but wanna go home. LOL