Settled or Unsettled
 

Juat thought i would find out.
who has settled more
male or female?

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I haven't settled yet ( january ) but out of the two of us now i have more ' wobbles' than my OH in the UK

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good one Soapy

we have had a role reversal recently

i was, he wasn't


he is, i'm not!

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you guys were too quick for me, its a poll:o

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2 females and 2 males in our house (2 adults & 2 kids) - all settled pretty quickly. :thumbsup:

I think we should also add where we came from in the UK, because I get the impression that people from the south seem to have the most trouble settling. :unsure:

I come from West Yorkshire, which is just a bit up from the middle of the UK.

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I got it Soapy;)

Me settled...her not:(

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i should have asked
who settled first maybe

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wow your fast:D

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I've added a bit to my last post :D

and neither of us had much problem really. Maybe the first night, but I blame the jet lag for that. :D

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paulines had a few homesick days, but thats about it.

wild horses couldnt drag me back:)

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John - settled

Me - not sure yet ! some days i love it here & some days i hate it !


Nicky :)

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ah i didn't mean i would be rushing to get back on a plane to UK


just not settled here at the mo

I would love to up sticks and go to another part of Oz!:thumbsup:

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We both settled in easily and we were from the south (well SW - Bristol).

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Come to SA, we'll sit getting pissed every night, complaining about our OH's :D

Or we could just both bugger off somewhere else :thumbsup:

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sounds bloody good to me Wendy, thats exactly what i miss!!!



oh will call tomorrow, if your around, just off out to pick up daughter no 1 from friends house!

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Yes, I'm in most of the day. He's on days for the next fortnight so there goes my quiet evenings :(

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Hi Soapy how u doin? How was Port Douglas?

Well I voted unsettled, i find it hard to settle because of the daughter not setteling

Phyllis

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both very settled now - although OH was settled from the day we landed, I had a couple of wobbles but nothing since we moved into our house in December - that was after 3 months.

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99% settled for all of us - me, husband and 3 kids.
Still have moments of missing home but also have times when I miss different places from different points of my life:lol:

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Both settling in very nicely:thumbup:(only 5 weeks in like and footy season hasn't kicked off yet:eek:

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We've both settled easily and we're from the south :)

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I chose both settled and not settled - female. I was very happily settled in Adelaide with a nice group of friends and then moved to WA. Billynomates is my new name, so still unsettled here. Not that I'd be rushing back overseas any time soon either. Just need to make some new friends is all.

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Been here a year next month. I still have those moments when I'm not sure this is for us. I don't miss England, just my family and friends.
Sharon.

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I'm finally settled after about 16 months. OH was settled pretty much from the word go. We came from the South of England btw and I often think that southerners have more trouble settling too.

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I amthe same as Wendy - from the North that is :) and I have been settled since arriving - but feeling more settled with time also. Hubby was stressed and finidng it hard even though this was initially his dream - althoug he loves Oz - he is finally settled now

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No-one would ever imagine us ever leaving our home town let alone Cornwall or the UK.

If they had to draw up a list of potential emigrants then we would have been very close to the bottom.

Yet I feel we have settled from the start. It's not always been easy but at no time have we felt unsettled in Aus.

Didn't come expecting anything so didn't get disappointed.

As long as I don't have to sit up I reckon we're here to stay. ;)

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We're both from the south and were settled very quickly. I'm wondering whether that whole 'people from the south' thing is actually a reference to relative poshness of migrants? I wonder if your average working class family settles more easily than your average middle class family. :blink:

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Good on ya Wendy.

And I always thought it was always the northerners missing their Mams that struggled. :pNorthern blokes like to think they're hard but they do seem to be controlled by their Mams, what's for tea, and they do talk like their nuts are a tad constricted.

Not all Southerners are shandy drinking softies mate.:p I've met Londoners that have scared me, but noone North of Watford. They're too nice.

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I heard the majority stick to lemonade :D

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We're both settled - so had to tick both boxes....sorry if I've buggered up your research.

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From the north, very settled been here 5mths.
IN fact me and hubby was saying it feels like we have always lived here, Just somebody taken all are family away.

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Mate I have to be honest. I've met some hard men in my time, but I've never been scared of a man from the North. It's the voice. I knew well 'ard blokes in the forces who once they had a drink in them sounded just like old women. They gave an order and it just didn't carry.....

And I should know - I am an old woman and proud of it.

Old Beckham is the same. (Yes he's a southerner).

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nah, i set it up that way, so i could see if both have settled.:)

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this thread came from something pauline said to me yesterday.
starting to think she was right.
i will explain later as i am just about to hop on the plane:p

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Four soft southerners, one male, three female (poor guy:D) All settled from day one except first born but it didn't take her long to get into the groove.

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Oh dont.....my husband will be well settled in then.....on the sofa!...LOL:rofl:

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Hya...we're from Cornwall....Falmouth, whereabouts did you come from and how long you been here and where did you settle? We have only been here 7weeks and live East Brisbane on the Coast.:thumbsup:

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you know what my answers are

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We're from the South...SE London/Kent then Cornwall for last 5 years. We are both settled...but only been here 7 weeks so still might have 'holiday heads' on!:confused:

Oh and we have 4 children...they all seem settled, made friends easily at school and enjoying thier new surroundings so far.

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Thats what I tend to think to be honest. My perception of those that are unhappy here are that they are stuck up and see themselves as better than the locals. Just my view you understand.