BE ...............unfriendly..???
Dec 13th 2007 | 3:43 pm
#62
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,998
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
When I first joined I only posted in the Feb 2006 applicants thread for the first little while. Once I got to know a couple of the others there I felt a little more comfortable to post on the other areas. Now I couldn't give a rat's ass if people like my posts or not. I think I'm in life exactly what I'm like here. I try to be helpful because there are lots of times I need help. But, at the same time, don't piss me off because I have not only the body of one but the memory of an elephant.
Dec 13th 2007 | 3:50 pm
#63
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 690
From: Now Perth! Kalamunda
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
BE is a bit like life, people probably respond more to people they like or vehemently dislike. I think it is a great forum, and you are free to chip in when ever you want, if someone gets on your tits or insults you, you can easily ignore them. Like someone else said, if you need help with emigrating then it is the best source of information.
Dec 13th 2007 | 4:00 pm
#64
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,383
From: 'stralia
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
It depends on where you stand with your viewpoint. If you're not an "I'm missing everyone/everything back in England" person and you post that you've had no probelms at all moving here then you're (potentially) seen as hard and agressive - it's just your perspective. If you dare to suggest people just get on with it, leave their dogs in the UK etc, again, because it's not a popular view, you're unfriendly and uncaring. What people don't seem to realise is that EVERYONE is individual and circumstances reflect differently on each one. The view of 'unfriendly' is a very wide description based on the persons own view of what people are posting here. Just becasue we disagree with each other on many points (as I'm sure we'd all do in real life, not just on here) doesn't make it 'unfriendly', it just shows that the whole microcosm of life is here and you take/give what you want from it. Some posters cannot accept different views from their own (take the MBTTUK forum for example) and this is probably where the view of it being an unfriendly place springs from. Read it all, take what you want, leave the rest would be the moral I think 
However, on the right thread there can be great banter & forum conflict, very entertaining sometimes! Just don't take it to heart!
Dec 13th 2007 | 4:47 pm
#67
Forum Regular
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 45
From: Redcliffe, QLD
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
I have to admit that I have only just started posting on here. But t'other half is a 'well established member' (no lewd remarks please!) so to speak!
We have only been in Oz for a few months, and have met some fantastically nice people through this site. There may be times that someone says something that upsets someone else, but for all the ups and downs, it is worth persevering - cause if you make the effort you will make some decent friends from here. And lets face it - in all walks of life there are going to be people that upset you or you don't get along with.
We have only been in Oz for a few months, and have met some fantastically nice people through this site. There may be times that someone says something that upsets someone else, but for all the ups and downs, it is worth persevering - cause if you make the effort you will make some decent friends from here. And lets face it - in all walks of life there are going to be people that upset you or you don't get along with.
Dec 13th 2007 | 5:12 pm
#68
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 28,175
From: at the bottom of a wine glass
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
I have to admit that I have only just started posting on here. But t'other half is a 'well established member' (no lewd remarks please!) so to speak!
We have only been in Oz for a few months, and have met some fantastically nice people through this site. There may be times that someone says something that upsets someone else, but for all the ups and downs, it is worth persevering - cause if you make the effort you will make some decent friends from here. And lets face it - in all walks of life there are going to be people that upset you or you don't get along with.
We have only been in Oz for a few months, and have met some fantastically nice people through this site. There may be times that someone says something that upsets someone else, but for all the ups and downs, it is worth persevering - cause if you make the effort you will make some decent friends from here. And lets face it - in all walks of life there are going to be people that upset you or you don't get along with.
Nice to see you on here
Dec 13th 2007 | 5:33 pm
#71
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,133
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
When I first joined I only posted in the Feb 2006 applicants thread for the first little while. Once I got to know a couple of the others there I felt a little more comfortable to post on the other areas. Now I couldn't give a rat's ass if people like my posts or not. I think I'm in life exactly what I'm like here. I try to be helpful because there are lots of times I need help. But, at the same time, don't piss me off because I have not only the body of one but the memory of an elephant.
Dec 13th 2007 | 5:40 pm
#72
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
It depends on where you stand with your viewpoint. If you're not an "I'm missing everyone/everything back in England" person and you post that you've had no probelms at all moving here then you're (potentially) seen as hard and agressive - it's just your perspective. If you dare to suggest people just get on with it, leave their dogs in the UK etc, again, because it's not a popular view, you're unfriendly and uncaring. What people don't seem to realise is that EVERYONE is individual and circumstances reflect differently on each one. The view of 'unfriendly' is a very wide description based on the persons own view of what people are posting here. Just becasue we disagree with each other on many points (as I'm sure we'd all do in real life, not just on here) doesn't make it 'unfriendly', it just shows that the whole microcosm of life is here and you take/give what you want from it. Some posters cannot accept different views from their own (take the MBTTUK forum for example) and this is probably where the view of it being an unfriendly place springs from. Read it all, take what you want, leave the rest would be the moral I think
Agreed! I tend to not bother posting when I disagree with something if I think that it would upset people. E.g. if I think someone is being overly sentimental/self-centred/unrealistic I usually would keep that to myself, unless they have expressly asked for opinions (and even then I would usually be very careful about my phrasing). I think a lot of people come to the forums for support, and don't like it when people disagree with them.
However, on the right thread there can be great banter & forum conflict, very entertaining sometimes! Just don't take it to heart!
However, on the right thread there can be great banter & forum conflict, very entertaining sometimes! Just don't take it to heart!
I know I'm not, I'm just me and tbh if that stresses someone I neither know nor will ever know then it's their problem not mine 
Happy clappy doesn't do it for me. Banter, friendliness, arguments, wind ups and consideration in equal measures is more my thing and I think it's all here.
Dec 13th 2007 | 5:41 pm
#73
Account Closed
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,374
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
must admit i liked this and so much of it is true
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...+posting+rules
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...+posting+rules
Dec 13th 2007 | 5:41 pm
#74
destination Cairns
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,839
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
What forum was that on?
I think it can be a bit like that sometimes on here. It's a fantastic place for support and information and I'd have been completely lost without it, certainly wouldn't have got through TRA and visa application with no agent if I didn't have the advice from this site.
Sometimes it can appear cliquey but really all people need to do is join in
There are definitely times when it can be a bit unfriendly but I'd say the times when people help each other far outweigh the ones where they don't.
I think it can be a bit like that sometimes on here. It's a fantastic place for support and information and I'd have been completely lost without it, certainly wouldn't have got through TRA and visa application with no agent if I didn't have the advice from this site.
Sometimes it can appear cliquey but really all people need to do is join in
There are definitely times when it can be a bit unfriendly but I'd say the times when people help each other far outweigh the ones where they don't.
Dec 13th 2007 | 5:46 pm
#75
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: BE ...............unfriendly..???
must admit i liked this and so much of it is true
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...+posting+rules
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...+posting+rules
He does come out with sense sometimes
