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givemeabreak

and your point is? Debate means give reasons for your opinions. Don't you have any?

hot wasabi peas

Here's my opinion: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

JezHarper

ROFL

Janietrz

hey this thread getting a bit heated. All I have to say on it, is this, if you are making a leap into a country and emigrating, you must be well thought out in all areas as much as you can, and you must expect a culture shock too, also home sickness, yes you will experiances all these things, we are only human after all, and try and reconise that when it happens. I read a lot of the threads on Moving back to the UK forum, and some of the reasons as why they moved back where valid and you can understand, ie was out there for 2 - 3 years, just could not settle in etc, but some are verging on the ridiclous, like been there 3 - 6 months and came back, some have holidays longer than that!, also some take work, and find the work not what it was soppse to be, cant understand that, did they not have a work contract before they left stating their pay etc?.

Have a good day

Athome

Two things come to my mind.

One, homesickness is something a lot of people don't expect to be a problem but then discover they are suffering from it. There is no way to prepare for that and it is a legitimate reason to head back home.

Two, in my experience, Brits in general have been brought up to expect someone else to take care of them as a result of socialism. That is a cultural difference and you cannot just change it overnight.

Butch Cassidy

Forgive me asking but when has any part of the UK been a socialist state? Or did I miss read your post?

Yes we have a nanny state, yes we have had nationalised industries BUT other countries (canada included) have had more left wing govts yet their citizens\nationals are not percieved to be as whinging or to expect the state\other agencies to care for them to the degree that 'Brits' do.

Tigger1

Also, if you have a personality like a bag of wet mice or are an a***hole then it won't help either.[/QUOTE]

I completly agree, & love the expression "bag of wet mice" almost as good as a "bag of badgers"

1066

Absolutely brilliant!!

Judy in Calgary

Bookmarked !

This could become the new "Iqualuit."

R2D2

We only started on this forum once we came to Canada, and don't do it coz we are unhappy or want to have a good whinge............I find it addictive as you are talking with people who have been in your shoes, know all the emotions and experiences you are going through and I find it a very useful source of info aswell as sharing a common interest...................adapting to a new life.
I also feel its nice to give advice to the people back in the UK who want info to try and prepare themselves. First hand advice from people like us who have done it must be invaluable to them. Wish we had found this site when we were researching.
I'm on here also, as I have the time to be. I don't work now, so like to fill my day with a bit of this and a bit of that. I'm not bored, just busy with lots of aspects to my life, including this forum.

willmore

Brillant ro - you should start a thread in the lounge with this for a laugh!

Grah

No you wrong again being ex-miltary myself I have 1st hand knowledge of the difference between Living at home and weekend leaves or short postings at home.

It's 7:30 pm here and all management left at 5 so you might get to share the delights of late afternoon life.

and with this statement I'll not bother to respond to you so have a nice life and hope you get everything that you so richly deserve.
p.s does this mean she not enjoying herself because she is on a forum trolling?

frankieforehead

One thing you may have omitted from finding out the facts is most employers over here won't give a fat rats bottom what hubby did in the forces....and will only concern themselves with...Can he actually do the Job. It's probably going to be tough being a Mr nobody.....An ex Lt Col used to live up the road from us...His job in a Ceramic tile factory didn't last too long, and now he's enjoying life in Germany.

I think your presumption that people don't research before jumping over here is way off the mark....or are you just depressed at being put in the queue with the riff raff.

westchilt

I totally agree! This forum is addictive
I wish I had had something like this forum 16 years ago when we came to Canada. To have been able to talk to people in a similar position and to share how we were feeling, whether we were settling well or suffering homesickness, having trouble fitting in etc.

Also things like finding a good area in which to purchase a home, finding a good DR, school etc, all of these things can be easier if you have someone to talk to that has already done it. There were sooooo many things that we didn't know and things that we could have learnt from a forum like this.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts on this forum even though I have been here many years, because I always wondered if it was just me that was finding it hard to settle and was it something I was doing wrong, but after reading the many posts on this forum I know that it wasn't just me and that it was something very normal for "some" people to feel.

I hope this forum is able to help many people in the process of moving to Canada, or all the newcomers that are already here.

Oh! and I don't really think there is anything you can do to fully prepare yourselves for a move to another country. Your emotions throw all your well laid research, planning etc totally out of the window!!! :scared:
For me it was extremely hard settling here but I can thankfully say that I am happy here now at long last and can call it "home".

Keep posting everyone this is a great site