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I agree with the first bit but I'd take issue with second part. Anglo Canadians are lousy at it. My (bilingual Quebecoise) wife assures me that Brit humour and Quebec humour are very similar.

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Short & sweet....like many before you & those that will follow the same path

You gave it a go, it didn't work for you - decision made, get on with the rest of your life & chalk down the Canadian experience

Good luck

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It's not the humour that frightens me in Quebec it is the driving.

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comes in the form of or due to the long winters & snow;)

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Nice generalisation. It nay be the case that driving in the Montreal area tends to be a little more "active" but otherwise I think you are far off the mark.

Google the stats.

The worst drivers are out west.

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I'm Scottish and haven't actually had too much of a problem with people getting my sense of humour (I'm from Glasgow). If anything, my time in Sheffield was harder with people getting my humour. I've realised I'm just an odd ball and accepted that ;)

I have struggled to meet people here. That has been a challenge. I recently joined meetup dot com and have been to 3 or 4 different events. It was nerve wracking at first but I put my big girl pants on and "sucked it up" and I'm glad I did. I'm trying things that I wouldn't have thought to do before.

Sometimes making the decision to go home is just as important as the one to come. Knowing you've tried it and didn't like it means you'll not have the constant wonder "what if".

Good luck in your return to the UK.

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The highway driving around Montreal is psychopathic.

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Not really, just different. Everyone drives the same way, so it's no surprise if some cuts you up or doesn't indicate.

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You nailed it in sentence one. This is home now, or if you're still attached, then this isn't home.

You have to let go. TCMB is STILL calling Wales home after almost nine years, but she says she would never move back.

Draw a line, stand on one side of it and think about what it is you have for yourself. Then step across and weigh up what it is you actually want for yourself.

Anything else is bullshit :thumbup:

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TCMB? I tried searching for that acronym and came up with:

- Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (Turkey)
- Tennis Club de la Marine Brest (French: Naval Tennis Club Brest; Brest, France)
- Tanzania Cotton Marketing Board
- Tennis Club at Monarch Beach (California)
- 2-Trichloromethylbenzimidazole (chemical compound)
- Turkish Capital Market Board
- Town Centre Management Board

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The One Who Must Be Obeyed ?

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The Current Mrs Bean?

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Loving how random this post has become ha

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That gets my vote. I thought of The something Mrs Bean but didn't know what the missing word was.

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You have to do what you have to do. I think you should be proud that you made the move to Vancouver and tried it out. Sounds like you've given it a go but it's just not for you. To be honest, I have never been a big fan of the place. We actually moved there (from Toronto) for a few months in the early 90s but neither of us liked Vancouver that much and we returned to Toronto.

My wife and I (and 2 kids who were born while we were in Canada) returned to the UK in 1996 after 7 years in Toronto. We liked Toronto but, even so, I'm glad we did move back to the UK because we got to be closer to family and friends and I think the move back was something we had to get out of our system at some point. We lasted 2 years in London (where neither of us are from but which we both liked well enough) before getting itchy feet again. We wanted to move back to Canada but I was offered a job in Maryland and we've been here ever since.

I think both my wife and I are restless people who want to rebel against settling down. We both feel like we've been in Maryland far too long but it's harder to move when kids (we have 4 now) have grown a bit, made friends, joined sports teams, settled into school, etc. We have 3 in college now and when the 4th one leaves home for college (in under 4 years) I am pretty sure that we'll move again.

Good luck in Scotland. Although that might not be your last move.