Originally Posted by Silverdragon102

Settled, love it and DH says he is never going back to the UK except for his parents funerals when the time comes which hopefully will not be for many years

Originally Posted by fledermaus

Maybe they would like a visit before they die?

Originally Posted by triumphguy

Being settled is a bit like a relationship:

The more you give to the relationship and the more you are willing to adapt to the other the more connected to the other you will be.

If I am not willing to change I will not be settled.

Canada is different from Britain, so looking here for what was in Britain can be frustrating.

I've been lucky enough to canoe in the wilderness, ski powder in the mountains, camp under the stars in a totally virgin sky, hike to mountain tops. I've also worked the prison system with the aboriginal community, got a degree at the U of Calgary, taught and been a school administrator.
I've learned to ride a motorbike. Learned to shoot a rifle and hunt. Got married and had kids.

I am now a Canadian, and would probably never feel at home in the UK again.

I got immersed in the country and can now apreciate that there is culture here, I can admire the architecture of the prairies - the grain elevators, the Ukrainian chrurches built by early settlers. I can appreciate the history of a new country, which as a nation state is actually older than both Italy and Germany! I can admire it's artists, whose vision was shaped by the land. Canaoe round OAS lake in Ontario and you'll know why the Group of Seven painted as they did.

Yes there's culture in England, but with my Northern Working Class accent and backgriund I never fit in with cultured society at University in London.

There's no class here: and you can read that both ways, and one of them would be wrong. There are many people with lots of class here, but they are not defined by their geneology, school tie or accent.

You can reinvent yourself here, as many Brits have: Grey Owl, David Thompson, Robert Service.

And Canada is a great country: it's not just Mounties, Maple Syrup and hockey.

BTW go to a hockey game. Take a chance, you might like it! Or not, doesn't really matter. What matters is that you try.

My point is that coming to Canada is not like coming to a restaurant where you can complain about what's missing. It's like a pot-luck. And many times you "eat what you brung" while trying out perogies, ginger beef, andfood from other countries.