Originally Posted by immichaelcaine

me 2 am very very very intersting in dis. does U have ANY thumbnail or TGP link???? me take anything ...... jpeg.....gif.....photocopies????me gettin very excite!!!!!

Originally Posted by Tangram

Actually I have changed my mind now, seeing as you appear interested it has lost the small amount of interest and charm it may have briefly held.

Originally Posted by Tangram

I for one would like to hear more about the porn ring scandal.

Originally Posted by Markandstacey

We are in the process of moving to Nova Scotia we have support from all the family but it still feels hard , we have a 5 year old and a 20 month old ? We think we are doing the right thing.

But are we?

I can see where you are coming from I would try and get out more you have a young child that you can use to get out and about , clubs etc are you rural!

Mark

Originally Posted by immichaelcaine

me 2 am very very very intersting in dis. does U have ANY thumbnail or TGP link???? me take anything ...... jpeg.....gif.....photocopies????me gettin very excite!!!!!

Originally Posted by ducktastic

I am sorry to hear things are not going well for you, I do hope it gets better for you soon, or you manage to successfully migrate back to the UK. The facts are as people have said here, it does not work for everyone. It does sound that you do have some positives in your situation though, and at least you are not hating it, just a bit neutral about the whole thing, which I get. 2 years is a fair crack at it too!

We emigrated 7 months ago to Vancouver and are heading back to the UK next month for good, no drama, no fuss, Canada is just not for us. We had a full life in the UK with lovely friends and family, home, jobs etc. We gave this a go for a challenge and because we always had a 'dream' of being here.

Originally Posted by Rooander

Can I ask, do you have any children? i think that is what is really the main thing for us x

Originally Posted by Tangram

Actually I have changed my mind now, seeing as you appear interested it has lost the small amount of interest and charm it may have briefly held.

Originally Posted by Rooander

Hi all,

Ive not really posted much on here but Ive been reading some of the threads and please dont think Ive come on here for an arguement, rant or general nastyness (if thats even a word). I dont want to be shouted at or be told Im crazy. Alot of the threads on here tend to get very hostile and I truly havent come on here for that.

I just want to ask and find out if anyone else has felt like this and did it dissappear!

We've been here in Saskatchewan for 2 years now, I moved here with my hubby and 3 children, who are now 14, 5 & 2. We came here because hubbys job was and still is in demand here, he wasnt happy at his place of work in the UK, we lived on the south coast, and was offered a job here. He came out 6 months before our actual move date to do a two week trial and loved it.

Our eldest was getting bullied at school and couldnt wait to get to Canada. (we've been back and forth to Canada for the last 10years as my god mother has a farm out here)

I was unsure about the move but went ahead with it because afterall it was a new start and Ive always been one to move around alot, Ive travelled the world, just not LIVED in any of the places.

Now please dont judge me, as I said above Im only asking if anyone has gone through this feeling and how did you get out of it! Since being here, our 14yr old had a hard time at the first school he went to, we moved areas and now is perfectly happy. Our 5 yr old is in french immersion and loves it. Finding things to do with my 2 yr old is definately a struggle here.

I'm feeling very lonely and shut off, I know the winters are hard and sometimes it feels like we have to hibnernate but even in the summer I feel the same. I had hoped that after 2 years these feelings might have dissappeared but they havent.

I'm desperately missing my dad, (my mum passed away back in 2000), I have no brothers or sisters, no aunts or uncles and no grandparents. I guess that makes me a very lonely person in general BUT I do have my dad and a wonderful family in my inlaws as well as my darling hubby and tiddlewinks ( my 14 yr old would kill me for saying that opps)

My sister in law has just had a baby and Im upset that my kids will never really know their cousin. We as families will never get to do things together. I never wanted my children to have the same feelings as me, like they missed out on family life. Big family christmas's etc.

It's this reason and alot more reasons that I THINK I want to go back to the UK. I'm not saying that Canada isn't a wonderful place, it truly is, but in the 2 years I've been here I have only made 2 friends. That sounds sad I know especially as I am really an outgoing person, sometimes maybe a little too outgoing but i still havent made a "group" of friends.

Maybe I'm being selfish, I dont know, maybe as wife and mother I should stop being silly and just get on with life here in Canada but I cant help but think what if???

I do hope someone out there can give me some advice or any experiences they have had.
xxxx

Originally Posted by GavinR

You can't have it both ways! Or maybeyou can, Red Deer.

Originally Posted by Rooander

Well people thanks for all your comments.
Its a really tough choice as I know all to well that bringing up our children here in Canada is probably safer than the UK but that being said I often wonder if the UK has kinda been branded too.
I honestly dont know what we will do, we have bought a house here too so its not like we can just jump ship.
It will be expensive moving back just as it was coming here so there are lots of pros and cons to it all.
We live in Saskatoon and really to us theres not much here but the thought of moving to say Calgary or Edmonton doesnt appeal to us as that far too busy.
Alot of people have said yes theres nothing here but its what we're used to, and I think thats exactly my point.
There are no mother and toddler groups, well thats a lie, there is one I found which is where I found my first friend, she is also English, but the ladies in the group were very competitive and always picking on the fact that we were British, it was like we didnt fit in even though we tried too, so we both gave it up. I miss the fact that back home we had Sure Start, play groups everywhere you turned, if you didnt enjoy one you could try another. We used to have Play in the Parks, an organised event that happened every week in our local park, you didnt mind paying the £1 fee as you always would bump into someone you know.
Then there were the free Teaching your baby to swim classes and so much more.
I always thought that having children meant a sure thing on meeting other mums, but it seems ( and please dont take this the wrong way ) that here, where we live, people just want to go back to work or maybe its that its SOOOO expensive to live here that they HAVE to go to work, so they have to put their children into daycare, that means theres no call for playgroups or govenment run activities.
Im really notbeing nasty about living here as I do actually like it but Im not loving it anymore and I think its because I dont feel I fit into this life.