LMAO,

Absoloutley hilarious read - but a good honest account for someone at the early stages of trying to get there !

I didn't realize how much i take food for granted ! (just hang on whilst i dip this piece of Warburtons bread in this delicious take out curry !)



Regards,

Diggler.

I'll leave as soon as someone comes along and
A/. buys the house for what we need to settle the mortgage but the chances of that are zero as we are also in a property price crash crisis
B/. buys our truck that is also in negative equity
C/. buys our flight tickets

I've been here 5 years....and just for the record, it was the death of a very close family member back home to make me change my mind about living here. Read any of my very early posts on BE and you'll realise I was extremely pro-Canada and anti-UK

As the song goes...."Life is a rollercoaster, just got to ride it...."

Good luck.

I've been here 5 years....and just for the record, it was the death of a very close family member back home to make me change my mind about living here. Read any of my very early posts on BE and you'll realise I was extremely pro-Canada and anti-UK

I admit to being curious about what seemed your bitterness to all things Canadian in your recent posts and was tempted on occasion to ask the same question as Canzoet. I did look at some of your earlier threads/posts and realized that you've experienced some serious problems along the way and that was most unfortunate. But, why would the death of a loved one back home allow you to turn so vehemently against Canada. Your recent list of 12 dislike/hate items all existed when you arrived a few years ago.

I just wanna stick up for may mate for a second. Ruby Murray has tried damned hard to make it work here. There are days she loves Canada still but the pull of family is too strong for her and she needs to be back with her siblings and other family members. I have noticed that now she has made her mind up to go back and stuff the consquences, she is much happier and positive! Good for you Rubes

Hmmm Your dog knackered my dog out yesterday - I hope Luna was fully excersised too.

I wish I knew what I was going to miss!! Guess I won't know til I get there lol!! Hope it's not enough to drag me back here though

What about bread?

That's a good point!!

Wouldn't be enough to make me go back though!!

Yes, point 3 is basically hitting it on the head, because in a lot of places in the world a flash of the lights means "me first". I think this maybe the route of your problems Ruby

I wish I knew what I was going to miss!! Guess I won't know til I get there lol!! Hope it's not enough to drag me back here though

According to many posters here you will miss absolutely everything, so bring a Tesco/Sainsbury/Waitrose/Asda, M&S etc., with you. We also drive on the WRONG side of the road, have lousy television, clothing styles are years out-of-date, most things (including food) are more expensive,vacation time is ridiculously low, our hydro supply is the wrong voltage, it snows, it gets cold (very cold), our incomes are insubstantial and no doubt many more that don't spring to mind. Drag you back? If I were you I wouldn't come in the first place. When I read of all the things immigrants don't like about Canada I wonder if I should seek counselling because I quite like my life here. I guess I'm the one who's out-of-step.

It goes the other way too, I must be crazy for moving back to this hell hole of a country that's completely gone to the dogs

It goes the other way too, I must be crazy for moving back to this hell hole of a country that's completely gone to the dogs

I'm sorry, but I don't understand. Your avatar indicates NI (back from Toronto). So which country has gone to the dogs, Canada or NI? If it's NI what does your 'it goes the other way too' mean?

I think sometimes when you find yourself in a situation like Ruby has, it is easier to leave somewhere if you find loads of faults with a place......it kind of seems to justify how you are feeling inside when you have all the personal issues with family etc. I know i myself have done it with jobs etc, when i have had other serious poo going on in my life. If not and she really is that unhappy, surely she deserves a pat on the back for coming this far and at least having a go, rather than never trying at all. I wish you all the luck in the world Ruby, and hope you find the happiness, that seems to be evading you at the moment, when you finally get back to your family.

Sorry if i confused you Brian. I lived in Canada for 8 years before moving back to the UK. What I mean is if I believe all the negative stuff on BE about the UK (which includes Northern Ireland) then I should be seeing a counsellor too.