So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
#46
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Re: So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
The hammer isn't a bad place I've lived here for 20 years .... and what about Burlington, Dundas, Stoney Creek... Paris... Guelph / Georgetown / Kitchener.. or one of the 'beach towns' on Lake Erie or one of the others Or you could go the 'other side' of Toronto.. out towards Kingston, Cobourg.. is only an hour and a bit away from Toronto What do your kids like to do? Perhaps if you could find somewhere that your kids would love your wife might too What did you like about the town you lived in before coming to Canada - specifically... i.e. what did the town/area hold that you can't get here... (apart from the accent and pubs )
I didn't care for Trenton though or some city out that way that started with a B, but can't remember the name now.
And apparently Sobey's in ON is expensive and I was shopping there because it was cheaper than Super Store was in BC...ha ha, I thought it was the discount type grocery store because the prices were lower vs what I was used to.
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Re: So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
Some times I really do wonder if we live in the same country!
I honestly do not know a Brit who emigrated out here, and ultimately went elsewhere, unless it was for a better job, and then they usually have come back here to retire.
All the rest are still happily living here, at various stages of their working lives, ages ranging from late 20s to over 80s, or have died here!
I honestly do not know a Brit who emigrated out here, and ultimately went elsewhere, unless it was for a better job, and then they usually have come back here to retire.
All the rest are still happily living here, at various stages of their working lives, ages ranging from late 20s to over 80s, or have died here!
#48
Re: So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
Some times I really do wonder if we live in the same country!
I honestly do not know a Brit who emigrated out here, and ultimately went elsewhere, unless it was for a better job, and then they usually have come back here to retire.
All the rest are still happily living here, at various stages of their working lives, ages ranging from late 20s to over 80s, or have died here!
One couple who lived near St Catherine's did plan on retiring back to "their" part of the UK, but fortunately were able to negotiate a several month break to go and stay over there about 2 years before retirement. They enjoyed the fact that they were close to their 2 children, but realised that everything else was back here. So plans changed, they stayed in their home near St Catherine's, she died a few years ago, and he has found a new "friend" to go on holidays and trips with
I honestly do not know a Brit who emigrated out here, and ultimately went elsewhere, unless it was for a better job, and then they usually have come back here to retire.
All the rest are still happily living here, at various stages of their working lives, ages ranging from late 20s to over 80s, or have died here!
One couple who lived near St Catherine's did plan on retiring back to "their" part of the UK, but fortunately were able to negotiate a several month break to go and stay over there about 2 years before retirement. They enjoyed the fact that they were close to their 2 children, but realised that everything else was back here. So plans changed, they stayed in their home near St Catherine's, she died a few years ago, and he has found a new "friend" to go on holidays and trips with
I moved her when I was 17 with family but prior to that we had lived in the UK, Canada , UK, USA, and then the UK...and then Canada. The accent is pretty much gone as the first Canada part from age 6-11 was key for accent development. Thankfully no North Carolina twang got implanted.
When I moved at 17 here for good, I quickly became friends with a guy who was from Italy (moved when he was 8 I think) and his parents always talked about moving back to the hilltop town that they came from in Italy etc. They eventually retired at about age 75 about 7 years ago and headed back to the little village they had come from that they hadn't lived in for over 40 years. I'm sure you can figure out what happened. Within 3 years they were back...everybody they knew had died, moved away or they had lost contact with them and the Italy they knew they viewed through sepia toned vision and the old town they knew was no longer. Now they are back in Canada and glad they are back..needless to say I think 7 out of 9 of their siblings moved to Canada and mainly to the Toronto area where they are
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Re: So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
I sometimes wonder about the Canada that dbd lives in as I haven't found it like he has
I moved her when I was 17 with family but prior to that we had lived in the UK, Canada , UK, USA, and then the UK...and then Canada. The accent is pretty much gone as the first Canada part from age 6-11 was key for accent development. Thankfully no North Carolina twang got implanted.
When I moved at 17 here for good, I quickly became friends with a guy who was from Italy (moved when he was 8 I think) and his parents always talked about moving back to the hilltop town that they came from in Italy etc. They eventually retired at about age 75 about 7 years ago and headed back to the little village they had come from that they hadn't lived in for over 40 years. I'm sure you can figure out what happened. Within 3 years they were back...everybody they knew had died, moved away or they had lost contact with them and the Italy they knew they viewed through sepia toned vision and the old town they knew was no longer. Now they are back in Canada and glad they are back..needless to say I think 7 out of 9 of their siblings moved to Canada and mainly to the Toronto area where they are
I moved her when I was 17 with family but prior to that we had lived in the UK, Canada , UK, USA, and then the UK...and then Canada. The accent is pretty much gone as the first Canada part from age 6-11 was key for accent development. Thankfully no North Carolina twang got implanted.
When I moved at 17 here for good, I quickly became friends with a guy who was from Italy (moved when he was 8 I think) and his parents always talked about moving back to the hilltop town that they came from in Italy etc. They eventually retired at about age 75 about 7 years ago and headed back to the little village they had come from that they hadn't lived in for over 40 years. I'm sure you can figure out what happened. Within 3 years they were back...everybody they knew had died, moved away or they had lost contact with them and the Italy they knew they viewed through sepia toned vision and the old town they knew was no longer. Now they are back in Canada and glad they are back..needless to say I think 7 out of 9 of their siblings moved to Canada and mainly to the Toronto area where they are
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Re: So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
So do others. I just think it is him doing his thing now that his sidekick/partner in crime or whatever has left Canada and splitting their time between France and the UK. He is entitled to his opinion about Canada and I think has been told at least on one occasion several years ago by more than one poster that he is free to leave at any time but yet he remains. Is it the country or is it dbd himself. Who am I to judge.
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Re: So is this what 'homesickness' feels like?.....
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At least they bring us the odd present. Dead mice, grasshoppers, nice presents like that.
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I don't think even cradle Canadians retire here, unless things have gone badly wrong. They go to Florida or Arizona for half the year minus a day.