Having a bad time
Feb 15th 2007 | 12:21 pm
#46
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From: Joondalup Perth WA
Re: Having a bad time
I hear from a friend of mine theres a few weirdos living over in Ellenbrook!! ) So its not just UK they are everywhere.....
Kath
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Feb 15th 2007 | 6:17 pm
#47
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Re: Having a bad time
That is so EXACTLY how I feel. I am so fed up with struggling all my life. We don't smoke, only drink at home socially, rarely go out for meals or cinema, yet we are always skint. Had well and truly thought that moving to Oz was going to get us out of this trap, but we are still stuck in it. Thing is, I don't actually think that would change now if we went back. Probably just give us bigger debts.
Feb 16th 2007 | 12:04 am
#48
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Re: Having a bad time
I hope things get better for you - I know how you feel! At least you have got other like-minded people around you in Perth - I have got next to nobody in Melbourne!!!!!
If it makes you feel any better - we have just spent $16K on a car that broke down a week after we got it, and the garage said they didn't know what was wrong with it! So that's might be that down the drain!!!!
Still - it's only money!!!!
If it makes you feel any better - we have just spent $16K on a car that broke down a week after we got it, and the garage said they didn't know what was wrong with it! So that's might be that down the drain!!!!
Still - it's only money!!!!
.... when are you joining us!
Feb 18th 2007 | 11:08 am
#49
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Re: Having a bad time
Having a really shi**y day today and need to moan. So switch off now if you don't feel like being moaned at. Things have just reached a peak I s'pose. I will enlighten you;
1) Last week the car was broken into on the drive. They didn't take anything, just smashed the lock in. And we supposedly live in a nice area in a safe cul-de-sac
2) Hubby got a new job..yippee...what they didn't tell him was we would be absolutely broke for a month whilst they bugger about with his pay.
3) The iron blew up. Now my ironing pile is about 5ft high. Then again, I s'pose that's a good thing. Can't afford a new iron yet.
4) Things got a bit heated over the weeked with OH and I finally told him we are deffinately going back to the UK. All very tearful and draining but he's agreed it's the best thing for me and he will support me on that.
5) Yesterday I had to have one of our cats put to sleep
as he was diagnosed with feline lukemia. Crikey, putting an ill cat to sleep is bad enough, but ordering one to be destroyed that is looking very healthy is heartbreaking. I haven't told the kids the truth. I've told them I found him a new home where he wouldn't be beaten up by my other cat.
6) Then last night, on the way home from school the steering on the car decided to start making really awful grinding noises. It's going to the mechanic tonight. God knows how much that's going to cost.
7) Finally, last but not least, I am so homesick at the moment it's ridiculous. Every minute of every day is spent thinking about home. I can't seem to function without something about home popping into my head.
Mods, please don't put this into the barbi. I couldn't hack any grief from some people in there.
I'm just so sad at the moment.
Ok moan over. You can wake up now.
1) Last week the car was broken into on the drive. They didn't take anything, just smashed the lock in. And we supposedly live in a nice area in a safe cul-de-sac
2) Hubby got a new job..yippee...what they didn't tell him was we would be absolutely broke for a month whilst they bugger about with his pay.
3) The iron blew up. Now my ironing pile is about 5ft high. Then again, I s'pose that's a good thing. Can't afford a new iron yet.
4) Things got a bit heated over the weeked with OH and I finally told him we are deffinately going back to the UK. All very tearful and draining but he's agreed it's the best thing for me and he will support me on that.
5) Yesterday I had to have one of our cats put to sleep
as he was diagnosed with feline lukemia. Crikey, putting an ill cat to sleep is bad enough, but ordering one to be destroyed that is looking very healthy is heartbreaking. I haven't told the kids the truth. I've told them I found him a new home where he wouldn't be beaten up by my other cat.6) Then last night, on the way home from school the steering on the car decided to start making really awful grinding noises. It's going to the mechanic tonight. God knows how much that's going to cost.
7) Finally, last but not least, I am so homesick at the moment it's ridiculous. Every minute of every day is spent thinking about home. I can't seem to function without something about home popping into my head.
Mods, please don't put this into the barbi. I couldn't hack any grief from some people in there.
I'm just so sad at the moment.
Ok moan over. You can wake up now.
All from number 1- 6 can happen back in UK ? so what makes you think it be better back home ?
just a observation
do it girl!
whats his/her point???
Feb 18th 2007 | 7:45 pm
#55
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Re: Having a bad time
I reckon you'll be a ping ponger, especially if you felt like this 6 months ago.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386159
Best of luck, I'm off to Canada today
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386159
Best of luck, I'm off to Canada today
Feb 18th 2007 | 8:52 pm
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Re: Having a bad time
Hey, it's like having my own personal stalker with you Danny!! How exciting!!
Have you nowt better to do that go through folks old posts and try to pick a fight? Well, that post was true at the time....for about...ummmm...a month. Then all the same old feelings came back. You see Danny, I'm female, I'm allowed to change my mind.
I hope you have a wonderful life in Canada. Then perhaps you'll p*ss off and leave me alone!
Have you nowt better to do that go through folks old posts and try to pick a fight? Well, that post was true at the time....for about...ummmm...a month. Then all the same old feelings came back. You see Danny, I'm female, I'm allowed to change my mind.
I hope you have a wonderful life in Canada. Then perhaps you'll p*ss off and leave me alone!
Feb 18th 2007 | 9:09 pm
#57
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Re: Having a bad time
Hey, it's like having my own personal stalker with you Danny!! How exciting!!
Have you nowt better to do that go through folks old posts and try to pick a fight? Well, that post was true at the time....for about...ummmm...a month. Then all the same old feelings came back. You see Danny, I'm female, I'm allowed to change my mind.
I hope you have a wonderful life in Canada. Then perhaps you'll p*ss off and leave me alone!
Have you nowt better to do that go through folks old posts and try to pick a fight? Well, that post was true at the time....for about...ummmm...a month. Then all the same old feelings came back. You see Danny, I'm female, I'm allowed to change my mind.
I hope you have a wonderful life in Canada. Then perhaps you'll p*ss off and leave me alone!
Feb 18th 2007 | 10:39 pm
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Re: Having a bad time
[QUOTE=Mercedes;4396875]Have you got anyone who you can ring up or see who will make you laugh your head off?
Hi All,
This post really touched a nerve with me as I realised the other day that I haven't REALLY laughed since I've been here, (nearly 2 years). You know when you used to be with your friends and you talk about something that happened before and you can't talk because you are laughing so much... I'd love to be with my friends laughing and end up spraying my glass of wine out of my nose and mouth at the same time because I can't control it!! (I am actually really weird aren't I?)
Jo
Hi All,
This post really touched a nerve with me as I realised the other day that I haven't REALLY laughed since I've been here, (nearly 2 years). You know when you used to be with your friends and you talk about something that happened before and you can't talk because you are laughing so much... I'd love to be with my friends laughing and end up spraying my glass of wine out of my nose and mouth at the same time because I can't control it!! (I am actually really weird aren't I?)
Jo
Feb 19th 2007 | 11:39 am
#59
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Re: Having a bad time
[QUOTE=clougherty family;4421454]
Noooooooooooooo, far from it infact. A good friend and I were saying the same thing only afew weeks ago. How we miss a good old belly laugh with people we have a 'history' with, people who really knew us before we became the 'person' we are now. Being with friends and sitting with them in a relaxing 'silence'. Reminiscing about things you got up to in your teens together, remembering people you knew from your past and the times you all spent together. Laughing about mishaps on your wedding day, with friends who were there. Nothing quite like it. Instant therapy.
Have you got anyone who you can ring up or see who will make you laugh your head off?
Hi All,
This post really touched a nerve with me as I realised the other day that I haven't REALLY laughed since I've been here, (nearly 2 years). You know when you used to be with your friends and you talk about something that happened before and you can't talk because you are laughing so much... I'd love to be with my friends laughing and end up spraying my glass of wine out of my nose and mouth at the same time because I can't control it!! (I am actually really weird aren't I?)
Jo
Hi All,
This post really touched a nerve with me as I realised the other day that I haven't REALLY laughed since I've been here, (nearly 2 years). You know when you used to be with your friends and you talk about something that happened before and you can't talk because you are laughing so much... I'd love to be with my friends laughing and end up spraying my glass of wine out of my nose and mouth at the same time because I can't control it!! (I am actually really weird aren't I?)
Jo
Feb 19th 2007 | 12:48 pm
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Re: Having a bad time
Hello all,
I have finally become a member after being a browser for a while so this is my 1st post. Having lived in WA for over a year now I can relate to how all you ladies are feeling and after reading Jo's post I have come to realise that I haven't had a good laugh since I've been here, apart from when I've had family staying, or spoken to friends over the phone, which because of the time difference isn't as often as I'd like! Although I have some nice friends here I feel that half the time they just don't get me, have dodgy sense of humour, and the jokes not funny when it goes straight over their heads and you have to explain! Actually come to think of it maybe thats the problem, they don't find me that funny! Its all getting to be like too much hard work so lately I can't even be bothered to spend time with people, think everyones getting fed up with me, its got to a point where I'm getting on me own nerves! Anyway I just wanted to say its nice to know that its not just me who feels like cr*p so I'll stop waffling now.
TT.
I have finally become a member after being a browser for a while so this is my 1st post. Having lived in WA for over a year now I can relate to how all you ladies are feeling and after reading Jo's post I have come to realise that I haven't had a good laugh since I've been here, apart from when I've had family staying, or spoken to friends over the phone, which because of the time difference isn't as often as I'd like! Although I have some nice friends here I feel that half the time they just don't get me, have dodgy sense of humour, and the jokes not funny when it goes straight over their heads and you have to explain! Actually come to think of it maybe thats the problem, they don't find me that funny! Its all getting to be like too much hard work so lately I can't even be bothered to spend time with people, think everyones getting fed up with me, its got to a point where I'm getting on me own nerves! Anyway I just wanted to say its nice to know that its not just me who feels like cr*p so I'll stop waffling now.
TT.
