It's really happening.....
Dec 12th 2010, 3:17 pm
#16
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Re: It's really happening.....
Thats what they all say. Crow doesn't taste too good I'm told.
Dec 12th 2010, 7:13 pm
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Re: It's really happening.....
Dec 12th 2010, 10:43 pm
#19
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Re: It's really happening.....
We had exactly the same negative thoughts about the UK when we left. We had absolutely no intention of returning once we got our visa...........
After over 2 years in Australia, we realize just how much we took for granted about the UK and won't make that mistake again. It's like the old saying, "You don't know what you've got until it's gone".
After over 2 years in Australia, we realize just how much we took for granted about the UK and won't make that mistake again. It's like the old saying, "You don't know what you've got until it's gone".
Dec 13th 2010, 1:24 am
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Re: It's really happening.....
I didn't even have a bad experience when I first moved. I left the UK thinking I would never return, and got on with my life.
At first I was really happy but as the years have gone by, I have realized that I left friends and family behind and that they are not replaceable. Yes there are people here, and yes you can befriend them, but they're not the people who grew up with you. They're not the ones who angsted with you through your teenage years. They're not the ones who were at your wedding. They're not the ones who know everything about you and love you anyway.
And then your parents start to get older, and you wish you were there to help them - and members of your family start getting sick and you're not able to visit them in hospital, and your friends' parents start dying and you're not able to get to the funerals, and it just goes on and on. The negatives starts outweighing the positives. You realize that the sunshine and the big house aren't worth much when you're lonely and you don't really fit in and you're constantly letting down the people who love you most.
That's when you start wishing you had just stayed put.
At first I was really happy but as the years have gone by, I have realized that I left friends and family behind and that they are not replaceable. Yes there are people here, and yes you can befriend them, but they're not the people who grew up with you. They're not the ones who angsted with you through your teenage years. They're not the ones who were at your wedding. They're not the ones who know everything about you and love you anyway.
And then your parents start to get older, and you wish you were there to help them - and members of your family start getting sick and you're not able to visit them in hospital, and your friends' parents start dying and you're not able to get to the funerals, and it just goes on and on. The negatives starts outweighing the positives. You realize that the sunshine and the big house aren't worth much when you're lonely and you don't really fit in and you're constantly letting down the people who love you most.
That's when you start wishing you had just stayed put.
Dec 13th 2010, 1:27 am
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Re: It's really happening.....
I didn't even have a bad experience when I first moved. I left the UK thinking I would never return, and got on with my life.
At first I was really happy but as the years have gone by, I have realized that I left friends and family behind and that they are not replaceable. Yes there are people here, and yes you can befriend them, but they're not the people who grew up with you. They're not the ones who angsted with you through your teenage years. They're not the ones who were at your wedding. They're not the ones who know everything about you and love you anyway.
And then your parents start to get older, and you wish you were there to help them - and members of your family start getting sick and you're not able to visit them in hospital, and your friends' parents start dying and you're not able to get to the funerals, and it just goes on and on. The negatives starts outweighing the positives. You realize that the sunshine and the big house aren't worth much when you're lonely and you don't really fit in and you're constantly letting down the people who love you most.
That's when you start wishing you had just stayed put.
At first I was really happy but as the years have gone by, I have realized that I left friends and family behind and that they are not replaceable. Yes there are people here, and yes you can befriend them, but they're not the people who grew up with you. They're not the ones who angsted with you through your teenage years. They're not the ones who were at your wedding. They're not the ones who know everything about you and love you anyway.
And then your parents start to get older, and you wish you were there to help them - and members of your family start getting sick and you're not able to visit them in hospital, and your friends' parents start dying and you're not able to get to the funerals, and it just goes on and on. The negatives starts outweighing the positives. You realize that the sunshine and the big house aren't worth much when you're lonely and you don't really fit in and you're constantly letting down the people who love you most.
That's when you start wishing you had just stayed put.
Dec 13th 2010, 8:08 am
#22
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Re: It's really happening.....
Sally, a perfect post, says it all.
Dec 13th 2010, 10:10 am
#23
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Joined: Nov 2008
Location: UK
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Re: It's really happening.....
yes, i remember saying "good riddance to bad rubbish" as our plane left the ground at heathrow, and 18 months later, we are heading back there...!
and i am aussie born!
there are good bits and bad bits to both places, but i am just pleased i have the right to live in both, so when one gets too annoying, i can head to the other...
australia is a huge rip off now, not good value as it once was, so we are going back to enjoy a more affordable life, in some of the lovely, but cheaper parts of the uk...
don't know how long we'll be there, but for now, it works for us!
Dec 13th 2010, 5:32 pm
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Re: It's really happening.....
I didn't even have a bad experience when I first moved. I left the UK thinking I would never return, and got on with my life.
At first I was really happy but as the years have gone by, I have realized that I left friends and family behind and that they are not replaceable. Yes there are people here, and yes you can befriend them, but they're not the people who grew up with you. They're not the ones who angsted with you through your teenage years. They're not the ones who were at your wedding. They're not the ones who know everything about you and love you anyway.
And then your parents start to get older, and you wish you were there to help them - and members of your family start getting sick and you're not able to visit them in hospital, and your friends' parents start dying and you're not able to get to the funerals, and it just goes on and on. The negatives starts outweighing the positives. You realize that the sunshine and the big house aren't worth much when you're lonely and you don't really fit in and you're constantly letting down the people who love you most.
That's when you start wishing you had just stayed put.
At first I was really happy but as the years have gone by, I have realized that I left friends and family behind and that they are not replaceable. Yes there are people here, and yes you can befriend them, but they're not the people who grew up with you. They're not the ones who angsted with you through your teenage years. They're not the ones who were at your wedding. They're not the ones who know everything about you and love you anyway.
And then your parents start to get older, and you wish you were there to help them - and members of your family start getting sick and you're not able to visit them in hospital, and your friends' parents start dying and you're not able to get to the funerals, and it just goes on and on. The negatives starts outweighing the positives. You realize that the sunshine and the big house aren't worth much when you're lonely and you don't really fit in and you're constantly letting down the people who love you most.
That's when you start wishing you had just stayed put.
Dec 13th 2010, 6:00 pm
#25
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Re: It's really happening.....
Dec 14th 2010, 9:25 am
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Re: It's really happening.....
Sally, Shall you tell them or shall I? As long as they move to a country where they speak English , as otherwise, he/she will not really know whether they are real friends or not!
Oh well! Only 68 days to go ... dontheturner
Oh well! Only 68 days to go ... dontheturner
