jasper123

Oh yes now I remember a little while ago you told us that your husbands job there is only for 3 years, OK so you have two more years left and this is your first year in Vegas, when you told us I was thinking OMG they are going to hate the Vegas heat in the Summer being used to the British weather, ---- well tell me, ------ we are now half way through July and Im sure you have had a lot of 100f weather, so what do you think? will you be able to stick it out for 2 more years? but I think August is actually hotter then July when it gets to a steady 112 to 115 every day, and Sept and October can be sizzlers too, anyway good luck!!!!!
But WOW I am sooooo happy that I dont ever have to live through a desert Summer again

Homeiswheretheheartis

I have to stick out the extra two years I don't have a choice, unless I leave without my husband I wish I felt different about here, as it really is a fantastic oppotunity and I should be making the most of it.

We have had a week of 114f and oh my god, give me the UK weather anyday over the heat. We have just recently come back from 3 weeks hols in the UK and it rained nearly everyday, but I didn't care.

I am trying to make the most of it and I'm very lucky that I have UK friends here, and I know I am going home in two years with a job for my husband.

The trouble is at the moment the kids are on the stupidly long school holidays, 11 bl***y weeks Most of my friends are in the UK, my husbands at work, the kids are stuck in because of the weather, most US kids are in summer clubs, which I can't affort. I'm slowly going mad and so are the kids.

But try telling that to my friends back in the UK, I'm in Vegas what am I moaning about

Fish n Chips 56

When I first went to Vegas (1976) you could have any meal on the strip for just a few dollars, cheap meals were a big incentive to get you into the Casino's, over the years those cheap meals have gone away, at least on the strip, there are less gamblers visiting Vegas these days, so they have to make money wherever they can...

If you are ever looking for a nice steak, give the Silverado a try, its in the South Point Casino, we really thought it was a great meal when we went last May, and cheaper than steakhouses on the busy part of the strip, of course its no $13...

Fish n Chips 56

Most people in the UK never understand, they are starry eyed when it comes to America, Consider yourself Very Lucky even if your freinds are in the UK right now, we dont have any British friends and few American ones either, thats why I come here, we just went to see my sister and her family a thousand miles away, I didnt know how to act, it was so nice knowing I could speak free and easy...

Homeiswheretheheartis

I am very lucky to have a number of UK friends in Vegas, I can't imagine what it must be like to be stuck in a country that you don't want to be, made worst by the fact you have no like minded friends around.

I still have to keep the fact I want to go home to myself around my UK friends as they all love it here! This makes me feel as if there is something wrong with me. I am trying to make the most of it, we go places and socialize as much as possible.

Thats why I come on here, one to know I'm not odd for wanting to be in the UK and secondly to hear of all the nice return stories from Sally, Jasper and others.

I like to know that some people have managed to get home and I do hope someday Fish that it happens for you as well.

jasper123

Wow Im amazed that you have met British friends in Vegas, I was living in Vegas for 14 years and I did not meet a single Brit anywhere, it got to the point that I thought I was the only Brit living in Vegas
But of course knowing that the population of Vegas was over 2 million I thought there must be at least one other Brit somewhere
How did you meet your English friends? I would like to know, am interested,
you know if you dont mind me asking of course,

islandwoman120

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Fish n Chips 56

Home is..........

No like minded Friends, that really is the tough one, my wife and I understand each other but outside of that I have to phone or skype relatives in the UK to get that kind of understanding/mentality, we grew up English and are still very much in that frame of mind, Luckily I still have e-mail contact with my best of 40 years, that helps a lot, we have a lot in common and exchange info a few times per week.

Isn't it funny how some people really love it here, I can understand you keeping this to yourself, there is nothing wrong with you, we all have different likes and dislikes, Until I found this forum I thought I was a bit ungrateful, it was such a relief to find other like mined people.

When we arrived in America we were one of thirty families in this small Rocky Mountain town, we would have British get together's at first, but that all changed over time, we like to socialize and you cant live in a bubble after all, everyone moves on, some families returned to the UK almost straight away, others like me slowly moved away, now there are very few of the original British families left in that town, some have retired to the UK some retired to other parts of America...

I'm glad you have decided to make the best of it, America may not be home but still its not a bad place, I would never say it was, its just that people here are in a different place mentally, many are ignorant of what lies beyond its borders and can only see things the American way, that's a shame... Even so I'm sure you will take back some good memories, there is lots of beauty, I hope you get to travel and see some of it...

I think I will go back at some point, its the one thing I cant get out of my system, I know what I need to do...

Thanks Fish

J.JsOH

Fish, you made very fair observations there.

For some, being back is wonderful. For us being back is something to have got out of our system, as was going overseas in the first place. Both places have been good to us.

cheers

you also make a good comment and the way some of us feel.

Cheers

shelley748

Hi Fish nice to see you are still about- I hear you about the friends lark- hubby and I are pretty ,much by ourselves, 0 Kids!!We are off back for 2 weeks late August to UK for a wedding and to see my Dad now 80. I have a huge magnet drawing me back but to be honest I expect it will have to stay that way at least for another 10 years, unless I win the lottery LOL!

Fish n Chips 56

Hello Shelley.

I know you will enjoy the UK in August, We've been back for so many weddings over the years, There is nothing quite like a wedding in the UK, 4 weddings and a funeral comes to mind, I love that film, it really takes me back, Ive had many Saturdays like that.

Zero kids here too, not by choice, I think that would have changed our lives in a good way as then we would have got to know lots more people...

Be sure to take your Dad out for a ride in the Country and a pub meal, as they get older they tend to stop in and people get tired of asking them to go out, so push him around a bit, in a nice way of course... He will thank you for it later...

The Lottery, Oh boy you and us both, a few hundred thousand $$$ would really change our lives, a nice little bunglow in the UK and we'd be set, Ive never wanted to win big as we dont need lots of money to make ours a good life, but these days I see so many people I could help, Id really love to spread it around with people that have been good to me over the years, I think Id enjoy helping others as long as they were not too greedy. (End of Dream)...

Thanks for checking in Shelly, Enjoy your Trip Home...

sallysimmons

Just stopping in to share a photo. I took my mum away for the weekend for her birthday. We took a trip down memory lane and spent the weekend up in the Yorkshire Dales - our holiday place of choice when I was a kid. She took me on the most amazing drive on the way up there, all through the Dales up and over the wild moors - really into James Herriott country. I shot this panorama from Park Rash, looking from Wensleydale back into Wharfedale and pieced it together once we got back. (it's big so may take a while to load)

jasper123

I never went into the South point Casino Fish, you say a good steak there dont cost $13 ----- so is it more or less?

Fish n Chips 56

More, ($26) but one of the best Ive ever had and much cheaper than some of the other places on the strip.