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:( So very true. Karma sent.

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1. Yes, I would still have done it, the only way that I learn is to try things and I have no regrets

2. I wish I had known how much you have to earn to have a decent life over here.

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1. yes would still have done it, had wondered for years what it would be like and what we were missing by not living in Perth as OH is from there. So many people kept asking why we were still in Scotland! Anyway a short 8 month emigration and I'm back but with no regrets and feeling so humbled and bizarrely quite refreshed by the experience.

2. How important friends were and how to appreciate the small things in a day.

A very very happy returnee!:D

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1. NO. But you can only pin point these thing once living it.
2. How a lot of the Australians have this big power struggle, When in a meaningfully conversation no sensible response.Customer services ie telstra, foxtel, agl etc. The money, Why it does not seam to go as far. The cost of holidays, Good clothes, Choice.( the spiders :ohmy: )

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I would like to ask those wanting to move back:
1. Thinking back before you came, would you still have done it, knowing what you now know?
2. What do you wish you had known before you moved?[/QUOTE]

1. Yes knowing me like I do I would still have done it as I am one of the stupid people who learn by my experiences.

2. Firstly, like Tootsie the at times overwhelming homesickness and grief I feel for my life back home (come as a big shock). The 'dark early' summer nights, intesity of the humidity and its ability to drain every bit of energy from you, the quality and price of the food, the size of the mortgage we would have to have to have a nice house.:eek: That my husband would have to work full time (just retired after 32 years in fire service) I see less of him now than I ever did, that I would Hate my job so much and that I would be at the receiving end of a Bl**dy big truck hitting the car I was in. I could go on and on and on and on and on :rofl:

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I was the same with popping into Greggs, pulling up at the bus stop to chat, tea with Mum and cherry blossom outside the bedroom window. And I think the reason I left where perhaps you stayed is you were given a get out clause and I knew I would be trapped. Knowing that I might have to live with those feelings forever with no power to chnage it was too much.

I would never have been able to replicate any part of my lifestyle and I didnt like what was around me to adapt to. There really was only one option for me.

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Hi Kerrie-I'm sorry to hear you are feeling this way too and for all the other "no's" on here. We have been in melbourne for 3 months. It's a great city if you can afford to live towards or in the centre and take advantage of all its amenities & I am hoping I will feel differently when we do.

I think the main problem is that we headed out here for a more relaxed life but it's morphing into an Aus equivalent of what we didn't like about our UK life very quickly. It didnt help that there was a property boom in Melly before we came with places in our original areas of choice rising by 50-60% in 1 year:ohmy:.

If we were happy living in a backwater with only $100 left to spend a month after paying the bills we would be fine! :lol:but now, to get the lifestyle we planned we will have to work as hard and as long as we did in England but without all the things & people we love. Kind of negates why we came...

Where are you?:)

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2. Firstly, like Tootsie the at times overwhelming homesickness and grief I feel for my life back home (come as a big shock). The 'dark early' summer nights, intesity of the humidity and its ability to drain every bit of energy from you, the quality and price of the food, the size of the mortgage we would have to have to have a nice house.:eek: That my husband would have to work full time (just retired after 32 years in fire service) I see less of him now than I ever did, that I would Hate my job so much and that I would be at the receiving end of a Bl**dy big truck hitting the car I was in. I could go on and on and on and on and on :rofl:[/QUOTE]

Hi tillysmum-yes, we spend years moaning about our UK lives and get here and spend months crying for them!:o The high mortgage thing is one of the things that annoys me the most actually (putting 'old life' grief aside). Whats the point of uprooting your whole life when new life has all the bad points of the old..:blink:

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I sometimes think that reading all of your honest, heartfelt and realistic comments should be compulsory for all expat wannabees. People may not want to see the negatives when they are rushing headlong into a dream filled "better life" but it really worries me that they will fall harder if they have not considered the realities before they leap. I daresay we are all stronger for having lived with them and dealt/dealing with them and best wishes to all of you!

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1. Yes, BUT I would have taken a career break instead of resigning my job, rented out my house and gone to a different state.

2. What a lottery the education system is in Perth, how set in their ways the Perthites are, the lack of part time jobs and what total tw**s estate agents are (except for one who used to post on BE);)

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Hi Quoll,

You are so right. I have recently caught up with old school friends etc via facebook. A few of them are looking into moving over here with their young families. When they asked what it was like living here, I felt that I should tell the truth (hopefully, without sounding like a whinging pom).
Trouble is, they didn't want to hear the negatives.

Paul

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Know what you mean - I just opened my mouth to change feet on another board and was unintentionally horrible. I just really fear for some people.

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No-one ever does hey? I know I used to think-"oh, I wont be like that' and 'that wont happen to me" or "i am well travelled & can live anywhere". Somehow when you know it's for good & not just a month or a year it puts a whole different perspective on things.

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Exactly. I always think it's a bit like smoking or drinking (or any other vice). You know what the downsides are but you always think they happen to other people and not yourself.

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Ha! 'open your mouth to change feet' - I do this all the time. Probably should keep my opinions to myself sometimes...:confused:

Paul