hippy chick

Well, I'm having a good day today, no tears at the moment, but my question today is "What sets you off being homesick?"

Mine are:

1- The thought or xmas in Canada whilst my family are all together in England.

2- Seeing my Neice & Nephew on MSN now their teeth have grown back...

3- Watching "A good year", a film about a vineyard in France, and knowing its so much further away...

4- missing the smell of Lenor....


Now I know these are minor things but they just start me off...

What about you lot???

Londonuck

When i would see travel programmes about Europe. Now its when i see travel programmes about big snow covered mountain ranges. Damn these rose tinted specs!

Elaine B.

When I was in Canada I guess missing out on family events like my dad's 70th Birthday and christmas of course.

Another thing that made it really difficult was that my OH works as a technician for bands and works in Europe a lot of the time. I remember one night he called me from a bar in Belfast where he was having a drink with my brother and Sister-in-law, it's times like that when I wondered "what the hell am I doing here".

sans

I think for me the realisation that we was never going to be able to afford to stay.......The realisation that we was not happy and we was all living on our nerves. Then all the insignificant niggly things, suddenly be came really big.

And once that set in, there was know shaking it off

Mummy in the foothills

My mom visiting from home and European travel shows set me off.
Mom left last week so I'm in the dumps right now

Ruby Murray

Did you fall on bad times too sans? Life is damned hard over here when you ain't got two pennies to rub together....scary when you have a mortgage at nearly $2,000 a month

sans

Hi Ruby Yep!!! We was struggling big time.....We ended up on half the wages/dbl the morgage........So pleased we got back here before this recession kicked in, i sure as hell wouldn't of wanted to be stuck in Canada

islandergirl

Can be people at work talking about spending time with THEIR families, or occasionally a show on tv.

Though most shows you get on Australian tv show a very seedy side to British life, eg Taggart, The Bill, Murphy's Law etc which are unlikely to trigger too many pangs...but the Aussies think they are a totally realistic representation of British life I think!

quoll

Waking up in the morning to a cacophony of screeching birds.

Dave_Was

For me it's the usual things...

Birthdays and events.
Glimses of London on the TV.
People talking about family coming to visit.
Holidays where people are expected to be near family.
The realisation that my parents are getting older.
After the Saturday and Sunday morning calls.
Other Europeans booking their holidays to visit family.
Airports.
Listening to LBC on the internet.
Realising that no matter what, when my parents need me I will be there for them, so staying in the US is on 'borrowed' time.

and on and on..

KRUSADR

The World Cup and the three lions song gets me every time.

3 go mad in Adelaide

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KRUSADR

People with personality you mean.

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dingbat

Watching British TV programmes, like Midsomer Murders, Judge John Deed, The Royal, or more recently Graham Norton for some inexplicable reason. BBC news - always so interesting. Global TV doesn't quite cut it for me.