Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
Dec 16th 2010, 3:06 pm
#16
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Re: Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
, hi , not been on here for a while and keep forgetting/losing password, and oh yes to all of the above,we are in conroe texas(houston)As the familiar pangs of Christmas homesickness kick in, I have just spent thirty minutes or so revisiting old posts I've made about how I want to go home etc. The reason for doing so (other than to torment myself!) was to look at how long it had been going on.
It's been a couple of years in all BUT there have also been times within those couple of years where I've had the "what was I thinking" moments of loving it here and wondering why I would ever dream of leaving!
So, I wished that I posted during those times too so that when I look back through my posts, I can see how the time balances out (if it does, which I'm sure it would), and if there are particular triggers (Christmas being a good example). Wondered if anyone else experiences this constant pendulum swing?
It's been a couple of years in all BUT there have also been times within those couple of years where I've had the "what was I thinking" moments of loving it here and wondering why I would ever dream of leaving!
So, I wished that I posted during those times too so that when I look back through my posts, I can see how the time balances out (if it does, which I'm sure it would), and if there are particular triggers (Christmas being a good example). Wondered if anyone else experiences this constant pendulum swing?
Dec 16th 2010, 3:08 pm
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Re: Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
it doesn`t make things easier me waiting for my husbands h1b extention and me h4 loosing my driving licence because of the delays so housebound since october!very isolated...
Dec 19th 2010, 8:37 am
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Re: Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
I prefer that though - at least the people who make themselves ill are also paying in. Here that's often not the case. (cue someone telling me that all unhealthy people are scrounging off the state and not paying a penny ... in 5,4,3, 2....)
Fact is, my taxes there would be slightly lower than they are here, plus I'd be saving $1,400 a month on health insurance, so I'll take paying for British unhealthy people any day!
Fact is, my taxes there would be slightly lower than they are here, plus I'd be saving $1,400 a month on health insurance, so I'll take paying for British unhealthy people any day!
They are a strange lot.
Dec 19th 2010, 11:35 pm
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Re: Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
As the familiar pangs of Christmas homesickness kick in, I have just spent thirty minutes or so revisiting old posts I've made about how I want to go home etc. The reason for doing so (other than to torment myself!) was to look at how long it had been going on.
It's been a couple of years in all BUT there have also been times within those couple of years where I've had the "what was I thinking" moments of loving it here and wondering why I would ever dream of leaving!
So, I wished that I posted during those times too so that when I look back through my posts, I can see how the time balances out (if it does, which I'm sure it would), and if there are particular triggers (Christmas being a good example). Wondered if anyone else experiences this constant pendulum swing?
It's been a couple of years in all BUT there have also been times within those couple of years where I've had the "what was I thinking" moments of loving it here and wondering why I would ever dream of leaving!
So, I wished that I posted during those times too so that when I look back through my posts, I can see how the time balances out (if it does, which I'm sure it would), and if there are particular triggers (Christmas being a good example). Wondered if anyone else experiences this constant pendulum swing?
Funny enough i was thinking about this the othere day, and concluded the majority of the time i want to go home and the minority of the time is when i want to stay, thinking on , i have been here 4 years and spent the last 4 years (mainly, not all the time), very unhappy. To be honest i have forgotten what it is to wake up , go to work, and feel happy and 'nomeal'.
p.s my sister has lived in usa for around 30 years (mainly Houston), and she would go back to Scotland in a heartbeat, she is now looking forward to retireing back there, what a shame though having spent 30 years being somewhere you really dont wanna be. On the plus side for her having lived in the usa, she will have a very comfortable retirement....she also looks fab! and healthy.....unlike myself
Although am glad am missing the winter in the u.k this year, sounds horrendous.
Last edited by Margaret3; Dec 19th 2010 at 11:40 pm.
Dec 22nd 2010, 9:52 am
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Re: Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
Funny enough i was thinking about this the othere day, and concluded the majority of the time i want to go home and the minority of the time is when i want to stay, thinking on , i have been here 4 years and spent the last 4 years (mainly, not all the time), very unhappy. To be honest i have forgotten what it is to wake up , go to work, and feel happy and 'nomeal'.
p.s my sister has lived in usa for around 30 years (mainly Houston), and she would go back to Scotland in a heartbeat, she is now looking forward to retireing back there, what a shame though having spent 30 years being somewhere you really dont wanna be. On the plus side for her having lived in the usa, she will have a very comfortable retirement....she also looks fab! and healthy.....unlike myself
Although am glad am missing the winter in the u.k this year, sounds horrendous.
p.s my sister has lived in usa for around 30 years (mainly Houston), and she would go back to Scotland in a heartbeat, she is now looking forward to retireing back there, what a shame though having spent 30 years being somewhere you really dont wanna be. On the plus side for her having lived in the usa, she will have a very comfortable retirement....she also looks fab! and healthy.....unlike myself
Although am glad am missing the winter in the u.k this year, sounds horrendous.
Dec 22nd 2010, 2:30 pm
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Re: Wishing I posted when I wasn't homesick as well
Oh I feel for you! I spent 6 years suffering through those winters before we moved down here. It's about 0c here today, and has been all month. I find it such a relief after my Canadian experience.
