homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
Mar 6th 2014, 1:58 pm
#17
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Re: homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
hi everyone so we arrived on the 5th of december and we are now living in howick which is lovely and good school for the kids, but i am soooo homesick right now and the problem is my friends i have left behind i misd our social life we had at weekends having a few beers and wine and a good old natter cant beat it! and yet havent meet anyone like that and similar to us, i am nearly 30 and my other half is 32 we have two boys aged 5 and 7, there loving it here and i know i will once i make some friends and i no i havent been here that long but needing them now haha, anyone else feeling like this? xx
Mar 7th 2014, 12:39 am
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Re: homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
yes! come meet us! (sorry I completely missed this whole conversation) I got too distracted by something shiny XD
Mar 7th 2014, 12:41 am
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Re: homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
Oh btw I also work in Otara - so can also meet closer to you sometime too if easier 
Mar 8th 2014, 6:46 am
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Re: homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
It's hard and it goes in swings and cycles. Sometimes I feel just fine and others I feel like I live on mars. I have lots of acquaintances now but I wouldn't call them friends yet, and I do miss friends.
Facebook just isn't the same.
Facebook just isn't the same.
Mar 8th 2014, 8:24 am
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Re: homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
It's hard and it goes in swings and cycles. Sometimes I feel just fine and others I feel like I live on mars. I have lots of acquaintances now but I wouldn't call them friends yet, and I do miss friends.
Facebook just isn't the same.
Like what you say about sometimes feel like living on mars, snap !
Facebook just isn't the same.
Like what you say about sometimes feel like living on mars, snap !
Mar 8th 2014, 8:40 am
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Re: homesick struggling to meet friends :-(
I have had a lot of other personal stuff happen this year also which hasn't helped. It takes time and continued effort to turn acquaintances into friends I guess.
I considered relocating further north, but I am not sure I can face it all over again!
I considered relocating further north, but I am not sure I can face it all over again!
