Should I stay or should I go?
Oct 18th 2013, 7:08 am
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
not sure I agree with that. I think it depends on your outlook.
If you want to complain and whinge about the smallest thing and the cost of cucumbers then you will, like so many
others be miserable, end up on here moaning over everything while getting sadder and sadder before finally
giving up and heading home. If you just accept that things are different, dont moan about the small things
and how wrong you were to think it was anything like the uk, then you'll be fine
If you want to complain and whinge about the smallest thing and the cost of cucumbers then you will, like so many
others be miserable, end up on here moaning over everything while getting sadder and sadder before finally
giving up and heading home. If you just accept that things are different, dont moan about the small things
and how wrong you were to think it was anything like the uk, then you'll be fine
Oct 18th 2013, 7:37 am
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Oct 18th 2013, 9:49 am
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
how many of you can relate to this?
As a wannabe immigrant you make the decision for whatever reason to leave the UK & emigrate, then the doubt sets in even before you get the visa, becomes worse after the visa is in your passports.
Is it the reality that OMG we are leaving or we should not have gone down this path or do you become scared of the unknown - what is it?
For those that make it to their new land, some become homesick and/or whinge & compare to back home, cannot settle for whatever reason after being in NZ for 1, 5, 10 or 20 years on & want to return back home.
Do you have challenges with 'shall we stay or shall we go' How did you come to the decision?
As a wannabe immigrant you make the decision for whatever reason to leave the UK & emigrate, then the doubt sets in even before you get the visa, becomes worse after the visa is in your passports.
Is it the reality that OMG we are leaving or we should not have gone down this path or do you become scared of the unknown - what is it?
For those that make it to their new land, some become homesick and/or whinge & compare to back home, cannot settle for whatever reason after being in NZ for 1, 5, 10 or 20 years on & want to return back home.
Do you have challenges with 'shall we stay or shall we go' How did you come to the decision?
The OP is asking about our true thoughts on leaving or just arriving & of staying.
please
Oct 18th 2013, 11:26 am
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Oct 18th 2013, 12:13 pm
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Oct 19th 2013, 9:18 am
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Oct 20th 2013, 3:47 pm
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
not to stay reasons
Its now or never - we have just got get get out of this place
A better future for oneself & family
Atrocities
Get away from the family
Work
Government controls - too many to list
Education
Reasons to stay
Family & friends
Life is better where I am at than the places folks emigrate to
I have no need to emigrate whatsoever - its a fools notion
And by staying where I am, I can always travel without restriction to any place I wish for the cost of a few dollars - then return home.
Reasons that I emigrated
I believed I had no future living in the UK
I was young & foolish & wanted the adventure - I had no fear (the younger as an adult the better)
I wanted out of the UK because of the perception of the institutionalization & controls on me.
I felt that I could not get ahead of myself because there was too many of us in our 20-30 age group wanting the same thing in trying to reach the unreachable target.
Money
The 60's UK ... felt like I was living in a small overcrowded society in a confined space, small minded people that were constantly whinging & it seemed to rain constantly, too much smog, poorly heated homes ....
I knew that I could return back at anytime if I chose to
I gave it two years & if it did not work out, then I would return back. It took two years to get over the homesickness.
46 years on - I'm still an immigrant .... I do not live in the UK
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Oct 20th 2013, 4:31 pm
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
maybe I can add some points to the OP with the following in no particular order. These can be a the two way of if you are here or there, going to, coming from or returning
not to stay reasons
Its now or never - we have just got get get out of this place
A better future for oneself & family
Atrocities
Get away from the family
Work
Government controls - too many to list
Education
Reasons to stay
Family & friends
Life is better where I am at than the places folks emigrate to
I have no need to emigrate whatsoever - its a fools notion
And by staying where I am, I can always travel without restriction to any place I wish for the cost of a few dollars - then return home.
Reasons that I emigrated
I believed I had no future living in the UK
I was young & foolish & wanted the adventure - I had no fear (the younger as an adult the better)
I wanted out of the UK because of the perception of the institutionalization & controls on me.
I felt that I could not get ahead of myself because there was too many of us in our 20-30 age group wanting the same thing in trying to reach the unreachable target.
Money
The 60's UK ... felt like I was living in a small overcrowded society of small space, small minded people that were constantly whinging, it seemed to rain constantly, too much smog, poorly heated homes ....
I knew that I could return back at anytime if I chose to
I gave it two years & if it did not work out, then I would return to the UK. It took two years to get over the homesickness.
46 years on - I'm still an immigrant .... I do not live in the UK
not to stay reasons
Its now or never - we have just got get get out of this place
A better future for oneself & family
Atrocities
Get away from the family
Work
Government controls - too many to list
Education
Reasons to stay
Family & friends
Life is better where I am at than the places folks emigrate to
I have no need to emigrate whatsoever - its a fools notion
And by staying where I am, I can always travel without restriction to any place I wish for the cost of a few dollars - then return home.
Reasons that I emigrated
I believed I had no future living in the UK
I was young & foolish & wanted the adventure - I had no fear (the younger as an adult the better)
I wanted out of the UK because of the perception of the institutionalization & controls on me.
I felt that I could not get ahead of myself because there was too many of us in our 20-30 age group wanting the same thing in trying to reach the unreachable target.
Money
The 60's UK ... felt like I was living in a small overcrowded society of small space, small minded people that were constantly whinging, it seemed to rain constantly, too much smog, poorly heated homes ....
I knew that I could return back at anytime if I chose to
I gave it two years & if it did not work out, then I would return to the UK. It took two years to get over the homesickness.
46 years on - I'm still an immigrant .... I do not live in the UK
Oct 20th 2013, 7:12 pm
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
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