cleverchap

I arrived from the UK with 2 suitcases and 1 wife.
Since then there has been quite a lot going on so lets have a count up.

3 different rental properties
1 spinal operation
1 very big carer change
1 house purchase
3 visit from friends in the UK
1 serious assault
1 tooth lost
1 (now ex) wife arrested
1 home invasion
7 court appearances (to settle the divorce)
1 house sold
1 job lost
1 car stolen


I'll admit it hasn't been the best "start to a new life" but I'm still here toughing it out.

luvwelly

In Island Bay???? Will have to put it on my suburbs to avoid list then....life in Wellington should be way easier than that. Sounds really awful for you...think I would be planning on leaving in your shoes. Was the ex-wife a Kiwi?

TommyLuck

Wow.

That script might be deemed to fanciful for Hollywood!!

Looks like you've got a bit of sense of humour about your time in NZ. Good for you, though I hope things improve in 2013

cleverchap

Yes it was in Island Bay................ but she had a key

It is a very nice suburb with everything to hand.
Now getting back on my feet and starting again (again)!

scottishstacey

wow not so good! hope this year is a lot better for you

BEVS

Crike ! That is tough going.

Let's hope 2013 is a much better year all round .

Did you find & replace the tooth?

Robbo25

Crikey good luck and well done!

love30stm

Crickey I second that!!!! Is your ex wife a kiwi btw???

cleverchap

No she is a Brit.


BEVS,
The tooth was sheared off level with my jaw bone so there is no way of putting it back in.
ACC wont cover the tooth as it was not deemed to be an "accident" she smashed a bottle in my face.
The police charged her and when it went to court the judge found her not guilty as she "must have been a poor defensless little girl who wouldn't normally do that sort of thing" so no reparation was awarded.
I cannot afford the $8000 to have the surgery required to replace it so I just have to carry on as if nothing happened.

love30stm

Sounds like a lovely woman

And that sucks!!!

cappuccino

Stay strong CC - and remember there are still some good women around, we're not all barking mad.

Here's to a good 2013

scottishstacey

Wow she sounds cuckoo. Terrible that she got away with it

BEVS

Sh1t. Was the judge a woman then? That's disgusting.
A friends daughter glassed someone & got done for it. She is a wisp of a thing but has an anger problem. ( understatement I feel)

I did about the tooth thing for you. We know how much $$$$ it is to replace if it can't be placed back in. Well. Mr BEVS does.
Hope those wounds healed OK & it missed your eyes mate.

Barking bonkers & eccentric is fine.. Violent is not.

Perry Groves

Wow, sorry to hear about the violent part...have you thought of moving to somewhere quiet like Balclutha or something

Revazzz

very awful

sorry to hear that

hopefully, you get new opportunity to change the life in this year