Originally Posted by callé

right. And also a lot that return slowly dwindle off to live their happy lives. seems much more logical that alot (not all) that contunue to post do so because they dont as yet feel settled so want to see how everyone else feels to comfort themselves that maybe they're not alone.

Originally Posted by Merlot

The poll bit is what I would call "A bit of fun", the rest is for healthy debate for those with their stories to tell.

Even then, what a person says is good for them is not good for another.

Don't get too hung up on the %%%%% Life is too short to worry hey!

Merlot

Originally Posted by eurotramp

Calle...

are your sure you want to give everything up to come and life in a small terraced 3 bed I just wished we had your confidence that we doing the right thing in wanting to move to the UK

Originally Posted by callé

Yes as I have had this life for quite a while now and something has always been missing that I cannot get from this 'stuff'. I have thought about this long and hard and getting older and having a good look at 'the big picture' of my life I want to return to the culture and land where I was born, and I want to spend time with family that has been only on long distance relationship. I want to let my children experience England and have Europe at their backdoor. Afew years after arriving here my parents split up. My dad leaving us for someone else, left us with nothing. And I mean nothing. My mum didnt even have a job. After losing our home and finding a tiny house to rent we lived for months with no electric and ate beans on toast cooked on a little grill and just had each other. We were happy to have each other and eventually Mum found work and we got by. barely. of course after many years and then growing up and marrying and landing a good job myself I do fine now. Big house and all the trimmings. But these things cant make you happy inside. I have no fear of a small house and less 'things'. Its the 'living' that counts. the way you want to live and the people that are around you.

Sorry. I did ramble a bit. But you did ask!

Originally Posted by eurotramp

Thats me talking...my husband goes on about what kind of house we can have here and the money he makes here...but there is no life here.......

Originally Posted by psb182

ask whacko jacko what $$$$$ means

Originally Posted by eurotramp

Don't understand you comment

Originally Posted by psb182

what I mean is that money means "NOTHING"......the following statement is true weather you belive it or not........."all" humans want 1 thing and 1 thing only out of life and that 1 thing is "happyness"......some think money or a big house or success will bring them happyness so thats what many strive for.......I belive the relationships you have with fellow human beings is the only way to true happyness

Originally Posted by HiddenPaw

I think I may have to log in as each of my 40 aliases and balance up the stats a bit . Or I could ask Kong

Originally Posted by dunroving

I wouldn't put so much store in the survey. Too many people "visit" this part of the site with an axe to grind. many of them aren't even British expats. All you have to do is read some of the comments in various threads and it doesn't seem too much of a stretch that the same people would be voting No.

Originally Posted by ahappychappy

Totally agree,

These poll results are meaningless..............

Originally Posted by eurotramp

Thats me talking...my husband goes on about what kind of house we can have here and the money he makes here...but there is no life here.......

Originally Posted by dugongs

i think age has a part to play here. i was 32 when i went to oz and i always thought had i been a younger person i may have been able to stay as i would have had nothing to compare against. the fact i had worked in the uk for 10 years prior to leaving (and all mostly positive) made it difficult to accept some of the isolated thinking and out of date practice that was deemed current in oz.

as i understand you were 21 when you went to oz so from a work perspective oz is all you know. that means although uk may currently still be thought home it is really oz experience that is more relevant as you spent those important formative early 20's there. oz is a great place if you know no different and starting again from scratch late 20's is no piece of cake. oz though is cut off and uk experience is useful to have and even if you go back tomorrow you cannot lose really.

I have been away from oz for nearly 2 years now and also have feelings to return. my wife is aussie and she at least always intended to go back. after nearly 2 years i am again more open to the thought although as i said to my wife not for a few years yet and certainly not to work. i want the best of both worlds and oz is not there yet but i think it will be later in my life. i do think though that the uk is the place to better yourself financially if you are in certain industries such as finance and accountancy as the rewards and lifestyle in oz do not compare. if you are a nurse then oz probably rules.

as to brits being miserable then i have to disagree. uk imho again is the funniest place on earth. i have travelled widely and uk may not be the friendliest place say like some of the asian countries but for the humour of the individual uk is off the scale. i find oz very uniform with little individuality and meet one average aussie and they are mostly all the same. but day in day out i meet brits which are unique and not afraid to be individuals. every day i laugh out loud just from something people have said and nothing compares. oz is void of a lot of humour and though the people may not winge it does'nt make the place any less souless.