I look forward to seeing you on the 46.

You never know I shall look out for one with a chicken on it

Yep, I've had a few moments in the past year or so when the possibility of going back has been discussed. Prior to that, it never seemed to be an option at all. If my OH had made Australia seem less permanent from the outset, I might have enjoyed it more and settled better.

Feeling stuck somewhere that you don't 100% love is not a nice feeling, especially when that somewhere is a long way from where you'd prefer to be.

The mere idea of going back makes me feel better. Just the thought of doing it makes a massive difference.

I think though that we will only return if I can find a job in the UK that makes going back seem like a forwards step rather than a backwards one.

As much as I want to go back home, I don't want to feel like I've been wasting my time in Australia and I will if I go back to nothing much.

....I can imagine you having a 'QF51' tattoo Poll!

Tempting
Have to get the whole thing though -QF51 BNE-SIN, QF09 SIN-LHR

And the loveliest phrase in the English language? " Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Heathrow......."

I get all smilie when I hear that too.

Its great isn't it, this year it was followed by the fact that it was about 4 degrees and raining....and I cheered, you should've seen the looks I got

You know you're homesick when they say ''if you live in the UK, welcome home" over the aircraft PA after landing and you get jealous of all the people who actually do live there. You think to yourself ''f***, I've got to leave again in 3 or 4 weeks''.

Here's some new wallpaper for you!

http://www.airliners.net/photo//1609463/L

ditto money, job, etc, but to be honest that doesnt really pose an obstacle for me, am a nurse i can live on no money anywhere, my two daughters thats another story! they are too young to leave at the moment!



i dont mean to be cruel at all, but i think these decisions are alot easier without children! and again all depends on ages of the kids.


but polly i truly wish you all the best (and can i see that pm, lol)

You're so right!

Much easier without children, yes I'll agree with that. Must be awful to feel ou have to stay somewhere for the children - bit like having to stay in a long-dead marriage because you have kids. And I am very jealous of people like you and my mate, qualified nurses, sought after wherever you go.

yes.
Never considered it as it wasnt an option when we came here, it just wasn't something we were going to do you know so then it just wasn't something we were going to consider. But despite all efforts we just kept getting more miserable here. One day, we sat down trying to figure out how to make things better here (aus) and suddenly thought hang on, if this just isn't right for us, we could do a, b and c and make the plan to get back to UK. It was the most uplifting day as we both suddenly worked through exactly how we could do it, what steps to take, how it could work etc. It was suddenly like that mental block of 'we're never going back' was lifted, and the way ahead was open to consider. hard to explain, but it was a massive burden lifted. We're now working through the plans. Hoping to be back in next few weeks, even though it's silly season amazingly it's not that hard to get things organised even now. And strangely, it doesn't feel like Christmas, so its a non-event for us this year anyway, but we're just happy to be almost 'there'.

I agree, it was when we sat down, and worked out just how we could afford it, and how we were going to be able to manage to arrange a rental property with no credit rating, once we had managed to find an agent that would do that, then it was just down to finding the place, once that was done, then the rest was simple logistics, arranging for goods to be picked up, sorting out UK firms who could deliver on a set date, with no 3 months waiting for furniture etc, then book the flights, arrange taxi pick up, and accommodation in a hotel for a couple of nights. Luckily everything worked to plan, and we had bed, chairs, fridge and washing machine on day 1.

"You're just scared" is exactly what my best friend told me when I decided not to go home to Scotland last year, and instead take a teaching position here instead. She knows me inside out and was really disappointed with my decision to stay instead of doing what I had planned to do.

Well, reading through these postings, I was definitely scared, no doubt about it. It was the "what the hell will I do if it doesn't work out?" question that I was scared about, not the actual moving back.

Right now, I wonder if I made the right decision to stay here, and am right now pondering the moving back question again (might be because I am not going home for Christmas this year, which I always do - flight prices are horrendous to say the least). I think that for my own good I need to go home and see what it is all about. I'm not getting any younger, and find myself in my 40's not wanting to wait until my 50's because I know I will not do it by then.........

Anyway, what I am prattling on about is I always find a way to talk myself out of going home, but there is always a way..............if that is where you want to be then do it!!!