Originally Posted by Beedubya (Post 9067824)

Sally is right, and DON'T read the Daily Mail LOL!!

Look at your family over there, how are they all doing? None of mine are rich but they are all working and all seem to be doing just fine........just as you (and I) will, it might be a bit of a push at the beginning but we will get there.

I have been having terrible cold feet this past week and I am leaving 8 weeks from tomorrow!! :eek:

See and as I typed that word "leaving" I got palpitations, because now this is not a dream it is REALITY!!

Originally Posted by hayleyatfla (Post 9067840)

Thanks so much, everyone on here is so great another thing that makes me miss the UK all the people, you are right none of my family and friends are loaded but they are happy, all have roof over there head food on the table and seem to take a couple of nice holidays a year.. None of them have a had nervous breakdown which i happened to experience this time last year.. so quality of life has seemed to keep them all well enough.. thanks again (:

Originally Posted by hayleyatfla (Post 9067636)

I plan on going home this year but am starting to get a bit worried, my situation here is awful , money wise and sad since i once made good money and squandered it all now I am a waitress...so I am worried I will not have enough to have a place to live when i get there for a few months while i tie down a proper job.. Also I have a lot of friends in the UK that gripe about the gangs and the kids and the crazyness and all want to come to America, it worries me and makes me wonder if I am doing the right thing.. Then I have to remember they only think of the U.S as what they see on t.v I have lived here for 20 years and everywhere has its issues.. i dont know just woke up a bit worried for the future today i think new years does that to you...
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Originally Posted by hayleyatfla (Post 9067636)

I plan on going home this year but am starting to get a bit worried, my situation here is awful , money wise and sad since i once made good money and squandered it all now I am a waitress...so I am worried I will not have enough to have a place to live when i get there for a few months while i tie down a proper job.. Also I have a lot of friends in the UK that gripe about the gangs and the kids and the crazyness and all want to come to America, it worries me and makes me wonder if I am doing the right thing.. Then I have to remember they only think of the U.S as what they see on t.v I have lived here for 20 years and everywhere has its issues.. i dont know just woke up a bit worried for the future today i think new years does that to you...
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Originally Posted by windsong (Post 9068333)

It's really, really difficult to comprehend what the U.S. is like when all you have known is the UK. I have been here over 30 years and reality only began to sink in 20 years ago.

Originally Posted by sallysimmons (Post 9068478)

It's funny you say that - I have been in the US 15 years and reality only started to sink in for me a few years ago. So maybe there's a 10-year limit to being starry-eyed :lol:

Originally Posted by windsong (Post 9068333)

It's really, really difficult to comprehend what the U.S. is like when all you have known is the UK. I have been here over 30 years and reality only began to sink in 20 years ago. The UK is a totally different animal from the USA. When I grew up and lived in the UK, I thought all countries operated more or less the same way, except for the third world countries. I could not have been more wrong, but it took experiencing it - and the shock - to finally realize it.

Originally Posted by sallysimmons (Post 9067727)

People in the UK are expert gripers. It's what they do best of all :rofl:

Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56 (Post 9069369)

I'll second that, just go to the centre of town and look at their faces, some look like they have the worlds problems on their shoulders.

While we worry about healthcare they worry about where they are going on their 4 weeks holidays, Huhhh if only...

On the other hand Americans are so positive and seem to have less in my opinion.

Originally Posted by hayleyatfla (Post 9074225)

I also have a couple of UK freinds here that like to go back on their hols but say they would never live there but they are the ones that are loaded with cash and driving porsches so if i was that well off maybe i would feel different too.. but once those things are gone you miss the people, the culture and the tradition.. everything seems so false here...

Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56 (Post 9074584)

Only because it is.

Originally Posted by sallysimmons (Post 9068478)

It's funny you say that - I have been in the US 15 years and reality only started to sink in for me a few years ago. So maybe there's a 10-year limit to being starry-eyed :lol: