Where do you call home?
Jul 15th 2012, 9:18 am
#1
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Where do you call home?
Just wondering how many people call here home? I've almost been here for 3 years and still cant ever imagine wanting to stay here- the second i land in the Uk it feels right - so who calls here home and how long did it take?
Jul 15th 2012, 9:21 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
It felt like home the moment I stepped off the plane in Abu Dhabi, 5 years ago. I can't explain it, I have just always loved it here. I am a North West London girl, but when I go back, it just feels like I am visiting. It does not feel like home anymore. Which is fine, because it's like a nice holiday when I go back 
Jul 15th 2012, 9:21 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
Been here 32 years, still 1,000 miles away from home. A place where I don't want to live again.
Jul 15th 2012, 9:50 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
Nowhere feels like home. Too much time travelling, spend more than 50% of the year in hotels anyway.
Plus side is I know where to have a good night out in a couple of dozen cities around the world.
Plus side is I know where to have a good night out in a couple of dozen cities around the world.
Jul 15th 2012, 9:52 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
I spent 7 years in Leeds 19-26 and for some reason even though I am not from there I feel at home.
Jul 15th 2012, 9:54 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
Well I'm currently in Germany, and this place certainly ISN'T home.
I like the UK but get bored of it quickly, I do enjoy the Middle East though/....
I like the UK but get bored of it quickly, I do enjoy the Middle East though/....
Jul 15th 2012, 9:58 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
Wherever I lay my hat.
I settle very easily and Dubai is my home. It's no wonder so many people are unhappy living overseas if they are forever talkng about going 'home' to somewhere they don't live.
I settle very easily and Dubai is my home. It's no wonder so many people are unhappy living overseas if they are forever talkng about going 'home' to somewhere they don't live.
Jul 15th 2012, 10:15 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
I've moved about so much that if I'm somewhere for 48 hours or more, it's home. I'm not one of those people with a specific place I can call 'home'. It has never bothered me though, and I'm always slightly bemused by people who get homesick.
Jul 15th 2012, 10:31 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
I'm typing this from my family home in Scotland. However as I spend 1 week a year in my home..is it really my 'home'..
Surely 'home' is Dubai as I live there with my family, however its hard to make that statement as I, like most are one phonecall, email, car crash, incident away from a one way ticket out of here...and back 'home'..
If that makes any sense...
Surely 'home' is Dubai as I live there with my family, however its hard to make that statement as I, like most are one phonecall, email, car crash, incident away from a one way ticket out of here...and back 'home'..
If that makes any sense...
Jul 15th 2012, 10:32 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
Jul 15th 2012, 10:36 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
I'm typing this from my family home in Scotland. However as I spend 1 week a year in my home..is it really my 'home'..
Surely 'home' is Dubai as I live there with my family, however its hard to make that statement as I, like most are one phonecall, email, car crash, incident away from a one way ticket out of here...and back 'home'..
If that makes any sense...
Surely 'home' is Dubai as I live there with my family, however its hard to make that statement as I, like most are one phonecall, email, car crash, incident away from a one way ticket out of here...and back 'home'..
If that makes any sense...
Jul 15th 2012, 10:48 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
That's a bit OTT mate!
Jul 15th 2012, 10:50 am
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Re: Where do you call home?
Being raised first in South London and then Gloucestershire I moved around the UK from the age of 19.Never stayed anywhere for more than a year.
I then moved to Wales and stayed there 12 years.The minute I got there it felt like home and for some reason it still does.
I then moved to Wales and stayed there 12 years.The minute I got there it felt like home and for some reason it still does.