Ex-Pat syndrome
May 31st 2009, 7:57 am
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Ex-Pat syndrome
So ........... you sit there in the UK and decide that you are unhappy with your lot and you decide to start a new life in Spain
You do your research ........ you find a nice place ........ you move over and settle down. You're relatively happy and you're enjoying your new life in sunny spain.
Then you discover forumland.
You spend your days justifying your existence and you listen to people telling you what you should be doing now that you live in Spain. You really must integrate, you NEED Spanish friends, although they all hate you really because you're English, not Welsh. You have to learn to speak Spanish otherwise you will rot in hell. You b@stard, get that bloody car matriculated. Vote for the Free Torrevieja party.
You run around in circles trying to do it all, and feel guilty that you visited a British bar for a meal last night and got a friend to bring over Oxo cubes in their suitcase last week. You should only shop in Spanish supermarkets and you know it!
Why do we do it to ourselves?
You do your research ........ you find a nice place ........ you move over and settle down. You're relatively happy and you're enjoying your new life in sunny spain.
Then you discover forumland.
You spend your days justifying your existence and you listen to people telling you what you should be doing now that you live in Spain. You really must integrate, you NEED Spanish friends, although they all hate you really because you're English, not Welsh. You have to learn to speak Spanish otherwise you will rot in hell. You b@stard, get that bloody car matriculated. Vote for the Free Torrevieja party.
You run around in circles trying to do it all, and feel guilty that you visited a British bar for a meal last night and got a friend to bring over Oxo cubes in their suitcase last week. You should only shop in Spanish supermarkets and you know it!
Why do we do it to ourselves?
May 31st 2009, 8:02 am
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
So ........... you sit there in the UK and decide that you are unhappy with your lot and you decide to start a new life in Spain
You do your research ........ you find a nice place ........ you move over and settle down. You're relatively happy and you're enjoying your new life in sunny spain.
Then you discover forumland.
You spend your days justifying your existence and you listen to people telling you what you should be doing now that you live in Spain. You really must integrate, you NEED Spanish friends, although they all hate you really because you're English, not Welsh. You have to learn to speak Spanish otherwise you will rot in hell. You b@stard, get that bloody car matriculated. Vote for the Free Torrevieja party.
You run around in circles trying to do it all, and feel guilty that you visited a British bar for a meal last night and got a friend to bring over Oxo cubes in their suitcase last week. You should only shop in Spanish supermarkets and you know it!
Why do we do it to ourselves?
You do your research ........ you find a nice place ........ you move over and settle down. You're relatively happy and you're enjoying your new life in sunny spain.
Then you discover forumland.
You spend your days justifying your existence and you listen to people telling you what you should be doing now that you live in Spain. You really must integrate, you NEED Spanish friends, although they all hate you really because you're English, not Welsh. You have to learn to speak Spanish otherwise you will rot in hell. You b@stard, get that bloody car matriculated. Vote for the Free Torrevieja party.
You run around in circles trying to do it all, and feel guilty that you visited a British bar for a meal last night and got a friend to bring over Oxo cubes in their suitcase last week. You should only shop in Spanish supermarkets and you know it!
Why do we do it to ourselves?
May 31st 2009, 9:39 am
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
So ........... you sit there in the UK and decide that you are unhappy with your lot and you decide to start a new life in Spain
You do your research ........ you find a nice place ........ you move over and settle down. You're relatively happy and you're enjoying your new life in sunny spain.
Then you discover forumland.
You spend your days justifying your existence and you listen to people telling you what you should be doing now that you live in Spain. You really must integrate, you NEED Spanish friends, although they all hate you really because you're English, not Welsh. You have to learn to speak Spanish otherwise you will rot in hell. You b@stard, get that bloody car matriculated. Vote for the Free Torrevieja party.
You run around in circles trying to do it all, and feel guilty that you visited a British bar for a meal last night and got a friend to bring over Oxo cubes in their suitcase last week. You should only shop in Spanish supermarkets and you know it!
Why do we do it to ourselves?
You do your research ........ you find a nice place ........ you move over and settle down. You're relatively happy and you're enjoying your new life in sunny spain.
Then you discover forumland.
You spend your days justifying your existence and you listen to people telling you what you should be doing now that you live in Spain. You really must integrate, you NEED Spanish friends, although they all hate you really because you're English, not Welsh. You have to learn to speak Spanish otherwise you will rot in hell. You b@stard, get that bloody car matriculated. Vote for the Free Torrevieja party.
You run around in circles trying to do it all, and feel guilty that you visited a British bar for a meal last night and got a friend to bring over Oxo cubes in their suitcase last week. You should only shop in Spanish supermarkets and you know it!
Why do we do it to ourselves?
May 31st 2009, 9:53 am
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May 31st 2009, 10:05 am
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
Last edited by livit; May 31st 2009 at 10:07 am.
May 31st 2009, 10:11 am
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
Do you know this guy
May 31st 2009, 11:00 am
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May 31st 2009, 1:37 pm
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
May 31st 2009, 4:32 pm
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
Laughing in the rain is better than crying in the rain, and where I live in Spain, it's raining right now.
May 31st 2009, 7:08 pm
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
LOL.
Jun 1st 2009, 10:51 am
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
Jun 1st 2009, 1:45 pm
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Re: Ex-Pat syndrome
Last post by us was done in a hurry so errors in the spelling, sorry folks.
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