ponyrama

What I actually said was " Everyone is so miserable (maybe cos i'm spending most of my time in the heart ward of the local hospital) but it just seems so "bleak". The weather hasn't been that bad - its only rained 5 days out of the 8 i have been here, but everything on the news is depressing, everyone in the shops is miserable, no ones got any money and they are all trading in their old gold for a bit of extra cash (actually that did cause a minor bit of excitement when my auntie got £50 for a broken bracelet and a bent ring)."

..............and I stand by it. Its my perception of the experience I have had since I returned. It still is. Why is it daft? And why is my wording all wrong? Its my perception of my experience so I can word it how I like. Of course I have not met every single person in the UK and so maybe my perceptions are not based on a statistically significant sample - but it is not overdramatised - i waited 20 minutes in a shop when i needed help only to be grunted at. It is true that there isnt anything good on the news - only yesterday the news was full of the biggest recession ever seen in the UK. Excuse me for not seeing the positive side of that.

I refuse to defend myself any further on this issue. I posted an update as I thought people may be interested seeing as so many people have said previously on this forum that going back so soon was really difficult, caused them to feel unsettled and really homesick when they got back to Oz. My experience is different. If people cannot take it in the lighthearted spirit in which it was intended then that's their issue, not mine.

So you dont agree with me? So what? Shoot me! Adios!

king kong

i spend extended time there every year , yes my income will be lower , no the house i buy wont be as expensive as here ,no it wont be bigger , no i wont have as bigger vehicle , yes i will live closer to the sea, no the weather wont be as good , yes my social life will be better ,yes the people will moan more ,yes the beer will be cheaper ,no the food wont be any dearer , yes my gas bill will the same as my aircon bill ,no there wont be anymore violence there than northbridge on a weekend,yes there will be more interesting places to go and see, yes ill only be and hour and half from london ,and finally yes i will feel like i belong .Its just the same s**t in a lot more interesting bucket . In my opinion

jayde

within 2 weeks of my arrival, I KNEW.... through good times and bad, I know where home is, and I cant wait to get back

what works for some, doesnt for others, which is great or we'd all be piled up in one place

Good luck I say to anyone who knows where they want to be, and can be there

edited to say I lived in oz for 30+ years

Cheetah7

Exactly - some of us just know what feels like home to us and those feelings should not be dismissed.

BadgeIsBack

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It's endless, isn't it?

Funny you should say that, I find that the MBTUK forum seems exactly the same to be honest - a sugary sweet, little Englander, existence. 'Isn't it lovely', 'oh never mind love - chin up'. 'Draw your net curtains, deary - have a glass of wine and a full English, and clean your front room'. 'Went for walk in the dew-lined lanes, saw a Robin, and an otter, and it was lovely. Hubby did this, hubby did that. Who cares about long winters when you have a week over Christmas and carolling in the laneways.' Sounds the same to me. I suppose at least the new arrivals in Australia are doing something new and exciting - if only for them, a short while!

You know my view - at the end of the day, Australia attracts a particular type of British person who in some ways should never have made the move in the first place! And some seem to like it here as much as the people who prefer to move back...

You know, I think BE has reached a fairly even equilibrium recently. Lots of balance, and good experiences recorded for the benefit of all. Less of the 'I hate it here and so must you' attitude. In fact, there are lots of once negative posters returning with more balanced attitudes, and less people posting just to be bitter! Some of the negative people are even quite funny..What goes on tour, stays on tour, but nonetheless no names!

BadgeIsBack

Kong - I'm just wondering - if we banned all update posts, and clichy, social posts from the Australia forum would that make easier reading?

There would be no discussion of whose life was going well, or who had arrived and had bought a BBQ. At the end of the day, these must amount to most of the upbeat zone posts. There would be little discussion of who was going to be having a gathering due to especially fine weather expected et cetera.

Ban all talk of cold beer, dolphins and whalewatching and all of a sudden, noone would have to put up with any 'GODZONING'.

Then we could concentrate on the posts from those who focus on a rewarding life, the sort of people who would be welcome in any country, the sort of people for which there are solutions to many a problem.

But noone can help with people posting positive, thoughtful, or ***** me, rational replies to people who just want to be ignorant and inflammatory, especially when its their lives who haven't turned out as expected or hoped! That has never been a crime as far as I am aware!

king kong

How about we just make the whole site .aussie is great and the uk is crap .That would suit wouldnt it .The fact is the people that think aussie is great outnumber the ones who want to go back by about 10 to 1 . Honestly it doesnt take much to get your little insecurities going does it .
Now if i was you , i wouldnt be taking any notice of me after all you are surrounded by people who think like you ,so wheres the problem or is it a case of not letting the minority have an opinion ,which is more the case .

BadgeIsBack

Think you'll find I was agreeing with you in some part...

Anyhow - I've never maintained religiously that we should have UK is crap and Australia is great. (I'm glad that apparently the numbers are apparently 10 to 1, less heartache for all. Real figures suggest more than that return... Nothing to do with minority posters, more about anger...)

king kong

i apologise , my mistake .

BadgeIsBack

Thanks mate. And for the PM too!

Fook me, I tell ya, this constant UK/Australia is pants and you are not allowed to enjoy either of them is the death (or making) of this site.

I can understand people preferring one aspect of life in the other country, or finding it more in one than the other...for them, and their peers...and even working out why that might be the case for some...

But, for me in the final analysis, it is ludicrous to get angry about someone enjoying something. I'd sooner concentrate on working out how to solve what was stopping me from doing the same!

Anyone taking a quick sortie into the MBTUK forum can see that I have just posted a reply to a thread where there is some definitive UK Godzoning going on........alll good stuff....

cheers

Geelong Gent

Such is life

You need not understand why another enjoys life from something you do not. What is more important is you wish them well and focus on what you enjoy for fulfilment.

BadgeIsBack

That's the thing though, people don't want to wish people well. They get angry...

Inequality at the end of the day. People hurt when they don't get what they want - and then want to abscribe it to something.

Geelong Gent

I was leaving out estate agents

BadgeIsBack

lol.

My first brush with real estate ridicule came when someone said that they wore white socks with black shoes. I could let that one go.

Then I moved to Australia where I discovered they plastered themselves on boards like local politicians. It's no skin off my nose, when I want to buy or sell a house they tend to come in handy, moreorless.

Cheetah7

I never noticed the socks but I have noticed that there is virtually an entire paper dedicated to them with photos of their faces everywhere as though they are famous.

Whats that all about? I am tempted to go into their agents and beg for an autograph and say 'Hey you, aren't you that guy from the papers?'