Does this still hold true in England?
#16
Originally posted by Poshpaws
I think you may be right . When we came here 20 odd years ago, it was unthinkable to 'up and off' ....
I think you may be right . When we came here 20 odd years ago, it was unthinkable to 'up and off' ....
Last edited by Pulaski; Dec 8th 2003 at 11:52 pm.
#17
Well maybe not unthinkable then, as that is the easy part. Stamina plus tenacity, takes over when the thinking becomes a reality.
FIL had a wonderful job offer in Bermuda when DH was eleven years old. I believe he wonders to this day, how different his life may have been. Hubby remembers going to London with him to finalize everything...then the MIL said no to everything! Typical!
FIL had a wonderful job offer in Bermuda when DH was eleven years old. I believe he wonders to this day, how different his life may have been. Hubby remembers going to London with him to finalize everything...then the MIL said no to everything! Typical!
#18
Originally posted by Poshpaws
...... FIL had a wonderful job offer in Bermuda when DH was eleven years old. I believe he wonders to this day, how different his life may have been. Hubby remembers going to London with him to finalize everything...then the MIL said no to everything! Typical!
...... FIL had a wonderful job offer in Bermuda when DH was eleven years old. I believe he wonders to this day, how different his life may have been. Hubby remembers going to London with him to finalize everything...then the MIL said no to everything! Typical!
Bermuda might be a nice little island, but it is about as far as you can get from land without going to South Georgia, or an island in the Pacific. I actually had a recruitment agent try to persuade me to take there job on the grounds that I would be "closer to America" (where I was trying to land a job at the time).
#19
Don't think her reasons for saying no, where the same as yours though. She just says no to eveything!
BTW ...what line of work are you in, if you do not mind telling please?
BTW ...what line of work are you in, if you do not mind telling please?
#20
Originally posted by Poshpaws
..... BTW ...what line of work are you in, if you do not mind telling please?
..... BTW ...what line of work are you in, if you do not mind telling please?
#21
That would account for the Italian colouring then? Just look over your shoulder whilst retreating then old son.
#22
Originally posted by Poshpaws
That would account for the Italian colouring then? ...
That would account for the Italian colouring then? ...
#24
I wonder what kind of reaction Americans get who have moved to the UK. Until my husband met me he did not have a passport he had however travelled through out the states BUT I have heard of people who have never left their home state. I can only imagine what people like that think when a family member moves abroad.
Ash
Ash
#25
Originally posted by Poshpaws
Agh! They are the worst...'don't do nought for ought'...is not that their slogan?
Agh! They are the worst...'don't do nought for ought'...is not that their slogan?
#26
#27
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Re: Does this still hold true in England?
We are in the process of relocating and I must say that most people we have told have wished us luck and expressed a desire to do the same thing themselves. I think the majority of the decent people in the UK have had enough of the country. I do agree with your comments but put a lot of it down to people who have a desire to do it but lack the courage to try
Originally posted by Poshpaws
This may not hold true anymore with the younger generation as much as the wrinklies...but did friends and kin wish you well when you broke the news you were leaving for greener pastures? I'm not talking about marring a yank here, but giving up everything ( both Brits here ) for a brighter future.
Can't remember anyone jumping up for joy when we left, all doom and gloom....much muttrering about murders, and no health insurance etc.
For the love of me, why can't Brits wish one well..even if they can't, or don't have the gumption to do it themselves.? Nothing was more daunting for us than the lack of goodwill that we experienced.
To this day I have maintained that the Yanks are blessed with a kinder spirit than us Brits ever will have..maybe that is their strength.
Yes I miss certain things about my homeland...but not their lack of kindness for others.
What do you say ??
This may not hold true anymore with the younger generation as much as the wrinklies...but did friends and kin wish you well when you broke the news you were leaving for greener pastures? I'm not talking about marring a yank here, but giving up everything ( both Brits here ) for a brighter future.
Can't remember anyone jumping up for joy when we left, all doom and gloom....much muttrering about murders, and no health insurance etc.
For the love of me, why can't Brits wish one well..even if they can't, or don't have the gumption to do it themselves.? Nothing was more daunting for us than the lack of goodwill that we experienced.
To this day I have maintained that the Yanks are blessed with a kinder spirit than us Brits ever will have..maybe that is their strength.
Yes I miss certain things about my homeland...but not their lack of kindness for others.
What do you say ??
#28
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Joined: Feb 2003
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Re: Does this still hold true in England?
Originally posted by Chris Cox
We are in the process of relocating and I must say that most people we have told have wished us luck and expressed a desire to do the same thing themselves. I think the majority of the decent people in the UK have had enough of the country. I do agree with your comments but put a lot of it down to people who have a desire to do it but lack the courage to try
We are in the process of relocating and I must say that most people we have told have wished us luck and expressed a desire to do the same thing themselves. I think the majority of the decent people in the UK have had enough of the country. I do agree with your comments but put a lot of it down to people who have a desire to do it but lack the courage to try
#29
Re: Does this still hold true in England?
Originally posted by Chris Cox
We are in the process of relocating and I must say that most people we have told have wished us luck and expressed a desire to do the same thing themselves. I think the majority of the decent people in the UK have had enough of the country. I do agree with your comments but put a lot of it down to people who have a desire to do it but lack the courage to try
We are in the process of relocating and I must say that most people we have told have wished us luck and expressed a desire to do the same thing themselves. I think the majority of the decent people in the UK have had enough of the country. I do agree with your comments but put a lot of it down to people who have a desire to do it but lack the courage to try
e.g. are you religious? Are you Christian? If you're Christian, do you consider those who are non-Christians to be not as "decent" as you? What about your "class"? What about people who live in trailer homes or in state subsidized housing? What about people like Martha Stewart?
NC Penguin
#30
Originally posted by Ash UK/US
I wonder what kind of reaction Americans get who have moved to the UK. Until my husband met me he did not have a passport he had however travelled through out the states BUT I have heard of people who have never left their home state. I can only imagine what people like that think when a family member moves abroad.
Ash
I wonder what kind of reaction Americans get who have moved to the UK. Until my husband met me he did not have a passport he had however travelled through out the states BUT I have heard of people who have never left their home state. I can only imagine what people like that think when a family member moves abroad.
Ash
This summer I trecked down to PA with my wife and a cousin of hers and it was the first time that she had ever left NY state in her entire life!!! That is very scary!!!!! :scared: :scared:
With reference to the overall direction of this thread, I can only echo the sentiments of others and say that many of my friends/relatives/work mates commented that this move was something that they wished they had the "balls" to do themselves.
In my experience, I have found that people in England (generalising) are afraid of change... Many of them do not want to apply for that wonderful new job, they do not want to move to that better house in a better area... and the prospect of moving to a different country/continent is completely terrifying to them!!
The one comment that people said to me more than anything else when I told them I was moving to America was "I wish I could do that"!!!!!
Why to people say this unless they are afraid of change and having a person they know actually doing something they regard as the impossible scares them!!
Just my opinion!