Now you see Steve, its all the school playground, work 'mates', swim club moms (& dads) etc that I think I will miss more.
Real proper 3 in the morning friends along with my sis (only real relly I'll be leaving), I will always keep in touch with and hope that they will be over to visit asap.
Maybe its a girl thing. Maybe until we get settled and I find new 'playground friends' I will be very homesick eeekkk.
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Hi all,
Great question. We will NOT be having a leaving party. I can't stand 99% of my relatives (including brothers) and quite frankly would be glad to see the back of the lot of them. They are nothing but social drop outs and lay about social security scroungers (aunts, uncles and cousins included).
The close freinds we have, we will say goodbye to them at Individualy. The wifes dad, stepmam, stepsisters and kids we'll proberbly have a little get together.
Work mates will just be the usual "I'm not working here anymore" kinda leaving do.
I know that the close freinds we have are already talking about coming over when we get there, even though it's about 11 months off yet.
Great question. We will NOT be having a leaving party. I can't stand 99% of my relatives (including brothers) and quite frankly would be glad to see the back of the lot of them. They are nothing but social drop outs and lay about social security scroungers (aunts, uncles and cousins included).
The close freinds we have, we will say goodbye to them at Individualy. The wifes dad, stepmam, stepsisters and kids we'll proberbly have a little get together.
Work mates will just be the usual "I'm not working here anymore" kinda leaving do.
I know that the close freinds we have are already talking about coming over when we get there, even though it's about 11 months off yet.
We didn't want a leaving 'do'. We visited the few relatives we have left and actually like, then had lots of drinks and meals with different sets of friends. That was fab and we enjoyed every one. :)
Then a couple of my friends decided they would throw me a surprise party. It was so wonderful! Luckily my naturally sunny/stupid nature ( ) meant that I enjoyed it very much and didn't want to cry once*! If you can just have people you really really like and want to be with, and it doesn't have to cost much (only cost us some flowers! ), and you are a hard-hearted ba$tard that won't cry..I'd say 'have one'!
We didn't have a big party - partly because the money we would have spent actually paid for 2-3 weeks rent here in Oz. Instead we did small celebrations, Nigel went out with the lads he's been sitting next to at North End for years, I went out for lunch with colleagues, my daughter and her friend had a joint leaving/birthday party, and Nigels uncle got everyone together at his house for a farewell. So we had smaller versions I guess
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Find a pub with a back bar they hire out. If you have quite a few people coming some pubs will let you have the area free and just make their money from the bar.
The kids can go because it's a private party and no clearing up after.
we had a 'do' and i enjoyed it. I had no relatives there because they all seem to dislike me so it was a great night.
[quote=thepriceclan;109027]Hi, just wondering what peoples views are on having a leaving party? Did you have one or not and were you glad that you did?
We had a leaving do... in our nearly empty house after the shippers had been! It was for friends and neighbours (didn't invite relations), had a bbq - the last one before we took it to the tip. We also did a 'raffle' with all our booze - full and part-bottles and donated the money to a charity.
Had a great evening, took loads of photos, great memories of it, was sad too thou, but pleased we did. Kids invited all their mates too........
My parents held a party for us to say goodbye to all the relations.
hubby wants a party and i dont, i dont think i could stand it, if we did i think i would leave early without telling any one and say personal goodbyes to loved ones in my own time, hubby has loads of different groups goups of friends, while im friendly with their other halves they are not my friends and all the ill miss you so much crap from people i see twice a year would do my head in, while seeing my true freinds, sister and parents break their heart would kill me, son is not much bothered about leaving his freinds but my daughter will be a night mare leaving her one best school friend,
so if i had the choice i would def not have a party
kelly
Thanks for all your views. After my OH has read them, he has decided not to have the party! It is true about all the relatives creeping out of the woodwork just to have a party and not really interested in how long it is until they see you again. We only see them for weddings and even then we don't really know them, you are just invited because you are a cousin etc.
We will probably have a BBQ at the house for our close friends and their kids, people we see all the time.
Still dreading the final goodbye, might have to be drunk (even though I don't drink).
Sarah.
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and quite frankly would be glad to see the back of the lot of them. They are nothing but social drop outs and lay about social security scroungers
(aunts, uncles and cousins included). 
) meant that I enjoyed it very much and didn't want to cry once*! If you can just have people you really really like and want to be with, and it doesn't have to cost much (only cost us some flowers!
), and you are a hard-hearted ba$tard that won't cry..I'd say 'have one'! 
