Going back after only 8 weeks!!

[bohlesover]

B2B if you want me to call you on landline to chat please do. If you want then we can PM numbers. Karen

[Bolton2Brisbane]

I know they say time is a great healer but in all honesty i cant give it any longer. I would be the first one to laugh and say that 8 weeks is not long enough. I speak to family & friends daily and bought me mam & dad a webcam, but when i see them it just makes me feel worse.

I got a job when we arrived but i still didnt fit in, i really dont know what i expected when we got here. I could go back for a holiday but i still dont think this will improve anything.

At the end of the day i tried it and i know that it's not for me, shame about the other half and poor bloody cats.......

[grayda]

B2B
looks like the whole sites rooting for you
and some great people offering to help you up there
do what i do 3 large single malts of a morning
gets me thro the day then 3 of an evening gets
me thro the night
are you sure you want to go soon be winter in Bolton
again
Dg

[bohlesover]

okay B2B only you know how you feel, I really hope you get back and feel relief, stay in touch and let us know how you go, hopefully now you have made that decision, you feel better already? hope so, take care.
karen

[joetrac]

I felt exactly the same when I arrived in Oct 05....and nothing has changed.

People think Im crazy but I knew as soon as I left Glasgow Airport that i didn't want to leave , I keep thinking why am I doing this as I have a great life ,fantastic family and we both Had great jobs....I knew Brisbane would have to be extra special to keep me here ...when we arrived IMO it wasn't.

I tried to tell myself that it was just the shock of leaving family,then it was cause we couldn't get a decent rental ,then problems with our house build ect...but you know what ,it was just that Oz aint for me...just as some know straight away they will love it...others know straight away they won't.

You have to do whats right for your Family...I hope you find happiness soon.

[ErmintrudeMcMoo]

I think you are the only one who can make this situation better for yourself and if that means going back then do it. If you find (god forbid) that you move back and then feel you have made a mistake in leaving Oz so soon, then that is something that can be dealt with at your own pace. Don`t stay in a place that is making you feel so unhappy, just make sure you are making the decision for the right reasons. All the best anyway.

[sandy25]

Hiya b2b
What good words on here. Returning home for a for a while sounds great. Maybe's that's what you need. My friends are about to return to Oz this week. They've been here 9 weeks and had plans to return to england, but after a week they realised the opportunities and wanted to go back to Oz. Most of all you have to do what is right for you and your family. I'm looking forward to the adventure one day and I just think of it as that. Even though I'm applying for permanent residency I'm gonna try and look at it as one big adventure, rough with the smooth. (but I'm not there yet). I went backpacking some time ago and after about 6 months felt homesick and it was a real physical sickness feeling. When I changed my perspective of it as being an adventure and could go home whenever i wished I loved the next 6 months of it. And now I'd give anything for that sense of adventure again.
Best of wishes
Have a holiday
Luv Wendy

[The Wottons]

I think maybe your emotions are just running a bit high, and the thought of only having the one way ticket and it's not a holiday but your life away from everyone must be scary. I fly out Monday and am panicking already! No matter how much planning etc you do nothing can prepare you for how you will really feel. However I have heard of so many people getting to OZ, and feeling that it isn't for them afterall. So they pack up spend a fortune going back to the UK. Then when they get back look around and remember why they left. They then end up spending more money going back to OZ again. I am not saying this is what you will do as only you know how you are feeling, but may be a short holiday back to the UK would be the answer first. Rather then shipping back your cats, etc and then regretting it.

Try not to feel down and depressed, try to be positive and think about the reasons why you left the UK. Those reasons are still going to be there when you get back. Good luck xx

[suzy+1]

LIFE IS TOO SHORT-get back on that plane if you are really not happy here, and be proud that you atleast tried it, 8 weeks or 8 months-if you feel that strongly then there is nothing wrong with going home.

[bohlesover]

Hi Wottons, from Romford, are you related to the Wottons from Isle of Dogs? just wondering. What part of Australia are you going to? Good luck with it all.
Karen