Happyshopper

Thanks Jacaranda, I think a bit of it is to do with Christmas yes for sure. We will give it some time but I already know that I don't want to be here forever. Just need the familiarity of home and to be around old friends and family. Maybe we could do a year or two to enjoy the adventure again. We've got the Christmas break to have a good think. Thanks all for your comments.

wow our situations are very similar! We also shipped pets over. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do.

Thanks Keith and Linda- good advice.

Thanks mouse think we need to give it time.

Thanks Ali, My OH had said in his first week here that he feels like we made a big mistake. He won't really talk about it now, which means we can't really make a decision. Ive only been back 2 months and him 2 weeks. Its driving me crazy not knowing what to do for the best. I hear what your saying about a timescale, if we know its not right, I'm not sure its worth prolonging it. Will keep you posted on our decision.

Thanks Imapla. Yep the dark in winter is pretty miserable and I don't miss that! I don't mind the costs of moving, its only money but you're right about the emotional upheaval and changing bank accounts, health insurance etc. is a bind. I think waiting till the flight home in July could be a good idea. I need to have a good chat with my OH to see what he thinks. I think either of us it too scared to address it! We've got time off over Christmas so we should be able to make a decision then.

Thanks Quoll and Alaska. We've done UK - Aus - UK - Aus yes. We have a trip booked home in the UK summer which I booked as a return when we moved in case of any home sickness. Quoll I think your motto life as a series of adventures is a good idea. I just need to stop obsessing about it. Alaska I don't think the grass is greener anywhere and love both places for such different reasons. I know noone can make the decision for us but would like to feel settled.

Well to feel settled really - don't enjoy starting out again every time we move. We are lucky that we have dual nationality but feel lonely living here even though we have lots of lovely friends and some family. I realise this sounds crazy as were so lucky. Just wondering how long we stay now that we've come back again. Maybe we just need to give it a bit of time but am concerned the longer we are out of the UK, the harder it will be to go back.

So I have been a reader of this site for a number of years but I have never posted until now. I’m in a real dilemma and don’t know what to do. We’ve just moved back to Aus after having a year in the UK. Before that we we're here for 6 years. I was the driver to us moving back as I used to get so homesick but when we did we really missed Aus. Now we are here I find myself thinking non-stop about home and I feel so stupid. I got cold feet before we moved back to Aus but felt it was too late to stop everything as we’d resigned from jobs our house sale was going through etc. The trouble is I don’t know what to do. Do we pull the pin now and go home live with my parents until we get set back up or do we do a year or 2 here and enjoy it for what it is and try and push those feelings of being far from friends and family away. Any advice from people who’ve ping pommed would be welcome.