MARYROSE02 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I love it here but I just can't do it anymore There is a contradiction in your words. How can you both love living in Australia, yet 'not do it any more?' If you hate it in Australia, that makes more sense. There is nothing wrong with wanting to go home, but I always think it's better to stay until you get your permanent residence, or better, Australian citizenship. You never know how you will feel when you arrive back in the UK. You would not be the first person to regret it, because sometimes, Australia 'grows' on you. I went back for twelve years, and I got to love it there again, but it took some time to settle in. In fact, it was just emigrating a second time. If you do go back, do it in November, so you have to experience a complete Pommie autumn/winter. The same for a holiday, come to think of it so you see it at its worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelbourneTractor Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Not sure living in a city 15000km from your friends and family is a simple as love or hate. I love where we live in Melbourne, and the other parts of the country that I've seen have been great too (yes, even Canberra!), but I just don't feel like I can stay here long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Go where your heart is- I think most of us know where we want to be, deep down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sometimes there is just no rhyme nor reason for why one feels the way one does. If you don't fit you don't fit but, word of warning, don't think of it as going back - what you had is gone but the core structures may be there. Think of it as moving forward to a new adventure, hopefully in a place that fits you. Glad you've talked to your OH! 'Emigrating for a second time,' as I called it (and a third time when I moved back to Sydney.) When my brother Neil went back, for a holiday, after many years here, he was angry because he had lost all his connections to England. He went round all the old places, but he couldn't 'see' himself as ever having lived there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 It's a common story unfortunately, maybe post it in MBTTUK section. You should have said 'UNcommon' because, although it happens to some people, it does happen to most people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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