Going back to the UK

[Pixie]

OK
In my heart I know we're doing the right thing by going to live in the UK, DP's an Aussie so all new and exciting to him, for me it's a mixture of memories, and dull weather. I love Australia the people, the climate but I know we can advance our lives by ten years by going to the UK but I am just so emotional we're not going until Feb but still time passes very quickly it will be here before we know it.

I dunno it's exciting etc but I came to Australia to start all over again I feel like I may step back emotionally and I don't want to.

This has so much to do with my mother it's stupid I just feel safter 17000KMS away from her :crying:

Grrr :banghead: what's more annoying is I know that it will all be OK and I am just being a twit now!!!

[HollyHotLips]

Dont beat yourself up, and dont see it as going backwards either - sometimes life just has these things in store for us and you just have to ride with it.

Sounds like you need one of these at the moment :hugs: :)

[nemosmum]

OMGosh wow thats big news!!!

I can understand your conflicting emotions, we are planning on moving 2 hours from sydney and im having heart palpatations LOL so cant imagine what moving half way around the world would feel like!

I wish you all the best hun and we'll all miss ya come feb!

sxx

[reAllytee]

As much as we are going to miss you & we will ( omg i wont see chubby cheeks again either :crying: ) If this is the right thing then go for it.
No matter where you are family is always family so can have a hold on you without you even realising. Your strong enough to over come anything you put your mind to its a case of working out your boundaries when you arrive back there & setting ground rules so your happy. Who knows what life will bring your way maybe you will be back on our shores soon enough but then maybe you will settle down & be happy with the choices you have made. Life is ahead of you go grab it :D :hugs:

[shed]

I think its a cr*p idea, you should stay here with us.

[reAllytee]

I think its a cr*p idea, you should stay here with us.

I was going to say that but then figured id get in trouble :p


We know they will be back we have a secret action plan already set in place ;)
She cant see this can she :p

[Jamily]

Personally I think you should stay too ;) however here are some good points that will remind you that it might not be a bad idea for a few years (only a few though!)

Marks and Spencers (particulary the prawn mayo sarnies)
Next
Christmas when its cold outside and the chance of snow
The pubs!
Being able to go to Europe for the cost of a ticket to the Gold Coast
The MONEY

Thats just a start too...you'll love it as you know you can always leave!!

Cxxx
p.s. so far I am thinking the weather at home might take on this year - what is going on? Heatwaves in the UK and the rainest Sept on record over here

[Peaceangels]

I'm with Shed!:D :laughing:
No, seriously, we really will miss you heaps, but it's a great opportunity for you and your family and it may just be what you need to sort some stuff out with your mother (living closer means you will have more contact - may be a good thing - may not be).
We will have to have a farewell picnic or something for you in the new year!!:smiliedance:

[Pixie]

Thank you for the hugs HHL!!

NM yeah big news eh, 2 hours who well it's still a big enough move!!

It's a crazy plan Shed but I know it's the right thing for us!

Great thing is I guess we get 2 free return flights each year :smiliedance:

ohh Claire how right you are summer evenings sipping pims watching the sun go down at 9.30pm :laughing: And yes the MONEY OMG it's crazy and yeppers Europe is right there I keep reminding myself check the bank account book the flights to Spain :laughing:

Ness I think even Perth is to close to my mother lol haven't even told her we coming over yet well:rolleyes:

[Pixie]

ohh gosh after yesterday's meet up I came home and just felt so worried I really have few friends in London only my brother and that's it.
I am going to be so lonely for a while I guess whooo why does it take me 8 years to to finally get some confidence to only leave people behind again ughhh I know it will be OK but I am feeling sooki:rolleyes:

[reAllytee]

Hun we are all going to miss you soo much too :hugs:
The thing is if it doesnt work out Oz is always here for you :yes:
We are all just hoping you guys come back & im sure you will :p :hugs:

[DQ]

ohh gosh after yesterday's meet up I came home and just felt so worried I really have few friends in London only my brother and that's it.
I am going to be so lonely for a while I guess whooo why does it take me 8 years to to finally get some confidence to only leave people behind again ughhh I know it will be OK but I am feeling sooki:rolleyes:

Now I am sad! :crying:

I was really looking forward to meeting you yesterday, I thought we may have heaps in common. It was one of the main reasons I went along yesterday! I really liked our little chat via PM a few weeks ago!

I hope all works out for you if you do go, but you will always have mates here when/if you come back!!! :thumbsup:

[Pixie]

awww thanks guys:hugs:
DQ we're not going until the end of Jan so hopefully we can meet at the next meet up!

[Hector]

Hey Pixie...I didn't know there were others out there who actually ENJOYED being miles away from their family! Mine aren't so bad, but I definitely get along better with them when I'm in the UK and they are all in Oz. I have a job interview in a week for work back in Scotland so have crossed all my fingers and toes that dd and I will be on our way back over even before you go!!!

I was in Scotland 3 years before returning to Oz about 18mths ago to have my daughter and can't wait to escape my family. I just don't fit their expectations at all - and you're on the money about it feeling like a step backwards - I feel like I'm 15 again and back at school! Plus I come from a small town here and so all the old biddies are in the street, treating me like I'm a kid again.

TBH I've been lonlier here in my home town that I EVER felt when I was 10000miles away from 'home'. If you've got good reasons to return, then that's what will make life good for you - don't worry about where the family are (so long as they're not sharing a house like me :no: !!!)

And there's parts of London you could probably live that'd be so full of Aussies you could imagine you were back here!!!! :p

Hector (I'm a girl, btw...Hector is my dodgy alias!)

[Londonmum]

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind my barging in but I'm actually coming from London to Adelaide in about 2 weeks. Don't have any family over there but have made a couple of friends via Bubhub which has been great.

Pixie where abouts in London are you moving too? If it's near where I am leaving I can intro you to some absolutly lovely ladies who I am gutted to be leaving.

[Pixie]

Hector how true 300,000 Aussies in London!! :D

Londonmum not sure where we'll go yet staying with my sister at first in Kent then perhaps Notting Hill, Marylebone (sp) I like it out Belsize park way but my DP doesn't want to travel that far to work!

[Beany]

Don't tell Noodle, but I utterly sympathise ...

I really really miss London - I miss the atmosphere, the museums, the shopping and, yes believe it or not, I miss the weather. I have extracted a promise from Noodle that we will move there for at least a few years once we've both got our degrees finished, which is great but ...

I dread seeing my family again. I dread becoming what people expected me to be, to do as they want or never hear the end of it ... Coming here was so liberating - I could be me without any frowns and back-biting. No one knew me so I could just BE me ...

Bleh - I don't know where I'm going with all this so I'll stop yakking :D

See if there's a bubhubbish forum in the UK - you're so friendly and lovely that you're bound to make friends as soon as you set foot off the plane!

(I still think it sucks that you're going just when Asher will be old enough for me to get out and about more with him)

[Londonmum]

Pixie - I don't know anyone north of London but I know several in the Bromley area, which is nice (still Kent) and on direct rail line to central London for work (about 20-30 mins travel) So if you decide to live South East let me know and I'll pass those contacts on to you. As I said they are lovely ladies and always happy to meet up at least once a week even if just for a coffee :)

As to there being a forum in Uk like this one....Yep there is and is how I got to know the ladies that I know :D

I might get told off for putting the link here but I'll PM it to you.

[Pixie]

My sister is in Bromley :D

[Londonmum]

oooooohhhhh spooky :laughing: but I'm doubting I know her as it's a big place but the other mums I know are mostly Bromley based with some living further out. :D

[Incy Wincy]

This might make you feel more positive.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/31/1075340890279.html

[Pixie]

He's in the same industry as my hubby too, the biggest reason we're going there. I am just going to miss Australia as a country, the people and the friends I have met through bubhub and of course other friends lol.

I know that there is many fantastic things about the UK history wise and Europe is right there, and even bigger news I guess is we now only plan to stay in the UK 3 years 5 max and we're moving to Switzerland to work and live and school the kids still I know we'll come back here :D

I feel at home here like I belong I don't have that feeling in the UK!

everytime I go I yearn to get back here can't wait for the "holiday" to be over sad eh!!!

I am sure it will be OK and it's just nerves!

[Kizmet]

oh you're going to live in switzerland! so jealous i went on holiday there and fell in love with it! we definatey have to have a long distance meet lol


Abigail and I are going ot miss you and Eliza sooooooooooooooooo much :hugs: :crying: :hugs: :crying:

[Clinya]

Can I come back to Blighty with you??? :fingerscrossed: :p

I want to go back now but it is going to be so hard to go back finacially etc