Home Time?

Hey Hidley, welcome.

I'm 26 and I've lived 18 years of my life abroad... So I think I'm gonna stick with France for a while ;-)

I came back home twice at the end of my contracts (I was living in London then Madrid). Going back home is not so easy... I moved again!

It is nice to return to your home country/town, but in most of the cases you must be really motivated. For example, you miss your family, your friends or simply the life there.
When I'm missing my family, I just call them. And I visit them a couple of times per year. Of course, I don't regret it.

I found it little hard adapting at first ..

I've been living away from "home" for five years now and I don't miss it as much as I think I'm supposed to by now.

I miss family and friends of course and the visits home are frustratingly short because there are so many people to see during a few days.  But, I am not ready to go back to my home country and wonder if I ever will be.

Adding complication to the matter is that my significant other is not the same nationality as I am. If we stick together that means one of us will never be "home".

The bitter truth is that u r more happy in your naive country but more successfull abroad.

joeshik wrote:

The bitter truth is that u r more happy in your naive country but more successfull abroad.

This is quite blanket statement, and one that I doubt is true for the majority of expats (certainly not for me).

Lived in Europe for 7 yrs, been home for 20 and have never stopped wanting to leave, so, at 65 I'm selling everything, and going to give So. Amer. a try. Planes never stop flying.

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I went back home to New Zealand earlier this year and after 2 weeks all I could think of was being back here. Kind of a strange feeling as the place I call home is no longer where I come from originally.

kiwiinkorea wrote:

I went back home to New Zealand earlier this year and after 2 weeks all I could think of was being back here. Kind of a strange feeling as the place I call home is no longer where I come from originally.

I think I'd find it very hard to return to the UK.
I'm not even especially bothered about a holiday over there.

I've been living in Brazil for over ten years now. I'm married to a wonderful young Brazilian woman and we have a beautiful five year old son. This truly is my HOME now, I really don't have any plans to return to Canada other than for a visit.

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog

Kiwi born, settled briefly in Australia then spent 40 years working around the world. Now married with family in Laos. Go there on my leave breaks. 
Only go back to NZ to visit my eldery dad.