It is very easy to feel like you are the only person to have ever felt the things you go through when you relocate. All the other expats you meet are really enjoying the experience. A common issue is admitting the pitfalls, it is such a huge investment emotionally and financially to even begin to admit second thoughts or even slight doubt opens up a vast can of worms. So every one you meet is positive the negative ones stay at home and wait for the taxi to the airport.
The thing is we all know what its like and in the main it was like it for all of us and just in case you thin my views lack objectivity have a read of the other sites I've posted in the side bar. They are all ordinary people who have made the same journey. Our exoeriences are surprisingly similar and our view of the country has many similarities.
You'll find all the links on the left under the heading "Links to Other UK Ex Pat NZ Blogs"
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I was 21 when I left my home country Germany to live in the U.S.A. with my american husband. You think you know that it is going to be hard to leave family and friends, you think you are prepaired. But you are not really. At least I was not and the homesickness hit me pretty hard. We had a really rough start, but after a lot of tears, time and visits back home we managed. That was 4 years ago. We are doing good now, but to me America still isn't home and Germany might not be either anymore. See the probleme is, after a while away from "home" you feel like you don't belong there anymore, you're views about certain things and the world change because you are living in a new culture. Which for me has been great in one way (after the tough beginning) I learned a lot and I pushed my limits, I broadend my horizon. I know the grass is most likely not greener on the other side, but I'am still looking for my place in the world that I can call home. America is to busy, aggressive, superficial and buyhappy in my eyes and Germany is simply not what it used to be. My husband feels the same way by the way, although not as strongly as I do. Before we returned to the States he lived in Germany for almost 3 years. So we both feel a bit detached from our home countries. Nobody around you seems to really understand even though they try. We had an eye on New Zealand, that's how I got to your web page. I find it very interesting. I guess it doesn't matter were you go, you'll always encounter the same up's and down's.
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