Homesick?

Nunu1


Joined: 31/03/2008
Posts: 536

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 22:00

Hi everybody, just wondering if anybody gets homesick? Do you miss old Blighty or does it not really enter your mind? What common things do you miss?



I know it sounds like a silly question but just wondering on peoples thoughts feelings on this?



And for those of you that have lived in NC for years what do you notice when visiting the UK?



Thanks Nunu1

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 22:25

Believe it or not you long to see rain.

Karen

Nunu1


Joined: 31/03/2008
Posts: 536

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 22:35

Rain....yes thats something I would not miss! Although we need it obviously...Look forward to that lovely sunshine!

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 23:52

I'm still in the UK and yes,



I'm thoroughly sick of home!



rather be in Cyprus!



Lem

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 06:52

Only been here 9 months but do miss the shopping (can't wait to hit Lakeside in the summer). As for the rain - not missing it at the moment!



Karen

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 09:28

I don't generally get homesick (although I do agree with livethedream on the shopping), however being here at Christmas was a somewhat strange this year. We went back to Wales at the beginning of December to do Christmas with family then and leaving the Christmassy stuff behind was a bit of a wrench.



Also, an old school chum of mine was here last weekend and being with someone who still hanging out with my other old friends tugge at the old heartstrings a little too.

Kantara


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 661

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 09:31

I only miss the snow - but this year we had been lucky and got it here!

Kantara

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 11:58

hi

hmmmmm thats a hard one what do i miss about the u.k let me think!!!!

do i miss the ever increasing taxes on living, the stabbings the shottings, the diverse amount of people flocking to the u.k to ponse of the government while the tax payer works their whole life for nothing, working from the time they leave school to maintain a level of standard that they can call keeping up with the jones or the fact you have to work min 25 years to pay of a mortgage for a house which you have paid off 10 times over or is it the great british summer

so in a nutshell yes i miss all of that NOT!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

and if most of you guys miss your shoping get on a plane 45mins and you are in istanbul and they have everything that you will find in any lakeside,brent cross,tratford centre and its also a great weekend get away break

warm regards to all of you still stuck in the rat race

ukturk

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 12:03

You offering tour guides uk???

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 12:41

Erkan,



You can be really annoying at times.......You have written what I was going to do!



Would like to add I feel sorry for the ladies as they can not shop to keep up with the jone's in over priced shopping malls, that are really places to go and show your shopping bags off in.



When I get back to the UK, all to quick you see all the miserable people that keep themselves to themselves and low life hanging around the main line London stations waiting to beg and rob unsuspecting people. I could turn around and head off again.



This Island (uk) has gone down hill so much in present years. Looking forward to the days when I can spend most or if not all the year in Cyprus where you feel relaxed and amongst people you are friendly with and not afraid of.



Sick of Home...........yep.



Nuff said as I may type too much.



Greetings to one and all.

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 12:51

3 years now and İ miss walking in the forests and watching my dogs swim in the streams. I miss visiting my parents grave and I miss going out dancing with my friends or having a takeaway round their house.

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 12:55

Tiggy - you don't need to feel sorry for me - the only carrier bags you'll see me with are from Primark and Matalan, no way designer!!



ltd

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 13:25

Tiggy, I'd buy more stuff here if I could but I find that it can be a) quite expensive b) difficult to find stuff that fits properly (shops here stock clothes designed for very skinny ladies and anything more than a size 14 is difficult to find) and c) quality not too good. All these issues can be alleviated with a once a year trip to George at Asda.



It's nothing to do with keeping up with the Jones's...sometimes - even living somewhere as heavenly as NC - you just have to be practical.

Nunu1


Joined: 31/03/2008
Posts: 536

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 15:06

Nice one UKTurk, you sum it up really! That confirms my feelings and beliefs on the UK! Its finished here........Its all take, Take, Take....tax, tax, tax! Everybody is trying to take and not give!...........IM sick of it.....just winding things down here...getting house ready to rent.....then get that one way ticket.......that will be strange...but has to be done!



Nunu1

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 17:13

Kitty,



I did not mean persons like yourself. I do understand the difficulties etc. Had the same in Lanzarote.



Im a more polo shirt and nice shorts kinda type. Smart and casual.

Nemika



Joined: 05/04/2008
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 20:43

Hello i was living in NC but moved back to the uk 6 months ago. BUT this was the BIGGEST mistake i ever made for me and my family so we are returning to north cyprus we was coming the end of august 2008 but we have decied we cant wait that lon so we are returning in 6 weeks and boy am i counting down the days... i would say to any feeling homesick please dont give up to early like i did and make a mistake. im just lucky i never sold up in NC so i got somewhere to go back to.

Janann


Joined: 07/03/2008
Posts: 47

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 22:13

It surprised me that I have never felt home sick for the UK but have for TRNC when visiting the UK. Do hold my hand up to missing the kids and grandsons but a phone call cures the craving. The shopping bit is sorted with a visit to the South.

lesleyb


Joined: 27/02/2008
Posts: 126

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 11:36

Hi all, we have been living out here for 5 months now and really love it, I too miss my kids and grandchildren but as Janann says a phone call helps. When we lived in the U.K. all we wanted was to live in Cyprus unfortunately for us we now have to return to the U.K. for several months and already I know I will miss this place an awful lot, but at least reading all the posts on Cyprus 44 will keep me going until we return again in November. So good luck to everybody whether on holiday or moving to N. Cyprus.



Best wishes Lesleyb

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
13/04/2008 00:15

Been back in UK for 2 weeks now, been great to see family and friends and do the odd bit of shopping, had forgotten how short tempered people got whilst driving, Surly shop staff and the increased cost of living(cant help converting to YTL), for the 1st time in 3 years, i've actually locked the car, with all the rules and regulations here now, they are no longer living in a democracy but a dictatorship, 6 Days and counting and I'll be home.

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
13/04/2008 11:34

i was interrested by all the posts about home sick - i can see that all of you were living in england - i am living in france, middle of ,still working there - we have a house in N C , i love cyprus but today i just can't think staying permanently there - i would like too, because france is getting hard to live in, is it because i am not an insular? - i don't know - the question is still in my mind and i believe the first step today into a country is to know the language first and adaptation is easier - and we, human being alway think that " the happiness is somewhere else" i wish you all the best

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
14/04/2008 15:55

Tiggy, thanks xx

cleos


Joined: 13/03/2008
Posts: 77

Message Posted:
14/04/2008 22:19

After being here 8 months - what do i miss - norra lot !!!

In the winter it was central heating and fitted carpets !!! And family.

In the spring it is the colour Green (its not the same Green here) !! And family.

In the summer it will be -family.

In the Autumn it will be - haloween and bonfire night !! And family.

Telephone calls help but nothing is the same as a cuddle with the little ones and seeing things thru their eyes when you are with them.

BUT overall the pros outweigh the cons !!

Consumer wise there are still items i crave for :

Sainsburies extra creamy horseradish !! Tinned red salmon !! Cadburies fudge bars !! Proper fresh swede !! Decent hairdresser !! Muller light/corner yoghurts !! Pinoit Grigio wine (at affordable price ) !! Blah blah blah

Still wouldn't go back unless we had to - may consider somewhere else but NOT England.

Serife

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
15/04/2008 14:54

Cleos,



Sadly, I can't help you with most of that but I can let you know of a very good hairdresser. Drop me an email if you'd like the number.



She was the third one I tried here, and she's excellent!





Ps...I got some tinned red salmon in Bells.



K x

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
15/04/2008 20:16

agree with kitty some hairdresser are very good but i doubt it will have a magical effect in your home sick - e best solution for you, if you can afford it, is to go back to your country when you feel home sick and come back when you miss the beautiful weather of cyprus - maybe, work is a solution !!! if possible of course - i am actually tired of fce so i will go for 2 weeks and come back to my beloved children

cleos


Joined: 13/03/2008
Posts: 77

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 00:03

May be i gave wrong impression - love being here BUT do miss some things about UK - mostly family. Hopefully we will be here for long time yet - but if circumstances change (eg Interest rates !) then we will probably consider somewhere else but not UK !!

sylvie - thanks - have been managing to go back whenever the need ! gets too much - work - well bit of a prob if no work visa and do not want to work Full Time ! - p/t would be great ! Lots of visits this year from G/kids thanks to Pegasus free flights (well 80 quid taxes ). Hey Ho . Missing family but still in Cyprus and Luvvin It

Kitty1

Will email you re hairdresser ( i am also in Cataloy - i am not too far from you i think ). TTFN x

peachy


Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 14:25

hi i miss everything ... i know this a lovely place ... i get cross with the in politeness of nc people on the roads god this makes me really cross ... i miss bread proper bread ... i miss the rain ... i miss my life and freedom as a woman i dont feel that free here as i did at home

peachy


Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 14:25

hi awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwe i miss all these things also ... i lived in devon and i miss it very much ...... i have been here just over a year i still cannot settle .... i miss the shops god i wanna go home

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 15:04

Hi peachy - you sound really unhappy, have you been back to see 'if the grass is greener', what made you leave england in the first place? Hope you find what you're looking for.



regards, ltd

Kantara


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 661

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 15:15

Hello peachy,



this sounds really sad - no nice friends around to cheer you up??



Regards

Kantara

smudge



Joined: 07/04/2008
Posts: 160

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 15:25

hi peachy

i'm a relative newbie to the site. one day i hope to book a one way ticket (with hubby of course) and come out tho i know that there will be things I miss. The obvious things...

However,,, if it helps a bit...

In Hartlepool it is raining. The view from the window is rape seed fields starting to turn bright yellow. But nonetheless, it is raining. Sainsbury's round the corner and I could go and get the weekly shop in - but i'd rather have a kebab on the road out from kyrenia! yep - its still raining and this is real WET rain! Garden is sodden and the washing's on an airer. Gordon Brown is on the telly and Eastenders is as bad as it ever was.



I'm over on Monday. Will see if i can bring some Warbutons through customs!

Keep ya chin up - I really hope things settle for you. x

smudge x

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 16:23

peachy



Got the impression you are not happy in Cyprus and seem to be stuck here and cant go home. İs it true. I agree its extremely difficult being a woman on her own in this small minded place. Keep your chin up.

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 17:24

hi guys

i sympathise with all you who miss the u.k too!!!!

the thing is a lot of people get the wrong impression coming over for a couple of weeks holiday is very diffrent to living out here, and it can be pretty hard for people to settle its not all about sea,sun and good living sometimes its just the little things that count, and living here does not mean you have stresses and strains you do but it diffrent streeses and strains, like in the u.k you have stresses in paying your bills keeping up with the mortgage repayments and everything is centrerd around money strains, living abroad its all about settling in and i agree its hard for women living in a mans world like cyprus indepandce is not the same like in the u.k jobs are hard to find and dont pay well, you could go down that road by getting involved with the expat scene (which i dont really like) very clicky and can be quite bitchey at times or you turn into a alcaholic!!! (not every one before they have a go)

then if you got kids trying to settle them into a strange place away from their friends and family and for them to speak another language its hard but trust me kids adapt very easily and better than us adults!!!!

even thou cyprus is a lovely place to live and the people here are the best you will meet think hard and long in what you are doing cos its not for everyone espeacially for the young and middle aged no offence to the mature people on here, at the end of the day friends come and go and family are only a phone call away and a few hours away by plane you can go and see them or then can come and see you whenever you or they want!!!!

take care all and i hope all your expectations get answered one way or the other

warm regards

ukturk



p.s i dont miss nothing that has to do with the u.k not even family only joknig

i could not get rid of them even if i tried cos they get their cheap holidays and i get my u.k products that i cant get hold off for free!!!! lol

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 19:30

Hello Peachy,



Sorry t ohear about your home sickness. Devon is a lovely place and you should go back and see if it what you really want. Not everyone can make the move



I'm from London where a lot of it is horrible now, I feel like a stranger in my home town. Looking forward to the day that I can spend much of the year in Cyprus.



Good luck to you and cheer up.



P.i

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
18/04/2008 19:58

bonsoir peachy,



you touch my heart when you wrote you feel bad - i experient cyprus few times a year, cannot wait to go few weeks before, happy to come bak home in france - we built a house in girne and i will be going next week to stay inside for the first time , we had an apartment before - i might see things differently but i am french and there is nothing for french people over there at least you are english and lots of englistspeaking people around you if you want to mixt - i am married to a lovely TC and i understand more or less turkish but i cannot see the rest of my life in cyprus without been able to move as much as i can ouside - one of my boys is living in china at the present day and the other one in paris - internet and phone are fine to get in touch as much as we can but .......life is a lot easier in france beside the problem of working to make money like everywhere - hope you find out a way !

peachy


Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
19/04/2008 15:30

Hi Ltd ... thanks for your reply .... why did i move here awwwwwwwwe i have 3 adorable children who i love dearly ... and i was in the past married to a turkish cypriot we seperated 14 years ago ... took me that long to get a divorce lol .... my children would come to the island every year for holidays with there dad .... hense they fell in love with it here ....i kept telling them its very different to live here they wouldnt listen ... the reason for me moving here ...they would cry for months on end they wanted to live here ... omg what a mistake for me ...i have never been felt so lonely in my life ...and sad are the people here ...i dont have friends .... i have no one here ... my best friends who is my eldest daughter returned home ...she is now returning back ... thank god ..... hey people reading this may think im really sad ... im not ...i have had a lovely life in the past ... owned many companies of my own ... hey i cannot stand this stand still feeling in life ... i havent died yet .... and god i will never wear a flowered smock dress ... hey and as for dressing nice i wouldnt think i was a hoe as i have been called by many of the villagers ... who i must say i have never spoke to in my life and never will thank god .... i new it wouldnt be easy ... hey how does one cope ... with the isolation of normal chat with everyday foke ... i have tryed many things here and have found the many english people have mixed with omg not done me any favours lets put it that way infact i look after a ladies daughter for a week while she went to england hey had all my jewelry stollen omg i what gob smack to be honest ...and i never got it but and the mother of the child run me down to all and sundery in the circal of friends .... hey thats whats happens i guess when you are nice to someone

peachy


Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
19/04/2008 15:32

hi to everyone who has replyed to me ... thanks for your reply .... why did i move here awwwwwwwwe i have 3 adorable children who i love dearly ... and i was in the past married to a turkish cypriot we seperated 14 years ago ... took me that long to get a divorce lol .... my children would come to the island every year for holidays with there dad .... hense they fell in love with it here ....i kept telling them its very different to live here they wouldnt listen ... the reason for me moving here ...they would cry for months on end they wanted to live here ... omg what a mistake for me ...i have never been felt so lonely in my life ...and sad are the people here ...i dont have friends .... i have no one here ... my best friends who is my eldest daughter returned home ...she is now returning back ... thank god ..... hey people reading this may think im really sad ... im not ...i have had a lovely life in the past ... owned many companies of my own ... hey i cannot stand this stand still feeling in life ... i havent died yet .... and god i will never wear a flowered smock dress ... hey and as for dressing nice i wouldnt think i was a hoe as i have been called by many of the villagers ... who i must say i have never spoke to in my life and never will thank god .... i new it wouldnt be easy ... hey how does one cope ... with the isolation of normal chat with everyday foke ... i have tryed many things here and have found the many english people have mixed with omg not done me any favours lets put it that way infact i look after a ladies daughter for a week while she went to england hey had all my jewelry stollen omg i what gob smack to be honest ...and i never got it but and the mother of the child run me down to all and sundery in the circal of friends .... hey thats whats happens i guess when you are nice to someone

peachy


Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
19/04/2008 17:21

ukturk .....thank you for your lovely message ....i have read many of your comments including the ones to my daughter nemika .... awwwwwwwwwwwe ya made me laugh have to say .... this is a retirement place you are saying yeah lol .... it is ... ya come here to die .... told my children this many times ...lol ...... hey but im not ready to go yet .....

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
19/04/2008 17:57

peachy - at least your daughter is returning to the island with your grandson - hopefully you'll feel better then!



ltd

Milou


Joined: 15/10/2007
Posts: 425

Message Posted:
19/04/2008 18:01

Gang



İs thıs supposed to be an Aprıl Fools Day joke?



mılou

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
19/04/2008 21:31

hi peachy

you dont have to thank me!!! my words come straight from my heart (ok im gonna stick my fingers down my throat now!!!!! LOL LOL)

thats not long to get dirvorced from your turkish cypriot husband it took my mum many years after her wedding night to get rid of my sperm donor (yep you guessed it i really luv my dad)

like ltd said at least your daughter is coming back to be with you and you both can be ev hanim's together!!! lol

you should not care about the dedikodu's (gossip and story tellers) of the villiage, thats one thing i sometimes hate about the villiages in cyprus you always get gossipers all make dot cotton look like a angel!!!!!

now you have joined the forum you have many friends and most of the people on here are good people and if you ever want to chat im a good listener!!!

ok enuf of the attention seeking otherwise im gonna cry!!!!

now turn that frown upside down and lets see them pearly whites!!!!

regards

ukturk

p.s im not saying that most people who move out here are ready for the recycle bin but some of them would not pass their mot to put it nicely!!! only joking guys before i get bashed with a brolley

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
21/04/2008 11:35

shall we have a murder mystery night for the forum - withhold our identities kill peachy and try and find out which member did it !

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
21/04/2008 15:31

oooh , thats a bit extreme , peachy sounds a bit down , but i don't think she's ready to be knocked off !!!

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
21/04/2008 15:37

What can we play at then????