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homesick and sad
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Hi all,
So as the title suggests - i'm homesick and sad. I recently moved overseas with my partner of seven years and it I am really unhappy. It's cold, the people are miserable, and everything is 1 million times harder than where I used to live. We moved over here because my partner got a job offer and he had to take it.
I thought my unhappiness might have been because I was unemployed and broke. But now that I have a job, it's not any better. Also, my new job is not suited to me at all but I had to take it because I was running out of money.
I don't know how to shake this feeling of impending doom. My partner, friends and family are tired of hearing about it but I just can't stand living this way. I'm frustrated and annoyed a lot of the time. And to make it worst, I'm stuck here for another year and a half. It seems like such a waste of my life.
Thanks for reading.
So as the title suggests - i'm homesick and sad. I recently moved overseas with my partner of seven years and it I am really unhappy. It's cold, the people are miserable, and everything is 1 million times harder than where I used to live. We moved over here because my partner got a job offer and he had to take it.
I thought my unhappiness might have been because I was unemployed and broke. But now that I have a job, it's not any better. Also, my new job is not suited to me at all but I had to take it because I was running out of money.
I don't know how to shake this feeling of impending doom. My partner, friends and family are tired of hearing about it but I just can't stand living this way. I'm frustrated and annoyed a lot of the time. And to make it worst, I'm stuck here for another year and a half. It seems like such a waste of my life.
Thanks for reading.
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Sorry to hear the move abroad hasn't been straightforward. I'm wondering how your partner feels about living abroad, does he enjoy this place? Does he understand how you feel?
I know when I moved abroad I looked out for either expats groups or new in town groups to meet other people in a similar situation to try and get new friends - or if you could meet people through a new hobby?
It can be really lonely, but I've found getting out there and trying to meet new people did at least help.
I was also going to say that you could perhaps you could think of things from home that you really enjoy doing (like watching a certain film) or food and watch/eat it - sometimes that can help keep the homesickness at bay.
I hope this helps.