I don't know if I should move back to UK - Please help me..

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I don't know where to start, I don't want to make this long though because no one will read it.

In England, I had a job that I hated (office job, churning out the same boring admin letters every day). I hated it so much I used to cry in the toilets. I got on OK with the girls I worked with, but they weren't on the same kinda.. intelligence level as me and constantly talked about soaps and stuff. We went out occasionally, but I didn't feel like I fit in with them if you get me.

But I had them. Also, my job paid.. more than my job here does.

I had Morgan, and that was good, but things were going downhill before I moved here. We broke up because stuff felt so weird, but we got back together.

So in England I had a job I hated, no friends, but I Had Morgan. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, and I couldn't see Morgan and I living there together in the future.

So I came here. Now, I have a job that I like some days, but at the moment its so stressful. (I'm being trained as a groomer). I have NO experience with animals and I find it hard to talk to them openly in front of my boss, as I am not even relaxed around my boss yet. Its in my nature to be reserved and shy alot around people, new people. My boss I can't open up with because of the kind of person she is. I am trying so, so hard to just be confident. But now I think I'm going to get fired if I don't just bond with the animals. She thinks I'm not enthusiastic enough about the job, but I am and I don't know what I can do to prove that.

I'm dreading tomorrow. I feel so underpressure.

I also have absolutely no friends in the entire year I have been here in Canada. I feel like I don't fit in, every time I open my mouth I am so self-contious of my british accent. Everytime I say something wrong that they don't understand, because it is a british phrase, I feel like such an idiot.

But Morgan is planning on coming after christmas to be with me. He likes it here in Canada, and he wants to be with me. But I fear so badly he only wants to be here because I am here.

My mum wants to move back to England, part of her does. She misses her friends, her family, I miss my brother there too so much. I haven't seen him for a year. I have a very bad feeling that if Morgan came to live over here, and we went off and had our own life, my mum would be left, alone, friendless, husbandless, in a job she hated. She said that she will stay whereever I am.

I don't want people to want to be places just because I am there.

I am so messed up, I'm so lost. I want my mum, myself, and morgan all to be happy. But I don't know what to do. I don't know where I am supposed to be, what I'm supposed to do. I don't know whats going to make me happy. Should I go back to England? Its so scary though, it doesn't feel like home any more. I can't picture myself living in a house there where as here I can, I don't understand.
 

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That's tough. I don't really have any advice except that you should not be so self conscious about your accent and phrases. Most people should find that enduring/interesting/intriguing... and if they don't who needs to be around them lol.

Whatever decision you make has to be right for you. Definitely include people you care about but your mom inparticular is in control of her own life. That's my 2¢ :D
 

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What made you move to Canada in the first place ??? You seem to be very unhappy with everything there. I'm wondering if you need to look into everything a little bit more.....yourself/ your family/ Morgan. Wish I could help !!
 
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Wierd most people love accents and new phrases.

Maybe see if there is a club for people from England, kind of a thing for people who feel homesick?
 

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I wanted to try it here, because I loved being here on holiday so much. I used to go back to england and cry, and cry and cry, I'd feel Awful I'd miss this place so much, i'd miss my family, I'd miss the feeling of being here because i loved it so much.

Different being here on holiday though.

I was unhappy in england, i wanted my life to go somewhere different, somewhere new, so i wanted to try it here.

The only reason I came is because morgan is canadian by birth, even though he's lived in england most of his life. So i knew he could come with me, and hoped he would. Now he wants to, but I'm unhappy still.

I've felt lost my entire life, I don't know if I'llever feel in place anywhere. I keep trying to find where I'm supposed to be what I'm supposed to do but I can't.
 

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Were about did you live when you were over here?
And if you do come back over here you can always come visit me! :D
 

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Is your family in Canada or England? You know, if you're not so happy here, you could try talking about it with your mom and your boyfriend, to see what they think about the situation. If you don't think you will be happier here than there, it's probably up to them to help you decide.

I totally understand what you feel about the accent though, as I'm french and I'm always embarassed to talk here because of my accent...
 
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Akemi, it sounds like the place isn't the problem. You, poor dear, just aren't comfortable in your own skin around other people.

Maybe you and your boss have the same kind of characters - reserved and shy with strangers. Go ahead and just talk to the animals. Bring a portable CD player to work with some CDs of soothing music to play softly at your grooming station. That might impress your boss with the fact that you DO care deeply about the comfort of your clients, and it will provide a buffer of white noise so you won't feel so self-conscious when you talk to your clients.

I learned a long time ago, when I realized that I'd never be able to make enough money to leave Tennessee, that we take our own happiness or our own misery with u wherever we go. Things won't change because you change your place of abode - the unhappiness and trepidation will be in the next place because you carry them with you. Best to confront them in the place you are in now. ;)
 

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Most people find accents hot, especially British ones. :)

You really do need to just relax. You're working with dogs, who are absolutly non-judgemental. The training is the hard part, get through that and you should find things go much more smoothly.
 

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Akemi, it sounds like the place isn't the problem. You, poor dear, just aren't comfortable in your own skin around other people.

Maybe you and your boss have the same kind of characters - reserved and shy with strangers. Go ahead and just talk to the animals. Bring a portable CD player to work with some CDs of soothing music to play softly at your grooming station. That might impress your boss with the fact that you DO care deeply about the comfort of your clients, and it will provide a buffer of white noise so you won't feel so self-conscious when you talk to your clients.

I learned a long time ago, when I realized that I'd never be able to make enough money to leave Tennessee, that we take our own happiness or our own misery with u wherever we go. Things won't change because you change your place of abode - the unhappiness and trepidation will be in the next place because you carry them with you. Best to confront them in the place you are in now. ;)

You're totally right. I am just totally uncomfortable in myself and I think thats whats giving me this complete "lost" feeling in my life wherever I am.

I'm trying so hard though, I've been trying so hard ever since I left highschool early. Everything was fine before then, its highschool that this horrible bad self-esteem thing came about, and I've slightly improved since then but I've still got a thousand years to go.

The hard thing is I feel like somebody is trying to change who I am now, and I know its for the better, but its not that simple.
 

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Its not the accent thing, its that everyone says I'm hard to understand because of my accent and it BUGS the you know what out of me. I know I have an accent to canadians, but for goodnessake! The british accent has the be the most clear accent on the face of the planet.

But I guess canadians pronounce everything differently so when I say something its hard for them to understand.
 

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Yep... I'm getting sick of having to repeat everything 3 times here also. It's really embarassing, especially as my name is so typically French that I have to spell it every single time... So I end up asking my husband to make more of the phonecalls, and he always orders for me at the restaurant...
 
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I love accents. Sometimes it can be a little hard to understand if you're not used to them, but I love hearing different accents.

My sister is named after the Swedish linnea flower...her name is Lennea (we spell it with an E). She's been called Lunnea, Leneeuh...people will be like, "Oh, you're Lee...nu....ah!" :rolleyes: It's actually "luh-nay-uh" or "lih-nay-uh".
 

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Francoise :)
yep, i'd need a pronounciation key like gadddy just gave! only cos iwou;dn't want to say it wrong. :) Some people just hear wrong too! My name is Lacey, I've been called Lisa, Leslie, Casey, Lexie, and Stacey. :D
 
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You're totally right. I am just totally uncomfortable in myself and I think thats whats giving me this complete "lost" feeling in my life wherever I am.

I'm trying so hard though, I've been trying so hard ever since I left highschool early. Everything was fine before then, its highschool that this horrible bad self-esteem thing came about, and I've slightly improved since then but I've still got a thousand years to go.

The hard thing is I feel like somebody is trying to change who I am now, and I know its for the better, but its not that simple.
Trying too hard is the root of the problem. Remember, it's much easier and more comfortable to be who you are than who you think everyone expects you to be. People -and dogs - sense when someone is uncomfortable and they react with their own discomfort.
 

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