I moved when i was 10, i was distraught and hated it, i do wonder what would be different had i not moved

oh btw I have no idea how to make it feel better, sorry

Find yourself a nice young maid.

BerbaKing11

Sometimes it's the simple things eh?

Huddersfield is horrible man. Get yourself down to tokyos forms cheeky drink.

When I was 25 I quit my job in North Wales and worked in Rugby and Kislingbury, Northants for a few months in the spring and summer. What I did was make sure I found a local pub and went there to watch the football games etc in the middle of the week. I have fond memories in The Feathers in Weedon of watching the 2-2 v Arsenal in 2003 for example. I didn't have digs there either so lived in a caravan on site rent free so I had enough money to do the three plus hour journey home every weekend. I don't think I have ever appreciated home as much as then and it made me realise that it is good to see the outside world but it is always important to remember who/what is important to you. The year will soon go anyway and you should become a more rounded and confident person. Good luck!

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I've been living abroad since I finish uni. Brazil, Thailand, Arab Emirates and now Saudi Arabia. Miss the family but what can I do.

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Change your mindset man!

Make the most of what you actually have rather than dwelling on what you used to have. One life, 23 year old ffs get making yourself some memories.

the best way to not feel homesick when away is to do things you couldnt do at home or can only do in the new place

and make the most of living between london and bristol, two great party towns

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Join clubs, go to gyms and get a local to make friends quick

I moved to London for two years. It was very hard but you get used it after a while. Just keep yourself busy, and go out to do things. You won't feel very homesick.

Every new place you go to will only be as good as you decide to make it.

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Some people move away from home for the first time and can't wait to get back, for others it's different and they never want to move back home.

For me it was that latter, but I have a friend who could never imagine moving away from where he was brought up. Deep down you probably know where you would prefer to live, and only you know yourself how much sacrifice you are prepared to make in terms of where you live.

All I would say is be open and honest with yourself, and what would make you most happy, and not necessarily what other people would expect you to do. Sounds like you've got pretty good pospects whereever you end up anyway.

Thanks for all the responses so far guys. Appreciate it, didn't expect so many so quickly on a non-football article. I've already found a good little pub in the village I like and I've got a job teaching a class at the local health club one day a week, so I think I should be able to grow a social circle quickly enough. But the mindset I'm stuck in of "this just isn't the same as back home" is killing so much of the experience for me. Breaking that thought process up is clearly the first task from what I'm reading. Ta JA.

Stick to Huddersfield. All the lasses there are dead certs.




(PS. Seriously, VC is spot on. Life is what you make it).

Offer to become the new neighbourhood watch co-ordinator

I actually moved out of Yorkshire about 3 years ago to work for the Chicago Fire in the States - my parents moved there so I went with them.

Best thing I ever did.

12 months is no time at all.

You can take JA606 with you anywhere.

I have sympathy for you, and I've been there and I'm still here.

I had the chance @ 16 to move away and learn to be a plant mechanic for caterpillar. I would live and work/learn in Spalding lincs in the week and then come home @ weekends. The job was mine and now I'd be earning treble what I do now. However I turned it down.

I was still a kid, and I couldn't live without home comforts and the "routine" of my 16 years of existence. This was probably the biggest mistake of my life.

But then in 2002 after working my way up in average monotonous jobs. I went on a lads holiday to Cyprus (aya nappa) I was 21, working 12 hour shifts, living @ home and making money. Life was great no worries, getting drunk, playing football, watching town and experiencing the ladies.

Then it happened!!! I got talking to a lovely blonde scouser in Cyprus, she was there with her friend, I thought, fook me, I've got no chance, she was 18, great looking and t its to die for! The night went on etc. Long story short, we shacked up (yes shacked )

We met in the August, she moved over to Yorkshire in the October 02. We got engaged got a house and had a
little boy. After the birth of our boy, she became depressed and missed her home (the wirral) so she asked can we move, so we did. (soz if this is boring)

We moved to the wirral in 2006 and basically, she got her life back, but decided after 3 years she didn't want me in it!!!

I had two options, move back home (Mirfield) or stay here and help bring my little lad up (rather than be "an every other weekend dad" ) so I stayed.

We split in 2009, things got a little messy, but now things are great. I see my lad 3/4 times a week, and he's growing up quickly, he's 11 in December. My ex and I are good friends too.


Long and short of it. Just bear with it , I went through a horrendous break up, and felt so alone in an alien environment. Now I'm happy and I love living here. I travel back @ every opportunity.

I know it's a cliché, but I really believe that things happen for a reason. I often think where I'd be if I'd have taken that job @ 16. But hey Ho. Enjoy the experience and learn from it mate. You could be worse off.

Sorry for my life story, but hopefully it helps. I'm ten years older than you, so I've lived and learned. You'll be fine mate