We have been in Perth for 8 months now and I am as miserable now as I was in the beginning. I have settled in at work but not really made any friends as my age/dc ages are different from others so no ready made group to join. I feel like a stupid teenager when i hear other people,organising meeting up and I'm not invited as my dc are little, it makes me want to weep.
If I had known it would be so hard to make new friends I would never had come.
Everyone has been kind and helpful but I 've just not clicked with anyone. We have 2 families from school that we do things with once or twice a month but apart from that I see no one, haven't had people to the house since Boxing Day! I feel that I have tried at every opportunity to get along with/catch up with people but its just not happening. I work shifts which doesn't help and dh doesn't work so no colleagues there.
Of course I know that it takes time, but I can't help but feel that I don't want to miserable for another 8 months.
And don't even start me on the cost of living
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giggly · 01/04/2013 18:03
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