Namechanged for this but I'm a regular
A few years ago I met my husband and moved to his home country. He's a lovely guy, we have a young baby, house, I have a well paying job (that's horribly stressful but that's a rant for another day.)
On paper it all looks great. Except that I'm horribly, horribly lonely. I've lived and worked abroad before and fitted in fine. (I'm quite introverted but have no shyness or social issues.)
Here I don't know anyone. Literally no friends. No one on our estate speaks to me. Culturally it's not done to strike up a conversation with someone. I've tried to get to know people but they're it interested. I've tried the local version of mum and baby groups. No one speaks to me. If I speak to them they reply the bare minimum and ignore. I've tried joining Facebook groups for English speaking mums in this country - no one lives anywhere near me.
Today I did something I thought would be helpful only to be told it was culturally not done. It's upset me hugely and I'm at home in floods of tears. If it wasn't for my little boy I'd be wanting to end it all.
I know there are no easy answers here, but just needed to vent a bit.
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Desperately lonely and isolated
Unhappyexpat · 04/02/2016 14:51
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