to hate living in the country?

[Hullygully]

IT'S SO BORING I HATE IT I HATE IT

Oh, the shops! How can you furnish your house when all you have within an hour's drive is John Lewis and a mini-sized House of Fraser?

This thread is fascintating, I thought everone would say, you're mad etc

No idea so many fellow exiles screaming with boredom

AARRRGHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

That is fantasy Ivor, I'm warning you...

internet!! or nice independant stores

Where do you live expat? dark cold and boring sounds like you could be close to me in ne scotland!

'I am in the countryside too and I hate it. Even worse, I am stuck here for the foreseeable because my dc are a long way from finishing school and the schools here are lovely. At least you will be out in 3.5.'

Us, too.

'Nice independent stores' - snort .

Yep.... we lived in country when we were between 10 and 18. Everyone says... oh you didn;t appreciate the country when you lived there.

No.

We didn't.

it took HOURS to get anywhere fun and usually lots of money or bribing our parents to drive us. my best friend lived 30 minute bike ride away and s our catchment area was huge we had no friends that were close. (this was pre tinternet and mobiles...]

Moved to Edinburgh and was amazed everyday...

Now we live kind of in between and its fab... and the country side is oinly a few miles away...

Totally agree with you OP

and as I said earlier the schools aren't lovely and there's nothing for teenagers to do except smoke weed

For the people who do like ti What do you do all day on a wet weekend?

thehumancatapult I might be near you. Fast train from the airport gets you to London in 40 mins and Cambridge is 20 mins away. I'm not stalking, just curious.

Visited a friend and her family who live in deep countryside a month ago. I think it must have showed that I wasnt convinced about living in the countryside. So she told me there is lots happening there socially. For example, in their nearest village miles away, the womans institute organise a film night once a month with a DVD and a large TV - which I think is the highlight of the local social calendar. Needless to say I was not convinced.

Yanbu. If I lived in the country I think I would go as dotty as you.

Wife swapping.
That's all there is to do in deeply rural areas.
Wife swapping and sheep fiddling, I tell you.

Infact we did live in the country (Devon) for 2 years and ran back to London as soon as we possibly could.

shotgun, why snort???!!!

Oh, yes, plenty of wife swapping here, too. And alcohol. Tons of alcohol. Drugs, too, if you want them.

At least some of you can see an end to it.

Hully, you have no idea how envious I am that you can say "3.5 years to go". My dh loves it here. I can see my choice will be: burial alive for the rest of my life, or divorce.

DD is 13. I have 5 years before I have to choose.....

Well today, we had our harvest festival at church, lunch at the village hall together and about 10 friends came back to ours and we had loads to eat and drink. Last night, we went to our village pub which was really busy, ditto eating and drinking. We're in Dorset and I BLOODY LOVE IT.

I have to go to London to sniff the diesel when it all gets too bad. Reboot my system.

i miss the smell of the hot dirty wind in the tube tunnels.

When I lived in a big city it took 30 minutes (if there were no jams) to drive to the cinema, then a 10 minute walk and cost £5 to park.

Now I live in deepest rural country side. It takes 25 minutes to get to the cinema, parking is free and traffic jams aren't an issue.

I mark the days off on the wall like an inmatr

Seriously,if you really cant cope,you need to leave.
If you can cope,is there anybody at all that you can be friends with?
Are there any organisations at all that you stomach joining.
And definitely,last but not least,can you drive?