AIBU to not understand why Brits who emigrate to hotter climates

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feel the need to go on about how hot it is where they live compared to Britain.

It's like stating the obvious, I feel like saying, you moved to Dubai of course it's hotter than the UK which is covered in snow. But so many Ex pats seem to feel the need to almost brag about the bloody hot weather when the move. Yawn!

Disclaimer: I have lived in hot countries for part of my childhood and again as an adult so I know the pros and cons of living in the sun and so am not remotely jealous.

God I know a couple who do this...since it's started snowing there has been a flurry of 'the weather's better here, here we are in summer clothes, here is the weather forecast (mid twenties) statuses.
I think the truth is they are so smug/superior about their choice to move they don't like to think they are missing out.

The shear number of posts to me is them over compensating for the fact that maybe the Narnia scenes are making them a little gone sick/nostalgic.

I'm not jealous - my profession means I could easily work in relevant country.

Home sick- bloody phone/squalling baby!

I have a friend who responds randomly to others posts saying stuff like "it's a balmy 40 degrees here, shame it's raining in the uk ha ha!" These sort of comments have nothing to do with the thread she was responding to either.

I have hidden her now.

I hate everyone who lives in a warmer clime. Dammit!

Be so much less painful than this bleeding country... waaaaah!

Sorry... was having a moment there.

I lived in Australia for twenty years, and I LOVE IT HERE. Hot climate equals nasty big insects, spiders, snakes, monster lizards, and sharks. Most Aussies love the idea of snow.

I also like the rain; rain is a luxury in Oz, and so is green grass for the most part. And autumn.. utter magic. And daffodils, everywhere! And I can grow roses, and they don't die of blackspot in a week. And I can have apple trees, and blackcurrants, and - well, and and. So when I see UK people boasting of the heat on the Costas, I just think, great. It's a bit crowded here. Off you go. Don't mind me.

I'm with Thumbwitch rather of the snow.

Could see my dd's playing in it having fun, rather than being at the beach and finding sand in every crevice going.

My husband is South African and a lot of his SA mates used to live here but have now moved back. When they were here all they did was moan about how crap everything was here, including the weather. Now they are back all they do is post on FB about how marvellous the weather is compared to the rainy old UK. Like people don't know before they come to the UK that it rains here! I once asked one of them mid moan why he was here and he said "I came to scrounge a pound." Charmer! It's lovely being able to delete them one by one when they crow. I wish i could have deleted them one by one when they lived over here! Luckily my husband is not like them at all so i don't need to delete him!

DonderandBlitzen

They do sound absolutely charming

They were. They were very rude. I wouldn't dream of moving to a country and then bitching about it to the locals and saying how much better things were at home. My husband is actually lovely and i have met lots of lovely south africans. This was just a rather strange group. The guy who said he came to scrounge a pound was actually earning money at work rather than scrounging it. He just seemed to want to be as obnoxious as possible.

I don't get jealous of hot weather as I can't bear it. Give me wintery sunshine any day.

fuckadoodle that is an interesting point you make about the reasons, or lack thereof, people give for moving abroad and is something which I struggle with enormously.

I have a couple of "friends" from home who constantly denigrate my decision to move overseas. They have no compunction about vocally criticising my choice to live where I do and their reasons for hating it (despite having never been) In response my approach has been to smile and mutter anodyne sound bites re the great weather and outdoorsy lifestyle and how "the way of life suits us as a family".

If I spelt out the reality I would inevitably be accused of smugness and insensitivity so it seems I cannot win

I guess some people feel the need to justify their choices and criticise others whatever their choices in life.

I find that being vegetarian puts others on the offensive (admittedly only really stupid people) who feel the need to tell me how wrong i am cos its the food chain init.

One thing you can do in the UK that you can't do in some warm climates like Australia or parts of US is go places, just jump in the car and go somewhere, and be back in time for tea. Maybe snowy weather isn't the best time to travel but normally you can go to the city, museum, mountains, sea or anything in between but in the countries I mentioned everything is miles/ an air flight away.
And if you decided to head off and go somewhere in Dubai without the correct visas you might get arrested or shot!
The UK does have some good points.
Oh, and you can zoom off to nearby neighbouring countries and be there in an hour or so.

Theres more to life than sunshine.
I found the ones who go on and on about "then sun" and "the lifestyle" are the ones who are second guessing the decision to move.
I will admit to having gone through years of homesickness, Dh couldn't really understand it, and we have stayed longer than we should. My sunshine updates were usually "bloody sunshine I hate it" as I didn't want to be here. But as we are in the middle of selling up those are usually my updates now, I just hope we are back in UK before the heat gets going again this spring.

Umm Springdiva, we do have all those things in Australia you know. From my house I can be in the mountains within 45 minutes, beach within 10, snowfields within 90 minutes, city in fifteen, museum in ten, zoo in fifteen, cutesy country antique towns within an hour. We aren't allergic to driving either. We can get from Melbourne to Sydney in ten hours driving, and we often make a weekend of it. The great aussie road trip is pretty much traditional. Australian's don't need visas for most countries either. Pretty trustworthy lot we are seen as!

I've never understood why so many people are obsessed with running down other countries. All countries have their good points, and you can say what they are without being rude about what other countries have.

People love their home countries, but don't act as if it is some sort of life achievement of yours that you just happened to be born in it.

When I lived in a hot country I actually went to more places than I do now just because it was so much easier and more inviting to travel around and not have to worry about being cold or ice on the roads or whatever. Just sling a couple of clean t-shirts and pairs of knickers in a bag and you're all set, as opposed to even going for a weekend away in the UK whatever season you're in, as you just can't trust the weather and need to cover all eventualities.

I live in a hot country and I love it here but by God I miss seasons. We have two. Rainy season/Hurricane season and dry season.

And I remain absolutely seethingly jealous that for every one of the 5 years that I have lived here, I have missed out on the big snowfalls in London. I haven't seen a decent snowfall since I was about 5 and in my head it's all mugs of hot chocolate, warm fires and steaming steak and ale pies.... and just to give it some perspective, I live on a Caribbean island which is 24 miles by 7 and I would give anything to be able to jump in a car and drive for longer than 45 minutes. DH and I are thinking of moving to Canada for some variety!

I would never dream of updating my status to brag about the weather here. Mainly because I'm not a boring and/or smug fucker!

I don't use FB much, but it seems like a lot of what people put on is bragging "just booked my holiday" or "look at my wonderful dinner my wonderful partner made me" - you don't have to read it.

But I did Skype my step dad today to tell him it was 27 here today, ( it is exceptionally warm for winter) he was golfing in the fog and it was 2 degrees there, and yes, I wanted to bug him :-)

Maybe I am one of those people you are complaining about.

Quality of life, prawns, prawns prawns.

My relative emigrated and sent me and my mum an email that has become famous in our family. He lives in a country not unlike the UK, by the way.

He praised the new country's food (much better than anything he had eaten in London's top restaurants). He praised the country's people (so much nicer than British people). He praised the country's theatres (nothing on in the UK was ever so brilliant). Alright, I suppose that is all possible and nice that he was enjoying himself so much.

Then he started praising the quality of the road for a driving experience that just "felt smoother somehow and truly more special" than anything he had felt in the UK.

We still read that email just for sheer joy occasionally.

I really don't get why this would bother anyone so much. If you're not jealous, how come you're so annoyed?

Can't say I've ever posted about the weather, although I do live somewhere where it's 18-22 degrees all year round and doesn't get dark at 4pm ever ever.

Ruby

The extreme heat is as restrictive as the extreme cold, more so possibly.

You can of course keep putting clothes on and moving to warm up.

When it is 47 fucking degrees outside, there is nothing you can do to be comfortable.

I like about 30 degrees with low humidity, that is my happy place. I am not sweating, and I like the beach when it isn't too hot.

Today is lovely, forecast to be about 31 so getting the sheets on the line.

I do miss the sparkly snow and frost sometimes though.

It is the 'honeymoon period' Rubyroo, most expats go through stages.