AIBU to be running out of sympathy a little over friend’s move?

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PetuniaPie · 31/03/2025 10:15

I have a friend who moved to Australia 20
months ago.

It was her choice but she’s having a hard time adapting which is understandable. However she’s constantly complaining to me about it and asking for packages to be sent and asking for visits and she doesn’t stop complaining. I don’t mind listening to her sometimes but not nearly every day. And I’m tired of sending packages. I’m sure there are stores there where her favourite items are available even if not her preferred brand.

AIBU to be a little tired of her constant complaints about life there and missing people. I appreciate that it’s difficult but no one forced her to move and there are limits.

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Passwordsaremynemesis · 01/04/2025 11:22

HellDorado · 31/03/2025 18:30

I do wonder how many people who dream of a move to Australia (like those you see on Wanted Down Under) buy so heavily into the idea that it’s this sun-drenched paradise that they don’t properly consider just how hard an international relocation is - or that no country is perfect. I used to see the same on here with Canada (not so much now), which would be described in almost utopian terms.

I watched an interview with an Australian actor called Alan Hopgood, who was in both Prisoner Cell Block H and Neighbours, a few years ago. He said the location filming schedule on Neighbours could be relentless when you got a good run of sunny days, as no one knew when the weather might turn. Neighbours made us think everyone in Melbourne lived in bikinis and Speedos all the time, but apparently Prisoner - where you quite often see cloudy or rainy weather - gives a far more realistic impression of that part of the country.

You would need to have done very little research to not find out Melbourne weather is extremely variable. It’s notorious for having four seasons in one day!

HellDorado · 01/04/2025 11:58

Well she doesn’t seem to have done enough research to know they don’t have M&S, and that it’s bloody expensive for friends to “pop over” for a visit, so who knows? 😄

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