I hate saying good-bye

[BudaBabe]

Having been an ex-pat for over 15 years now I am used to saying goodbye to friends. It never gets easier.

But this time I am saying goodbye to a good friend who I already had to say goodbye to years ago! Twice seems too unfair. We were friends in Asia and then we left. A year later they left. Three years later we end up in same country with the pregnancy bumps we compared before now in same class at school and best friends.

And now they are off again.

I bloody hate this. She lives up the road and is the one person here I can just call on to take DS if I am late at school pick-up and vice versa. It's the closest I have to family here and I hate the fact that she is leaving.

And I hate that my DS will lose his best friend.

I feel just so sad.

Much sympathy Budababe - we left our overseas home a month ago and was haunted by Coldplay - nobody said it was easy, nobody said it would be this hard (or words to that effect!). Probably worse as you're the one staying this time. Hugs.

What a shame for you...

You can only be grateful you may well have a friend for life.. Can you organise holidays together to meet up?

I agree, BudaBabe. We are on the verge of leaving Belgium and my bridesmaid has just got a job in Brussels!

Yes I remember that feeling. Even though you know it is par for the course in an expat lifestyle, it doesn't make it any easier.

I know the feeling too and the hard part is not knowing when you will find a friend again, you will - but it sometimes takes ages, we left a place where we had friends 8 months ago to move here and haven't found a good friend yet. I am on the verge of dragging one of the mums from school in off the street to sit and have a cup of tea with me!!