Just wondering how people manage the yearning to move back to the UK?
I don't know if it is my age ( early 50s) or life stage( kids tween and teen) but having had 15 years in the US recently I have been having this yearning to return home. My dad is quite elderly so not even sure how long he will be in the picture but I just miss the familiarity of my home country.
We have a good life where we live, well paid jobs, kids in good schools but as time goes on I feel increasingly isolated somehow. Yes we have friends but we spend most time as a family unit and I suppose I imagine that in the UK I would see family members and so enjoy that connection.
How do people handle these bouts of yearning to return to the UK when they hit?
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Managing Yearning to Return to the UK-how?
middler · 08/07/2023 01:51
middler · 08/07/2023 03:07
starrynight yes that is the real obstacle. I fear we are stuck here because uprooting the kids, what if they hated it over there, I would just feel so terrible. At the same time if we see them to adulthood here, then it is unlikely we will ever get back there and that thought makes me sad.
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