My exdh and I planned to emigrate, chose a country, found jobs and then broke up. I ended up moving abroad on my own. We divorced in October and I moved in January, heartbroken and alone. I don’t speak the local language very well yet and and I have struggled to make any friends. I am lonely most of the time. I have another 4 months in my employment contract and for various reasons I really need to finish it before I can return to the UK. My English-speaking colleagues are all based overseas, and my local colleagues don’t speak English so even at work I am alone.
I have tried making friends but I’m just not good enough at the language so the friendship fizzles out because I can’t participate in conversations. I have joined a dance class but even there it is hard for me to join in. I live in a small town with very few other foreigners. I downloaded bumblebff this week and there wasn’t a single person with an account for more than 200km. There are days when I literally do not speak to a single person in real life and online / phone contact with friends back home is not enough. I am trying to learn the local language but it’s slow going and I’m lonely now. I need some advice for how to get through another 4 months of loneliness.