Need some reasons to stay

[atlast]

I just had a really bad few days. I'm telling myself that it really isn't Spain, it's just one of those periods you go through. There seem to be an awful lot of them lately. So I find myself thinking about leaving.

I could use some reasons to stay. Help!

[Fay]

I completely understand how you feel. I feel like that all the time, even after four years of being here. I think that I want to go home, back to the UK, but really, it would be like starting again, in a foreign country, so much has changed back home, and not much of it for the better.

Keep your chin up and keep smiling, you are not alone!!

[ricardo blue]

Originally Posted by atlast

I just had a really bad few days. I'm telling myself that it really isn't Spain, it's just one of those periods you go through. There seem to be an awful lot of them lately. So I find myself thinking about leaving.

I could use some reasons to stay. Help!

BECAUSE IT'S PISSING DOWN WITH RAIN HERE!!!!

[atlast]

Fay - You mean it isn't goin to go away? We haven't been here terribly long, and what you write makes me think that if we are going to go back we should do it now. Otherwise moving back may be even more difficult than staying.

[ellenjoan]

Indeed you're not alone !

I'm looking to emigrate again.

They have no respect here for nature, no respect for animals, no respect for the neighbours....the land is dirty (no recycling for 85%), the bureaucrazy doesn't turn right, Etccc

But there is the SUN, and the sea and...a micro climate. My dogs artrosis doesn't hurt anymore...

So every place, every country has it good points and its bad points...so be it

I will keep some land with a house and sell the rest ...I ll always have a place to come back to on holiday and the rest I ll sell so I can start fresh somewhere else.

Don 't worry, won't leave yet...need my visa first...can take some time...

Will enjoy the rest of my time here !

Ellenjoan

[atlast]

Well, as I posted elsewhere, we're planning a two-week vacation in Ireland. Maybe I'll appreciate it more when I get back.

[arroyo]

Originally Posted by atlast

Well, as I posted elsewhere, we're planning a two-week vacation in Ireland. Maybe I'll appreciate it more when I get back.

I feel torn between the two countries, I like it here but after 2and a half years i still think about going home I get homesick so much, My son still lives in the UK with his partner and baby son, so I find it really hard. This credit crunch is getting hold of our savings too, Hubby is working same job for 2 years so we have regular money comming in I need to work I have had a few telesales jobs over the years, which i wasnt keen on I will just have to keep searching for something, I think somethings are really hard to get used to here, like smiling faces and people being friendly towards you I miss that

[XTreme]

The problem with Brits in Spain as I see it, is the vast majority are not here because they want to be in Spain....they're here because they've had enough of Britain. Which is understandable because our lives there were made so unbearable in so many ways....we didn't have much choice in the matter. As a family, we certainly felt we had to escape from it.......and I'm sure many of you felt the same.

And that's where the problem arises for many.....because we all ended up in Spain not through choice, but through circumstance.
We got here on Nov 2nd 2005 not knowing what to expect as we'd never been here before. Literally we were refugees and we were taking a big chance like all of us have.

And what happened? Well, our background (in the 25 years we'd been together) was about 20 houses in abut 10 different places in the UK. We'd never settled, and we never felt at home. We got to Spain and it just felt like we'd come home. Everything felt right and we instantly felt at ease. Can't explain why....that's just the way it was.

We looked around for something to buy and in March 2006 we bought a house in Huescar in the rural Altiplano of Granada. And we'll be here in Huescar for the rest of our lives. No doubt about it!

Is Spain perfect? Of course it isn't.....nowhere is! But it's where we feel at home with the people and the environment in general. But bear in mind (as Strav will confirm) the place we live is as far removed from the type of Spain other Brits live in as you can possibly get.

Our heart is here....and our home is here! There's nothing in Britain for us and we'll never return!
If you don't feel the same way about where you live then your only option is to go back.....cos the feelings that you have will never go away.

[Mame]

I agree with you Pete.I have been here since 2004. I never thought I would ever want to leave but 2 baby grandaughters ( we never thought we would have ) are really tugging at my heart strings. Also have 17 and 15 year old grandchildren but saw them grow up and they know who we are. We have now decided to make the move to Brittany, whether this is the right solution not sure but do not want to go back to the UK. This way we will only be 30mins from the ferry and 2 hours the other side so will be able to make trips across and also easier for them to come to us. Probably easier for you as you have your boys with you.
Maureen

[XTreme]

Originally Posted by Mame

I agree with you Pete.

You stalking me across the Internet Maureen?

Brittany? Very nice.......we always said if it didn't work out here we'd try France. But as you know, we've very settled here.

But you won't find another one like me up there you know!