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Have you ever moved out of your home country?

As the title suggests, have you? What was your experience?
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
Yes.....about 10-12% of Kiwis call Australia home or at least live there. They may or maybe not be dual citizens. Not a huge cultural difference....in that they were both colonised by the British. Their Indigenous cultures are however very different as are the Aboriginal and Māori peoples obviously. Australia has better red wine....and beer. NZ plays the better rugby.
@KiwiBird Nothing like watching the NZ team do the haka. I always get goosebumps.
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@Notladylike Yeah the All Blacks do it good. They usually do one of two Haka. The traditional 'Ka mate' haka performed since 1905 and the 'Kapa o Pango' which was gifted and written just for the All Blacks.

The Haka is done by other groups as well....there are many forms and some very moving and special particularly ones done at Tangi (Funerals)
Yes. First is excitement. I really didn’t wallow much about moving because I’m already an adult and I wanted to make my own life.
Everything is beautiful and new. Then you get homesick. Then you miss your friends and family from home but you will get used to it. Then suddenly, you’ve managed to make friends, adapt and everything around you seems familiar and comfortable and then you realize that this “new “ place has become your home.
Twice …

Wasn’t easy … homesickness but it was different then … no internet and international calls were very costly …
@ZulXeroth

I went from Iran to UK , Cambridge … so you can guess that I went there to study … in college and university one can find friends and enemies easily… Cambridge was a city of colleges and universities, so many young people lived there … so it was all about studies and parties…

Second time was a shorter time when I moved to Dubai for my job… didn’t like it at all … felt so lonely but it was close to home and I travelled to my home country often..
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@Soossie would you be willing to share what you liked best about each country you’ve lived in,
@ZulXeroth

I already have in above comments… not much to like in Dubai… and Uk was sweet and bitter
Ontheroad · M
I've lived in seven different countries for anywhere from a year to 4 years (home is the U.S.) and found some easier to assimilate into, but overall I found each to be a positive experience.
@Ontheroad Which countries did you live in?
Ontheroad · M
@Notladylike Germany, Japan,France, Netherlands, Okinawa (before it reverted to Japan), Egypt and one I' m not able to reveal.
Torsten · 36-40, M
yep when i was a kid.
It was real hard. I loved living in my home country and I hated leaving friends and some family. Made it even harder that I did not speak the language of the country i moved to.

I still hate it here and would have moved back a long time ago but i dont want to do to my son what happened to me. Granted i fully understand why my parents did what they did and thankful for it greatly but I still miss my home.
@Torsten That’s a pretty selfless thing to do for your son. I hope you find your place here. It’s very hard being away from your home country.
GunFinger · F
Moved here in 2007. It was different, but good because I lived with my aunt and cousins first. Became homesick for a while then I've learned to be more independent. Studied, worked hard and eventually made my own family.
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
@GunFinger Great
SW-User
Moving to Canada turned my life around, I’m so independent here, it’s my favourite country now
SW-User
I moved out of Alabama. Does that count?
Nope, but I have moved to a city where nobody speaks my language.

My experience thought me that, deep inside people are pretty much the same everywhere.

Different food, religion, language and color but still the same bullshit in a newer plate.
Rainandforest · 22-25, F
Yes from China to Phillipinnes, Thailand, Vietnam and now in Malaysia
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@Rainandforest What have you liked most about each place?
Rainandforest · 22-25, F
@ZulXeroth i didn't really enjoy my stay except my current place
Yes I’ve lived in Three or Four depending on how you count two different countries in the UK. Australia, France. Scotland and England.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Not really, yet sort of. I was stationed for a year-and-a-half in Germany while with the Army. Since I lived on base, you could say I was sort of still living in a slice of the U.S. Except I became good friends with a German family, spent a lot of time off base with them, then took a European discharge and spent another 6 months knocking around Europe before returning to the U.S. Again, more touristy than actual living there, but pretty close.
xbandoleerx · 56-60, M
Yes. Thrice!
No place like home.
The feeling of non-belonging never leaves.
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@xbandoleerx what was your experience? Did you try to actively integrate in into the cultures?
Reflection2 · 41-45, M
Yeah, only to realize that how weirdly misfit I am, where ever I go 😂
SW-User
Yes
I didn't think i just did it
Then moved back after a few years
Steve42 · 56-60, M
Yes. Military. Turkey for 16 months. Was different.
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
Yes, and love it
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@Strictmichael75 tell me more, please!
iamelijah · 26-30, M
Never been. I'd love to one day.
MadraLaska · 31-35, F
Only for short time but yes when I am finish at university I move to Amsterdam for almost 1 year. I did lots of things here try to be different in myself, I have write a blog at the time you can see it is in Polish but I can translate for anyone!
https://dniamsterdamu.blogspot.com/
Like a rolling stone. Once it gets going, it's likely to be dislocated again and again.
The story about the old country and the new world is usually a lie.
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@Roundandroundwego and what story is that? I don’t believe I’ve heard that one yet.
@ZulXeroth we didn't leave on purpose, there was no shining opportunity in the new world, the old country was called something we never say anymore for over nine hundred years...
Moved out ? .. No

Spent several months on each of a couple projects that saw heavy travel back and forth (~ 2 weeks home, 2 weeks there) to two different countries for work.
SW-User
I lived in Germany for 3 years. I loved it but started to get a bit embarrassed about how bad my German was. It was difficult when English was the working language at the institute I worked at.
two times

went to high school in England

lived in Afghanistan for 4 years

it was exactly what you would expect
What is your definition of 'home' country?
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@BeefySenpie fair question-let’s say that home country is where one spent their childhood or formative years.
@ZulXeroth Moving countries is a great experience. I have no idea how people live their whole lives in one place, if they have the means to move
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
Yes, but I was five, so my new country became home. I’d like to move again, though.
Viper · M
Nope, barely have left it
Dino11 · M
While In the Military, yes.
Yes a few times
1pebbles · 56-60, F
ZulXeroth · 31-35, M
@1pebbles Care to share how that experience was for you?
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
Azlotto · M
I have not.
travelguy01 · 41-45, M
empanadas · 31-35, M
Lived in four different countries. I enjoy the ability to move wherever

 
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