Is two years a good enough try?

[DeeDee&Sam 68]

im from cluj-napoca, a big and beautiful city full of culture. here is so different. i dont mind the countryside but the people seem rude and with no general culture at all. all they know is get drunk. well, i wouldnt drive, but i dont really trust my husband behind the wheel, he's the clumsiest person i know and he falls asleep sooooooooooooo easy. he's being supportive when i feel bad for missig my country and i dont deny i just wanted to go back and leave everything behind but i know i would have been husband-sick if i left guess in few years you'll finally feel at home. probably i will too

[Robert&Karen 264]

@ Robert&Karen - Tell her to visit shoedazzle.com, it's amazing!! That is a really tiny town though, a small town to me is about 200,000! Whereabouts is she from in the UK? How long has she been here and what does she do for work? I'm always on facebook if she wants another ex-pat to relate to.

She has seen shoedazzle but prefers Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik. There are outlet stores an hour away and she gets her shoe fix there. 200k a small town? That's huge! You will feel right at home in Los Angeles or New York. Karen grew up in Scotland but came here from Dorset, England. She has been here since September 29 and is looking at starting up her own business. She so wants to be an American!!!

[kiwibelcanto 3]

She has seen shoedazzle but prefers Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik. There are outlet stores an hour away and she gets her shoe fix there. 200k a small town? That's huge! You will feel right at home in Los Angeles or New York. Karen grew up in Scotland but came here from Dorset, England. She has been here since September 29 and is looking at starting up her own business. She so wants to be an American!!!

Oh wow, little bit more expensive taste than me then!! I am super indecisive so shoedazzle is fantastic for me, $40 a pair so I can get a few at once and not feel too bad about it lol. I only came from a city of 1.5 million so not too big! I suppose it just feels small to me because of the lack of traffic and no actual central business district, you know? I think that's what I miss the most, skyscrapers towering over a harbour. It really seems like a town is missing something without that, no matter how big it is. I would LOVE New York, but the job market may be a little too cut-throat for my liking! But to visit over and over, it would be awesome. I can't believe Karen has left Scotland behind! I would give anything to go and spend some time in the UK! I think if I become a citizen I will still feel like a Kiwi at heart, no matter how much my accent changes and how long I live here... I'd be a New Zealand American at the most

[TBoneTX 46,166]

OP: Happy birthday, si man. Let us know how you celebrated.

[Robert&Karen 264]

I can't believe Karen has left Scotland behind! I would give anything to go and spend some time in the UK! I think if I become a citizen I will still feel like a Kiwi at heart, no matter how much my accent changes and how long I live here... I'd be a New Zealand American at the most

If she was not allowed in the US I would have moved to Scotland with her. England was not like our movies and TV shoes say it is!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Portland and Seattle are very close to my hometown, with their unpredictable marine climates and rainy weather haha, on the rare occasion that it rains here I feel happy because it reminds me of Auckland. Thanks for your wisdom!

Portland is great and would be my top choice to live if it weren't for my job. I've never been to NZ, but I imagine that area of Oregon has similarities. It has great opportunities for an outdoor lifestyle, daytripping distance to the beautiful Oregon coast, public transportation, a wonderful downtown area and vibrant cultural scene.

[kiwibelcanto 3]

OP: Happy birthday, si man. Let us know how you celebrated.

Thank you!!! Halfway to 50 The time has gone by so fast! Seeing as I'm not currently working (I could get used to this, ha!) I went and got my hair done, had dinner with my husband and then later on went out to my favourite karaoke dive bar with my regular karaoke group of friends. They all insisted on buying me more shots than I should have had, really feeling it today LOL! I still feel like I'm 18 but my hangover says otherwise

[TBoneTX 46,166]

I still feel like I'm 18 but my hangover says otherwise

Great that you had fun, si man. Hint: When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and what you see resembles the photo on your driver's license, you KNOW you've been drinking.

[JacAng 8]

LOL Zeddess your in the tri-cities ...... me tooo No that river does not do it for me at all I was used to being surrounded by mountains and lakes,the wind and dust there is enough to kill you also haha

I thought I had the perfect life before I met my husband and now he has my heart so as long as I can visit the places I love I will be OK. Yes I learned a hard lesson but it was good for me in the end to find out what I really wanted and some day I hope to have the man I love and the place I love.

I also feel like I dont have a place to call home so I have decided that home is where my heart is.

My wish for you is to find total peace in your heart with where your at and dont lose your dreams just because of where you are....PS I didnt feel any of those hot temperatures when I was there last summer....I have air and I didnt even use it Maybe humid air feels hotter ???

Good luck to you may all your dreams come true!!!

[kiwibelcanto 3]

LOL Zeddess your in the tri-cities ...... me tooo No that river does not do it for me at all I was used to being surrounded by mountains and lakes,the wind and dust there is enough to kill you also haha

I thought I had the perfect life before I met my husband and now he has my heart so as long as I can visit the places I love I will be OK. Yes I learned a hard lesson but it was good for me in the end to find out what I really wanted and some day I hope to have the man I love and the place I love.

I also feel like I dont have a place to call home so I have decided that home is where my heart is.

My wish for you is to find total peace in your heart with where your at and dont lose your dreams just because of where you are....PS I didnt feel any of those hot temperatures when I was there last summer....I have air and I didnt even use it Maybe humid air feels hotter ???

Good luck to you may all your dreams come true!!!

Are you living here right now or still in Canada? There's hardly anyone else even close to living here, it's such a random place to immigrate to - I'm forever having people ask me "why on earth are you in Tri-Cities?!" and it's all I can do to stop myself from replying with "I ask myself the same thing every day" haha. Yes I'm used to a more humid heat, but our summers are about 75 with 95% humidity which was more than enough for me! So these 100 degree summers I experience here are just unbearable for me, I actually find the winter is easier to deal with. You're so lucky that it's relatively easy to visit Canada whenever you want to - I wish that was the case with New Zealand I still feel very unsettled here even two years later, but my heart is wherever my husband is so I'll tough it out until I can apply for citizenship, then it's on the first plane to NZ. If he doesn't like it there then it'll be easier to move back to the US... but thanks so much, your support means a lot to me and I hope your dream of living in the place you love with the person you love comes true too!

[G0ds1ay3r 30]

I am from new Zealand also and lived in Reno for 3 years before moving back to new Zealand because I was home sick.

The moment we got back to new Zealand we regretted moving back and have been stuck in new Zealand for 3 years now but are moving back to Reno in December thank fully.

New Zealand is too small and backwards compared too America and even though I was raised in new Zealand it now feels like a prison to me.

[JacAng 8]

I am from new Zealand also and lived in Reno for 3 years before moving back to new Zealand because I was home sick.

The moment we got back to new Zealand we regretted moving back and have been stuck in new Zealand for 3 years now but are moving back to Reno in December thank fully.

New Zealand is too small and backwards compared too America and even though I was raised in new Zealand it now feels like a prison to me.

I know its wierd isnt it how we think we miss something so much and when we get go back it isnt the same......glad you get to go back to Reno

[JacAng 8]

Are you living here right now or still in Canada? There's hardly anyone else even close to living here, it's such a random place to immigrate to - I'm forever having people ask me "why on earth are you in Tri-Cities?!" and it's all I can do to stop myself from replying with "I ask myself the same thing every day" haha. Yes I'm used to a more humid heat, but our summers are about 75 with 95% humidity which was more than enough for me! So these 100 degree summers I experience here are just unbearable for me, I actually find the winter is easier to deal with. You're so lucky that it's relatively easy to visit Canada whenever you want to - I wish that was the case with New Zealand I still feel very unsettled here even two years later, but my heart is wherever my husband is so I'll tough it out until I can apply for citizenship, then it's on the first plane to NZ. If he doesn't like it there then it'll be easier to move back to the US... but thanks so much, your support means a lot to me and I hope your dream of living in the place you love with the person you love comes true too!

I am living in Canada, have been here since the middle of July...was back for visits in Nov and then Dec and Jan. Just waiting for the NOA 2 notice so I can show it at the border, I get paroled in so I always need documentation of where I am in the process. Thank you so much and all the best to you both!

[kiwibelcanto 3]

I am from new Zealand also and lived in Reno for 3 years before moving back to new Zealand because I was home sick.

The moment we got back to new Zealand we regretted moving back and have been stuck in new Zealand for 3 years now but are moving back to Reno in December thank fully.

New Zealand is too small and backwards compared too America and even though I was raised in new Zealand it now feels like a prison to me.

I know what you mean about feeling like you're in a prison, that's what this town feels like to me. The mentality here is really conservative and backward, really different from Auckland which is so diverse and liberal. I'm glad I'm going back to New Zealand for a holiday first, to see whether I really do want to move back there eventually or whether it's just feelings of "the grass is greener on the other side". But I have more friends and family back there, and my job skills go a lot further than they do here, so hopefully I wouldn't regret it because it would be awful to feel like I don't belong anywhere. My husband won't move right now so I'm stuck here for another year and a half at least. It's interesting to hear from another Kiwi who didn't enjoy returning to NZ though, maybe Reno is the place I oughta be! Lol

[Kajikit 65]

I suspect you'd feel a lot more at home in Seattle... and you don't even have to leave the state to get there.