have you adapted?

Do you find yourself more British? Still an American abroad on holiday? or a weird distortion of both?

I think I am more of a Londoner than a New Yorker nowadays. I love NYC but I feel like a visitor. Perhaps it's because I haven't visited the states on a regular basis plus when we leave london for holiday I get that feeling like "so glad I'm home" when I see the underground tube logo 

I'm a weird distortion of both.

On second thought, perhaps I'm just weird.

I'm still a NYer!  It seems like now that I am working especially my friends and colleagues treat me as "the NYer" (I taught them that I was the NYer, not the American, just like it better)  My friends at home though often say how British I have become 

I've always thought of myself as British because I was born here. However, after spending decades living in the US, I think maybe I was the only one! I was the typical American in terms of accent, etc. But deep down, I was always British. And now that I'm back living here, there's no question. Just today I was IM-ing a friend in the US. She asked, "When are you coming home to visit?" I was confused for a minute! Home? But ... but ... but I *am* home!

I think I'll always be an American...but the longer I live here the more it will feel like 'home'.  I tend to move every few years so I haven't felt like I've had a home base for a while...but if I end up staying here beyond 2 years, then I'm guessing that it will become home...particularly if I marry a Brit or have a family here.  One thing is for certain - I don't feel like a visitor.  As soon as I figured out how to use the tube, bus and did shopping for groceries for a while, I no longer felt like a visitor.  And once I get my drivers licence then I'll really feel it!

I work Monday - Friday, I pay rent, utilities, my kids are in school, I have a current account and a savings account - I am most certainly not an American on holiday.

I live here.  This is my home.  Moreso than anywhere I lived in the US.

I tend to be quite adaptable so I would say yes that I have adapted.  I will always be American just as I will always be European.  The two do not have to be mutually exclusive.

my friends and colleagues treat me as "the NYer" (I taught them that I was the NYer, not the American, just like it better) 

Funny that you say that bc when I was in Scotland and people asked where I was from I always said New York City instead of America or the U.S!!!  NY just does that to you I think ... I don't think the big apple will ever be completely out of my system, bc it is in my veins

I'm pretty sure that I've adapted, I will always think of myself as american, it would sound strange to call myself 'british', and I imagine that I will always have an american passport. When I was just recently visiting family in Ca, I kept saying 'back home' meaning England, and when I am here I say back home, meaning America. But I've come to the realisation that home is where my own kitchen and bathroom are. At home, (america) I feel like a visitor because my permanent address is here in England.

I've seen the U.S. from different eyes since I've been here. But in five years, I still feel like an outsider--not because of anything anyone has said or done. I just have always, and will always, see the U.S. as home.

I see myself as British. Going to the states is always a culture shock now and I can't wait to get home to England.

Rosie

I'll always be an American and I'm proud of that. I mean, why not? It's part of who I am, and that won't ever be taken out of me no matter where I live. To say I'm more British or Scottish than American now would be just kidding myself, because I wasn't raised here and my family isn't from here. But I have adapted to things here, so it does in a sense feel like a second home to me because I've gotten used to it.

I am definitely more settled in the British way of life than US. I definitely adopted London although NYC is my birth mother and I feel slightly privileged have spent my formative years there I am definitely an American Londoner

I met an American that even though she lived , worked , had children here and current accounts for years she had no real interest to assimilate in fact she rebelled against it.  I think she became more American every year

My fave was this American I met in Scarborough that had a 4th of July party with morris dancers that was class

I suppose I'll always be American technically, and my family will always be there, but I feel more at home here in England and suspect that I'll never feel particularly "at home" in the US again.

I feel like an American living in England. I can't say I feel British because I wasn't raised here and I don't have a lot of things in common with people here but England is my home now and it probably always be. I've adapted in every which way but I'll always feel like a resident American.