Longing to get back to the U.S.?

I remember.  They sort of stopped prescribing antibiotics for every little thing in an effort to stall it happening, but it was already in motion.  The bugs are stronger and the people are weaker.  It was bound to happen. 

Thank you, I was beginning to think I had imagined it, no-one can remember!

Yeah Staph Aureus has always colonized on the skin of a portion of the population now some Staph Aureus is methicillan resisitant thanks to antibiotic over use.  Now we have Methicillan Resisitant Staph Areus.

Please, jump in.  It's an issue that gets my back up, as well - as though those of us in the UK are living in some primitive third world where the hospitals are filthy and we barely have indoor plumbing...

We don't have dryers, either.  

We don't have dryers, either.  

Or personal freedoms.

We've got wine, though.

Or personal freedoms.

We've got wine, though.

And Pimm's!

OMG you guys are on form today - too too funny

We even have a mixer tap in the kitchen, but I've lived w/o one in the bathroom sink for a few years and I'm stunned to believe I'm still here!

Wow!  Things there have really progressed in the last ten months!   

Wow!  Things there have really progressed in the last ten months!   

You outta come back for a visit!  It'll be culture shock.  There are 24-hour supermarkets, dishwashers, drycleaners, even pet grooming places!

I notice the majority of people posting on this particular thread are the ones who have no desire to move back and are even repulsed by the idea, so it's kind of a skewed sampling. I'm one of those people who didn't move to the UK because I hated or had a problem the US -- in fact, I still love it, and I'm openminded to moving back someday if that happens. I'm sure the majority of expats didn't leave the US because they hated it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with living there, and judging by the amount of people who have immigrated there themselves, it's a wonderful place to live. Maybe the people on here have a problem with it because they came from an unpleasant area, or they hate it simply because they associate it with their former lives which brings back unhappy memories for them. I'm sure there's alot more to the story than being repulsed by the entire country. 

Maybe the people on here have a problem with it because they came from an unpleasant area, or they hate it simply because they associate it with their former lives which brings back unhappy memories for them. I'm sure there's alot more to the story than being repulsed by the entire country. 

I actually doubt many of us are "repulsed by the entire country." I think it might be much more simple - like we just happen to prefer living here....

Is it cocktail hour yet?

I'm sure there's alot more to the story than being repulsed by the entire country. 

I'm sure no one here is repulsed by the US. But I think people on this site are defensive about the UK when they feel sweeping statements are being made.

I actually doubt many of us are "repulsed by the entire country." I think it might be much more simple - like we just happen to prefer living here....

Is it cocktail hour yet?

Honey, it's always cocktail hour! Might I interest you in a nice chilled Beaujolais?

Honey, it's always cocktail hour! Might I interest you in a nice chilled Beaujolais?

ROFLMAO!!! There must be something in the air, 'cause I've been laughing to the point of tears for most of today....

We even have a mixer tap in the kitchen, but I've lived w/o one in the bathroom sink for a few years and I'm stunned to believe I'm still here!

My mom lives in a beautiful old Victorian home, completely re-done, in North Carolina.  She still has the separate H&C in the two bathrooms, and when it came time to update the hardware, she didn't go with mixer taps.  It takes some getting used to when I go visit, but I really had to laugh when I got to England and found them everywhere!  The first thing I thought was, just like mom's house!  

I am very mixed about moving.  I will miss some things in the States, but overall I am so  looking forward to the shift in priority from living to work, to working to live.  My job is not my life, my family is, and right now I feel that in the States you just can't have those types of priorities (no matter what an employer might say) or you are considered "not a team player" or "not giving it your all".    Rubbish.  I give my family my all.  Then I got to work and do my very best.  This shift I will enjoy.

As for giving up the big house, the big car, the big grocery store.....it's just stuff.  I can't live my life ruled by stuff.  Life is too short.

England here I come!  

~Liza