home ?

"home"  
this is one of those words that confuses me.. I'm a Canadian born American citizen married these last 10 years to an English woman and I'm living in Switzerland so as I said.. the whole issue of home can be trouble

what you about kids... where is "home"

here ?

there ?

home is where the heart is`?


thanks,
g




p.s..you can't start a "poll" on this site eh?  

Yes, you can start a poll; it's on the right-hand side where the tabs are located on the board's main screen labeled 'post a new poll'.

This has been a topic that can heat up as I have seen BUT in my opinion I have actually 3 homes...

My home where I live with my DH (where the heart is)
My parents home as it will always be there for me (where my family is)
Austin Texas - No family but all friends and where I "grew" up as an adult by myself and THAT is home as well.

Depends on the context on which you are speaking.  If said to DH let's head home he would know I meant here in the UK.  If I said oh I am homesick and I need a visit he would know I meant Texas BUT if I said I need to go home to visit mom he would know its NJ.

People can argue with me but honestly I know my 1st home is with DH and our family here but I will always have another home and I am the kid.

Yes, you can start a poll; it's on the right-hand side where the tabs are located on the board's main screen labeled 'post a new poll'.

thanks..but aw well... too late now.

This has been a topic that can heat up as I have seen .... 

I hope it doesn't... I can't really understand why it would heat up.. many different opinions yes.... ok ok it's the internet.. thats enuf for an argument with some.


*shaking my head and walking away* 

Home is here in the UK with DH, in our house.  Where I grew up, that home is done now - my parents & my grandparents are all deceased & their houses have long been sold.  My brothers still live in the US, but their homes are not my home.  I moved around a lot between the ages of 18-39, and was never really sure what to call home during that period (although I liked Tampa Bay, FL an awful lot - for the weather & the people I knew there).  Finally, it's just nice to be home.  I waited a long time for it! 

In a practical sense, home is where my stuff is. It's where my clothes and everything for my day to day life are. Home is what I call the place where my favorite tea mug resides.  I've moved something like 10 times in the past 6 or 7 years which is how this sense of 'home' developed for me.

That said, as long as my parents are still living in the house I grew up in, I'll probably still think of that as home in some abstract way as well.  I haven't lived there since I was 19, but there's still that sense that if something doesn't work out I can go back there.  I'm sure once they're gone or that house is gone or both, I'll just have my first definition of home.

See I think everyones has a different take pending on their life.

Me - I literally moved every 2 years up until the age 16 THEN I stayed with my mom till 18 then carried on the moving every 2 years until I was 22 and went back to NJ and stayed there until I up and moved to Texas on my own at the age of 26.  I stayed in Texas for almost 8 years before moving here.  So my parents aka my mom and stepdads house is a safe place "home" and Texas just felt like home as I did it all on my own and I own a house there still but I think once I sell that it will just be a great visiting destination.  I do know the place I live in is home but its not our house - make sense? We didn't pick this place together so yes it is home and I am happy with it for now but we know we will pick out our home next year.

Home is here in UK, where I live with DH, for sure. So when people sometimes ask me, "When do you think you will go home again?" (meaning a trip to the US) I just say after work and smile. Or if they ask "Where's home?" (as in, where are you from?) I always answer just around the corner.  I'm sure they love my sarcasm, but honestly... that's my home.

Dallas will always be my hometown, and it's great to visit, but I am far happier living here than I was there. My heart is here with DH, so this is home to me.

ok.. another newbie question.. every keeps using the term.. "..with DH"

DH ?

dah hubby?

*L* 

Home is Scotland. Sometimes when people meet me and hear my accent they say, 'Where's home?' and I say, 'Cupar.' I've felt at home in Scotland since I first came here, and even when I go to new places within Scotland I don't really feel like a tourist. I definitely feel like a tourist when I go to England, Wales or Ireland, and when I go to my old home in America I just feel like a stranger with deja vu

ok.. another newbie question.. every keeps using the term.. "..with DH"

DH ?

dah hubby?

*L* 

DH = Dear husband. DW = Dear Wife. DS = Dear Son. DD = Dear Daughter. DB = Dear Boyfriend. DF = Dear Fiance (or Fiancee). And so on...

DH = Dear husband. DW = Dear Wife. DS = Dear Son. DD = Dear Daughter. DB = Dear Boyfriend. DF = Dear Fiance (or Fiancee). And so on...

Unless you are mad then DH can mean Damn husband <snort>

After this weekend, DF now means Doody-Foot!    (as in 'Who's got the Doody-Foot?!')

ETA:  That is just in my world, though...not on the forum. 

for me home is here - where I am. If I lived in the states that would be home, it's where I've settled for the moment and will change when I move again.