Thread: The UK is going to the dogs.........

Alright of course it isn't but what makes some people think it is ? It doesnt seem to have any problems that many/most other countries don't have. Is it just the negative self deprecating nature of some Brits ? Some seem to almost take bizarre comfort from running their country down.

We must have something or someone to complain about, or we start to malfunction.

Well it does seem to be something like that. I think I have a much greater appreciation for England now after living away from it for many years, having said that I didn't leave because I thought it was a ****hole or whatever but some do have that belief. It's almost as if they are talking about a different country.

Originally Posted by WanderingBrit

We must have something or someone to complain about, or we start to malfunction.

I think some pretend to post negative stuff about the uk on here because they know your easy to wind up, try not to bite all the time.

I have asked the question before but never really received a good answer, what makes 1 person see a place as a ****hole and the next person as somewhere beautiful to live ? Some have said it is because a particular person might come from a horrible area and that is fair enough but why do they let that taint their view of the entire country ?
I wouldn't in a million years move back to Geelong in Victoria and I miss nothing about the place other than family but I don't then judge the whole country based on that. It's just very interesting how one person can see a totally different picture to someone else.

I do not think its the place its the way people want to live their lives. My mum always told me a house is a hungry animal and its never satisfied. A house cannot speak to you, the nice car you drive does not make you laugh, a lot of people need action, others peace and quiet. Once we are somewhat content in ourselves places look different to us. Always remember my son went to live in the Mallee first teaching job, so different from where we live. It was February, hot and dusty, dust storms etc. Mildura was 70 ks away, there was a school, houses for the teachers a pub a shop, cop shop with one policeman and a few private houses. Big Silos. Turned out my son had the best social life and was never home, everyone was so friendly and he made life long friends. He got to experience things he thought he never would, driving the header with a mate on his day off. He loved it so the place that looked barren and awful in the beginning took on a new beauty for him and he looks back with fondness and has lifelong friends from this time.

Its like the ugly guy or woman, when you get to know them and respect them they change, their looks change to us.

So I believe its all in how our life is going and people whinge because their lives are not what they wish they were.

Happy people are happy everywhere they see good everywhere.

I can certainly see what your saying, I have friends that absolutely love the really barren dry bush which does nothing at all for me, I can understand that but when it's a whole country that is so diverse I don't get it. It would be the same here, I have no time for beaches, they are the same everywhere but that view doesn't taint my overall impression of the country as a whole. I love rainforest but hate the dry bush.
It's when people want to leave a country for whatever reason but don't seem bothered that the exact same thing happens here. They appear to either not see it or pretend it doesn't happen.
I just find it strange.
It's not like we are going to England thinking everything is rosy, far from it but to listen to some it is a bankrupt war zone which obviously isn't the case.

Because everyone is different thank goodness.

As long as you are happy with what you are doing who cares what others think. Its us me and thee who have to be happy and the rest of the mob can go he lol

That is so true Petals (Tiffy)