Guest Shona123 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Hi all, I moved to the Gold Coast (surfers) in Feb this year to join my fiance (who is Aussie) whilst he is doing a years study at Bond Uni. The first few months were fine and I was very happy with so much to look foward to (we are marrying in Sept) but recently I have been feeling very low and VERY homesick. I think this is mainly due to the fact that I have no job, therefore am finding it hard to meet people here. I met a girl recently from the UK (whilst shopping in a store) who has just gone home for a month so feel I have nothing to do or look foward to. I am still looking for PT/casual work but finding it harder than I thought as I think it would definately help having more of a purpose every day. I'm sorry to feel so very down and out on here but if anyone has ideas on how to meet new people or ideas to keep positive I would really appreciate the help. I don't want to keep wishing time away and I know my fiance is finding it hard seeing me so upset. I want to support him as he is working so hard and doing these studies for a better future for us. Oh yes and one more thing I'm pregnant! (This I am happy about!) :wubclub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snow white Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 hi shona sorry to hear your feeling a bit low at the moment how would you like to meet up for a coffee and a chat let me know lesley x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhus Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Find a lively church with plenty of people, it may not be your cup of tea but there will be people there that will be social, and help you out as pregancy can be a hormonal time (not trying to be patronising, but sounding it). If you find a good one you will find people there that will become your friends i guarentte it. They will more than likely have a parent toddler group as well for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhus Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Or meet up with Lesley. Never met her but she seems nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUNSCOMBE FAMILY Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 hi get in touch with DONAVON on here, she is a lovely lady her name is SARAH, they have regular meet ups and get to gethers all the time, We are hoping to move from Melbourne to Gold coast as my friend lives now at coomera waters, we came up a few weeks ago and went for a look round, we loved it there, Congrats on your pregnacey too, when are you due, hope all goes well for you and who knows one day we might just meet up too hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jam jar Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 hi shona firstly, congratulations!! on your pregnancy, its such an exciting time isnt it. and welcome to PIO. we are also on the goldcoast, pacific pines, ive organised a meet (theres a thread in the socialising section), for this sunday, the 31st, around 11 o'clock at labrador, should be a good meet, lots of lovelly people going, all from around the goldcoast, would be great if you could make it, its always nice to meet new people. hope to see you there joanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 You could try volunteering. It's a great way to meet new people and with some volunteer agencies like Lifeline, SES, CFA you would gather new skills and develop a network where people might think of you first if they have a job coming up. Unfortunately the world will not beat a path to your door and you do have to go out and put yourself out there even though that is really hard to do. You could even do some studying yourself - maybe at TAFE or an evening course just to keep you out of mischief. All the best with the bub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snow white Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 hi get in touch with DONAVON on here, she is a lovely lady her name is SARAH, they have regular meet ups and get to gethers all the time, We are hoping to move from Melbourne to Gold coast as my friend lives now at coomera waters, we came up a few weeks ago and went for a look round, we loved it there, Congrats on your pregnacey too, when are you due, hope all goes well for you and who knows one day we might just meet up too hopefully hi guys how are you two doing when do you get to gold coast looking forward to meeting up we can always have a barbie for when you arrive make you feel welcome hope all ok lesley x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shona123 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks so much for your advice and I will to look into doing some volunteer work. I know I have to get out there and make the effort but sometimes when you are so low it is hard to get yourself going. All your responses on here have helped already to make me feel more positive today and also that I am not alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shona123 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 hi shonasorry to hear your feeling a bit low at the moment how would you like to meet up for a coffee and a chat let me know lesley x Thanks Lesley for getting in touch. I would love to meet for a coffee sometime. Let me know where is convenient for you. I have a car (when Mark is not at Uni) so can come to you or arrange somewhere inbetween. Do you live in Pacific Pines (along with everyone else on here!) Think that's where I went wrong, moved to the wrong neighbourhood! Hope to see you soon, Shonax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks so much for your advice and I will to look into doing some volunteer work. I know I have to get out there and make the effort but sometimes when you are so low it is hard to get yourself going. All your responses on here have helped already to make me feel more positive today and also that I am not alone! The other thing you could do is to talk to your GP. Because of your pregnancy you would probably not want to try medications but when you do feel low there are free sessions available with a CBT psych which would probably help you get your head around things a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snow white Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Thanks Lesley for getting in touch. I would love to meet for a coffee sometime. Let me know where is convenient for you. I have a car (when Mark is not at Uni) so can come to you or arrange somewhere inbetween. Do you live in Pacific Pines (along with everyone else on here!) Think that's where I went wrong, moved to the wrong neighbourhood! Hope to see you soon, Shonax hi shona we can meet up at southport a friend of mine has a coffee shop there if thats easier for you tell me which day is good for you tuesday or thurs or friday is good for me looking forward to meeting you hon try not too let things get to you too much especially while your pregnant last thing you need send me a pm even if you just need someone to have a cyberchat too lol lesley x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shona123 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 hi shonawe can meet up at southport a friend of mine has a coffee shop there if thats easier for you tell me which day is good for you tuesday or thurs or friday is good for me looking forward to meeting you hon try not too let things get to you too much especially while your pregnant last thing you need send me a pm even if you just need someone to have a cyberchat too lol lesley x Hi there, I can do any day really so what suits you and can bus it to Southport easily if I don't have the car. Sounds lovely and thanks so much for arranging to meet up, Shona x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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