tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post1188560468923288718..comments2023-03-25T01:51:10.748-07:00Comments on Living the dream.....not! The downs and ups of life as a part-time single mum in France: Virgin on the ridiculousThe Accidental Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01146937745719946782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-38612309159030700482009-03-10T02:16:00.000-07:002009-03-10T02:16:00.000-07:00yep, forums are scary scary places. It's too easy...yep, forums are scary scary places. It's too easy to sit in your home and pontificate, far too easy. Everyone should be compelled to post with real names then we'd get a bit more mature debate about the world...<BR/><BR/>The expats I know in fact tend to moan a lot about France...and the UK too...but they don't seem happy either way. No wonder they're a bit miserable, caught between two worlds. <BR/><BR/>there was a theory as to why the Australian tv soapie Home and Away was so popular in the UK, ran along the lines of Home and Away represents a dream of what England might be with sun and not so many immigrants.screamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877496725306468555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-36035149375275918072009-03-08T07:44:00.000-07:002009-03-08T07:44:00.000-07:00Kat - thanks for the award. You are too too kind! ...Kat - thanks for the award. You are too too kind! VLiF<BR/><BR/>AWONI - yes, and it now looks like it will be sooner rather than later. Yikes! VLiFThe Accidental Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146937745719946782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-29034924757176531282009-03-08T07:43:00.000-07:002009-03-08T07:43:00.000-07:00CA - I couldn't agree more. My greatest achievemen...CA - I couldn't agree more. My greatest achievement in the past few years was to wean my parents off years of DM readership. They are much happier for it! But - I shall shortly be blogging about my own starring role in the DM, media whore that I am! VLiF<BR/><BR/>Kat - I'm starting to think that so many of the British in France are just living, breathing cliches. They profess to be delighted to escape 'class-ridden' Britain then form their very own class structure here, the We've been here for 20 years brigade being better than the lets only speak French brigade who in turn are better than the nouvelles arrivees who in turn are better than those that only moved to get a bigger house!! VLiFThe Accidental Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146937745719946782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-61166530910758385182009-03-05T03:32:00.000-08:002009-03-05T03:32:00.000-08:00I'm with those other two above - They've said exac...I'm with those other two above - They've said exactly what I would have wished to say... <BR/><BR/>My only addition would be that the British adore moaning, and have made it something of an art-form.<BR/><BR/>As for the NHS, my most recent experience of it was very, very positive - I could not rate the staff more highly...<BR/><BR/>Love the blog! Are you moving back to the UK, I am sure I read that somewhere, and I do realise your lovely house is for sale - I wish you all the best with it!A Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-55705577924447218752009-03-03T17:34:00.000-08:002009-03-03T17:34:00.000-08:00Hello again - have nominated you for an award on m...Hello again - have nominated you for an award on my blog!KatduGershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816861304068271138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-79353642038216806762009-03-03T16:13:00.000-08:002009-03-03T16:13:00.000-08:00There are so many people in France who never bothe...There are so many people in France who never bother to learn French - some of them even seem prud of it. I'm not sure if they are worse than the ones who claim to always speak french and only have french friends - you know, the ones who have "integrated".<BR/><BR/>Bunch of hypocrites - especialy when the UK is still paying for most of them to live here, as most of them are on pensions.<BR/><BR/>We must have had a similar day VLiF - too coincidental that we posted on more or less the same topic!!KatduGershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816861304068271138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934651011596881421.post-74731651506235707652009-03-03T14:26:00.000-08:002009-03-03T14:26:00.000-08:00Good points. I have to say that if the entire rea...Good points. I have to say that if the entire readership of the Daily Mail moved to France the UK would be a far better place! Years ago I stayed at the villa of a friend of a friend in an ex pat community in Spain and I was surprised to find that some of the people had lived there for up to 10 years without learning a word of Spanish. I suspect they would be among the first to criticise immigrants here for not being able to speak English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com