What I don't like about Northern Cyprus

giggler123


Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 15:57

Since moving to NC ,and I hasten to add that I came with such high expectations, I have been become bitterly dissappointed with at least half of the expats that we have met. Most of them seem as if they get great joy out of being spiteful or passing gossip that they do even know if it is true, and whats more making up what they do not know, when you turn around and tell them that you are not interested then you become the topic of conversation. I have never come across these kind of people before (perhaps I have led a sheltered life).



Am I the only one on the island that feels like this?

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 16:06

'Am I the only one on the island that feels like this?'



No

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 16:08

no, most of our close friends here are tc's.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 16:12

giggler - AJ beat me to it. No, I am sure a lot of people feel as you do. They do say that NC is like a village - everyone knows everyone else's business (or, more to the point, think they do).



Regards

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 16:13

best to treat it with a pinch of salt , or a laugh even , stick around this board , you,ll see what i mean , most days im splitting my sides , enjoy ///

giggler123


Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 22:00

Reference the above, everybody has made me feel a lot better, I was beginning to think it was just me but I will now do as most of you say, take it with a pinch of salt, or laugh at them, but most of all treat these people with the contempt that they deserve. Thanks everybody

cronos


Joined: 26/10/2008
Posts: 2093

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 22:24

British ex-pats tend to be the same the world over (not ALL of them of course !).

It's not just an NC thing.

Don't get drawn in to their small-minded Little Englander pettiness.

Leave them to their little enclaves and enjoy the life you sought.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 22:34

Giggler, most of the people that talk about others behind their backs are the same people that frequent the Internet chat rooms. They get a kick out of spreading gossip. That's why forums such as these work, nobody gossips because it's a transparent forum.

You've had great responses to your questions, as cronos said - don't get drawn in.

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 22:52

stick the heed on them.....................

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 23:32

Its the Raj syndrom people! They thought they had it, they think they deserve it, they know they are better and of course they are quite willing to let you know that you came here after them so you have a lot to learn.



Dress up in your best tog's, layer on the gold, remember to look people up and down with great disdain and of course talk behind your hand about anyone.



The Raj is dead, the others - just brain dead.



Give it your best and enjoy life - leave the Raj to their clubs and sets!!

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 23:45

I like it waddo. They're not all that type though, but I have met them

while working in Gulf region. Mostly due to ignorance and poor education.

For every one of those sort there are many more lovely people.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 00:03

behave jock1//////////////// lol///

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 00:04

also kick them when they are down.....

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 00:12

and if they still get up ,, give them the keys ,, and fuxk it lmao ///

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 00:16

There are so many narrow minded people who beleive in turning people like thier neighbours into the police as they think thats thier duty. I wonder if their neighbours back in UK would have done the same to them. You do not beleive what efes and the sun does to these people. I have heard them going on about the benefits they can claim here whilst enting out their coucil house back inUK and collect the interest here. Then go to a bar and complain about the prices. You cant buy efes under 2.4 at the momewnt but charge them 3 tl they go balistic. Coupled with all the burgalries wall what can one say xxxxx

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 00:33

lovin it lilli , my gran used to say , fur coat no nickers brigade , if you aint got a bob dont spend a pound , lmao //////

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 01:24

Fur coat and nae knicker brigade used to live in Morningside !!!(Edinburgh)



We both felt the same way and some of the forums didnt help either I felt at times if I put a funny comment in it would be ignored as they just carried on between a select few, obviously not one of the "in crowd" but hey ho who give a jot. What is it people say "what goes around comes around."



Or as my granny used to say "Theyll get their comuppence.".

( whatever that means)

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 02:00

Dear Giggler 123,cannot disagree with the constructive comments voiced on here. You could be living in Fleetwood or Blackpool ,not Cyprus - dont be distracted by the knockers - they frequent most places these days. Form your own judgements and treat everyone on their own merits - most on this site are ok,you'll be ok in the long run.Kind regards,Steve

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 02:01

waddo



Are you sure your mid code name hasn't been missed spelt for kk?!



Richard

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 07:22

The gossipers know who they are....I have been the subject of one particular person but it isn't me that has had to change my life over here..it is her..in her attempts to avoid me...I find it all rather amusing.

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 08:04

Richard



Tell it as you feel it. In all things be true to yourself.



Mick

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 08:42

Oh giggler,

what a shame you are having a bad experience with expats that you have met.

You said 'when you turn around and tell them that you are not interested then you become the topic of conversation', well surely if this is the case, just think that you must be interesting, or while they're talking about you, they're leaving some other poor person alone.

I, (lucky me), fortunately have met some lovely people here, Brits and TC's.

We worked darned hard to fulfill our dream, and I for one would not let some sad person, gossiping, ruin my life over here.

I hope you meet some nice people soon, they are here, honest.

Deecyprus,

I think it's sad that you find it amusing that someone is avoiding you, and has had to change their life over here to do just that.

If everyone, every day, could bring a smile to someones face, we'd have a smiling epidemic on the island............

Much better than all this backstabbing and gossiping malarky.

shadders


Joined: 16/07/2008
Posts: 65

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:04

imho.... this island has changed my outlook on people. i have never met such a collective bunch of bitter, snide, back stabbing, two faced saddos in my life! and some of them i thought of as friends! it just goes to show, however well you think you know some one, you dont. they come over here thinking they are a big fish in a small pond , yet in the uk they would be treated as a joke. of maybe 500 - 1000 here that i have communicated with, i can now count possibly ten who i could call mates. however, it adds to my life experience the tales i am told, the self importance of low lifes, the bullshit and lying etc... im now at the point of listening to these idiots just to ensure i get a laugh as oppose to banging my head in relation to ptp, kibtec, deeds, stupid laws etc!!!

BigMart


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 423

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:23

Shadders, Well said !!

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:49

Relax, laugh at them, roll with it and above smile at every new dawn.



Yes there is quite a cross section of people on this small island so you can expect to meet them all at some time.



Just try and avoid having to mix with people you don't actually like, and if it means moving up to the Karpaz and living with a generator and a donkey, so be it lol



In the bank when we go there, we can overhear them moaning about everything under the sun, and it does make you wonder why they came.....After a year we still love the place despite the local protocol problems and its shortcomings, some of which you have to expect if you want to do "primitive"!



I have to say that these forums do often seem to have more than their fair share of complainants, which is why I try to spend as little time as possible on them !



best regards

Tonye

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:51

Loved that Fur coat,and No Nickers,We had a landlady that would be over in our garden all the time,talking about everyone,even her so called friends,same old,same old,nasty gossip,

We didnt know these people,and sure as hell didnt want to listern to such C***p,even came in house while we were eating our Dinner,and the mouth was still a running, some people just never know when to stop,even when you ignore THEM,She was never too happy about the fact we said very little to her.

We were even told that she talked,she often went in our place,when we were out,so we began to leave little tell tail TRAPS,and it worked,She looked very Sheepish after that,laugh.we just had too,what a sick women, Spider,x

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:57

lili, i do agree with you , ex-pats are behaving funny outside their country, like the whole world belongs to them - the do not consider the locals as equal and don't try to mix or critisize the way the country is ruled - why don't they go back to theirs then, of course it is not a generality - i myself ,much say that except a few people in this forum i do not know any ex-pat in cyprus most of my friends are TC -

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 10:45

Flowerfairy:



Deecyprus,



I think it's sad that you find it amusing that someone is avoiding you, and has had to change their life over here to do just that.



If everyone, every day, could bring a smile to someones face, we'd have a smiling epidemic on the island............



Much better than all this backstabbing and gossiping malarky.



I think it is sad that this person who gossiped about me must have such a sad life that she felt the need to do it..and yes I do find it amusing because it has come back to haunt her...and believe me I was not and am still not her only victim..I go about my daily life untroubled by her but if she feels the need to go out of her way to avoid me then that is her problem...it affects her life ...not mine.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 10:56

Now knowing you Dee its her loss. Green eyed monster I guess. Take care xxxx

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 11:12

Lilli you have no idea how right you are..bless you hun xx

chrisieh1


Joined: 13/04/2009
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 11:54

I have to agree with the comments on here. İ've never met such back-stabbing gossiping women in my life. İt makes me ashamed to be a women & English!



According to the NC gossipers, İ've had 3 different boyfriends in the last 2 weeks. İ wouldnt mind but İ'm sıngle!



What İ can't understand is the women that are the true offenders in the gossiping are more than old enough to know better! Why do they think other people's life's are any of their business!

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 12:09

chrisieh1 you could have told me i thought i was the only one

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 12:16

I find there are certain bars etc that seem to attract the type of people with this attitude, you'll soon get to know which they are, then just stay away.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 12:18

chrisieh1 and jay76..these nasty gossips know who they are..just laugh at them..what these ppl fail to understand is that these things always come back to haunt..hold your head high..you have done nothing wrong.

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 12:33

The daft thing is. We never met anyone like some of the people here in UK. We always had really good neighbours, no-one ever gossiped about others. The only thing that used to go round like wildfire was someones house up for sale and how much it was. We don't go out a lot socialising as we can't afford to do that but it doesn't matter, we just love our life here. Some people talk about the "happy clappy board" (one of the other forums) but that forum is great for helping other people to do things or find things with no backbiting whatsoever. For the very few minority people here who have to keep stirring things, please, just smile and be happy.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 12:51

hattikins excellent advice.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 13:10

Two people can damage a society: the one who knows and doesn't talk and the one who doesn't know and talks.



A lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.



Someone once said: Don't wrestle in the mud with the pigs, you both get dirty and the pig likes it.

chrisieh1


Joined: 13/04/2009
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 14:02

No1Doyen



İ love that saying about the pigs & it is certainly apt for these people. Will remember that saying. lmao

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 14:17

Sounds like to me some people over there don't have enough to keep themselves occupied and spend the time gossiping and trouble making, they need to get a life. You only need to go to the Mayors do at Christmas to see the clique, it's like a fashion parade competing who can be best dressed, all over the top.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 16:00

Well said No1 thats a good analagy. xxx

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 16:16

Well put No1

giggler123


Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 20:36

really good advice from everybody. I thought that I was the only one that was thinking these thoughts and I now find that quite a lot of us feel the same way. I find it very strange that when you meet someone and "butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" and you think what a very nice person is the one that is putting a knife in your back - they are like fairies.....

rtddci


Joined: 29/12/2007
Posts: 842

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 21:34

So pleased that none of you are into gossiping about others....

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 21:44

giggler123 - as you know, from my previous posting, I share your sentiments. What I did find interesting, in your post No. 42, was that you said "butter wouldn't melt in HER mouth", which clearly points to the fact that the offender is a female!!



J

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 22:01

chrisieh1, as regards 3 boyfriends in 2 weeks, please post photo, can travel

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 22:17

Woodspeckie mess 39;



By your posting you went to the mayors do at xmas



Doesn`t that make you part of the "clique?"

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 22:39

Giggler, most of the people that talk about others behind their backs are the same people that frequent the Internet chat rooms. They get a kick out of spreading gossip. That's why forums such as these work, nobody gossips because it's a transparent forum.

You've had great responses to your questions, as cronos said - don't get drawn in.

chrisieh1


Joined: 13/04/2009
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 22:48

Minertor



I like your style! lol. But I've noticed that you dont have a photo either! You first.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 23:04

Give me a Turkish Cypriot as a friend any time.

AJ

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 23:07

Newscoop. I was on holiday at Christmas and was taken to the Mayors do by some TC friends we have in Kyrenia. No way would I be part of the clique there after hearing them signing to the Mayor "he's a jolly good fellow" if he's such a good fellow why doesn't he get things done for the brits living there.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 23:18

shadders msg 23



"possibly ten mates" And I thought they came in packets of three, yet another rip off from the pharmacies. Must have a word with Richard Branson about his packaging!



Richard

banjo


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 113

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 23:20

'am I the only one on the island that feels like this'

No you are not the only one. And do keep in mind our hosts.

They must be pretty upset too

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 01:21

hehehe . told you giggler . enjoy////

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 01:35

hiya bango are you the only one who feels like this. You are the only one with the guts to say it we all have a story to tell but we get accused of being tarred with a brush. living here is so different than working here

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 01:38

Lilli - message 54 - well said!!



J

xxxxxxxxxxx

pinkchilli


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 689

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 07:23

As most don't work...



Most don't have Sky...



Most don't have their usual friends and family...



Most don't know people here for any real length of time...



Most drink too much...



Gossip is all THEY have left.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 08:33

Also when we live in our native country we don't have quite so much to do with neighbours and such..we don't socialise all the time, here that all changes and we get to know other people quite quickly over the garden fence so to speak and across the way iykwim...and too many 'friends' can be like too many cooks

LoopyLoo


Joined: 05/04/2009
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
19/04/2009 00:37

Sorry to change the thread of discussion but, in order to avoid the she-devils you are all talking about, where would one go for a beer and a friendly chat of an evening?

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
19/04/2009 07:39

Loopyloo there are many places that are excellent..I don't drink so can't name them but you will find them as you wander through this little semi-paradise.

LoopyLoo


Joined: 05/04/2009
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 19:51

Dee, are there any Irish bars or places where the Irish hang out?

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 21:01

Hi Loopyloo, I'd also like to know that.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 12:06

hIya Pat and Loppy You know where I am if ever you are up for a craic. Take care xxxxx

LoopyLoo


Joined: 05/04/2009
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 13:20

Yeah! Where there are three there'll soon be thirty three!!! I'm not in North yet but hope to be in summer again. Lilli, are you Guido's wife? Does your place get a little Irish gathering? Are you Irish or a supporter?

SaraP


Joined: 30/04/2008
Posts: 295

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 14:13

Must admit I have found it very difficult over here to meet genuine people. Prefer my own company most of the time.



The familiar saying See no evil..hear no evil..speak no evil!





The saying over here See evil, hear evil, speak evil....

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 15:01

Sara, you forgot one thing...what they don't know, they happily make up..as I said earlier they must have sad lives...

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 15:21

aj,

with regards to your turkish friend comment, you need to listen to the lot in my village!

all they do is drink coffee and gossip other peoples business.

woodies


Joined: 08/03/2009
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 15:35

giggler When reading your post and the replies ,it reminds me very much of some of my neighbours in the u.k. Maybe people do not vary that much the world over.When we are in Cyprus we relax and enjoy ourselves and laugh at all the would be brit politicians . Life is too short.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 16:22

HI LOOPY yes I am the very same Guidos wife. We d have quite a few Irish customers then the crai c is really good. I am 100% Irish.

MrAngry


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 47

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 21:44

I moved here to get away from the common scumbags in the UK. What a surprise!! A lot of them have turned up here in the TRNC. Sold the council house they bought for next to nothing in the 80's, got a bit of money in the bank now and think they are someone important!!!!!! Get a life..... Still think they are important and worth listening too..Why do they gossip?? Because their lives are so sad and dull and really they don't have one of their own so they try to get involved in everyone else's...



Shadders. I could not agree with you more on your ccomments.

halffull


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 22:02

Back to the original thread. they are the world over and don't have anything better to do. pour things!!

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 22:04

Msg. 69. Should you not have said SOME and not THE common scumbags don't paint us all with the same brush as people you have had contact with.

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 22:19

ref 70, couldn't agree more. Reading these posts is like listening to the grumbles in every bar in the middle east. All muslim area that allows alcohol 360 days of the year but for 5 days they don't and that is just a travesty for some people

chick


Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 323

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 22:35

Mr Angry Msg 69



Whilst I agree with most of your post, Please dont label people who live in council houses as scum. Most people have lived in a council property sometime in the life, if you have never then you are ....hole lucky.



No I dont live in a council house.

halffull


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 22:40

Never lived in a council house. But know plenty who have, some very nice people including my partner and wife ( she likes to know she is more than just the wife!!) Also known some scoundrals as well!!

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
21/04/2009 22:43

Question - Does Borstel count as a council house

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 01:37

Dear Maggie abolished "council houses". They are now run by Housing Associations.



New council houses are now proposed in the next Budget,



Lem

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 01:42

proger 1 - don't think so - you don't have to pay rent in Borstal



Yes, I was born and bred in a council house in the days when most council tenants were hard working, decent people





J

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 01:43

Being raised in a council house did me no harm, there are plenty of * better class* people with the morals of an alley cat. Beauty is only skin deep, but ugliness goes through to the bone.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 01:50

Well said, as usual, Hattikins. It didn't do me any harm, either. I think I (and millions of others) benefitted greatly from a decent education - a state Grammar school - you know, the ones that various governments over the years have done their best to abolish.



J

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 01:54

Don't start me on that one Jean, I'll never get to bed tonight.

Hatti

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 02:01

OK Hatti, I won't. I know how you feel because it's like a red rag to a bull to me. Fortunately, when we still lived in SE London/Kent, the selective system was (is) still in place and our son attended a very good Grammar school.



Hope you have a good night's sleep!!



Jean

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
22/04/2009 07:16

The thing is, people who gossip are usually the ones with the saddest lives, they are unhappy with their lot and are usually under achievers, they tell lies to inflate their own egos..and most of what they do and say is borne out of jealousy.

LoopyLoo


Joined: 05/04/2009
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
23/04/2009 20:27

There's a lot of talk about the types of houses everyone was born / grew up in but stop for one minute and think about the people all over the world who never lived in a house (council or otherwise) and will be lucky to see tomorrow. Such people don't talk about other people's lives because they're too busy living hand to mouth. I wish we could donate a good old British pound for every post on this forum; THAT would be something worth talking about!



Phew! Where did that come from? Right, time to get off me soap box.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
23/04/2009 22:46

'And unbelievably, Pikey's over here with his family at the moment.'



Well there's a surprise.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
23/04/2009 23:02

here in florida.

more chance of getting mugged or shot though

kimandneil1


Joined: 15/05/2009
Posts: 169

Message Posted:
15/05/2009 22:42

hi i have just been reading your emails i am due to move out with my family soon and it is sad that you get a certain bunch that do that but hey if they want to waste there lives gossiping let them i am sure it will be me when i am there but does not bother me what people say especially if they dont know me i am a soilders wife and when you have moved around as much as us and got to know lots of people and trust me army wifes can be like that you learn to ignore it just be happy and ignore them they are petty

kim

sporty


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 685

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 10:12

some people spend so much time being interested in what other people are doing in their lives,that they lose sight of what they themselves should be doing with their own life! sad really. Me? i dont give 2 hoots what others think unless their family or "close friends". Rest are fair weather friends or associates! I remember reading a little booklet called "skill with people"years ago and on the first page in bold writing it said - remember-most people are 10'000 times more interested in themselves than they are in you! how true!

kimandneil1


Joined: 15/05/2009
Posts: 169

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 10:31

hi just to get me jealous what is the weather like there. it is cold and wet here no change there then

kim

segmen


Joined: 05/12/2008
Posts: 120

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 10:43

Giggler!!!!

My only suggestion to you is '' live your own life and forget the rest'' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Nothing else is more important than your health and yourself!!!

Good Luck !!

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 14:12

Small minds discuss people

Average minds discuss events

Great minds discuss ideas.

chick


Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 323

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 14:16

Msg88



Wow!!!!!!!45 posts in 2 days

ibrindley


Joined: 08/03/2009
Posts: 27

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 15:54

The Brits here are no different to at home -- some good some bad. Most of the people we have met here have been wonderful - TCs, Turks and Brits alike. Of course there are the atypical expat cliques like there are everywhere abroad. Just avoid them - there are plenty of great people here. Enjoy yourselves!

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
16/05/2009 16:52

Chick. Now 52 posts wow.....