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Who here has moved out of state for a job? Did you know anyone before moving? How easy was it to meet people? Was it worth it?
If my next gf doesn't say anthing like that i honestly might have to introduce her to you to see if she'll pick it up bc I actually do think it's really funny
LIZZIE IS HOME!
Word got around on the local Facebook groups and it turns out that a neighbor a few houses down saw her walking around this morning and took her in! Thanks for all the encouragement! I love you all!
Careful strunk, she's got that "I'm trying to smile, but I really can't wait until I can get away from this guy again" look on her face like nickels in the Hawaii pics.
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I keed, I keed, so glad you got her back.
I, meanwhile, sit on the couch at way too late for first shift hours while der fuggin hund has the trots in the back yard from his mass bread consumption and is howling at random, in the dark things.
I have. Nope. It can be difficult, but it really just depends on how outgoing you are. Most of my friends now were created through work. I'm making more friends now through school. If you are more social than I am, you'll be fine. Was it worth it? I'd say yes. It took me out of my comfort zone and it has been an adventure. But I miss being closer to home, and I miss all of my old friends.
LIZZIE IS HOME!
Word got around on the local Facebook groups and it turns out that a neighbor a few houses down saw her walking around this morning and took her in! Thanks for all the encouragement! I love you all!
Yay! I was kind of worried! Glad you got your fur baby back!
I have.
Knew no one. It's easier to meet people as a single person than as a not single person. Depends on where if it's worth it. I truly believe everyone should live outside of the region they grew up in at least once in their lives. Indiana was pretty much the same as Iowa, but moving to hawaii was an amazing experience, not just because it was Hawaii, but because of how much Iearned about myself in from the move.
Thanks for your input. For a while now I've had this thought that I'd like some change in my life. I'm not sure if that's a new job or a move or both. Obviously a move to Minnesota wouldn't be a big change but I only know a few people that live there and odds are I'd hardly see them anyway. I'm not really outgoing but I like meeting new people and work can be a good place to make new friends. A move outside of the Midwest would be much bigger especially somewhere like Hawaii.
We only knew my aunt and uncle in Wichita. We didn't want to know them but ya know they are family and I don't bite the hand that feeds me (free housing until we found a house, nearly free use of their plane, generous with money). We didn't have many friends until my wife really started up her daycare. The parents became our friends.
Also look up a if there is an ISU alumni club there. We started a mini game watch group with a couple others.
Miss them all.
Slightly different experiences with moving for me. I've lived in six different states. With the exception of Iowa (32 years now) the length of consecutive years ranged from 6 months to 6 years. Once we moved here, I decided to stay put. I was tired of moving. Did it a lot as a kid, then again as a young adult, but i was always "being moved" by someone (father, then ex-husband). I have never actually lived alone. Went straight from dorm to married life, then for the 2 years I was single, I had two teenage boys living with me. Whenever my ex moved us he had a ready-made source of friends through his job. It was on me to figure out how to meet people NOT working with him. I wasn't a natural extrovert, I had to learn to be one.
However, a few things I learned in moves:
1) Wherever you move TO, everyone there usually has friends already. They don't necessarily seek you out to meet you, so it's on you to seek out people to be friends with. As an adult, my source was choirs; CG is using kickball & rec leagues and work to find buddies, Strunk & Woo are using classes, an old friend of my seeks out local amateur theater troupes, etc.
2) Nobody wants to hear how great your previous location was. Resist the urge to tell everyone how Iowa does this better, or Iowa has more of that. It's annoying to people who love where they are already, and can turn them off.
3) Offer assistance when you can. If a neighbor says they're painting/moving/cutting down a tree, etc...offer to help. Conversation happens over chores, and you might need help down the road.
4) Smile & nod, make eye contact, say hello (whatever is comfortable) when you pass people - the girl you just smiled at might turn out to be your barista at the coffee shop the next day.
technically when I moved up here for work that was an out of state move. I knew my cousin in town but we only hung out every so often. Since I'll say we didn't really make our own friends until this current group we have - the big catalysts for that was DH working with young guys his age, and then doing rec league sports with them.
LIZZIE IS HOME!
Word got around on the local Facebook groups and it turns out that a neighbor a few houses down saw her walking around this morning and took her in! Thanks for all the encouragement! I love you all!
That was a great way to end your night! It was a great way for me to start my day. I cheered when I read that line. Glad your pup is home. Congrats Strunk.
Yay for found pups!
KC--did you ever find out when single tix go on sale? There is pre-sale for break games starting Monday morning 8am for the Jr cyclone club. Members get free tickets to the games, adult tickets are $25. We may get tickets for a couple of winter break games.
KC--did you ever find out when single tix go on sale? There is pre-sale for break games starting Monday morning 8am for the Jr cyclone club. Members get free tickets to the games, adult tickets are $25. We may get tickets for a couple of winter break games.
So I had to break the surprise to my wife last night. We have a visitation to go to right after work in Vinton and I decided it was best to tell her then to be pushy about getting out of there and make her mad. She is very happy.
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