I’m originally from the UK but I’m now in Canada and I hover around some groups of people from the UK online and in person and I swear the Brits are the most whiny people to ever move anywhere. These people genuinely move to places and expect it to be exactly like the UK and when it’s not they shit on the country. Idk if it’s some leftover colonial mindset or something that hasn’t been removed from their psyche?
I’ve heard people complain that there’s no British cream (like the standard whipping cream which exists but is called something different) in stores, British bread, British seasonings, very specific type of curry called the brimingham balti which I don’t think I’ve seen outside of northern England. Amongst many other things and it’s absolutely mind blowing
Genuinely makes me embarassed to be in anyway related to these people. Anyone else get absolutely sick of your old countries people?
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Reverse culture shock
I live in Oz and the Brits here. (I’m from London) are usually thick as shit, xenophobic and complain about immigrants in the UK
There’s a bunch of British stores that also have online shops, so if they really miss it, there’s a solution. They can get bread, cream and the spices to make their own chicken balti.
I think it’s quite common for expats to miss the comforts of home, my partner complains about the food and landscape. I think some of it also depends on why they moved here: did they follow a job, family or a partner? If you didn’t come here for you, what you’ve given up is just different.
Portuguese here, currently on my second host country (the UK curiously!) and I can entirely relate. Home country seems like a dream when judged by the group-think of people with the same nationality.
I think it occurs more with groups connected only by their origins other than anything more meaningful. Would those people be your friends in your home country? If not they’re probably just reverting to nostalgia to fuel that connection.
I tried to connect to Portuguese people in my city in the Netherlands. It’s exactly like that, the only way I’m able to connect with most of them is through shared cultural references but I can’t stand the endless whining about the food and the weather.
Yeah, I’m tired of people from my source living in my destination country complaining about my source country.
They seem to forget how rubbish the source country is.
Names left out because one of them may come whine in my ear and I have to much of a headache for it haha
They are always looking for the best Sunday roast….
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I have a small, limited group of American friends and I have to limit my time with them or I want to yell at them to move back. For the most part, Americans don’t make an effort to learn the local language, complain about the salaries here, don’t make an effort to learn local food or spices (or just complain that all the food sucks here), don’t learn the local culture or cultural differences for holidays. Aye people, move back if you don’t like it so much!
I’m an American living in Canada. When I was visiting Australia I tried as hard as I could to play up the Canadian accent and when I saw the literal stereotype of the American family walking down the street (giant dosas in hand, American flag tee shirts for the whole fam, overweight, loud) I could not run fast enough.
Let’s be real. It’s the English. Whinging and being toxic are their national traits. Brexit was the best thing to happen to Europe. Miss the Scots, Welsh and N Irish, though.
I avoid them like plague and when I see their numbers rising I worry about my future.
Honestly yeah, from time to time. I’m British-born living in the Netherlands and I know British people who’ve lived here for longer than I have yet barely speak a damn word of Dutch, while I’m here 11,5y deep and damn near fluent without taking any official language courses or whatever. Like, I get it. Not everyone is gifted with languages, but that doesn’t give you the right to not bother and ultimately perpetuate the stereotype that British people are lazy with new languages. It really paints all of us in a bad light.
I generally don’t bitch and moan about the differences between the UK and NL, BC I chose to come to NL. Yes I miss the occasional British treat, but I’m ok with consuming Dutch goods. I actually quite enjoy making my coworkers do a trouble take when I do something particularly British, it’s funny 🤣 like Tuesday just gone I had beans on toast for lunch and my coworker was so baffled 🤣
It’s just Canadian culture, we apologize as a form of endearment and just get shit done.
I live in the UK and I actively avoid people from my country. There was a reason why I moved. Recently I visited my country, my god, I know I would never move back, just listening to people was annoying.
But I do agree with you on the British people too. Some people I know would go on a holiday and never leave the hotel complex. Others complained about the lack of Mr Whippy ice-cream, or they couldn’t find lemonade, or instead of buying some amazing bread, they were still looking for the crappiest toast bread.
How I felt about my fellow Americans when I was living and working in Asia.
Brit in Japan here.
In my experience, the Brits I’ve met here have run the gamut. Some have been absolutely stellar people who represent everything good about the “British personality” - whatever that is - whereas others have been (to use my own country’s terminology) tossers, and there’s been everything in between.
Conversely, of the Americans I’ve met (which is quite a lot), they’ve been of a fairly consistent standard, so to speak. Most of them have been pretty decent types, but the exceptions have been…exceptional.
So, make of that what you will!