I’ve recently returned to my home country and feel exactly what you are feeling. I feel very lost, lonely and sad tbh. Coming back here feels like a million steps backwards tbh.
All the same people I went to highschool with who’ve settled down with their highschool/uni sweethearts…leading the same lives they’ve always done, just with more kids.
I was like you, hoped to meet my partner overseas and settle down anywhere but boring NZ.
I don’t have any advice or an answer, but just will sit with you and tell you aren’t alone in this feeling. I know what it’s like to feel that sadness and restlessness in your soul. It can physically hurt.
At 33, you still have time to form a relationship…you haven’t missed the boat, not by a long shot.
I’ve recently returned to my home country and feel exactly what you are feeling. I feel very lost, lonely and sad tbh. Coming back here feels like a million steps backwards tbh.
All the same people I went to highschool with who’ve settled down with their highschool/uni sweethearts…leading the same lives they’ve always done, just with more kids.
I was like you, hoped to meet my partner overseas and settle down anywhere but boring NZ.
I don’t have any advice or an answer, but just will sit with you and tell you aren’t alone in this feeling. I know what it’s like to feel that sadness and restlessness in your soul. It can physically hurt.
At 33, you still have time to form a relationship…you haven’t missed the boat, not by a long shot.