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When do you cease to be 'new around here'

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M0nica Thu 11-Sept-25 14:54:23

As I have mentioned a number of times(!!), we have moved house. We have decamped 100 miles from the area we have lived in for the over 5 decades to a new one and have been quite amazed by the cultural differences.

However, like most people, who move, when you first get somewhere you do not know how the GP surgery works, the chemist, car parks, where places are and the links.

As a result, I am always aplogising to people for getting things wrong, or not knowing what to do, and my excuse is 'I am sorry, I have only moved here recently, I am not sure how you do x.y. or z here. But how long is this a reasonable excuse? three months? six months? a year?

So far we have been 6 weeks in the area and 3 weeks in our house. I have ended up with two parking tickets, because I did not understand the system. DH finally has got his drugs re-prescribed, but it was hard work

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Whiff Sun 14-Sept-25 17:44:59

MOnica I understand what you mean about not getting things you used to be able to get in your old stores. The shop I miss is Wilko's it's all Home Bargains and they don't sell the same things. So just had to change my buying habits .

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Aldom Sun 14-Sept-25 17:54:30

Petra grin

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Pix5 Mon 15-Sept-25 23:21:59

I’ve lived here 19 years and still finding things out. Everything will fall into place soon enough.

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Aldom Tue 16-Sept-25 09:30:47

There are always things to find out about the area in which one lives.
Monica's question was how long could she use the excuse of being new to the area?

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M0nica Tue 16-Sept-25 23:20:11

Thank you Aldom

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Aldom Wed 17-Sept-25 07:08:56

You're welcome 🤗 Monica.
Enjoy your new home.
My move is progressing well and I think exchange will be very soon.
Then I shall be in a quandary..... moving back to my former home town. Some things will be the same but with the passage of time others will have changed. I'm not really new there, but I think I'll feel a bit new for a while. I'll be asking similar questions to you MOnica..... thinking.....how long can I use the excuse..... I'm 'sort of new' here? grin

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Lathyrus3 Wed 17-Sept-25 08:22:49

Still using it. I interchange with I’m an old lady😬

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M0nica Wed 17-Sept-25 08:33:37

Lathyrus3

Still using it. I interchange with I’m an old lady😬

smile

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