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?
Could it be that they share those complaints as a conversation topic given you are British too?
Most people miss familiar things when they become expats.
However, I had (past tense) a friend from the UK who emigrated to Canada and was complaining about immigration to the UK. He really couldn’t see the irony.
Back to the question. I don’t struggle with people from Mexico because I tend to socialize with people from everywhere (at our home parties we switch from English to French to Portuguese to Spanish to Mandarin) so the Mexicans I know are also “international” Mexicans. I guess we tend to associate with people similar to us.
Talking about irony and associating with similar people, here is an observation for awarwness. Did you notice that you are whining about how whiny people from the UK are?