07-18-2007, 04:18 PM
This may be unfeasible, but it's what I do whenever I move to a new place (and I've moved many times, always to a totally different environment).At first I feel isolated & disoriented, missing the comfort level of the place I used to live. Then I work on getting all my friends & family to come visit (not all at the same time). (It's not hard to entice someone to visit you in Hawai'i.)Sure enough, I get to share my new life with my old friends as I integrate, and at the same time I've gotten several of them interested in buying property over here, not necessarily to live on full time but for second homes or investment or just a camping spot. I guess it's called the best of both worlds. Moving anywhere, even paradise, means a period of adjustment, and it's not a pleasant feeling, because you've left everyone and everything behind. I hope she gives it a longer tryout, for your sake.