When you moved away from your home country to your husband’s/husband’s family’s country, was it all that you expected it to be? Was it disappointing/better? Did you find it a struggle to adjust to this new place or were you very well prepared for this move? And any other thing you can add. Danke.
Oh also, if you were working before moving, or studying to go to a specific career, are you doing it exactly or something else? And are you perfectly fine with that situation.
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Yes, it was perfect.
And then I woke up. 
Hey congrats 
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I am not married, nor am I a lady of GS, but I imagine that my imaginary husband and in-laws would be just swell. We would get along splendidly, and would spend our evenings chumming it up over Rooh Afza. 
All of you ladies complaining about awkwardness, or struggling to balance marriage with your education, should really take a lesson from my little schizophrenic episode. Just suck it up princess!
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When I got married, I moved from Canada to US. So there was no culture shock. It is just me and my husband, as my husband works here. My whole family and his whole family live in Canada. However, it was quite different for me, as I moved from a large city with lots of Muslims and Pakistanis, to a small town that has maybe 200 Muslims (half Pakistani/half Arab). I was also working full time in Canada, but because of visa issues I cant work here. There was a lot of adjustment when I moved here, and it was a struggle. I did have some depression in the beginning, but eventually you get used to the way you are living, you meet people, you start to socialize, and it gets better.
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hey thanks. will pass it on to my niece
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Hmmm 
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I always go back to sleep when that happens 
Jam-e-Shireen is so much better
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Thanks for replying.
I wonder how girls who moved away from Pakistan dealt with it. Were they prepared for the move or were they all into the shadi preps? Niece that I just mentioned is moving away from Pakistan, and I don’t think anyone’s really told her what to expect.
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same here 
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I moved from Pakistan to Dubai, I never did any household work before getting married, I didn’t knew anything cooking, cleaning, so yeah it was bit difficult in the beginning managing house, huby helped me since he was living alone from past many years he helped me especially in leaning thn i Had sweeper also, my mil came she explained me how to clean each n every corner of house, Gs helped me in cooking, first year was bit tough, especially loneliness I was coming from joint family system n here all alone but then meet friends finally social circle increased.
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I moved from Canada to U.S. but I didn’t have in laws in U.S. It was justme and husband , I don’t think so it was hard.
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My cousin’s wife came from Pakistan, here to the US, and it was a huge culture shock from her. In her case, she came from a very simple family that was not real well off financially and didn’t even go around much in Karachi. Her parents did not really prepare her coming into a big khandaan like ours that had been settled in the US for the past 30 years, so bichari had a hard time adjusting initially, but she was a very determined girl and worked hard to settle down, and my Khala was instrumental I think in helping her feel at home with us crazies, lol. It’s been 12 years now and she’s doing fine.
I think it depends on the family background of where you’re coming from and where you’re going. Someone from an upper class upbringin may not have as hard of a time as someone who’s never had experiences outside their mohala.
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Advance mubarakaan to you and the fellow guppy 
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I really admire/respect girls who can move so far away and be happy…I couldn’t do that.
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Really? Did I mention anywhere in any of my posts that this thread is remotely about me? I am not narcissistic enough nor I am completely stupid enough to start threads that have anything to do with me. I mentioned twice now that the reason I started this thread is because someone in my family is moving. I am not the sort to start a thread and say “a friend of mine is going through something”, when really the issue is about me. And you and anyone who’s been on this forum for past 9 years should know that really really well, because I have been a pretty open book for the last 9 years. But no, it’s so much “fun” to make assumptions, and then pretend it was all in jest.
So thanks, but no thanks. And anyone else that wants to make any assumptions and “congratulate” me for anything, please take the time to send me a private message before going out in a public forum, so I can correct those ill-formed assumptions of yours 
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Same here…
but i moved from norway to Pakistan and 4 years Pakistan rehne ke bad we moved to Dubai. Now i am back in norway.