Moved to cornwall... need to make friends!

incomer

loztredders wrote: »

My partner and I have moved from worcestershire to Cornwall three weeks ago to be closer to his family and he is Cornish and has always wanted to move back down to Cornwall.
It was a mutual decision for us to move and I'm very happy that we have made the big decision to relocate, and once I'm fully settled i'm sure we can have a fantastic life here.
Only problem is, I'm now unemployed and desperately seeking a new job, and also I have left behind a large group of friends and do not know anybody except for OH's family - who are lovely, but I need to make my OWN friends for my sanity!
So what are some good friend making ideas, I'm 25 years old female. Have joined local gym and went today but it was full of blokes, hoping for some fellow females to keep me company!
I'm just worried i'm going to get lonely and depressed being alone all day until I (hopefully) find work here, have suffered deppression in the past and really would not like to head back there

I met a Cornish girl 45 years ago, I come from the south of England and when my apprenticeship finished I married her and I moved to Cornwall, I had no friends at all and Cornwall was a differant place 45 years ago than what it is now. No matter where I went or where I worked, I was always the only person from up the country. Up country people were then called, up country gits, foreign f----rs, emmits and so on, even Mebyn Kernow use to say "Keep Cornwall For The Cornish" and that was how things were back then. I always said I would never have any friends from up country and, for the last 45 years 'ALL' my friends have been Cornish, I have also never pretended to be Cornish as I am not, I never will be and I don't want to be.

I swore when our boy was born that he would not go through what I went through so he even has Cornish names. My wifes family accepted me completely and they are true Cornish born and bred, when I first met my wife she had to translate for me what her mother said.

I feel if you wish to live in Cornwall then that is the only way to do it, make friends with local people, I mean Cornish people born and bred not in comers who pretend to be Cornish and try to stay away from anybody from up country if you can.

I got acceted by the Cornish because I showed I was no differant or no better than them. I love Cornwall and I love the true Cornish and after 45 years I would not wish to be friends with anybody else. My wife is my best friend, my soul mate, my lover and my wife she is true Cornish and I could never find better.

Johnsmith1974

After moving from the NW to Cornwall 10yrs ago now to start a family & get away from the crime & violence where we lived we have no regrets BUT...
We are not excepted as we are from "up country" & "English" so Cornish treat us like we're dirt,Were on an estate where there's half a dozen or so English familys & were all in the same boat as regards to Cornish "dis-liking" us because we're English.Yes in this day & age we are classed as outcasts by this backward county that likes to think there an island,At leased our children was born here in Cornwall so they shouldn't get as much cr#p as we currently do when they get older.
If you want to live in Cornwall just remember that the county is great but locals won't except you so you will never have any true friends like you did "up country" so get used to living like a hermet in your home & the locals like to make you the butt of everyone's jokes for there entertainment & try to turn everyone in the village against you because of where you come from "English" is a swear word to them,Whenever you have an opinion about something on social media you get put in your place by them saying horrible things like "what do you know your English" or go back to where your from "up country".
Just be warned if you want to move here then prepared to make some sacrifices like we have for the sake of our children,At leased they should be happy & fit in even though we will never no matter how hard you try,There just really backwards & behind the times here (at leased by 20yrs) & are really stuck in there ways & wont change,Don't want the emmets (holiday makers) down here but want the money they bring,Don't want the "English scum" moving down here taking there jobs & women,The list goes on....
If you want a better life for your children then YES go for it but you won't make a better life for yourself only loneliness,But our children are our life's & they will always come first so we are willing to sacrifice our lives for theres.