Say goodbye and return to your homecountry

Ahhh, I’m dreading going home so much. I already know that it’s going to be say goodbye to everyone here forever… :/ It’s almost worse than leaving my home, beacuse at least I knew that Í‘d be back in 11 months. When am I ever going to come back to middle of nowhere Brazil? :(

say good bye its so hard today at 5:05 pm i will be heading back to mi country and im so sad, this 10 months where the best of mi life i going to miss my hostfamily so much

today was my last day in the us as an exchange student and i’ll be leaving tomorrow to my home country.
and i cant even describe how i feel right now.its sooo hard to say goodbye when you know that you may not be able to see them again.i keep having flashbacks about my year and it makes even harder.i dont think ill be able to sleep tonight.and coming here was hard but going back is so much harder than that.

what programs did you guys go with? and sorry it was so hard going home :(

I have only 80 days left and that makes me really really sad! I don’t want to leave all the new true friends, and my new (host)family here. But on the other hand I’m so glad that I can see my family and friends in my homecountry again. You are happy and sad at the same time! I try to enjoy the last days and look forward to be back home and come back sometime to visit everybody!

sena, im going on exchange in august and im really nervous about leaving everyone but with what you said ‘coming here was hard buut going back is so much harder than that’ somehow that made me feel better about it.
do you have any tips/advice what you could give me please?

I’m thinking of going as well. Is homesickness really bad??

ill be able to tell you in a couple of weeks rach, but do you normally get homesick ?

@mikayla its almost been a year since im back home.and i miss my exchange year soo freakin bad.i mean i love my friends and family here but going on exchange is so different and if i had a chance to go back again i wouldnt even look back.and in my opinion dont even think about people ur gonna leave behind cuz they are gonna be there when u come back but u prob. wont see the people u met on exchange ever again. so try not to get homesick cuz when u do you cant enjoy ur day and keep thinkin about back home.just enjoy the moment. and i would give anything to go on exchange again.  good luck on ur exchange.

oh really sena?
thankyou for telling me that.
and dont worry im going to try not and get homesick because i know if i do it will wreck my whole day and i know i can just talk to people on skype and it will be similar. and after all ill be back before i know it anyways.
what exchange company did you go with? and where did you go ?

Thanks Sena as well. I know what you say is right. Good-luck Mikayla - you’ll have a great time. I think I am going to go on an exchange

thanks rach! I cant wait to go, i think you should go!
where would you go to ?

I had such a great year in the us. Saying goodbye was sad, but i knew i am gonna be back in october. First you get to that family you don’t know, and you don’t feel comfortable right away. But as time passes by, you get to enjoy that whole feeling of being part of a new Family, your “New” Family. I got in fights and arguments, we cried and laughed.. - sometimes we just sat in the livingroom and talked for hours. Getting into a new family

I want to go to Italy. But I don’t speak any Italian…yet. where are you going?

i am a dad of two exchange students,one has even stayed,for college.the other one leaves tommr. i can tell every one involed that is really hard to say good bye . i mean really hard.it s like loseing a family member.i say dad because that is what u become in every sense of the word.taking care of that person,we never let her spend hardly any money we proveded almost every thing.as the year goes bye it really gets even harder.hopefully she will come back.but if she does nt she knows she has a american family that loves her very much.love u britta dad

i want to be an exchange student ! ): and i’ll be next year (; thank God ♥ i can’t wait to go new zealand and tay goodbye to everyone (: i think it’s very exciting to see who is going to miss me :p

This whole forum just made me depressed even more.. I’m going back to Australia in less than two weeks and can’t even think about saying goodbye to my family and friends here. Sena is totally right, it’s SO much harder, saying goodbye to your host country, than leaving your home country. At least you know that everyones going to be there when you return. But it was interesting seeing which of my “friends” were actual friends, and which were just posers.

jess how long did it take u to get used to your host country…...? and was it hard!? i’m freakin out that i’ll be a total outcast! i’ll probably look real weird….... i think it gonna look weird…......
***imagining*** clara a mexican (me) in japan….... aww crap i’m screwed “0.0

i fitted in really well with my host family! i didn’t have home sickness, or the most minimum amount you can get anyway. it took longer to settle into school because all the groups were already formed due to everyone being in the same class for all of high school. everyone was really nice and even now back in Australia i’m keeping in contact with my family and friends. everyone could obviously tell that i was foreign and i used that to my advantage a bit. at the start people are really interested in your life and over time that kind of decreases a little or less people are asking you questions. use that time period to not only talk about yourself but get to know your class mates, you’ll find lots of weird differences to have a laugh over… it’s hard to calm your nerves.. but trust me when i say we’re all like that