Moved into new house & only started feeling homesick now - iin?

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I've lived in my old house for almost my whole life (about 26 years) and moved into a new one a couple of days back. Mum couldn't wait to get out and loves the new place. I, however, miss the old one for quite a few reasons. I've been homesick before (I've lived in a few places up north while I was a student, as well as in France and Japan), but this time feels different I think. I also wasn't living in any of the previously mentioned places for any longer than a year and the old house was home base.

Pretty much the whole of the last week, mum and I have been moving into the house (with the aid of a handyman and his sidekick and my first ex). There's still a lot of unpacking to do for the house & ex is helping me try and keep my room as unchaotic as possible.

On Friday (22.11.2013, at the time of writing), mum & I went back to the old house to collect some last little bits. The house was being decorated, even though the electricity is unsafe and illegal.
All the things that had been in my brother's room - which was being decorated - were now in mine.

Yesterday, I suddenly felt really sad and weepy & didn't want ex to come round. I still feel rather crappy today, but I've eaten and drank something and I've been invited to see another friend in a couple of weeks' time.
Should I try and ride out feeling like this or fight against it by cheering myself up as much as I can.

If this has ever happened to you, how did you cope?

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  • Caryopteris
    10 years ago

    It's normal to feel sad sometimes, beyond what makes sense. But don't waste too much time dwelling on it. You are starting a new chapter. It was hard for me when my grandparents died, not just that they were gone, but their house and small town was slipping away from me too. No reason to go there anymore. Yet later on, as a family we all vacationed up at the lake where they had a cottage, so it wasn't the last time after all.

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    10 years ago

    this isn't weird.

    My family moved out of their home when I was a similar age - late 20s. Although I was living where I worked, the house was still "home" to me.

    It's been a while (over a decade or so) since they moved out but still, when I dream about being home, I see the old house.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    10 years ago

    so ya got a new house, big deal. be glad ya got one and know that in a few months you wont even think about it.

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  • ProsaicReality
    10 years ago

    I didn't cope, I fell apart.

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