The noun Home is often mentioned on this forum. Which of the following describes your definition of Home?
1 A place where one lives; a residence.
2 The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
3 A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
a An environment offering security and happiness.
b A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.
4 The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.
My choice is 3a.
In my case it's not a structure, but rather the part of Ottawa that my wife and I, along with our children have lived for the past 42 years. I'm not a great believer in a structure such as a house having to much relevance. As we age our needs tend to change and in our case we live in an apartment Condo that suits us.
I'm a 3A as well - being's as we have moved around so much - home is definitely where the heart is for us.
At various times and depending on the circumstances, all of the above.
I can't wait to see what moo says to this one. lol
For me 3a too. I can make a home wherever and in whatever, as long as it's where friends and family gather.
Mine's 1 and both 3s. It's the place where I live as in do all the things I enjoy doing, come to relax, the place I make my own, and it's the place where I come for comfort and security -the place where my family are. In both cases, it doesn't matter where that place is or what it looks like, what it's called or how long I've been there.
Isn't the concept of home more of a feeling than something physical?
I am not sure into what category my 'home' fits A place where one feels one belongs.
I have always felt as though I 'belonged' in Wales - always felt as though I was coming home, even though I have never lived there. I have never felt that way about the places I have lived most of my life.
My present residence doesn't feel like home at all.
Ours is a bit of a dump actually.
Home is a relative concept when you've left your country of origin. I've felt at home in Britain, Canada and several parts pf Europe.......and sometimes I don't feel at home in any of them.
Ours is a bit of a dump actually.
Our home's an utter dump. Knee high unassorted stuff with paths cut through to the essential areas. Busy bulldozing ready for thanksgiving holiday guests -trying to expand the pathways to fit airbeds and tables for 14. Wanna pop over, Lee? Quick? Before we revert to the knee high crap? 16 is no extra bother! :lol:
(being a dump doesn't stop it being home. If it were tidy and organized, I'd feel like it was a hotel room I was passing through...)
It's 3a for me too. Unfortunately though, under this criteria at this particular moment in time I would appear to be homeless. the only member of my family who is here is hubby (who is terrific) but I miss my boys, I have few friends here, no security, and because of the present situation posted under other threads, little happiness right now.
This is the point where I pontificate about the "Land of the free" and mutter something about the "American nightmare"! cry
I think I think too much. It seems to me that it is a combination of all of these things. Would 3A be 3A unless it included the others, or parts of them. My house, which once was a joy, has become too much work for me, but I am arranging to move, but still in the same county. My Daughters are within an hours drive now and still will be.
I'm rambling. I think that for 3A to be 3A, it has to be also a place of refuge, and to me that means a structure but also the safety net of friends, built up over years.
When one first moves to another country, the old country is "home" but after a while, the word conjures up a picture of where one lives in the new country. In between is the difficult time of feeling "away from home".
yep, I'm a 3A too, and that definitely isn't here, but blightly, with all of its foibles.
I apparently am also homeless. None of it fits me at present. Just bought my house after a divorce and although nice, and fit the main criteria of nice location and affordable, it will not be permanent, so it's not home. I also have a difficult time saying which country is home, others find this easier no doubt, but being a "half and half" ( about 25 years in each country) I think of neither one as "home", but one as where I used to live, and one as where I live now. I suppose the USA IS really my home and indeed when going back to England I never say I am going home, but in light of the fact I am not yet a citizen, this place still seems like a temporary state for me.
Home is here. I've got used to 24/7 bars, sunshine, tacos and saying y'all.