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Starting to wobble
Should be going to Sydney this August to work for 2yrs or so. We are both mid 40s. OH is starting to get cold feet - not unusual judging by some of the posts. Her main concern is leaving her job in payroll which she has done well in and not getting a similar job in Aus and on return to UK. Anyone felt similar who went anyway? What made you go and did you have no regrets once settled? Easy to make friends in a big city? Trying to reassure her that this will be a great experience and only temporary.
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Re: Starting to wobble
Ive been wobbling for the last 12 months.Even more so since we will be homeless as of next week :ohmy:
must be ******' mad :blink: Lee :confused: |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by stuckinblighty
(Post 6266683)
Ive been wobbling for the last 12 months.Even more so since we will be homeless as of next week :ohmy:
must be ******' mad :blink: Lee :confused: |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Normal for Norfolk
(Post 6266707)
Hopefully you mean temporarily while on the plane to melbourne! Good luck anyways!
good luck to you too Lee:thumbup: |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Normal for Norfolk
(Post 6266677)
Should be going to Sydney this August to work for 2yrs or so. We are both mid 40s. OH is starting to get cold feet - not unusual judging by some of the posts. Her main concern is leaving her job in payroll which she has done well in and not getting a similar job in Aus and on return to UK. Anyone felt similar who went anyway? What made you go and did you have no regrets once settled? Easy to make friends in a big city? Trying to reassure her that this will be a great experience and only temporary.
Whats the point? Im not being arrogant, just questioning why.. given what you have said about your missus. Ste |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Timber Floor Au
(Post 6266786)
Why then come over here for 2 yrs or so?
Whats the point? Im not being arrogant, just questioning why.. given what you have said about your missus. Ste |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Normal for Norfolk
(Post 6266831)
A 'life experience' instead of 'playing it safe'
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Mate moving anywhere temporarily, is fraught with problems. Even in the same city.
But to do it across the globe, is in my view frankly ridiculous. Esp in mid 40s. I appreciate your yearning for something new, a buzz, a life change. But as a wise man said, : Do a half hearted job, get a half hearted result. Think bloody carefully... as it takes 12-18 months just to find your feet in oz. Hence we always state, give it 2 years. Good Luck, your gonna bloody well need it. Ste |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Timber Floor Au
(Post 6266857)
Mate moving anywhere temporarily, is fraught with problems. Even in the same city.
But to do it across the globe, is in my view frankly ridiculous. Esp in mid 40s. I appreciate your yearning for something new, a buzz, a life change. But as a wise man said, : Do a half hearted job, get a half hearted result. Think bloody carefully... as it takes 12-18 months just to find your feet in oz. Hence we always state, give it 2 years. Good Luck, your gonna bloody well need it. Ste UK is only a days flight away so can't be that bad. On my hols down under it appears great, I reckon if you work hard and don't whinge it will be just fine |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Normal for Norfolk
(Post 6267016)
I feel deeply honoured to receive your 10,000 post - are you paying for my first class flight ticket?
UK is only a days flight away so can't be that bad. On my hols down under it appears great, I reckon if you work hard and don't whinge it will be just fine but i reckon you could be on to a winner, with that attitude ! Ste |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Timber Floor Au
(Post 6267055)
Mate opinions are like arseholes aint they..
but i reckon you could be on to a winner, with that attitude ! Ste |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Normal for Norfolk
(Post 6266677)
Should be going to Sydney this August to work for 2yrs or so. We are both mid 40s. OH is starting to get cold feet - not unusual judging by some of the posts. Her main concern is leaving her job in payroll which she has done well in and not getting a similar job in Aus and on return to UK. Anyone felt similar who went anyway? What made you go and did you have no regrets once settled? Easy to make friends in a big city? Trying to reassure her that this will be a great experience and only temporary.
Is this playing it safe or valuing what you have? If your Mrs is unhappy there what's the back up plan? Are you prepared to move back and do you have a life to come back to. Go post in moving back to UK forum, a few with similar issues where one didn't really want to go. Is it all worth it for 2 years? Why not just go on extended holiday :confused: |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by Normal for Norfolk
(Post 6267116)
Cheers - although new to the site it does appear that the opinions can get negative here. But then we are Brits so it comes natural!
This place, is more a social community to us in Oz, than it is a forum. We chat with mates on here, and sometimes the banter.. can overspill into genuine threads... its life. Haphazzrdness comes natural. Ste |
Re: Starting to wobble
Just go for it!!! Im sure if you dont - while you can, age wise I mean - I feel youll regret it and i will be too late - The think thats keeping me going is 'we can always come back'!
GOOD LUCK:thumbsup::thumbsup: |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by pinkjane8
(Post 6268412)
Just go for it!!! Im sure if you dont - while you can, age wise I mean - I feel youll regret it and i will be too late - The think thats keeping me going is 'we can always come back'!
GOOD LUCK:thumbsup::thumbsup: have only been here since mid Jan but hey! Cathy |
Re: Starting to wobble
Good for you!!! and are you loving it?
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Re: Starting to wobble
Someone said to me in the middle of all this " you should only ever regret the things you dont do not the things you do do " and i have recalled that many times.
We fly out in just over 2 weeks...the house sale has just fallen through so going with basically nothing much but trying to stay positive so we can give it our best shot. Good luck to you. |
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Oh I wish you all the luck in the world!!! PLEASSSSSSSSEEEE keep me posted how your doing
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Hi
Its normal for your wife to get cold feet. My husband got a company transfer to brisbane from sheffield and i really didnt want to leave my job. I was worried that i wouldnt get another job in oz or the uk which i loved half as much. My heart wasnt ever really in the move and i spent weeks packing thinking "what the hell am i doing" and "until im on the plane im not really going". The last few weeks are the worse and my friends in the uk now tell me that they have no idea how i managed to get here as i constantly looked ill with worry. HOWEVER - i cant believe im saying this - life here is good, it isnt what i thought it would be and i now think "thank god we came" im so glad we took the chance, we have been here 6 months and the kids love it and although i see my life in the uk wasnt bad, i see that at the moment life here is better. It is true that you only can regret the things you dont do. Tell your wife that she will get a job she likes and you will make friends, it just takes time and a little faith. GOOD LUCK:) |
Re: Starting to wobble
Originally Posted by sprug
(Post 6270063)
Hi
Its normal for your wife to get cold feet. My husband got a company transfer to brisbane from sheffield and i really didnt want to leave my job. I was worried that i wouldnt get another job in oz or the uk which i loved half as much. My heart wasnt ever really in the move and i spent weeks packing thinking "what the hell am i doing" and "until im on the plane im not really going". The last few weeks are the worse and my friends in the uk now tell me that they have no idea how i managed to get here as i constantly looked ill with worry. HOWEVER - i cant believe im saying this - life here is good, it isnt what i thought it would be and i now think "thank god we came" im so glad we took the chance, we have been here 6 months and the kids love it and although i see my life in the uk wasnt bad, i see that at the moment life here is better. It is true that you only can regret the things you dont do. Tell your wife that she will get a job she likes and you will make friends, it just takes time and a little faith. GOOD LUCK:) |
Re: Starting to wobble
We had a brief wobble in Jan/Feb last year and came [this] close to pulling the plug on the move to Oz.
Hardly a day goes by when I don't think how wise we were to emigrate to the Gold Coast, can't begin to tell you how much we enjoy our lives here. My only complaint is that there is too much to do and not enough time! Just look at the weather today - stunning! http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/c...1500&state=QLD |
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