too old
#1
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Joined: Mar 2011
Location: west of ireland
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too old
thinking of booking holiday in vancouver for 2weeks , with the view to moving for good . my wife is 35 and a nurse , I am 44 and a pipe welder with a two year old boy. Currently living in ireland , would rent house out for year or so , at my age am i mad.
#2
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Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Near Colchester, Essex hoping to go to Port Moody, BC
Posts: 1,007
Re: too old
There are a lot of people older than you applying - we are two of them! Never crossed our minds we might be too old.
#3
Pissy Mare
Joined: May 2008
Location: Previously Hertfordshire, now in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia :)
Posts: 396
Re: too old
I was 34 and hubby was 44 when we applied. Now I'm 40 and he's 50 and we've been in NS for 7 months.
Never too old for adventure
Never too old for adventure
#4
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 14,227
Re: too old
Lot's of people move in their late 30's early 40's. The upside is that people have normally built up some wealth/equity by then which they can then use to help get set up. The downside is that their "career" can be set back quite a bit as they start over.
#5
Re: too old
I'd think very hard about the financial cost to you. At your age it's difficult to make up for mistakes and you don't wan't to spend old age poor and have no security. Secondly, a holiday in Vancouver is fun but living here permanently is not all beer and skittles.
#7
Re: too old
53 years old and FSW application under way. Wife, at 34, is somewhat younger.
My father was 50 something when he moved to Canada.
I say move when you feel like it, not based on DOB.
My father was 50 something when he moved to Canada.
I say move when you feel like it, not based on DOB.
Last edited by james.mc; Mar 25th 2011 at 7:35 pm.
#9
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Joined: Nov 2010
Location: Fort McMurray,Alberta
Posts: 103
Re: too old
im 33 and hubby is 42 and in the process of moving.never too old.
#11
Re: too old
Sorry to sound too negative but I am going to anyway. When the novelty of frigid temperatures, the inordinate amount of snow, Tim Horton’s and shopping in the endless, endless strip-malls and the inane prattle about ice hockey wears thin and you look around to find that most of your financial security has been eroded and you haven’t seen your family in five years, remember that an interesting holiday may have been a better option to quench that thirst for adventure.
#12
Re: too old
Sorry to sound too negative but I am going to anyway. When the novelty of frigid temperatures, the inordinate amount of snow, Tim Horton’s and shopping in the endless, endless strip-malls and the inane prattle about ice hockey wears thin and you look around to find that most of your financial security has been eroded and you haven’t seen your family in five years, remember that an interesting holiday may have been a better option to quench that thirst for adventure.