Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 9970185)
At least you don't come across as bitter. :rofl:
My take on it, if you are unhappy but coming just for the money then something is deeply wrong. We all make some trade offs being here - happiness shouldn't be one of them. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by Fossildog
(Post 9970294)
Surely the money is the only reason we are here?
No.... I know that I could make a shed load more money working back in West Africa. But having done the rounds there for +10 years it was time for a change of scene and also an opportunity for my wife to develop her own career in a more formal way. Apart from missing out some good gigs at Nottingham Rock City and me mum's yorkie puddings I can't say I miss the place. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by Fossildog
(Post 9970294)
Surely the money is the only reason we are here? Everyones circumstances are different but I know I am sacrificing a lot of happiness to be here, especially as my family is back in the UK.
We all have options... |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 9970326)
It's not my sole motivation, no. I hated working in London and always wanted to leave. That said, I wouldn't stay here if I was struggling either. I have my family with me and live a normal life - apart from a reliable source of tangfansics I'm not sacrificing much being here.
We all have options... |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by klaus3974
(Post 9968998)
Hi there,
I have not posted here in more than a year. I arrived in Dubai May 2009 and I stayed there until June 2011. We saved enough to buy a house back home and we moved back... now the problem is that I miss Dubai. I guess I am only missing living comfortable and still having half my salary in the bank at the end of the month. Please give me good reasons to not come back. PS Since June 2011 have you bought a house with cash, lived 100% comfortably, has your wife found a job, have you found god, are you happy? |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by klaus3974
(Post 9970091)
We had no maid or gardener, that is why we were able to save. And I really do not give a **** if people liked me or not. Most of you have no idea how hard is to make a decent living in the Old continent these days.
That said my one of sisters just got promoted and will probably send me a decent christmas present this year ;) N. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by Autonomy
(Post 9970504)
Edited that for you. Hope it helps.
PS Since June 2011 have you bought a house with cash, lived 100% comfortably, has your wife found a job, have you found god, are you happy? |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by klaus3974
(Post 9971139)
Thanks. Yes we bought the house in cash but we had to borrow a small amount just to pay for the reforms, so we have not lived comfortable. Happy? Are you American?? Happiness is always a straggle, not a state. I guess my problem is that after been an expat for 10 years, I do not know where home is.
Look, do yourself a favour..look up here www.howtokillyourselffordepressingtwats.com |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 9971153)
Its where the heart is.
Look, do yourself a favour..look up here www.howtokillyourselffordepressingtwats.com Life is good commander. I have a young family, good health and many good job opportunities (but not at "home"). I just was trying to remember if I like something else about Dubai beyond my salary. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by klaus3974
(Post 9971161)
Good to know that some things and people have not changed in BE...
Life is good commander. I have a young family, good health and many good job opportunities (but not at "home"). I just was trying to remember if I like something else about Dubai beyond my salary. Everyone has different reasons for being in dubai. We actually like it. I actually have a wife who is quite ill, and would trade everything to have her illness cured, so apolgies if I can't quite sympathise with the self pitying posts.. I wish you well though, and I wouldn't comeback here for only the money unless you go on rotation and leave the family at home. Best of luck.. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 9971188)
and I wouldn't comeback here for only the money unless you go on rotation and leave the family at home.
Best of luck.. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by klaus3974
(Post 9971139)
Thanks. Yes we bought the house in cash but we had to borrow a small amount just to pay for the reforms, so we have not lived comfortable. Happy? Are you American?? Happiness is always a straggle, not a state. I guess my problem is that after been an expat for 10 years, I do not know where home is.
I'm curious. Why did your wife hate Dubai? Had she lived someone other than the UK before? Home is where you feel comfortable and that really ought to be be where you are at any given point and personal happiness is your responsibility. As an adult you can make you life what you want it to be. You don't have to have an allegience to where you grew up to feel happy in life. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 9971446)
I'm curious. Why did your wife hate Dubai? Had she lived someone other than the UK before?
Home is where you feel comfortable and that really ought to be be where you are at any given point and personal happiness is your responsibility. As an adult you can make you life what you want it to be. You don't have to have an allegience to where you grew up to feel happy in life. On the strict personal level, I feel comfortable almost anywhere as long as my family is there and they are happy, and I do not struggle to make ends meet. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
[QUOTE=Meow;9971446]I'm curious. Why did your wife hate Dubai? Had she lived someone other than the UK before?
After 4 half years here my wife has just told me she hates Dubai, how on earth has it took her so long and in my opinion the solution is in her hands, as she said its simply lack of freindships. |
Re: I miss my Dubai salary badly
Originally Posted by klaus3974
(Post 9971161)
I just was trying to remember if I like something else about Dubai beyond my salary.
Even the most chavtastic nobody is treated well in DXB. |
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