what should i do?
Aug 26th 2011, 4:21 pm
#16
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 7,611
Re: what should i do?
you will possibly need to turn to prostitution to make ends meet on that kind of salary.
Listen to the people. You have asked a question and are getting great advice back.
Your salary is shocking for UAE, regardless if its Dubai/AD.
good luck though, see you at the rattlesnake.
Listen to the people. You have asked a question and are getting great advice back.
Your salary is shocking for UAE, regardless if its Dubai/AD.
good luck though, see you at the rattlesnake.
Aug 26th 2011, 4:55 pm
#17
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 13,553
Re: what should i do?
Reading between the lines, and the lines themselves, Shab (as a single woman) has to live at home for (presumably) religious reasons, and is hinting that she is (I'm guessing) late-thirties in age. As she is considering a Muslim country, we can assume she is a Muslim.
She is therefore being offered (as a couple of others have suggested) the sort of salary that a married woman whose husband is earning considerably more would normally expect to be paid.
Anyway - I'm rambling, but don't do it, unless your need to escape from under the roof of your parents is so urgent that you have no choice.
She is therefore being offered (as a couple of others have suggested) the sort of salary that a married woman whose husband is earning considerably more would normally expect to be paid.
Anyway - I'm rambling, but don't do it, unless your need to escape from under the roof of your parents is so urgent that you have no choice.
Aug 26th 2011, 8:11 pm
#18
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 29,625
Re: what should i do?
to be honest living in london, although i have a nice life i also am restricted. I have to live at home till i marry, to live out of your house but in the same country is a total no no.I shant even tell u my age as you will be shocked at the fact that i still have to live at home. This is one of the main reasons for me going to live abroad is so that i can have the freedom to live by myself and do what i want to do when i want.
Aug 26th 2011, 8:12 pm
#19
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 29,625
Re: what should i do?
Reading between the lines, and the lines themselves, Shab (as a single woman) has to live at home for (presumably) religious reasons, and is hinting that she is (I'm guessing) late-thirties in age. As she is considering a Muslim country, we can assume she is a Muslim.
She is therefore being offered (as a couple of others have suggested) the sort of salary that a married woman whose husband is earning considerably more would normally expect to be paid.
Anyway - I'm rambling, but don't do it, unless your need to escape from under the roof of your parents is so urgent that you have no choice.
She is therefore being offered (as a couple of others have suggested) the sort of salary that a married woman whose husband is earning considerably more would normally expect to be paid.
Anyway - I'm rambling, but don't do it, unless your need to escape from under the roof of your parents is so urgent that you have no choice.
Aug 26th 2011, 8:16 pm
#20
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Joined: Nov 2008
Location: in front of my computer - in sunny Sussex!
Posts: 2,162
Re: what should i do?
to be honest living in london, although i have a nice life i also am restricted. I have to live at home till i marry, to live out of your house but in the same country is a total no no.I shant even tell u my age as you will be shocked at the fact that i still have to live at home. This is one of the main reasons for me going to live abroad is so that i can have the freedom to live by myself and do what i want to do when i want.
Anyhow, as an aside to that, do you have a clear grasp of how much it costs to live on your own? It's one of the things that always comes as a shock to students, who then take a while to get their head around small things like having to pay for the electricity before the booze!
Work out your own budget for the following and then reassess whether the proposed salaries will allow you to do that:
- agent's fees (5% of rent)
- deposit (5% of rent)
- rent (often 3-4 months payable upfront, sometimes 12 months upfront)
- DEWA/ utilities set-up costs
- shipping costs
- visa costs (the company should cover this. Confirm that they're not assuming you'll be on your husband's visa)
- buying furniture (1-off)
- white goods (1-off)
- kitchenware (1-off)
- electricity (monthly)
- water (monthly)
- landline/ broadband/ telly (monthly)
- mobile (PAYG or monthly)
- housing fee (monthly)
- reserve for maintenance/ repairs/ replacements
- food
- consumables (loo paper, washing powder, etc...)
- clothes & shoes
- flights back
- medical fees/ chemist costs
- transport
... and lastly:
- fun things
Aug 27th 2011, 10:48 pm
#21
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Feb 2007
Location: Kuwait
Posts: 1,202
Re: what should i do?
Reading between the lines, and the lines themselves, Shab (as a single woman) has to live at home for (presumably) religious reasons, and is hinting that she is (I'm guessing) late-thirties in age. As she is considering a Muslim country, we can assume she is a Muslim.
She is therefore being offered (as a couple of others have suggested) the sort of salary that a married woman whose husband is earning considerably more would normally expect to be paid.
Anyway - I'm rambling, but don't do it, unless your need to escape from under the roof of your parents is so urgent that you have no choice.
She is therefore being offered (as a couple of others have suggested) the sort of salary that a married woman whose husband is earning considerably more would normally expect to be paid.
Anyway - I'm rambling, but don't do it, unless your need to escape from under the roof of your parents is so urgent that you have no choice.
