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Old 23-09-2007, 01:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hi there, anyone got helpful advice to make my life less stressed?

we [husband is a sparky and 2 boys 22 and 20, 2 girls 18 and 15 ] have our visas and intend to get to brisbane, sunshine coast in 12 months when house is sold and youngest has finished gse's. so far so good. we have wanted to live in oz for the 18 years but such a big step with a young family .we had a wicked 7 week tour of oz in a campervan in 2004, and we have just returned to oz perth for our visas, so we all understand the lifestyle and what to expect.now they are giving us a hard time for upping and going. after living here in the same house for 22 years, i know that leaving all our friends wont be easy but thats not a good reason to stay . we have told them all that theyre friends are welcome to visit anytime and they can still do collage in oz[all still students, none could aford to live here in a bedsit, let alone want to do their own washing]but now 22yr old not sure if oz girls be better than english although he did buy the oz nuts and fhm mags, and hes not sure what career he would want. also has no money. our 20yr old is the only one that wants to go now, cant wait, though hes set himself up for a music degree in brisbane and saving like mad from part time supermarket work. our 18yr old is studying performingarts, wants to work in theatre thinks there is no theatres in oz and wont reaserch jobs there. also has a loving boyfriend that will be hard to leave. the hardest one is our 15yr old lovely daughter who is becoming a nightmare chav. she thinks her friends will be here forever and this is her life. i dont want to upset her at the mo as she is studying her gce's but its so anoying when she says we are out of order moving, and she will live with friends parents. i would like to know who is offering her this get out being as we believe the move is to better all our quality of life and its cost us a fortune to get everyones visas. i told her that she will have to come for 2 years until shes 18 hoping by then shell want to stay and would have new friends and lifestyle. now she saying shell run away. help! sometimes i wish wed moved before this age but it never felt right. now we can go, i see it as a wonderful opertunity to have a good life and i really believe thay will have a better chance of afording their own place. we cannot aford to leave them here with money, but have said that we will pay for all flights to go, even if thay all come out at different stages in the next 4 years while they have residency. i dont expect them to live with us forever but the thought of the family splitting up is hard. anyone got advice/ stories of their ofsprings moving down under?is it illegal to kidnap them? i would like to now just concentrate on clearing out our clutter ready to go, not worrying if the kids will ever forgive us!

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