ayatollah

Wow, I came back to check on this thread and that's quite the discourse!

I was looking to convince my wife to move a number of years ago, and she even said yes! I pulled the plug because I knew that she wasn't ready. It hasn't come up since then.

In the past couple of years, I've made a contact in Australia and have been working on projects with them. There now may be the opportunity to move over to do even more lucrative work, but it still comes with the realisation that it may not be right, who knows how any of us feel in the future? We are looking to evaluate all options to see if it could be done.

If we move, I will have a lucrative job waiting for me, where I am my own boss and can decide if I want to take 3 months back home. Working from home on the job is entirely possible anyway. If this is to happen the money needs to be right as well. It may only be for 4-5 years anyway and I would hope to be able bring family members over to help with some of the home-sickness.

This has been a very judgemental experience, accusing me of constant nagging is almost upsetting. Sometimes opportunities arise that are hard to turn down. I'm also on the fence and need to be convinced it is the right move, now I have kids it will be hard to take them away from their grandparents and friends. So, we are assessing our options and would have thought there would be a bit more of a convivial chat about this...I'd hope this isn't the general welcome people receive.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. The kids are 9 & 6 so not really critical years yet. I definitely wouldn't want the kids to miss out on their education and the idea would be that the whole family comes back for 3 months in the year. It's not ideal, just working through all the scenarios, but distance learning would be an interesting avenue. We did it for a whole year anyway in Covid!

This is quite a strange one but trying to evaluate options.

I may have the opportunity, next year, to move to Hobart, but my wife has a lot of things that need to fall in place. One of which being that she wants to be back in NI for the NI summer.

Has anyone come across anyone that has been able to work with split schooling such as this? Any advice?

Note - This will not be a nail in the coffin of the move if it isn't feasible.

Tell her that the colours that they take on are different when you're in Australia. Either that or tell her you flushed them down the loo! Then use that as an explanation as to the why water flows down the toilet/sink!

Tell her that the colours that they take on are different when you're in Australia. Either that or tell her you flushed them down the loo! Then use that as an explanation as to the why water flows down the toilet/sink!

Just tell her that you did bring them, and buy new ones! She's 4, she'll never know!

Just tell her that you did bring them, and buy new ones! She's 4, she'll never know!

A 12 inch trampoline isn't going to be much use!

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