Dodgy finances

[Ardesco]

So 2 years to build up enough money to emmigrate then...

[King Cnvt]

1 in 10 Britons are planning to leave the UK for good, a recent survey found. I wonder why?

[andy]

1 in 10 Britons are planning to leave the UK for good, a recent survey found. I wonder why?

and maybe 9 out of 10 come back

[King Cnvt]

and maybe 9 out of 10 come back

Yes that's right, they all go and realise what a great place this is and come back. I think NOT.

[DaveB]

Yes that's right, they all go and realise what a great place this is and come back. I think NOT.

No, but most of them go and then realise that while it was fine for a holiday 2 weeks a year they can't actually take the heat/weather/food/locals/language etc full time with no prospect of relief.

[rootsnall]

and maybe 9 out of 10 come back

I've spent best part of 10 years overseas and now settled back home probably for good. A lot of expats spend a good chunk of their time moaning about where they are living and being homesick. The grass is always greener until you get there and it's not much different.

[ChimpMaster]

I've spent best part of 10 years overseas and now settled back home probably for good. A lot of expats spend a good chunk of their time moaning about where they are living and being homesick. The grass is always greener until you get there and it's not much different.

We've spent months planning my daughter's 1st birthday - an outdoor garden party with bouncy castle and games for the kids and drinks for the adults. And now they say it's going to rain - thunder and rain. Just dandy eh. Just goes to show that you can't plan an outdoor event in this country, even in the summer.

[DaveB]

We've spent months planning my daughter's 1st birthday - an outdoor garden party with bouncy castle and games for the kids and drinks for the adults. And now they say it's going to rain - thunder and rain. Just dandy eh. Just goes to show that you can't plan an outdoor event in this country, even in the summer.

You can, just make sure you hire a *big* Marquee for the occasion

[Rantor]

No, but most of them go and then realise that while it was fine for a holiday 2 weeks a year they can't actually take the heat/weather/food/locals/language etc full time with no prospect of relief.

Certainly true everywhere I have lived outside Britain. Loads of guys whinging non-stop about wherever they are (plus how 'back home' has gone to the dogs etc.)

A good way tp avoid the pitfalls of 'expat' life is to avoid these eejits.

[lilelvis2000]

I've spent best part of 10 years overseas and now settled back home probably for good. A lot of expats spend a good chunk of their time moaning about where they are living and being homesick. The grass is always greener until you get there and it's not much different.

True. I've lived in a few places and life is not much different where you are. Unless you live in a war zone or a third world country. It think its called geographic fallacy or something. The state of mind some people have that simply moving somewhere will make them happy. Perhaps they will be financially better - but maybe not phsycologically (sp?)

I could care less which country I live in, I make the best of it. Unlike my wife who is constantly wanting to move "somewhere else". But then she is OC and significantly depressed - though she thinks she's not. (typical symptom, no?)