[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Cherie

No I wouldn't choose to

Thanks.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Thanks.

You are welcome

[Johnnyuk123]

I actually know someone who was so unhappy here and he has family here but he needed to leave this country because he was so unhappy. He took that step and moved to NewZealand. He's been there now over 10yrs and is very happy.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I actually know someone who was so unhappy here and he has family here but he needed to leave this country because he was so unhappy. He took that step and moved to NewZealand. He's been there now over 10yrs and is very happy.

So?

Not everybody has that luxury. And not everybody would want to start a brand new life elsewhere.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

So?

Not everybody has that luxury. And not everybody would want to start a brand new life elsewhere.

My OP is a simple question. It's a yes or now.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

My OP is a simple question.

No it isn't.

It's not simple in the slightest.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

My OP is a simple question. It's a yes or now.

You need to change the word "why" in the OP as it is confusing

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Cherie

You need to change the word "why" in the OP as it is confusing

Cherie i do not use the word WHY in my OP.

[Johnnyuk123]

My friend who left for New Zealand left behind all of his family and parents and siblings. He upset them all for sure but i do understand why he did it after talking with him at length. He remains intouch online and he is back on speaking terms with his family and children now.

[Marsh.]

And what was the reason for him leaving his children for New Zealand?

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

And what was the reason for him leaving his children for New Zealand?

He had lots of reasons Marsh. Wife was about to divorce him and threatened him saying he would not get access to his kids etc, At that time and the state that he was in he simply wanted a fresh start. There is a lot more to why he left that i won't go into but it was not a selfish act on his part.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

He had lots of reasons Marsh. Wife was about to divorce him and threatened him saying he would not get access to his kids etc, At that time and the state that he was in he simply wanted a fresh start. There is a lot more to why he left that i won't go into but it was not a selfish act on his part.

I wonder if his children will agree with you when they grow up without a dad in their lives The wife can threaten him with no access to his kids all she likes, the courts however would not let her do that without very good reason

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I wonder if his children will agree with you when they grow up without a dad in their lives The wife can threaten him with no access to his kids all she likes, the courts however would not let her do that without very good reason

Yeah and, obviously I don't know all of the facts of this situation, but I can't imagine moving across the world will help his case when it comes to access to his children. So it seems an odd move.

[bots]

i've lived in several different countries over the years. Never hated any of them. Places do not define happiness or "hate". The experience you have is purely related to the people you are with at the moment in time that you are there.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i've lived in several different countries over the years. Never hated any of them. Places do not define happiness or "hate". The experience you have is purely related to the people you are with at the moment in time that you are there.

I am not defining anything. It's a simple question. Yes or no.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i've lived in several different countries over the years. Never hated any of them. Places do not define happiness or "hate". The experience you have is purely related to the people you are with at the moment in time that you are there.

I agree with that

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i've lived in several different countries over the years. Never hated any of them. Places do not define happiness or "hate". The experience you have is purely related to the people you are with at the moment in time that you are there.

Best answer of the day

[Marsh.]

*taps foot waiting for the OP to be edited*

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

*taps foot waiting for the OP to be edited*

It doesn't need editing.

[Johnnyuk123]

If i said... would you choose to eat eggs if you hated eggs. Would that need editing?

[Marsh.]

No, not your title. Your OP.

You're asking two different things.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

No, not your title. Your OP.

You're asking two different things.

Ok i've corrected it.

[joeysteele]

No.

[RichardG]

I read a great post online a while back. This guy hated everything about the UK. Hated his job, hated the weather, hated walking home at night having to avoid the scary hooded teenagers, hated the tv, hated the politics etc etc and eventually managed to move to Canada, a move that thought would totally change his life for the better!! After a couple of months he realised that he was working the same job over there but with less days holiday a year, the weather was even colder, scary looking people existed on street corners at night there too and the tv was just as awful and concluded that life is miserable everywhere ...but he at least had family and friends in the UK so he moved back after a year.

He put it much better than I did but it kinda sums up my thoughts I guess, assuming we lived in a world where you actually could move wherever you want with no legal/visa issues then I'd only move because there was something about the other country that I really really liked as opposed to something about my own that I really hated.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by RichardG

I read a great post online a while back. This guy hated everything about the UK. Hated his job, hated the weather, hated walking home at night having to avoid the scary hooded teenagers, hated the tv, hated the politics etc etc and eventually managed to move to Canada, a move that thought would totally change his life for the better!! After a couple of months he realised that he was working the same job over there but with less days holiday a year, the weather was even colder, scary looking people existed on street corners at night there too and the tv was just as awful and concluded that life is miserable everywhere ...but he at least had family and friends in the UK so he moved back after a year.

He put it much better than I did but it kinda sums up my thoughts I guess, assuming we lived in a world where you actually could move wherever you want with no legal/visa issues then I'd only move because there was something about the other country that I really really liked as opposed to something about my own that I really hated.

'The grass is always greener' uh Richard?.

This is the thing with holidays; we spend exciting, exhilarating weeks of our lives on holiday in foreign countries, and we succumb to the warmer climes, the strange architecture, the exotic cuisine and the language and people. It's heaven, paradise.

To we visitors who are holidaying, it is paradise, but to the people who actually live there it is merely the place where they live, and as familiar and mundane as Luton, Sheffield or Manchester is to us.