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To emigrate or not to emigrate!

  • 14-02-2010 11:24pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    (Please don't move to the work section. This is a personal issue.)

    Don't know what to do. Finding it hard to get a job in the current climate. I am thinking about emigrating but not 100% sure yet.

    1/ My parents are not in great health. I would hate to be very far away when anything happens.

    2/ I'm really close to my family and can't imagine only seeing them occasionally.

    3/ I'm not that young. I feel if I move away I won't move back. If I did I would be starting over all over again which I hate. It is hard enough right now with most of my friends married etc. I can only imagine how it would be pushing 40, still single, starting over.


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  • #2
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I know what you mean about the 'not young thing' and the old parents as well.

    But there's not much happening in Ireland.

    Nowadays its reasonably easy to fly home.

    I know that you feel you don't have more than one big move in you. But you can always and easily move back. If you do end up staying away, its because you'll have found great reasons to. Reasons worth finding?

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.


  • #3
    LegacyUser
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    unregistered wrote: »
    I know what you mean about the 'not young thing' and the old parents as well.

    But there's not much happening in Ireland.

    Nowadays its reasonably easy to fly home.

    I know that you feel you don't have more than one big move in you. But you can always and easily move back. If you do end up staying away, its because you'll have found great reasons to. Reasons worth finding?

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

    I know it is easy to fly home but if anything happens my parents I wouldn't be there while they are ill. It would be a matter for flying home for a funeral. Would I even have money and holidays to do that!

    Also I think it would be nearly a decision to not have children, which I really want. I am a 35 year old female. If I move away for a few years then come back chances of meeting the right person, settling down and still having time to have children are very slim.


  • #4
    Kivaro
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    don'tknow wrote: »
    If I move away for a few years then come back chances of meeting the right person, settling down and still having time to have children are very slim.

    If it hasn't happened already, why do you think it will happen in a few years down the road when you return to Ireland.
    Your best bet would be to emigrate. Not only is there a better opportunity to find a job and financial stability, but there may be a better chance to have a relationship and start a family.

    (Just speaking from experience.)


  • #5
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Kivaro wrote: »
    If it hasn't happened already, why do you think it will happen in a few years down the road when you return to Ireland.
    Your best bet would be to emigrate. Not only is there a better opportunity to find a job and financial stability, but there may be a better chance to have a relationship and start a family.

    (Just speaking from experience.)

    So I should just accept I will never meet the right man and have kids!

    Why would I have a better chance of meeting someone if I leave Ireland?


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