emigration!!!

smokeyeyes08

anyone else emigrating??? I have to and i'm devastated!!:( but i cannot get a job here and have been offered one abroad!!:D..but i'm gonna miss everyone so much.

just wondering is anyone else leaving the emerald isle??? or thinking about it???


p.s i'm new!!!!:o

looksee

You will be emigrating from Arts and Crafts, that's fairly certain!

Dont be devastated, OP, try and see it as an opportunity, it may not be for ever, but in the mean time be positive and look forward. Enjoy the experience, good luck.

dan_d

Thinking.

Unemployed 4 months.If it goes past about March next year, that's it. I'm gone. I'm not prepared to sit around waiting and hoping and wasting my life. I want to work, I'm entitled to make a living, it's not my fault that I'm in this situation, so yup, I'll be leaving.
Absolutely devastated (already!) at the thought of leaving my friends and family though.I'd hope we'll be able to come back in the near future, but I'm just not sitting around taking handouts every week. I'm doing my best, but the really, the best thing I can do is take matters in my own hands, and go where I've a chance of working - since nobody around here could be arsed trying to fix the employment problems we have.

So yeah!i'm just thinking about it and it terrifies me. But you'll be okay once you get there, and you get stuck into work. Much better than just leaving without a job lined up. You will be okay, and hopefully, time will fly by and you'll be able to come home soon. As people say to me on a regular basis - chin up!Good luck!

Tchaikovsky

I'm off pretty soon aswell.

Just look at it as the next chapter in your life; a chance to make new friends, try new things, see things from a different perspective.

Emigration isn't as big a deal as it was in the 80's, in that we have all these different ways to communicate with our loved ones back home and to keep up with what's going on in here.
Go forth and enjoy

Shelga

Thinking about it also.

Graduated this year, have been in employment on a temporary contract since June, but that is due to expire next month. I will also leave by March/April if I can't find work.I'm going to have to sign on for the first time next month and it kills me.

OP, try and look at it as opening you up to life experiences that you wouldn't otherwise have had. It's not great having to move away from friends and family but it's not forever, and hopefully you'll enjoy your new job.

Where are most people heading off to? The UK or further afield? Anyway best of luck OP!

magneticimpulse

After I graduated in Dublin back in 2002, I could not find any meaniful jobs. I moved to England and worked from start 2003 til end of 2006 there in Cornwall and Cambridge. Now ive been in Bordeaux, France studying a PhD since 2007, on a ridculous fantastic European Union Grant which pays me an allowance each year to fly back to Ireland.

All I can say, life has been brillant outside Ireland and the wine and beautiful food equally as good Skype and Google Translate as well as skyscanner.net have made life that more easy

Motley Crue

I left after college and worked solidly, got jobs and managed to have some good times as well, I enjoyed the process and even though I'm currently job hunting here in the rainy UK I know that I may just get up and fly away somewhere in a few months if it doesn't work out...that's the nature of the life, but I'll tell you one thing, there's not been a single moment I regretted leaving Ireland

LegacyUser

I moved to Australia 2 years ago with my GF. We originally came over for a year holiday, but since we left, things have just gotten worse and worse at home so we decided to stay a bit longer.

We booked tickets home for next year because we are getting married and we want to do it with all our friends and family. We are going to give life another try back there but im terrified that we will have to move back here. Its not so bad here all the same, we have friends, and some family, we hae jobs, plenty of money to do what we want. But its not home, and i dont think it ever will be.

We want to start a family, buy a house, all that jazz. We could do that in Ireland, but we want to be able to give our kids the best possible life, and we feel that may only be possible over here. I dunno, are we being snobbish?

Its easier for us to emmigrate because we have a base over here, and my GF is an Australian Citizen. So the way we see it is, we have an opportunity that a lot of Irish people dont have. We can get out, we can build a better life for ourselves (and hopefully our children).

But its very hard. Everytime i hear of another bad thing happening in Ireland my heart breaks a little more, not just for ourselves being stuck out here, but for everyone going through it over there. Its horrible to watch, and i do feel some guilt that im not sharing the burden with them.

I own a piece of land in Ireland on a beautiful hillside, and my dream is to build a house there and raise a family. But i just cant see that happening. I keep telling myself, "Maybe we'll get lucky when we go back", but not getting my hopes up either. im trying to stay optomistic but realistic at the same time.

Sorry about the long winded post. Once i started it just flowed out. Good to get it off my chest.

smokeyeyes08

looksee wrote: »

You will be emigrating from Arts and Crafts, that's fairly certain!

ha ha ha ha i know, i realised this error after i posted....my appologies, i'm new and am not fully aquainted with the site yet!!!:o