Meant to be moving to Dubai in 4 weeks

@Wellthisisdifficult

Exactly. If the parasite billionaires weren’t leeching off the workers and then flouncing off to Dubai to dodge contributing to the system that enabled them to amount their wealth, I’d say allow the the morally corrupt lot to congregate around one another - they all very much deserve each other!

I think @Medesres people are not being particularly snobby. I don’t have a detailed knowledge of where some countries are in relation to others (could not locate most countries in Africa for example), but then I am not planning to live there – but you were going to move there at the end of the month and yet you had apparently never looked at where it was on a map. That's unusual to say the least.

A friend of mine is considering moving to Spain – she has been there multiple times and recently got back from a research trip to scope out accommodation. That kind of prep is more usual when you are planning to emigrate, that’s all people are saying.

There is some good advice on here, so I hope you have read it and taken it on board.

Honestly, I'm known for being someone who knows 'everything about everything' but Geography just does not stick unless I really concentrate on it. I spoke to my Brother-in-law tonight and his wife is American. He was talking about potential work in different states, and I had to confess to him that I hear 'America' and think of a 'blob over there' on the world map. I wouldn't have the first clue where any of the States are within it.

Having said that, I do tend to play Globle now and I'm getting pretty good at knowing where the more common countries are. I still get a bit mixed up between countries in Africa and South America because they're 'down there', and South Asia is a bit tricky with all the stans, etc.

This is truly fascinating .
No you carry on , I'm just here for the vibes 🍿🍷.

Would you want your gay child to “keep it in perspective “ and run the risk?

Looks that way to me!!!

But in reality, homosexuality is not prosecuted in the UAE and certainly not by death/ life imprisonment. There are a lot of gay people living in Dubai/ going there on holiday and so long as you're not literally snogging your BF/GF in public (note this is also illegal for heterosexual people), there is v unlikely to be a problem. The police don't go round looking for gay people to arrest, just like they don't go round hotels looking for unmarried couples to arrest. There is of course still the "there's no problem until there's a problem" risk but it needs to be kept in perspective.

I wouldn’t want to go right now. The issue is partly Trump - he is harder to ‘read’ than other Presidents, it’s like he’s found the red button, and wants to use it.
I am old enough to be your mum and tend to think of the ME as having instability, but then I grew up fearing the IRA bombing my home city, and it did.
Watch and wait. Keep speaking to your other half and I’m sure his employer will be watchful as well.
Certainly not going to judge you for going there, I have several friends who live there who love it, mainly teachers and doctors.

But then slavery costs less than actually paying people do maybe the government are saving money that way

Are you also moving there to live? If so, I’d suggest researching what’s going to be around you?

It’s not mocking, but I won’t be told “everyone” wants to move there, they don’t!

@Jerys

Did you seriously just try to equate being gay with sexually assaulting children who cannot consent???

Wtf.

“Mainly”

If you were planning on relocating your family there you’d at least… have a look.

Ah yes, evil, evil taxation.

The fundamental mechanism for fostering a better, more functional society by funding public goods, services, and infrastructure that benefit the collective rather than just individuals.

Awful thing to ask of people, eh…

To them it's not normal and not okay. That's their country and visitors need to respect their law.

I'll give another example. The GCC allow polygamy but the UK doesn't.

Don't worry OP I didn't realise how close Iran was to Dubai either. Clearly some Mumsnetters have nothing else better to do than mock others.

OP should not have said everyone wants to move there, that’s bollocks!

She said she’s moving there because

Friends said it’s better than grey (without missiles sky) skies than UK!

Sounds like “it’s not my fault” to
me 🤷‍♀️

@NotMeAtAll you just can't travel like that in the ME. You need a visa to get into Saudi. You need an exit visa. It's not as simple as that!

Another one who seems to think Dubai isn't going to be in the ME in a couple if weeks 🙇🏻‍♀️

& you have no excuse, you're old enough to know better.

I don't want to move there. It sounds horrendous, and not just because of the current situation.

Even if it wasn't so volatile out there at the minute, it's a shit time to go.
Any expat or local that can afford to will be preparing to leave for a few months to avoid the heat. You won't be able to go outside.
You'll have to be prepared to hit the playgrounds about 9pm, and even then it will be too hot, if you have kids.

Where will you be living? I don't think I'd like to be signing a year lease, or buying a car, furnishing a house.

Still, you might get some cheap deals as everyone charges for the airport and cuts their losses. If they can leave of course and don't owe any money. Or their company hasn't blocked their passport in case they try and leave before their contract is up.

Have you been on expat woman or any uk sites? You won't find anything except praise on any social media from dubai. Its a dictatorship. You will get into trouble if you start complaining on the Internet over there, from what I hear.

18 pages in Im sure Im not saying anything someone hasnt already said, but this is why people dont advise moving to somewhere like that, the whole region has been unstable for hundreds of years and what affects one country, affects the neighbours.

Im not entirely sure how you would think you're moving somewhere but dont know where it is in the world either.

Oh, her teachers will probably be blamed for never showing her how to open a map.

I have to admit I never thought Iran would attack Gulf countries.

She wasn’t blaming anyone. Stats say that lots of people do what to, and have, moved from the UK to the Middle East. You, and everyone else on here knows that, you just don’t approve, so you’re sticking the boot in.