Sacrifice for 4 years maximum

[So2007]

for the life you want?

Do it?

but you said if you don't you just come home and carry on so...

Thanks Morris, I enjoyed that

Op you say your DH is starting from scratch, is there a financial sacrifiiiiiiiice here?

Because that might make it a no. Can't you pursue your passion here? Or do you stalk Elton in Vegas?

Op you say your DH is starting from scratch, is there a financial sacrifiiiiiiiice here?

At first, yes. We're moving to a new country, my husband will leave his job and find a job there.

So there's that risk.

The vague ness is quite irritating.

I'm genuinely confused. You'll be working in a field you're not keen on. Your DH will be starting from scratch. That's the sacrifice bit.
But how do you both then come home to a hero's welcome with all doors open to you?

But how do you both then come home to a hero's welcome with all doors open to you?

Who said this?

I said we can just come back if things don't pan out. Where's the hero's welcome?

I've sacrificed 5 minutes on this thread and am no further forward.

Best go back to where I was and start again. Sigh.

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THIS

You've got the opportunity to move somewhere that happens to be a prime location not only for your career progression but also for your DH to get his foot in the door of some wonderful work opportunities in his field. And also happens to be the prime location of your passion.
My mind is buzzing - are you surfers? Or niche botanists? Or actors with a yearning to write screenplays? Give us a clue.

And there's still not enough info really but I vote no
If you're happy here why sacrifiiiiiiice it for the unknown?
Not enough tropical fish here for your passion?

Gazelda "Or actors with a yearning to write screenplays? Give us a clue."

Ooh wait if it's Hollywood then go. Definitely go. But you'd need someone to be giving you a US work permit which usually means the job is lined up....

Boring...get on with it

Are you being deliberately obtuse, op? . What happens at the end of four years, when the sacrifice is over? What's the payoff?

If its the centre of both your passion and your DH career I think you'd be insane not to go for it.

So it may not work, you may end up back here. Your current jobs may also be restructured and you could be just as buggered.

Had to YouTube "no sacrifice" after reading this thread, thanks OP! No idea what you're on about but love a wander round memory lane.

(Elton's hat!)

Are you trying to break Hollywood, op? Do you know the way to San Jose?

What the feck are you talking about woman?

Are you being deliberately cryptic or is this some cunning ploy to come onto a parenting website and push buttons of mothers by gently saying you have no desire or intention to have kids and would rather pursue a career? Because if it is, you've picking the wrong forum because posters on here don't really give a shit whether you choose to have kids or not. Mother or not mother; it only really affects whether you can still bare your belly and your gin requirements for the next 20yrs.

No, wait, I think I've got it. The sacrifice is having to move to this country for four years. The payoff is getting to stay there after the four years is up...
It's a bit like - First prize is a week at Butlins. Second prize is two weeks...

*If its the centre of both your passion and your DH career I think you'd be insane not to go for it.

So it may not work, you may end up back here. Your current jobs may also be restructured and you could be just as buggered.*

Thank you.

Are you being deliberately cryptic or is this some cunning ploy to come onto a parenting website and push buttons of mothers by gently saying you have no desire or intention to have kids and would rather pursue a career?

Oh wow, where did this come from?

Mumsnet is weird at the mo, like freaky weird, like trees tapping on the window freaky weird.

It came from your cryptic drip.

Are you trying to break Hollywood, op? Do you know the way to San Jose?

No. His is software engineering and my passion, which I have just discovered last year through an amazing exposure, is developing smart healthcare solutions through emerging technologies.

It came from your cryptic drip.

And that's where your mind went. Does it happen often around here?

That sounds like something you'd need antibiotics for, Splinters