To be fed up of living in the U.K. but have no other options?

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Anyone else?

Dh and I have decided we will move to Ireland when ds has finished school (about 5 years). We will be old enough to semi retire there, but with our jobs we should find part time work.
I know how you feel OP, but look harder for ways to make it possible.

The UK is way ahead of many 'desirable ' countries in help for those with SEN. There was a thread on here recently where the Op had gone on holiday in Europe and people were following her and her child around mocking the way he walked.

If you're a solicitor then Aus may be an option depending on age and experience. But if you're saying non-transferable then I guess you've researched that and no joy.

If it is legal then just work remotely as a sole practitioner via a firm like setfords. Not tricky.

Are you Cherie Blair

Just here to find out re desirable countries

do you already speak the language?

I have similar thoughts from the other side. I'm living abroad and have wanted to come home for ages - we left just after Brexit thinking we'd be back in a few years. Then Covid made everything really complicated.

I really want to come back as our long-term future is not in this country, but the UK seems to be worse off with every year. We would just replace our current worries with different ones.

If you hate it that much get off your arse, retrain and leave, your life is in your hands

I would like to do this but I am struggling to find something that other countries want to retrain as that wouldn’t mean going back to GCSE level again (ie biology to then become a nurse)

Any suggestions?

I can understand this. We left the UK thinking it would just be a few years, found our kid had SEN during Covid so couldn't come back, now we've left it too late to get provision before school. On the plus side we can pay for really good provision privately without fighting for it. On the down side, it's going to get more expensive over time. And while things are improving, the education system and general attitude is less inclusive. We know we can't stay for the long-term but we're stuck for now.

I'm in the same position as you OP. Completely embarrassed and disillusioned with this country, unable to get a job overseas, and I have actually learned a reasonable level of language for the countries I would ideally move to. It's just not easy to get a job elsewhere unless you do particular jobs that are in demand, and not many jobs are in demand.

If a cyclist/golfist husband is "outing" here, then anything goes.

Me too. I worked in the US. The money was good and the ppl were lovely but all you did was work. In my first week I got to treat an 8 year old with a gun shot wound. I was glad to come home when the contact finished.

If you really wanted to leave the country you would make it happen, either by re training, learning a language, or whatever it takes. If you are not prepared to do these things you don’t really want to move at all and just want to moan. If you want it make it happen it’s all down to you, no one is making you stay here apart from yourself, where there’s a will there’s a way.

I just want to have a bit of a moan really.

Do you mind if I ask where you are?

Agree with this.

Can you look into commonwealth agreements? British lawyers are employable in missions around me, where this is in place. Do you have language skills? What about Australia or Canada?

You can always make it happen. It may not be as easy as it was pre-Brexit.

I felt the same way as you, 20 years ago and I made it happen.

I feel the same OP. Long term plan is for us to relocate to Scotland, have completely changed careers with a view to having more transferable abs in demand skills- all being well I should be qualified by next Summer and can start seriously planning a move.

I hate that retrain is always presented as an option on threads like this. Retraining is pretty damn expensive and not everyone has thousands stashed in bank accounts to pay for it. Then there’s no guarantee of getting a decent paying job at the end of it anyway.

No advice OP, just empathy. I’ve spent a year in Aus and another year in NZ. While the UK has some advantages over those countries, I would move to Australia for good in a heartbeat.

I just want to have a bit of a moan really.

Oh. 😔 Now I feel a bit mean in what I said. We all like a moan from time to time.
But there are lots of good things to do in the uk. It's not all bad. Far from it. We drove over to Halifax the other day and went to Shibden Hall. Two lovely ladies there telling us about everything. A walk around the gardens and park. A bit of a shop in Halifax. Lunch out. Not expensive. A great day out.
Sorry you're feeling a bit down.

Here you go OP, jobs abroad that don’t need qualifications

www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/overseas-jobs-no-experience

www.workaway.info

That farmhand job looks pretty good.

A number of things have contributed to how I feel, not just the economy/government etc. I’m in my early 30s with a toddler DD and DD2 on the way, I have some lovely best friends but the rest have melted away. I’m lower and lower contact with my family as times goes on - combination of fall outs and just different characters I guess. Where we live is expensive and I don’t love it, we just live here because it’s local-ish to everything and everyone we know. I work from home post covid so no great pull to commute etc.

I just feel ready for a new adventure with my kids and husband, like we’ve spent long enough pleasing other people and doing the ‘sensible’ thing and now we want a change of scenery and to find our excitement for life again.

I’m not under any illusions of a slower pace of life, we both work very hard and know we will continue to do so wherever we are. And we can’t go anywhere for a few years yet as I’m finishing a qualification and about to have a baby.

I know I’m not being ‘productive’ but I just wondered if anyone else felt the same way and wanted to have a pointless whinge to offload

I’m disabled, things line office jobs are fine and unaffected but hard physical work would be beyond me.

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