Husband wants to move to dubai

[Dilemma87]

My husband is a businessman in property and with the recent proposed tax changes and new rules putting limits on how long he can keep doing things from the UK, he’s now saying he needs to move to Dubai and operate from there.

We actually have some friends there, and his business partner is already based out there, so on paper it all sounds easy enough. His plan is to buy a second property in Dubai and move there by himself, while I stay here with the kids.

The problem is, the children are really settled one’s in high school and the other is due to start soon, so moving them just isn’t an option. He’s suggested that we (me and the kids) fly out to Dubai every school holiday to spend time with him.

The catch is, under his visa he can only be out of Dubai for 90 days a year, so he’d basically have to live there full-time.

AIBU to think this is just not going to work long-term? I can’t help but feel like this is the start of living completely separate lives.

Are the posters encouraging the OP to go with him missing the fact that that option doesn’t seem to be on the table for her husband? He wants to go alone, purely to avoid tax, and see his wife and kids during the school holidays. This is a man with a history of “female friends”…

Even if he did want them all to go, I wouldn’t be encouraging the OP to move abroad. The marriage doesn’t sound particularly strong and she could find herself in a very difficult situation should they move and then separate.

Sorry - just checked ONS and it’s thought to be 8%.

100%

Seriously @WildLimePoet stop.

You are making a complete fool of yourself now.

You are being so rude its giving us all contact embarrassment. You have also shown yourself up as crashingly ignorant and do not have any back up of of alleged "facts" you are spouting. Put the gin bottle down, go to bed and in the morning have a think about why you feel the need to behave this way.

Honestly, take the children and move there with him. Don't give any more of your money to the state. It does not give a s**t about you! I would do the exact same.

Terrible idea to move so far away from his family - either family goes too or he doesn’t….unless you’re prepared to risk your marriage and hope it’s just taxes he’s screwing.

So you were paid by the tax payer? Guess why you don't resent it

Yes, I suppose so. But our abuse is mostly in the past. Whereas it's today's generation in Dubai. This poster's husband for one.

If you're happy to collude with slavery and abuse, breaking all humans rights, go for it. Blood on your hands. Rather than just your great grandfather's.

Thanks for paying so much attention. You may yet learn something. Theres always hope. Even for people like you.

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All the money.
None of the responsibility.
Disney Dad who can live the high life.

Seriously OP. Have you not got the ick yet?!

Take him to the cleaners BEFORE he moves and you get up shit creek because you can't chase him for child support.

Care to expand O wise one?

What kind of man leaves his wife and kids for 9 months of the year just to reduce his tax bill? Seriously, just pay the extra tax!

He can pay more tax because he went to school and was educated by teachers! Not everyone wants to be rich. Contributing to society, making a worthwhile difference is to some a lot more rewarding than hoarding wealth and avoiding taxes.

That's because most of the tax income is servicing our insanely high sovereign debt pile, which is trading at a very thin spread to IG. That is why we are getting nothing back for our taxes, because Johnson and co spaffed it up the wall on paying people to stay at home, which we could never afford in the first place, unlike Germany.

I know a family who did this. He now lives out there permanently with his new girlfriend

Are you seriously comparing the status of women here to the status of women in Dubai?

I expect plenty of people who disapprove of Muslim countries' stances on gay rights don't go there on holiday. Why do you think they necessarily do? Apart from ethical concerns, lots of people dislike extremely hot climates.

I’d be significantly more surprised if you’d said that the family reunited and lived together happily ever after.

Status? What do you mean when you say ‘status’?

i agree, it won’t end well!

The general attitudes to women, the rights they legally have and the opportunities they have to contribute to society and not be discriminated against.

Or some random who thinks they have an opinion on someone else’s life and tax status.

What we are essentially seeing here is the bitter fallout when intractable lefties realise that they can't force people into socialism. Said people will just up and leave to somewhere that will welcome them and the business they bring. Screaming into the void won't change this. They won't care.

Who are you to judge.

Seconded.

Then there's the fact that Dubai is directly involved in the genocide in Sudan, so anyone going to Dubai knowing this, is truly despicable.