Meant to be moving to Dubai in 4 weeks

[Medesres]

We've been planning a move to Dubai for a while now. Dh's work has an office out there and it seemed like great opportunity to live abroad and experience sth different. I've got a couple of friends out there already too who love the lifestyle.

Watching the news for the past 24 hours and I'm really starting to question things. I had no idea how close to Iran it was and who knows what might happen next. Part of me is hoping it will all be resolved soon but hard to believe.

My friend who already lives there has spent the night sleeping in one room with her dh and kids scared of all the missile noises.

I'd miss the green grass of home, and Dubai seems pretty soulless. I love the sun, but desert temps would drive me nutty.
If I wanted to move my family to another country, you can be sure I'd be researching everything about that place.

Honestly??

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Whatever their policy it's not going to make the ME any safer 🤣🤣🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

That's right! Well. Just shows you
The UK is far worse than Dubai! 😂

How on earth could anyone think of emigrating anywhere without studying the geography, politics and culture of where they are going????? Absolutely astounded by this.

Op has, quite understandably, disappeared. The gloating weirdness on this thread is awful.

Well OP maybe take this time to educate yourself on the Geography, history and politics of the area you intend moving your children too.

agreed - couldn’t think of anything worse. Definitely don’t go op.

Saying everyone wants to live in Dubai is much weirder, as is not knowing the geographical location and thinking that escaping grey skies for blue missile filled skies!

I mean come on, it’s pretty awful that OP is blaming friends and SM for making them want to go there?

Exactly! There's some really nasty snobby comments on here. Classic mumsnet. I won't be commenting further

Who do you think she is, Gertrude Bell on horseback?

Or more it further away from Iran 🤣🤣🤣

Really, not anything worse? Do you suffer from a stunted imagination or do you just not know much about other countries?

How would you consider moving somewhere without knowing where it is?

I mean, I had no idea where Dubai was in relation to Iran before this thread, but I'm not planning on moving there!

I feel like "Where in the world is the country I'm moving to" is pretty much the first bit of information you check when thinking of moving there.

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Why on earth would you compare same sex attraction to paedophilia or incest? What the hell is wrong with you.

To have to hide normal, adult sexuality is abhorrent.

I honestly wouldn't do a great job drawing an accurate map right now. But crucially I'm not the one supposed to be moving out there in 4 weeks!!

if I was I'd have done much
more research on its exact location than where the nearest supermarket is.

but that's academic as it ME, & I wouldn't even give moving there (or holidaying there ) a passing thought.

A good few years ago I transited in Doha when flying to NZ. It's been a long time since I've been prepared to even do that. Though it's getting so hard to find a route I'd be happy taking I'm starting to think maybe I should start digging (my mum is there or I might just not bother going back)

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

@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!