Ok, so it sounds a bit melodramatic, however I want you to help me with my dilemma. We moved to France two years ago (after returning to the UK for a bit), mainly because we had invested all of our money in a plot of land over here, and had to see it through. So we returned, committed to the idea that we should finish what we started. Since then I have been chatting with my eldest child who informs me that he was much happer in the UK where they played sport, music and he was top in the class. Now he's struggling in Maths and spends most of his time at home watching English tele. He went to a really nice school in the UK, don't get me wrong, the school here is also very nice, set in a beautiful village, but after two years, he still talks about his old school, his old friends and the fact that it was easier to learn in English. This has got to the point where when I weigh everything up, I realise that the "lifestyle" that we moved here for only exists for those who can afford both the money and the time to achieve it. For me, I spend my time fretting over whether my kids are happy, how I'm gonna be able to earn money when there's strikes every week and whether we should be returning back to the land where life was easy. Please help, I'm set on the idea of returning to the UK for the Summer 2011, but this will be an enourmous stretch financially as we'll probably have to rent somewhere in the UK until we sell the house over here.....it might end up costing my relationship as well as our stability.