Hi, would really appreciate some input from Saudi residents- my husband is being chased for a job in Saudi, and they are offering increasingly silly money. I grew up in Doha/ Abu Dhabi and RAK so I am very open to being an expat- but I have always said 'anywhere but Saudi'. DH has a good job at the moment but one where he has to commute home to us probably 2 weeks in 4, there is a possibility he could take a sabatical. He is keen, he wants to set us up financially, he sees it as a short term thing which would have long term effects on how comfortable we are, paying off lots of the morgage etc.
I still feel very reluctant at heart. I dont want to live somewhere I cant drive or work, I dont want to have to explain to my girls, why I cant drive or work. I dont want my entire existance to be the compound. When we lived in the Gulf as a child through to my early 20s we always had a boat to get out of town, we camped in the desert, I did various small jobs where I met a wider range of the expat community. I always imagined if we went back there I would be aiming for the same sort of experience. I am wondering if my ideas on Saudi, based on conversations from 15 years ago, are out of date, or is it pretty much still you are there for the money and you put up with it?
I currently teach 3 days a week and enjoy the job and the part-time-ness of it, which is not always easy to find, so that is another consideration. DH suggested I look for work in Bahrain as he would be based the other end of the causeway, but not sure how realistic that is.
Our options are- we all go and I shut up and we take the money/ he goes and we go out every holiday to visit/ I dig my heels in and we go nowhere.
Thoughts?
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Cathpot · 07/11/2012 10:08
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