Is anyone else considering moving back to the UK?

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Just wondered because we have been talking about it. Been here 2.5 years, ds1 is getting on really well at school but I think what the school makes up for in the basics it lacks in the other areas. Ds2 has speech problems and becoming bilingual is a constant struggle.

The biggest thing we miss are friends - for us and the boys, and now with a baby on the way we're reflecting on the future and wondering what to do.

Running a holiday business has it's advantages - we live in a beautiful place, we meet lots of interesting people, I get job satisfaction from seeing them having a great holiday but OMG the cleaning, washing and ironing is sooooo tiresome and won't get any easier when the baby comes.

Anyway enough of my moaning - I've not sunk into the depths of depression just thinking too much probably - anyone else feel the same?

hi

yes she is happy to move
She feels she will be held back, a year at school, because of her German
And I need to be doing more with ds
feel my feelings towards mil on top of everything else, make it too stressfull

need to go making veg chilli

till later

oh yes a MIL problem on top of it all has to be the final straw, I can see that. Hope it all works out well for you and the dc. Also that dh is willing to make the move when the time comes.

It's a hard one. A few weeks ago i was definitely leaving but now I feel more settled again. Dh said to me, stop thinking about the negatives and start thinking about why we came here in the first place. Since then I have started to think of things to do to make myself happier here rather than uproot the rest of the family who are quite happy to stay here.

We think about it but for me it is much more motivated by dh. We live in spain and dh (spanish) LOVED our 6 month stay in london a couple of years ago so so much. He constantly talks about moving there. We have a vague long term plan to do so (in about 4 years when he's finished studying) and while I'm sure by then I'll be ready too, as I get itchy feet regularly, I do feel it is a heart ruling the head kind of decision as our quality of life is clearly so much better here. While it can be a bit dull and limited culturally, there are a lot of benefits. And my parents live here too and look after ds a lot so if they are still here it would be even more difficult.