Any mums moving to Hungary ?

[Budapest89]

Hi
Is there any family’s British /Hungarian moving from the uk to Hungary this year ?

It would be awesome if I could talk to mums also in the same situation as me.

me and my family are moving to Hungary in 8 weeks and I’m very excited but also so nervous to the point I’m making myself sick. My husband is Hungarian. We have two kids 6 and 9.

we have been many many times to Hungary and we all love it and decided to move there for a better life especially for our children. we struggle so much in the uk with cost of living etc etc.

or even talk to some mums who are making the big plunge and moving any where abroad, what are your worries ? How to do you feel ?

I don’t think anyone wants to start an argument, they’re just concerned at how naive you’re being, waltzing into a situation where you’re moving to a country you’ve only been to as a tourist, without the language, underinformed about current political and economic issues, and about to be economically dependent on your husband.

I’ve never lived in Hungary, but my BIL and his family did for a long time, in Budapest and in Pecs. They left for the UK and now live in Lincolnshire.

Guys I am very aware of the economic situation. I am not financially dependent on my husband and I’m not oppressed. Definitely not naïve. I’m not waltzing in either, we spend a lot of time in our home over there I have friends there, family and the financial means for stability. It’s seems I was judged when nobody knows my situation. All jumping to conclusions. There are issues in every country. The uk especially. I am moving for a better life for my children in a bigger house /garden, more family / and to travel around the surrounding countries with the children. I just wanted to hear from people have moved. Not about people’s views on the political situation over there. Regarding someone who posted about hopefully I won’t need an abortion or hopefully my kids won’t be gay. Well my husband has had the snip because we are responsible. My kids are way to young to be thinking about sexual orientation or relationships so on that front I don’t need to think about that yet because they are children.

It’s like all bitching someone who is moving to Dubai because of their stance on woman’s rights.

Well, I’ve actually lived in Dubai, and the comparison just suggests your naivety — women’s rights as such are far less of an issue than the fact that the UAE is a superficially Western-friendly tribal dictatorship, with heavy censorship, huge surveillance, dubious human rights, and a habit of ‘disappearing’ its own citizens who agitate for democracy. Dubai specifically is essentially a private company owned by a maniac who is holding two of his daughters under house arrest, one of whom he had kidnapped from the UK, and whose ex-wife lives in fear of her life in the UK, and/or her children being kidnapped and forcibly married in the UAE.

Good luck with the move to Hungary. I hope the bigger house and garden make up for everything else.

Whoah, nobody was bitching @Budapest89 - I do hope it goes well, and works out for all of you. I thought the point was to ask about experiences, ideas, thoughts. It is an interesting thread for me, because people tend to move away from Hungary, the younger generations in masses, especially.
Out of curiosity, which city/town are you moving to?

Op, all the best with your move. Your children will pick up the language quickly and what a wonderful privilege to be bilingual.

If you say your husband only speaks to the children in Hungarian, how aren’t they completely fluent? Just about knowing numbers age 9 is not how it works in multilingual families where the parents really stick to it. (My children are trilingual and every child in their school is bilingual so I have some examples.)
And what an interesting moving date you have picked.

@Eixamplebravo to your clever little darlings. My kids don’t need to speak it as we live in England currently. Il be sure to ask you next time how it all “works “ because clearly you know it all

Honestly guys I’m going, this mums net has shown and proved to me just how messed up the world is, with your bitterness and left wing liberal crap.
no body can say anything nice any more. Enjoy

"Mumsnet has shown and proved how messed up the world is". If you can't take that minimal, tiny level of conversation from people who don't parrot exactly what you want to hear, oh, you'll have a blast in Hungary. For the record - that was irony. You said it yourself - "Hungarians are pessimistic people" . I wonder how that pessimism will gel with your inability to hear opinions that are different from yours. I have an idea, but what do I know, I am only Hungarian... You also said "Nobody can say anything nice" - disregarding the overall majority of the comments wishing you good luck with the move, of course. Those were not nice enough.

I don't know about anyone's political views, it really doesn't matter to me, but there is some sweet-sweet irony in someone cursing "left wing liberal crap" while acting like an absolute snowflake themselves. The cherry on top has to be the hilarious way you complain about people "bitching", while you choose to do that rather well. Chef's kiss.

As a final word of advice: Make sure your house is not located too close to one of the problematic car battery factories or dangerous toxic waste dumps the government is working super hard to conceal. There are a few of those spots scattered around the capital and nearby cities, so, good luck! Enjoy!

I dread to think how you will cope with moving to a culturally very different country whose difficult language you don't speak if having a few well-intentioned people raining on your parade puts you into this kind of tizzy. I also genuinely wish you well with the move and I think you'd do well to pay heed to @exhaustDAD 's posts in particular.

This is just ridiculous. I do speak some Hungarian. I know the culture. I love the culture. I’m aware of all it. People move abroad all the time it’s a challenge, it will be hard and also will be great. Have to stay positive!

With your views, OP, I think you are going to fit right in in Hungary. Good luck and I hope everything goes well for you.

OP, they just want to gain more voters while dividing the country between their chums.

If your husband is genuinely working for a British company while living in Hungary, his company should expect some really lively discussions with HMRC.

What an interesting thread at this current time.

Do pop back to Mumsnet to tell us the joys of living in something close to an authoritarian state where women have no reproductive rights and being gay is regarded as sin.

(not all Hungarians obvs - just the ones in government and those who vote for them).

You are deluded! 😅 how on Earth you know about the Hungarian Gov?! 🤣

Do PM me, so we can have a normal convo rather than this absolute hatred

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this is one of the weirdest threads I’ve ever read. OP a lot of what you’ve written doesn’t ring true I’m afraid.

Hi OP, I thought about you recently after the elections. If you’re still reading updates: you’ve timed your move well, hopefully you’ve moved to a country where pedofiles and child abusers don’t get away without consequences and the country is not ruled by a dictator.

I’m so proud of my fellow Hungarians!

I didn’t think this was possible.

Same!
I never thought Magyar will be a leader and here we go…he is! Aradjon!