Wanted Down Under

[wotabastard]

I used to love the threads on this when I was pregnant in 2015! I've just sat down and it's back on. Lots of tears this time I think. Mum not happy.

OMG! He has gone on his own?! That is not a good sign for the relationship and family, more of a 'trial separation' to me. He clearly kept going on about it at home when they got back.

I think the mortgage 4x current payments may have been the clue that it wouldn't be feasible. I always wonder why they don't work out mortgage payments and then come up with a budget for a house?? That is the way most of us live.

Didn't realise you can get updates, I was disappointed there was nothing at the end of the programme.

If you look at the comments on the wdu fb page he was struggling to get a job without a visa and a visa without a job. Wonder how he has got on in the intervening 18 months.

Ha! Tool.

Look him up on Facebook see if he has a surfboard on his cover photo

Their marriage must have been on its last legs to even consider ditching the rest of the family.

Ah, thanks Davros - I'd forgotten this series was a repeat.

I think the marriage ended when he suggested leaving the daughter behind

I lived in NZ for a year and avoid this programme.
The combination of selfish extended family piling on the guilt rather than letting their adult offspring make their own decisions, the unrealistic job and house expectations and the idea that couch potatoes would turn in to active outdoors fans if there was less rain (not applicable to S Island of NZ anyway) just ended up irritating me.
Agree that the couples who really want to go do their research and get jobs beforehand like we did and just go and see how they get on.
A programme where they follow people who actually go there to look at pros and cons would be better than this, which is just a glorified holiday show.

Totally agree ...... but it's entertaining!

I love how boringly formulaic and scripted it is. Plus it's all wrapped up in 45 minutes. Brill.

This thread has certainly grown legs

So he wants to go to Oz and be a student. So he will be paying international student fees and living off Katie who doesn't want to go!

These estate agents are a bit snippy

Really wanted him to say ditch the wall clock, disappointed.

Has there ever been one where it's the woman that really wants to go?

I remember one where the woman was so angry that her DH didn't want to go. He was in tears and she had a face of thunder! Awkward.

I really have my doubts that they will pay him a bursery to train as a paramedic as a foreign student.

I think the cost of living review is always a bit dodgy, I have friends living in Oz and yes they get paid more but they say the cost of living is a lot higher.

I find it bizarre that they agree to go on the show if only one wants to go. It's like Jeremy Kyle, I don't get why people want to have their relationship problems made public just to be on the TV, especially when you are still together. No free holiday is worth that.
It's like the folk who go on holiday swap or wife swap and then won't play nicely. Why bother in the first place, just stick with your own husband/ preferred holiday. You just look a plonker.

I forgot about Holiday Swap! Fun tines!

I used to love Wife Swap so much. The dynamics of other people's relationships fascinate me!

Loved holiday swap. I remember one where they went bowling for about five hours

Do you remember the missionaries going to Benidorm? 😂😂😂

Ooh yes holiday swap was cringy most of the time.

Anyone watching this morning? I'm irritated already. The mum should sell her business and do something else if she wants a better quality of life, there's plenty ways of improving home life without moving to Australia!! And did Dad not realise being a private security contractor in Iraq might be dangerous?

And they love their house in Swindon, which "they have worked hard to make a home". So what will Australia offer? Easier working life with less stress? But that is all achievable in the UK by just making a few adjustments to workload. She could delegate within her business and he could look at different jobs or work patterns within the telecommunications industry. These people are either delusional or disingenuous.

They are annoying me too :) the poor daughter - she's not at a great age to move her.
The first house I missed the internal bit what areas it like? The garden and outside looked fab. But they seemed depressed.