Hi
Been new to this forum world,have spent many happy hours reading the posts.
But seem to feel some people are not happy with the change of life they made.
Is this so or am i getting the wrong message.
We are all different. Thus some are happy, but some are not. The trick is to be able to admit it if you are one of the latter and do something about it.
Personally, I don't regret it for a moment but I know it's not been a bed of roses for some.
Hi and welcome, btw.
I don't think you're getting the wrong message Magaret, some people may be sorry they moved to France, just as some may be sorry about their choice of husband/job/car/whatever. You can't please all of the people all of the time...
Whereabouts in France are you, or have you yet to make the leap, and are just researching?
Cathy
Hi Magaret and welcome... we moved last August and wish we'd done it years ago. Our son is settling in at school very well (the school has been fantastic at helping him settle and learn the language) and our move has been far easier than we ever anticipated it would be. We now have a very international group of new friends, a busy social life, work less hours, spend more time outdoors and generally have a very good life.
We still love the UK of course... but a mother can love two babies so I guess we can love two countries... for now France is our home and we can't see that changing. I'm sure it's not like this for everyone but no complaints from the Roses!
J and I moved here in January 2005 after 40 years at work, both early retired. After 3 months, we were flooded and had to deal with that.
The following year, 4 friends were killed in a road accident in our village and we had to deal with all of the fallout from that. In 2007 we were still mopping up the mess from the accident and J's mother was in the terminal stages of Alzheimer's back in the UK.
We both have chronic health conditions which are treated brilliantly, better than they ever were in the UK.
Would either of us go back? Not ever and is it the bestest thing we've ever done as a couple - too right it is. And after years and years of stress, work, travelling because you have to and everything else that goes with life in the UK, we are both happier than we've ever been - though we realise that we're very fortunate and much more so than people who have to work here to make a living.
I think of going back and working again just as much (if not more) than I did about moving abroad
I don't see it as a right or wrong move, just a move and looking forward to the next
whatever that is
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