Your on a winner there Fitzy if you can hold that situation.
As always it comes down to compromise and putting the important things first. I did what you did @caoimhaoin for a 3 years in my late 20’s but the crash came when I was about to see the fruition of it and I had to revert to the 9-5 IT role to keep the bills paid.
I am 3 years back in IT now, the ship has steadied somewhat and I am getting itchy feet again. However my current position is not to be sniffed at so I might just bite my lip and get on with it.
[quote=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 823412, member: 686”]Done all the figures.
I could actually live with the loss in wages but I can’t put a price on the 20 hours a week id be losing with the family.
Grass is always greener indeed.
Kev will be disappointed.[/quote]
How long would the wages be reduced? If you do it for a year or two would there be potential for a change in working hours or would you contemplate moving house?
Im happy that you are contented with your lot & you like it here.Im glaqd work is going well and the family life is in a good place
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How much do you think the weather in Oz is of benefit to the kids?..being able to bring the kids to the beach, the park etc. because the climate allows is massive I’d imagine…Its also so much healthier for the parents’ relationship instead of all being cooped in a house/apartment here getting cabin fever looking out at the pouring rain…even when the sun does come out the beaches are just full of scumbags pissed out of their face…
I’m just delighted I never bought property here and could easily relocate at the drop of a hat which I plan to do in next couple of years…As for money, once you are working and earning you can always cut you cloth and learn to live on the wage whatever it is…its when you are not working and there’s no money coming in that’s when you are fcuked…
Plenty of scope for going permanent at some stage but the money is nearly too good in contracting currently to make the switch to permanency.
3 or 4 years down the line… Middle management somewhere I’d imagine. bringing in maybe 20% more then what I am currently on. Possibility of extra stress, though probably still bored and living for the weekend as I currently am.
[quote=“scumpot, post: 823531, member: 182”]How much do you think the weather in Oz is of benefit to the kids?..being able to bring the kids to the beach, the park etc. because the climate allows is massive I’d imagine…Its also so much healthier for the parents’ relationship instead of all being cooped in a house/apartment here getting cabin fever looking out at the pouring rain…even when the sun does come out the beaches are just full of scumbags pissed out of their face…
I’m just delighted I never bought property here and could easily relocate at the drop of a hat which I plan to do in next couple of years…As for money, once you are working and earning you can always cut you cloth and learn to live on the wage whatever it is…its when you are not working and there’s no money coming in that’s when you are fcuked…[/quote]
I was contemplating staying here longer as a job opportunity came up but in the end I said fuck it as I still have a job to go to back home. If I gave it up I felt Id be stuck here but i love it here and it is great for kids.
the climate here is fantastic but the real advantage is the facilities. We have a brilliant pool up the road, every green has a playground, every weekend there is some fair on or you can just head up to the sunshine coast for the day. Its really good for the kids and really easy to keep them entertained but there would be major disadvantages too. Since Ive been here I havent seen kids out playing with each other, its always at the park with parents. My kids are young so Id be with them anyway but compared to at home where kids just go out to play I find the lack of that to be strange. It would be more playdates and would be a lot more formal and restrictive
The other disadvantages in terms of kids is that education is expensive. The fee paying schools are big here and college isnt funded by the state
[quote=“The Wild Colonial Bhoy, post: 823542, member: 80”]Since Ive been here I havent seen kids out playing with each other, its always at the park with parents.
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That seems a bit strange WCB.
Are you in an estate with other young families? Do the neighbours chat to each other?
Anyway, This can be good and bad. There is a lunatic of a single mother and her 3 kids after moving in near us and the kids are constantly coming over into our lawn. She has absolutely no control over them and doesn’t give a flying fuck.
[quote=“scumpot, post: 823531, member: 182”]How much do you think the weather in Oz is of benefit to the kids?..being able to bring the kids to the beach, the park etc. because the climate allows is massive I’d imagine…Its also so much healthier for the parents’ relationship instead of all being cooped in a house/apartment here getting cabin fever looking out at the pouring rain…even when the sun does come out the beaches are just full of scumbags pissed out of their face…
I’m just delighted I never bought property here and could easily relocate at the drop of a hat which I plan to do in next couple of years…As for money, once you are working and earning you can always cut you cloth and learn to live on the wage whatever it is…its when you are not working and there’s no money coming in that’s when you are fcuked…[/quote]
Weather is a massive pull scum. It’s going to e a big part of any future decisions I make. I’m so much healthier here, no sniffles, no flu’s etc.
It doesn’t make up for something’s though. I miss home terribly sometimes and it’s not getting any better. I missmu family first an formost an my friends outside of sport and of course I miss the gah. I dispose the GAA as an organization so I don’t want to confuse it with that twee look of Irish “gah” people, but I miss the club and all my friends there. There is nothing here within an arses roar of it.
Ya the kids not out playing is very noticeable. The Aussies are far more family orientated than I would have imagined, but also very untrusting an insular in ways.
It is different from place to place though. I find people from Brisbane and Melbourne a bit more educated, traveled an generally worldly. Would assume Sydney would be a bit more like that too.
[quote=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 823545, member: 686”]That seems a bit strange WCB.
Are you in an estate with other young families? Do the neighbours chat to each other?
Anyway, This can be good and bad. There is a lunatic of a single mother and her 3 kids after moving in near us and the kids are constantly coming over into our lawn. She has absolutely no control over them and doesn’t give a flying fuck.[/quote]
Im in an estate, the 2nd one that we lived in.
Our neighbour has a kid that calls in to play
in our old place there was an english family that lived behind us -their kid always called in to play and we would go to theirs for BBQs but you wouldnt get kids out playing
I understand what you mean though about it kids out playing being a a double edged sword as getting shit neighbours with bad kids would be a nightmare and Id move
[quote=“The Wild Colonial Bhoy, post: 823549, member: 80”]Im in an estate, the 2nd one that we lived in.
Our neighbour has a kid that calls in to play
in our old place there was an english family that lived behind us -their kid always called in to play and we would go to theirs for BBQs but you wouldnt get kids out playing
I understand what you mean though about it kids out playing being a a double edged sword as getting shit neighbours with bad kids would be a nightmare and Id move[/quote]
What kind of social skills/lesson are you gonna pass onto your kids if you up and leave everytime a fwe bad kids move into a neighbourhood?
Hopefully this works out for you Mac-it must be very dispiriting driving up and down that road to take your place at the end of a line in Intel packing boxes. Would you ever consider maybe getting a job in a Lidl or Aldi closer to home?
@Mac - I believe you’re in the Gorey area. Surely a commute to somewhere like Sandyford wouldn’t be all that bad? Door to door wouldn’t be much longer than an hour.
Getting in and out of Sandyford in the morning and evening rush-hour is the problem. Its only about 45 mins to the M50 exit but after that its a nightmare. No real jobs there at the moment in my area and I’m well looked after where I am at the moment. Since the schools are back I get a lift to Shankhill and a Dart into city centre and get the bus home in the evenings so it could be worse I guess. However, I’m out the door at 7 and rarely home before 7.15 or 7.30. I’ve started going for a swim or some form of exercise at lunch time for the past few months so at least when I get home I’ve nothing to do only eat and chill out.