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Originally Posted by gerg
Thank you all for your considered replies. After a lifetime working with people I sort of think I can assess them OK and I am not too worried about the ownership of house/land etc although the concept of a pre-nup makes sense. I guess at the end of the day the ultimate decision is mine but I naively am looking for someone or something to say to me-"don't worry about the fear thing, just do it and make it work" or "what is there for you here"(Australia) or "you know things will not get better " and as my mum advised "go for it". Did you all have the same fears??.
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To tell you the truth I got the opposite from my freinds and family - lots of "What are you going to do there?", "Its so far away, how can ou find help if you need it?" and "If you go there you'll be back in a year penniless". I had been planning the move for 15 years, when the opportunity came up (when work dried up in the UK and it became just as viable to be in LoS as in Britain) I said "sod it" and moved here - within 6 weeks from selling my UK home, I found myself in my new home in Chiang Mai.
I don't think anyone is trying to put you off, we are just making sure you see the pitfalls before you leap head first into them (and soooooo many of us do!). With brain intact (and in gear), follow your heart mate. As I said earlier, you only live this life once - don't die thinking what could have been. There's no point being miserable, as your mum said 'go for it' and see you here
