Emigrating Guilt

[Blue Maverick]

With technology now the kids are a FaceTime away at any time of day, when I was in Germany at 19 allo could do was a telephone call, now people are instantly able to get hold of each other. Get yourselves over there you’ll not regret it, I hear they have a shit football team though ;)

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

A trip to you or vice versa couldn't be any easier thanks to the likes of Ryanair. It's not Australia

^^^this. If you can afford it get a place big enough that the grandparents can stay for a few months and escape our winter. They could end up spending as much/more time with you than they do now.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

We're just in the process of sorting out LPA's (financial one and health one) for my mum (should have done at leat 10 years earlier - but she at least had the earlier EPA after her own experience in dealing with a old relative).
I would suggest that is a very important thing to sort before you go. (And their wills if they haven't already).
The LPA's (if it's what they want), should be for you and your sister to be "jointly and seperately" in charge of.
It can be done via the govt website - it is ALSO a lot easier to do it (signatures) before you go.

I would also suggest you get your will/s sorted out, and maybe start thinking about the LPA's for yourself - especially with respect to who would act on your behalf - we recently changed our will's because we had used people of our own age... and time moves on :-(

Spot on advice

 

[Palerider]

Not an easy decision for anyone with strong family ties but it's your life and your relatives should want you to be happy and fulfilled.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

^^^this. If you can afford it get a place big enough that the grandparents can stay for a few months and escape our winter. They could end up spending as much/more time with you than they do now.

But don't do it up too nicely or else you'll end up with hangers on, which is potentially the one downside to your potential move not being to Australia. I only moved to the west of Ireland which is not known for it's weather or metropolitan culture, yet have had to repel multiple self invites from cousins/aunts/uncles who barely wanted to know when I lived in Manchester.

 

[Blue Mist]

@Main Stand Hotdog
Why ask ex pats? Ask a FOC who is stuck in the uk with a 2 year old grandson, our only one, in Australia.
I miss him more than City miss penalties. We came back in December and it's been shit since because my heart aches for him BUT, I know my son and D in law have a great life out there which means my grandson will. For that reason I am 100% behind them living out there.
Oz is 24 effin hours away, Barca 3 tops, go for it and get a house/apartment with an extra bedroom or granny flat.
Your parents will understand.

 

[m7mcfc]

2 hours 15 minutes Barcelona a plane to Manchester. It takes me 3 and a half hours to drive home from Stratford upon Avon on a Friday evening.

 

[SiMCFC]

We had the opportunity to go to Australia when our Son was 2, jobs lined up for both of us, paid housing for the first Year and everything and long story short we talked ourselves out of it because of worrying about how both our Parents would take it, 2 years on with another little one the dream is probably over and done with now, I do wish we had tried it out whilst we had the chance.

 

[Blue Mist]

We had the opportunity to go to Australia when our Son was 2, jobs lined up for both of us, paid housing for the first Year and everything and long story short we talked ourselves out of it because of worrying about how both our Parents would take it, 2 years on with another little one the dream is probably over and done with now, I do wish we had tried it out whilst we had the chance.

You are still young, go for it. Life is too short.

 

[manimanc]

You only live once mate, get packed and go for it. I'd be out of this shithole country in a heartbeat if i had the bread to do it, to have the chance to live in a beautiful country and a city like Barcelona cannot be sniffed at.
Your parents have to understand that you are an adult and you have a life and your own family now and what decisions you make are for you and your Mrs and little un.
They should be supporting you and thinking of you and not thinking of themselves in this situation.

Go for it, you might not get this opportunity again. You have skype and videocalls at your disposal, flights are cheap and frequent to and from spain, couple of hours on a plane is less than four hours in a car from the smoke.

Hope you get your move pal.