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Should I live in the shed up the back so my partner (of 18 years) can rent the house out & move to UK?
My partner is on the pension. Owns his own house from compensation proceedings. His family lives in the UK & he wants to live there until his father dies, to enure he gets first dibs in his house, which could be 6 months, a year, 5 years, who knows? (he's 86, but still healthy & getting about.) I can't go as I don't have a British Passport, in any case, I don't want to leave my animals, and even if I could work over there, would be hard pressed getting a job at my age, (I'm 48), especially with the economic climate as it is. Also, my only son lives in Aus & having been the the UK before a few years ago, I didn't eactly like it, especially not to live for an extended period of time. Any thoughts?
best answer by MegF...
The way your question is expressed leads me to wonder if you already know what you should do.
The other thing is that you've presented an image of your partner as being someone who is opportunistic and self-driven.
I need to clarify that I don't know you, I don't know both sides and I don't know all the details around what you're having to decide.
That said, I'd think you may want to think about doing what's best for your son and yourself.
Do you really want to be hanging around the UK with someone who has only one goal in mind - to be in what he thinks is the right place at the right time.
I'm not sure you want to get mixed up in that situation and I'm sensing you don't have the best opinion of your partner - that's okay - it's honest, realistic and clear-headed.
Plus you've said yourself that you didn't like it last time you were in the UK - things aren't necessarily going to improve in that aspect.
Onto the practicalities, is the shed fit for living in? Are you financially independent?
What would your son do if you left? Can he support himself?
Good luck with this decision.
The way your question is expressed leads me to wonder if you already know what you should do.
The other thing is that you've presented an image of your partner as being someone who is opportunistic and self-driven.
I need to clarify that I don't know you, I don't know both sides and I don't know all the details around what you're having to decide.
That said, I'd think you may want to think about doing what's best for your son and yourself.
Do you really want to be hanging around the UK with someone who has only one goal in mind - to be in what he thinks is the right place at the right time.
I'm not sure you want to get mixed up in that situation and I'm sensing you don't have the best opinion of your partner - that's okay - it's honest, realistic and clear-headed.
Plus you've said yourself that you didn't like it last time you were in the UK - things aren't necessarily going to improve in that aspect.
Onto the practicalities, is the shed fit for living in? Are you financially independent?
What would your son do if you left? Can he support himself?
Good luck with this decision.
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