Me, my husband & two girls are moving to Playa de la Arena, Tenerife on August 8th!
hi me my husband and two girls are moving out to tenerife on augest 8 moving to playa de la arena ,love this area . never felt so scared up till now about the move ,furniture is being shipped over dog has got passport count down is on.husband finishies work next week after 14 years working for a company as a manager,why do we feel so bad about leaving,everyone is getting upset we are getting upset,we are doing this move to improve our one daughters life,she is phisically disabled and has many underlying problems as a result of this but every time we come out to tenerife her health improves so much,last year we nearly lost her and it changed everything,we thought we love it in tenerife and the way of life and if it improves our daughters life and health we her condtion improves so much out here and we can give our other daughter a good life spend more time as a family not work 60/70 hours a week not that we are afraid of work but quality time to gether then it must surley be worth giving it a go.just need to be more positive a bout the move and im sure we will be fine thanks for listening to onyone out there.rachel
I'm heading to the same area in 2008, of course there will be hang ups and regrets about such a big move... but the biggest hang up would be not making the move.
I spoke recently to someone who changed their mind because of their daughter......... 15 years later the daughter was angry that her opinion had been taken so seriously that her mum didn't make the move, the daughter would have far rather grow up in Tenerife than Glasgow.
Good luck Hanah. We are new here, (just 6 months). There is a survival guide thread on here somewhere which is really good and the Forum as a whole is fantastic - it has helped us no end. Any help or advice you could possibly need, (and some really good friends), can all be found here.
I hope all your expecations of your new life come to fruition - particularly your daughters health. We all love it here - it is the only place we now call 'home'.
We are moving just after you and life at the moment seems manic. We too nearly moved a couple of years ago but our son who was then 9 didn't want to. He is "gutted" now that he has missed out on 2 years of Tenerife living.
It feels tough for the kids saying "goodbye" to their friends. One of my sons friends is particularly reliant on him and is so upset that our son is leaving. This in turn has upset him further.
I feel like I am working at 100 mph to try and sort stuff out, and it seems as soon as I clear stuff out more seems to pop up.
Somehow we will do it, and we are all looking forward to the move (initially just the 3 of us, with my husband moving over permanently as soon as possible).
Keep your chin up and keep the focus on the reasons you are moving that benefit your precious daughter and you as a family.
Thinking of you!
Jennie
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Apart from the fact that we love the place, one of the reasons we moved here 3 months ago was for a better future for our kids. If it helps your daughter with her disabilities what better reason. Good Luck and I am sure things will go well.
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My husband is not over here permanently yet either so perhaps when you get here we will have to have to arrange some girls nights out. {Not that I have anything against you men but you know you only get embarassed at the way us LADIES behave when we are out}
My husband is not over here permanently yet either so perhaps when you get here we will have to have to arrange some girls nights out. {Not that I have anything against you men but you know you only get embarassed at the way us LADIES behave when we are out}
I'm sure Emma would like to join you guys as well if she's on a night off, we live in El Roque too Jackie
Good luck with the move Hanah
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I moved out here last August so I can understand what you are going through at the moment.
I moved out as a single parent and my friends all thought I was crazy, but my parents live here and I felt life would be better for my 2 girls.
The weeks before we finally moved, I cried, shouted, stressed, got excited, panicked, cancelled the whole thing, put it all back on again! I cried at the airport, cried on the plane, but then sobbed with happiness in the arms of my parents when we landed!!
I have never looked back, its been hard, but worth it, my girls love it, my youngest getting there with her spanish, my eldest loving spending so much time as a family instead of her going out with her mates 'hanging around' all the time. We rarely sit in and watch tv, we are always discovering the island finding great places to eat and great places to walk our little dog.
All I need now, is to earn some decent money!!! (who doesnt want to!!) and to find a nice man to share my life with!
Good luck with your move, I'm sure it will go well as you are moving for such good reasons, keep in touch with everyone on here and you will be amazed by how much support you get, they are a great bunch!
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