So I didn't think it would be so hard.

[IainBusby]

I went to boarding school, lived in Africa sometimes away from my family etc etc, but last Friday I left my wife in the Philippines, and I am so close to leaving my daughter with friends and going back!!!!

It is only a minute amount of reason stopping me!

I think many of us on here have felt like that at some time during the long process of getting a visa and getting our wives here with us. But it will all be worth it in the end my friend. Tis but a very short time in a whole lifetime.
Iain.