Quote Originally Posted by ConfusedMe View Post
That's a really big step to move to another place... Like other countries, economy is not that good in Philippines too and the best way I think is to really check on the best source of financial support. Either getting a job or setting up a business. Prices may be lesser in Cebu, but now that you have your wife and you future family, you have to look deeper on your financial status and ways to support your living there...

Good luck anyway in your future wedding and may you be successful in your future plans...
Getting a local job at Philippines pay rates is never going to happen for me - I am not prepared to work for just a few pesos a day. My plans involve an overseas income, but that is on the back-burner while I get our family home set up, and take a well earned break after working my ass off for the last 20 odd years. I'm financially stable enough to live here for, maybe 10 years, without working even taking into account the relatively expensive lifestyle I will have compared to the locals, but I know I would eventually get bored. I know I will have to have an income, but it can wait for a while....

We only get one life to live and its too short to spend it being miserable doing something you don't want to do so it was easy for me to take this step now. I was in a position that I could do this now - why wait until I am too old to really appreciate the beauty of this place and the many things to do here???