I don't know your past, or what happened, but I did note people askin why you wanted to return to the Philippines, and saying that the UK would offer her more.Originally Posted by sphinx
I can only agree with this, I went through a difficult time in 2006 when my wif died. I would have gone back to South Africa in an instant if it wasn't for my daughter.
We gave up everything we had built up over our lives to return to the UK so that my daughter could have options and opportunity in her life, to have returned would have wasted all we gave up.
When times were hard, I thought it would be easy to go back, and be with friends and family, but I quickly realised that after seeing them all again, I would have to face the realities of life.
I love the UK, it would have solved nothing in my case to leave.
I was fortunate that I had a lot of support from the church, an my employer was fantastic. But at the same time, although I count myself as English, my whole working life until 2002 was spent outside England, and I did feel as if people did not think the same way as me, nice as people were, and nothing to do with them, in myself I did feel like a bit of an outsider. This was mainly me, and all that has passed, and I am so glad I stayed.
Had I of left, it would have been impossible to ever come back again.
Despite all the moans (and I can moan as well as the best!) this is still a great place to bring up kids to give them a chance of a good future.
Steve
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