Would you work abroad even if your family will not be with you?

and my husband is on the same situation but I think there is a possibility that he'll just turn it down (my heart hopes)

If your living status is fine and your income is enough for your family and their future,its just right not to leave them.What for?You are already contented of what you have.It's hard to be far from your family and besides i guess you already have comfortable life there.Why you need to sacrifice yourself to be far from them.You already have enough,family is more important than money.

Well, this is really a tough choice to make. But looking at my present circumstances and financial condition, I'd perhaps, accept this offer, but for short period only. You know, it is very difficult to leave your family to fend for themselves and stay at a very faraway location. This is not a nice idea. But sometimes circumstances are such that one has to take this kind of tough decisions. However, I must clear that I would consider this offer only when I'm getting substantial gains in return and for short period only.

That is a sacrifice I wouldn't be prepared to make unless it was dire in some way shape or form. I don't work just to make money. I work to have enough money to spend time with my family.

I was in this situation years before. Had the opportunity to study abroad, and was happy at the beginning. Left home, kissed my parents and everything was pink. I traveled a little and studied a lot, one year passed quickly. Than I had the opportunity to get a pretty good job abroad. I came home for 2 weeks, with the good news. They encouraged me to go if this is what I want. I left the room but returned to pick up my mobile - dad was holding my mothers hand and they both were so sad ... I feel touched now, after years, when I remember that moment. They looked so old and .... well, I stayed home. This is what I did for my parents, I was not married and had no kids at the time. You know what is hard when you're away from home? You loose MOMENTS. Moments from their life, unique moments when all you can do is call ... moments when you cannot 'feel' your kid growing. The price is too high.

hey there mommy! speaking of working abroad, well i'm still struggling to get a job in canada until now lol since i was a kid i really want to go there especially in toronto. my aunt & my friends who lives in toronto told me that the life in canada is great, you can buy what you want, you can eat what you want. but the hardest part is sacrifice, coz you're far from your family. anywayz, for me i can say that i can sacrifice coz i will earn much in other countries unlike here in manila. if you're homesick, you can talk to them through yahoo messenger, phone them once in awhile, sending pictures, emails etc..

If it's for work, of course I will take it. If I have to sacrifice to help my family, why not. I can tell it's hard to live without my siblings or family around, most specially living abroad, that's definitely under pressure and it's hard to cope up for quite some time. I have to be more practical now, to help myself and my siblings too. I have a lot of things to pursue that's why I'm willing to sacrifice every thing. And I will do anything to get them here in the Philippines that's If I was announced as US citizen. I think that will happen If they will give me that privilege but I know it takes time or I guess I will take another option. But of course I still loved to live here in here in the Philippines. I want to grow old here.

I would for sure stay with my family. My family is more important to me than a job. Even thought i live along my children and grandchildren live here. They are my life not my job.

I have high regard on your decision my friend. Well, there is nothing for you to aspire more because you have a good job and your husband too. There is nothing to worry about you kids Education because you only have one and he graduated already? Well, if it happened to somebody whose job is not quite good and has kids in school, plus lots of bills and other things to pay? I'm sure they will not have a second thought. This is a great opportunity for them much more if they have lots of debts to pay? I can understand those who decide to leave their family because of opportunities. I know it is hard for them to do that but they really need it.

If i have a family like yours i think i will not want to go without them..now that am still single i still want to be with my family and being separated from them will be a hard thing for me..i have been raised in a strong family bond but minus the father..hehehe but still i have grown with love so i wouldn't want to leave them..but if i can petition them then i will take the chance..

Dear salonga, I am a mother with two kids.In this time I can't accept .But I have a time before marriage ,and I am with my father,mother and brother I had an offer like this.But I keep a decision same as that of you.But now I am regretting.Becos my education didn't reach anywhere.I am a jobless person now.May it is better to me now with my kids.But my kids will grown up but I know that I will be in this same position.I am always remembering that situation rejected for just home sickness.So think seriously about your future.If you think that your current work place is good for your future also.continue in your own way.Otherwise think .Becos I am telling an experience from my own life.

The company would have to pay for the move. Why can't your family move with you? Or do you mean those related to you such as mother, father, brother, sister, aunts, etc...? If you mean family as in wife and children, it would be silly for them not to go with you. Especially if more money was involved.

i can understand yr decision, salonga. You are a family man and it's not a bad thing. Some ppls wants to make more money regardless spending quality times wt family, but some ppls just want to spend qualitiy times wt family as long as they had make enough money. If my job required me to work abroad for less than a year, i would accept. But if anything more than that, i think i would reject unless i really need the money for my family. Ever since my dad's shocking accident in which he passed away, i learn to appreciate & cherish every moment im wt my family. I would not want to miss anything with them. If i thought i wanted to bring my family to eat at this new restaurant i found, i'll arrange to bring them next week or within that particular moment. Cherish every moment! You'll nvr know what will happen tomorrow! :)

We find hope in the promise of the future. We find hope in others. We find hope in God. But I suppose, it is more compelling that despite our choice to leave, our society poses the call that we should be staying Home. However, we have established that such is not possible, as a response to the needs and demands of our times.

I am so glad you chose family-your decision was exactly what I would have made. Money is not everything and family is. I would not even consider this offer either.

well i guess if im in your shoes i will grab the offer..and save money so that i can petition them..im kind of in a practical side..i guess its for the betterment of my family if i do so..and think that they will understand it...

Hello there salonga! I salute you for choosing your family over an opportunity that other people would definitely die for. I am still single and I would love to take advantage of all the opportunities that would come my way. My parents would definitely support me all the way in this area. They will soon be leaving for the US and because I am over-aged, I cannot join them. So just in case an opportunity similar to yours come my way, I will definitely take it!

i don't have my own family yet. im still living with my parents. if given such opportunity, i will grab it. such offers comes only to few people. and for sure it comes with lots of benefits. im currently waiting for my visa and ticket going to Riyadh, Saudi. its my first time to work far from my family. im actually excited and sad. excited that i'll be starting to explore life. sad that i'll be far from my family and friends. but things are part of life. living on our own is part of life.

I would say go for it, and I can only say that positively and accuratly, because I have done it....not abroad, but moved out of province completely away from family. I say this, but I am in my early 20's, so new experience is rocking, which I blieve is correct for any age really, but as you said you have a family to think of, when you say that I assume wife and kids right? Yeah, that would be harder of course. I'm not attached in that sense, just have 2 sisters, mom and dad, not making them unimportant or anything, but the big move made me actually closer to them, abscence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. Plus, I got to see the world more, met a lot more new people, made so many new friends, had 2 makeovers so far in the year and a half I've been out here lol. Moving is great. I'd say go for it, makes the reunion so much more sweeter.

if my family will not with me, I WOULD WORK abroad. if i had the chance ,i will take my best to do. i can mange myself very well without my family.maybe, family is very important to us. but sometimes family could be the trouble of you. be independence!