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Thank you all for your thoughts and comments. It has certainly made me think a lot over the last couple of days ! We have done a lot of talking and the current thinking is that it is probably not going to be right for us. I'm having difficulty in getting them to agree to come out (too many things he...

Point very well taken about the marriage front. I don't look on it like a candy store - my wife and my kids are the world to me (which is why it is such a wrench leaving them back in the UK). I hope (and feel) that I should be able to withstand the temptations - I know very well what I have to lose ...

"like a magnet to the opposite sex" - interesting ! No, only joking - point very well taken - I have no desire to throw my marriage away and hope that I will be able to resist all temptation ! Airfares - you're right - I looked at some airfares and they were around the £500 mark, but didn't think to...

Thanks for the quick response, durain, although I am a little worried about the stabbing comment :wink: I am planning on being out in Singapore for about 2 years, although that could stretch if things work out. If it is two years, then we will probably leave the kids in their current schools. They a...

It looks like I am just about to be offered a job in Singapore, but because of various reasons, my wife and two children (7 & 5) are going to stay in England. We have said that we will see each other as often as is feasible, but I am a little nervous about spending so much time away from them. It wi...